The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-25
OUR GRAND OLD MAN.

After an enthusiastic parade the Judge
spoke TO his followers as follows:
Il i'm hal py TO see all around me the signs
Of grand ct,ry In this State. victory IN
indiana means the e.ecton Of CIR. yer Cleye
and 10 be the next President OF the United
States. lApplause.l Now. my frie .ds. four
years ago there the speaker drew forth $
bandana, VIII ch was greeted Oh prolonged
applausc,, four years ago / had the Lonor
TO speak at number OF meet ngs IN
the State OF Indiana. l WAS advocating the
election OF Grover Cleveland 10 be Pres dent
Of the United States. Well. his opponents
now are the same as those who opposed him
then. and wherever | won't | heard II their
gloomy predictions Of what wou befal the
country tue event Of Cleyeland's election.
Every where they red ctcd ru to the bus
ness interests OF the country. Everywhere
they said that all the mills and fac
tor cs and farmers OF the United States
woul te shut down because they could not
I've under the Administrat.o on OF Grover
Cleveland. Everywhere they talked about the
payment q the rebel deof, and pens. on .ng the
rcbci soldiers, and the Lord only knows what
other evils their Wv imaginations con.u ed
up to II. .ghten the p ople and prevent their
voting for Grover Cleveland for Pres dent,
but the Ieople didn't believe their sad
Predictions and they elected that grand
man 10 the Pres dent al cha r, and now he has
=
u hall, aud wnat do We now h.ars Why, ON
these very same Republic n orators we hear It
declared tina. this Uni cd States never was as
pre- sperous us II Is to-day. All the redictinns
OF four years ago have gone for nothing and
have on!y 10 be mentioned 20 he diculed.
Now. my friends. there never was Presi-
dent who took his seat under more trying .ir-
cumstances than Gle, eland on the 4th OF March,
1855. Tae Democratic party hud been out of
power Tor neariy quarter OF u century. o.
course there were m.ny Demo fats who
thought tEAt when We got Democratic Ad-
ministrat on ey, ry Democrat In The land ougn. |.
to have q good Office. OF cour,e there
wee others who wanted no office but
who had Their own Ie,uar opin.ons No
10 how the Goveinms nj SHOULD be conducted
TO meet and satisfy the wishes Of the peo-
pie. 10 satisfy the wishes OF those who had
tlected HIM Pres dent. TIat man Cleveland
had the hardest task that was ever intlusi ed
to Pres dent, and now, how has he perform, q
this task! You learn . happy aud CONF leie
answer to that quest o. IN the fact that
after three aud y half years of his
Adm nistrat.on the Democrat conven
tion ut 81. 1ous rencm mated h m
by unanimous vote. and that nomina-
ton has been ratified by the d rmocracy Of tho
wnole cOun ry from Name to Mex co, with the
same sort OF unanimity. No second-raie man
was ever rel ominated for the Presidency OF
the United States by unanimous vote. /
will change that and say no second man
was ever nomi ated for the p. esidency Of the
Tn ted States the second time. The
tact IS that Cleveland ha. SO conduct.
ed himself that his Administration
has been SO clean, SO upright, 50 honest. so
patriotic, that the whole Democratic party
fiom one end OF the Republic TO the other said |:
Let US give m an, ther term.' He has done
we'll by tie powers that have been confer red
4. loH sai.n ~
know he VIII do we'll in ano her term. Let me
say one more thing: No dishonest man, no
second-rate man, nobody but y grea, m IN,
pobOdy but On upright, Industrious. cour.
sgeous man. ever yet was nom mated in this
way. and therefore the answer 10 VIVA. may be
% against Grover Cleveland is the verdict Of
the American people in Lis behalf" Great
applause
Judge Thurman then took up the ques-
ton Of the tariff, his remarks on the sub
)ect being in line with those made on other
occasions. He claimed that the t.riff was
simply a tax levied upon the people When
used for the sole purpose Of furnishing q
revenue TO SUI plv the needs Of the adm n
istration Of the Government there could
be no objection to it.; but when
used to raise millions OF dol
lars for which the Government
had no legitimate use It amounts to
robbery. As to how it WIS paid, he said
It was lad upon every article of foreign
manufacture brought into this country for
use, and Is collected in the custom houses.
The importer pays it first; he adds tho
amount of the tax paid by him to the
price at which he sells to The merchant,
who in turn sells it to the consumer, with
the tax added To the price at which he
purchased. He continued:
"There ID this about this tax, that SO long
as the pr,ce is rnised on goods bros ght from
abroad By the tariff, it Is ra.sed on all goods
Manufactured In this country that comes in
competition with the goods imported So
about four or five times 40 much money
is collected from the people in the increased
price paid for these goods and goes 10 privi-
legged class in the United States, and don e
60 into the Treasury at all. MY trends, the
effect or this has baen 10 collect sur, lus in
the Treasury OF the United States. On the
Slst Of August last the amount Of surplus in
the vaults Of the Treasury was u, q, ,vl,0Oo.
Owing to payments OUT OF the Treasury since
then, II has been 81 ghtly reduced. There was
that immeuse amount In the vaults OF the Treas.
ury. suppose the amount now is $40 .,OO0 OJO
, OF your money, taken out OF your pOck.
cts ani lying idle in the vaults OF the Treasury
Of the United States, for which the Govern.
ment hos no use whatever. This Is 50 much
money taken out OF rculatlon; this Is %
much money the people cocld use in the,f
business anu in Supplying the daily wants,
but II es loc~ed up idle and useless.
Now. my friends. the Democratic party says
that ought not to be. The Democratic party
says its right enough to pay taxes 10 the Gov.
ernment to the amount the Government needs
TO carry on the ana rs OF the Cover ment, hui
ii Is monstrous to tx the cope 10 the amount
OF 81 100000 In order that tnat much money
t,oe eal,a hal
aud locked up IN the vaults OF the Treasury.
'Our OF ronents say that tais high tir q is for
the benefit OF the lahoring man, as though Il
could possibly he for the benefit of the labor.
ing man to tax all he wears. to put q tax on
all too.s and Implements, and when he ea
carry him in taxed coffin and bury him In q
taxed grave. No, II Is simply an absuK dity,
nothing more, nothing less. The idea that a
nation can 10 made rich by taxing he people
far beyond the requ rements Of the Govern.
ment: The idea that man Gun be made rich
by taxing m on all the necessnries OF life Ii
IN absurd ". They say the Democrats pro-
pose To break down the manufactures Of ,hl
untry. We mean 20 SUE tn ny: We mean to
gve The manufacturers . fair chance
for nm hone Inv ng, and when We
do all that an honest man ash
they talk about US be ng the en-
Of men Il the Democratic party composed
have belonged to II since l was knee h,gh Il
u duck, as Tue SiylnS eS. Laughter
have watched Its eou =. for years. have beeu
OF II; b I'VE wor .esi wit itaad seen IL un ieI
many Herolt admiGistrati ms. III d always
have >een that ninety-nin. one hu dreIths oi
the mn that belong II the Democrats. party
are labvJilg men, lAuulunSa
Religious, but Economical-Hu
band ION his way to church," II
just skip on ahead, my dear. aud ge
some change. I've nothing less thar
one dollar. and that's too much te
give" Wife ION his overtaking her.
Ibid you get the bill changedp'
Husband. Yes" Wife,. You viii
contribute half n dollar, John?' Hus
band cant't very we'll now.
happened to meet three or foul
friends, and I've only got quarter
left" .s.>.
Young Softus (who is to escort the
unattractive Miss Vlnaigrette to din
ner)-" But, my dear boy, how am K
entertain her? How can | flatter her
when she is so homely2 uOw-?" Old