Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-08-31

| last week and delivered rabld partl-
san speech, full of sectional hate and
the greedy spirit of high tariff taxation
Mr.. Orion is man who by hard ener-
getic work coupled with great native
| ability has won for himself success in
the legal profession and in business
life. But while his professional and
| business career has been remarkably
successful, he has met with utter.
even pitiful failure in the field of pol
| tics. 1t gives The Democrat no salts
faction to refer to his political record.
We would always rather dwell on the
bright instead of the dark side of life.
But when Mr.. orion poses as the
champion of the republican party in
the state and nation, and The Milwau-
kee Sentinel, the leading republican
organ in the state, tries to make polit-
zeal capital by stating that Mr. orion
left the democratic party on account
of its greenback tendencies, we cannot
refrain from referring to few cold
facts in the political history of south
western Wisconsin. Mr.. orion did
not did not leave the democratic party
and go directly over to the republicans
but he left the democratic party to
join the independent greenback party,
and after joining that party made an
unsuccessful canvass as the greenback
candidate for member of assembly in
1879. In 1880 he went over into the
republican ranks. Even while Mr..
Orion was member of the democratic
party he held decided soft money
views, which fault was only counter
balanced by the fact that he was
pronounced revenue reformer and a
terrible foe of the protective system
When he was nominated as the dem
Ocratic candidate for congress in 1876
he delivered speech in which, after
arraigning the republican party for its
misdeeds and short cOmings he set
forth his position upon the subjects of
finance and taxation. The following
short extracts from that memorable
speech, made before he had fallen
from his political estate, will show
plainly the ground upon which he
stood at that time:
During the last year the fede raj courts have
spent most part of their time In the trial of per-
sons high in official position, charged with dis
honest practices, by which the revenues of the
government have been defrauded of millions of
dollars which immense sums have been used
cOrruptly TO secure certain partisan purposes by
the party in power. The cabinet of the nation
which should be the most select and incorrupti-
BILE body of men on earth, has not been free from
the cOrrupting influences of the times. r
The government is not assailed by an armed
and hostile foe, but by n band of office holders
nominally public servants, whose sworn duty is
to defend and protect its honor and interests
who have become recreant to their trust, and by
corrupt appliances are fattenng upon the life
blood of the nation. and have become it's insidu-
Gus and dangerous enemies a
The finance question is one most deeply affec-
ing the intesests of the people. There never was
& time when greater suffering existed among the
laboring classes of our population, especially is
this true in the large cities. THERE IS ALMOST
AN ENTIRE LACK OF ENJOYMENT AT RE-
WAGES. The manufacturing
and commercial interests of the country are
Frustrated and parayzed. To ascertain and re-
move the causes of this universal depression is
one of the most urgent duties of those within
its power il lies to do That this is in part at
tributable 10 the unhealthy and unnatural
stimulus give to our manufacturing by the
PROTECTIVE POLICY OF OUR CONGRESS
Sr>r"E THE pEcUpLrcAN PARTY CAME INTO
POWER, thus leading to over production of man
ufactured articles for a RESTRICTED AND LIN
TIED MARKET, is beyond doubt true. THIS Is
PROVEN BY STATISTICS Taking the ratio of
increase IN manufactured and agricultural pro-
duets and of acres brought newly under cultiva
from 1850 to 1860, as basis, and we find that the
increase in manufactures from 1860 to 1870 is in
much larger ratio, while for the same period the
increase in agricultural products, and acreage
is much less than from 1850 to 1860
THERE HAS BEEN TOO MUCH PROTECTION.
too much eagerness to engage in those branches
of industry which were the special favorites of
congress. Congress could and did protect them
from foreign competition among themselves.
While, as an original question, the policy of
protecting American industries by import duties
Is OBJECTIONABLE, still, so long AS IT RE-
MAINS THE POLICY OF THIS NATION, COM
mon justice requires that the protection thus af
forded be shared nearly equal as possible by
all sections OF the country. | shall therefore If
elected your representative to congress, regard
1t duty to prevent SO far as have the power to
do, the repeal of such import duties now i'm
posed by law as effect special and important
interests in this district. UNTIL AT LEAST
THE WHOLE PROTECTIVE SYSTEM Is DONE
AWAY WITH =.
l not in favor of resumption of specie
payment until it can be brought about with
out serious Inconvenience to any class of the
people of this country, or to the business inter
ests of the country. l am opposed TO such re
sumption January LIST. 1879, or at any other time
which can now be fixed or determined
I am in favor of such legislation by con
gresS as will, if possible, make the paper money
of the government equal in value for all uses, to
to gold; and when this can be accomplished, if
ever, then l AN OPPOSED TO RESUMPTION
AT ANY TINE SO LONG AS THE GOVERN
MENT OWES \ DEBT WHICH IT CAN MAKE
NONINrEREST BEARING By ITS PAPER
MONEY ISSUES.
In this campaign Mr.. Orion is a full
tlcdged high taxer and defender of
the obnoxious Chicago platform. He
has evidently undergone a rrnat trans