The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01
CREsCo, IOWA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER /, 1888

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Is exacted from him without due compensa-
tion. then. my friends, be Is . defrauded man,
and be ought 10 complain. lGreat applause
A German in the audience here handed
the speaker an old horseshoe, saying:
II picked 1t up during the time the pro-
cessiOn was. That means victory. II ID .
horseshoe"
Judge Thurman-I thank you, sir. Twill
take it home with me, will nail it on my
door and keep these Republican witches
that preach protection to the ruin OF the
poor man from entering my household.
[Great cheering.
A voice-Nail it on the White House
door. Laughter.l The Judge continued:
"Ah. but. say the Republican orators.
"you Democrats are the enemies Of the labor
ing men" Is that sog The Democratic party
IL composed OF laboring men. Out OF every
1000 voters in the Democratic party go are Ia
boring men. And why are they laboring men:
Because OF the privileges they enjoy. Nearly
all the happiness they have on earth is der we'd
from Democratic principles lapplausel-
which have shielded them in their trouble in
life, and made them contented and happy and
prosperous men. Continued applause.l What
gars you the right 70 vote. Democratic princi-
pies. prolonged cheering.l It is all in one sen
tence written by the hand OF the father Of Amer
and found in that immortal document the
Declaration Of Independence. The sen
tence is: "All men are born free and equal
That Is the foundation stone Of Democracy,
which sprang from that sentiment That SEN
timent has done all for the human race that
has been done in the way Of ameliorating their
condition from the day that sentence was
written down TO this day. defy any man liv.
ing to point out TO me one single amelioration
OF the condition Of the human race In Christen.
dom, one single improvement OF the condition
OF the laboring men that has not been the re-
suit OF Democratic principles. Applause
Why, some one may say, here were the South
negro slavery. Yes, but that sentence OF
Thomas Jefferson sprouted and grew up, and in
the end made slavery impossible in any part OF
the territory OF the United States. more ap-
plause.l Our Republican friends say to the
negro that they set him free. They set him
frees They would have been In slavery for ten
centuries to come il they had depended on
them to set them free. tGrcat cheering Those
words from Thomas Jeferson's pen are the
words that set them free in the end. It took
time to do 1t, but in tho end 1t did do II, and
therefore say 1t again. and say it without fear
OF successful contradiction, that no improve.
ment in the rights or the condition Of laboring
men in Christcndom has ever been produced
except by the influence Of Democratic princi.
you to walk with your head erect the equal ol
any pnans What enables you to look around as
your little children and know that they will
grow up to be respected in the country What
enables you TO point TO some smart little boy
Of your own and say pcrchancc that boy will
yet be President OF these United States. What
enables you TO do that but the influence ol
Democratic principles: CONTINUED applause.
My friends, when man talks about the
Democratic party being the enemy Of the Ia
boring man. he talks the veriest folly. The
Democratic party contains majority OF the
people OF the United States, it contains ma.
jority Of the voters Of the United States. II
these men are opposed 70 the interests OF the
laboring man, II they are the enemies OF labor,
then they are their own enemies, their own
worst enemies-tgreat cheeringl-and to say
Of the Democratic party that 1t is an enemy oil
the laboring man 10 to say to that party: You
are q set OF idiots and ought not to be ent tied
to vote At oil II you do not know how TO take
care OF yourselves" lCheering.l My friends,
the Democratic party are not set OF idiots
though II Is composed, more than nine-te tbs
OF II, OF laboring men. It is not q party that
ought to be sent TO an insane asylum. not by q
long way tGreat cheering and cries OF mo,
no. The party that produced Jefferson, and
Madison, and Monroe. and Andrew Jackson,
and Grover cleveland-lgreat cheering and
voices: And Thurman" And Thurman"l
TO say nothing Of other men, IL
by no means an idiotic party. Who
ever thinks that the Democrats OF this
country can not Ind out their own interests,
can not appreciate the benefits conferred upon
them, and can not work to promote them, will
find himself the most disappointed man that
ever predicted the fate OF ! country. lCheers.
Aud think that on the sixth day Of next
month, God willing, We will teach them les
son that will make them cease TO talk about
the Democratic party being its own w0rs,
enemy. lGrca: cheering.
1should say something more to you on this
occasion. but am to be followed by one Of the
ablest men in the United States. the honored
Speaker OF the House Of Representatives.
[great applause and yoar near neighbor, Mr..
Carlisle, OF CoyIngton More applause. You
know him as well as !. ! have known him
long: have admired him always; l have always
found him to be q true man, and his ability
there Is no man who will attempt TO gainsay.
I shall therefore bid you now goodbye in order
to make place for him, but before l 60
want to thank you, one and ALL for your kind
reception. for your favorable shouts, for your
favorable expressions, and for the evidence
you have given that the Old Roman, as am
sometimes called-lherc the speaker was in
terrupted by Q long and continued applausel- -
the Old Man There the speaker was again in.
for the Old Roman. Let me close my sent
ence. say want to thank you for the warm
place have in your affections, and now bid
you good night.
At the conclusion of Judge Thurman's
speech President James Alison read the
following message from Washington:
very much regret that Mrs. Cleveland and
myself must deny ourselves the pleasure ol
being present at the exposition on Democratic
day, and We con only say that our disappoint
ment is greater than that Of those who have
kindly invited us. GROVER CLEVELAND.
Speaker Carlisle was then introduced
He began his remarks by saying:
After the argument made by the next Vice
President Of the United States-[cheersl-i
seems entirely unnecessary for me to attempt
to say any thing. AS an old-fashioned repre-
sentative OF old fashioned Democracy, Allen
G. Thurman speaks with authority. Whatever
he states concerning the principles and the
policy OF the Democratic party may be &C.
cepted by the people OF the country as the
truth There Is no part Of the people Of the
United States who are 50 much indebted tc
the Democratic party and Democratic prn
ciples for their prosperity and growth as the
in the first place. the vast territory which you
inherit; to it you owe the religious liberty
which was established for all time in the
Northwest by the ordinance of 81. To IL you
owe the exemption in that ordinance from the
institution Of slavery. The convention at Vim
SCuuCSy Auu.s pEcSlucu ONCE Uy w Ilt1m acOTy
Harrison In lsOs, petitioned the Continental
Congress to set aside the sixth article Of the
ordinance OF 81 and est ablish slavery in the
Northwest Territory. That petition, upon be
ing sent to Congress and referred to commit
tee, was reported against by John Randolph
OF Roanoke, o Virglnian and q Democrat
When the ordinance Of 81 was passed there
were present only the representatives OF eight
States, five OF which were Southern. and not q
single State voted against that ordinance
The only individual representative who voted
against it was Mr.. Yates, Of New York.
The Republican argument Is that II the prod
ucts OF foreign labor are admitted into this
country free OF duty, or with q low rate Of
duty, tho wages OF laboring men must be equal
lied, and that they will be equalized, not by in
crcasing rates on foreign lands, but by de
creasng wages at home. One single fact in oul
history will refute that proposition. Absolute
free trade exists between the thirty .eigh,
States OF this Union. and yet the wages OF the
various States are not equalized. Statistics
show that in some occupations 50 per cent and
in some 20 per cent more wages are paid In
Chicago than in New York. | am not arguing
TO show that free trade would be good thing
in this country; am not arguing even to show
that u reduction OF the revenue duty upon i'm
ported goods would be . good thing, but am
simply answering the Republican theory.
do believe that n reduction of taxes upon the
necessities OF life wOufd be of infinite atlvan.