The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-10-17
BOIES' GREAT SPEECH.

BOIES' GREAT SPEECH.
An Ablo Discussion OF Iowa Cam
paign Issues.
Ringing speech I,y the Democratic Can-
disiai1 fDr Governor TarIR Taxa
tion. the Liquor Irobicin xmd
Other Leading Questions.
The Democratic campaign In Iowa was
opened at. Waterloo Saturday night by
Horace Boies, the candidate for Governor.
who discussed the issues of the day in q
manner that carried conviction to many
wavering Republicans and strengthened the
faith OF his own supporters Mr.. Boies pos
scsses to a remarkable degree the faculty
Of expressin. his cOmmon-sensc views In
sturdy Angio-Saxon sentences that fall
upon the sophisms OF his opponents like tho
blows OF . ilip-hammer. There was no
dodging NOR uncertainty. Every question
upon which the party platforms have
touched was t.ken up and exhausted. He
discussed the tariff. the Australian bal OF
the transp0i tation question and prOht-
tlcularly clear and vigorous He said:
To The extent required 10 meet the necessary
expenses oi the Cove. .nment the Democratic
party comedies the right of Congress TO Inn
I osc such duties. and cons @Queniy the right
OF the home manufacturer TO TrotecttOn to
that extent: but our present tar system was
laryey devised when the country Was IN great
fnanc al straits and wnen vast sums OF money
. in excess Of what Is needed to-day were re.
CURED. On March 4, 1883. at tn close OF the
only Democrat G administration tn country
mas had In quarter OF . century, the National
Treasury contained more than 5000 O.000 in
excess Of every demand a-aiEst the Govern
ment, and that surplus is grow ng larger r m
day TO day. By every effort In his power the
then Pres dent, supported by Democrats in
both branches Of Congress, endeav-
Ored to OBJ ain q revision OF the tariff
SO IS to theapcn the necessaries OF life.
! Every one then recognized the danger to the
/ business interests OF tie country which neces-
sar.ly ar ses from hoard ng y large surplus n
! the Treasury, and both political arties fore
| shadowed IN the T platforms last fail the rem
/, edy they proI osad for this conceded evil. The
| D. mccrats, following the lead OF their Pres
dent, Gs'sted that q tariff on the neccssaries
| OF fe should be reduced ana thereby the ac-
1 cumu!Gtion OF surplus prevented: and the Re-
pGblici,ns ms sted that u necessary 10 get rid
| OF The surplus the tax on whisky and tobacco
| should be removed, but that no revision Of the
1 tar II should be made VIII cll would endanger
| ou. system OF protection to home industr .cs.
1 We are told tnat 10 interfere with that system
| would ruin our home market for products OF
| Western farms AMI depress the price Of labor
| to the level OF pauper wages IN the countries
4 OF tie old world The issue thus made was
/ fought out at the polls. Our Republican friends
4 won. They have been in power seven months.
There Is no longer skeleton in the closet OF
1 the Nat oeal Treasury in the shape OF q grow
| ing surplus, except shat i, grows less and no
| longer ago than the 9th OF September last the
| Chicago Tribune took to tas, Mr.. Depew, OF
/ New York. an 1 General Malone, OF Virginia
for suggest ng that tar n duties would be re-
| duced or the tax On tobacco removed. aud
closed a carefully prepared editorial with tie
| following cmlnous words:
| ''T'.c rising tide OF public expenditures
I which neither party can beat back amy more
than Cannte could ,he swelling foods OF the
| ocean w.l.. II n short tine. set the Enanciers
| 10 lcyyiag rev .a1 s rather than repeating old
1 OneS
/ 1, Ills the lest to which the Republ can
| farmers CT the Northwest were invited. Not II
dollar has been added to The ma.ke. value OF
tue products OF the farms. They are cheaper
| to-day thaa they were before. The value q.
! labor has not advanced. Tire Il scd.ates OF the
| Treasury have len opaaei By Republican
| hands. TIE surplus which y Democratic adj
| m:nistrat on lett s dying away, and already
1
| tie people for the inev table. an increase In
stead Of a din nj, on Of their burdens.
4 PURE BALLOT NEEDED.
Discussing tie Austria ian ballot Mr.. Boies
said:
The corfu u,e Of moncy in our elections
has .-rowa into i. Nat onal scanlal. Never
| was is is fn!cious influence more OF enly por-
trayed th:n gu. last National election. In
| me OF The States. through the dictaiion of
| 4 .tl. m IN II h,rseh s;y no
score and marc.el in groups 10 The polls to de.
| Ios.t the votes they had soli. Men alnost
| " iacul nnmaef leve TO tbs day ihlf
S.a.cs We're car. led by this shameful
AID cr.ia!nal u.s. cf money. The success
o. this infamou, practice depends VI on the
sb lily OF the u. CHASER To watch the man who
sells his vote and see that he performs his part
OF the contract 40 would willingly ust
nmaa iase cnou III tn sell his vote. TIE Dem.
ocrat patty proposes that the State shall
:don, waGt is known as the Austral au system,
OF v,tnr. VII Oh simply means that each elcctos
shall d.los.t II sec CT ballot. the coatents oil
which are known only TO nse!f and never can
be known 10 others aga nst his " Il. No wise.
suggest on i, to.ta:nel in the admirable plat
form Of cur party. II sir kcs NJ . gigantic
cvl. Is iu-rCse Is TO " pc out National
crime.
RAILWAYS MUST BE REGULATED
Mr.. Boies made no effort to conceal hi
views on the transportation question. He
said:
The point OF difficulty in solving the railway
problem es in dev sing system OF control
that shalt be ia r to the people o: this State
and TO those financially interested in these
properties alike. These fundamental pSopo
sitions must be kept in ght: + rst, these com
| p1nies should not lie allowed to make rates
which W II pay interest on inflated values q
property they operate. and, second, they should
be allowed To make rates that will pay interest
on tho value Of tie property employed IN
their business. but this rule must be applied
In spirit OF fairness TO interests other thar
| those that are str city personal to the corpora
tions. The public is as much interested In od
eQuate and eflic cnt service as 1t Ii in chcaI
| rates. A great army OF wOrkmen TO by day
and night in supplying the imperative demands
OF our peorle with both fire. ght and passenger
transportation. Ne class OF men deserve fairel
treatment than these laborers, who following
one Of the most dangerous Of all business pur
suits, give up many OF the comforts OF home
the naiurai hours OF rest and 70 forth n thu
sunshine and in storm TO supply the demands
OF an ever-exactiEg public for thoroughly EN-
cent ra lway service. No scale Of rates shoult
be ins sied upon that will preveat the making
OF headed improvements and repairs or the pay
ment Of liberal wages to all eng ged in the op
GRAFTON OF the road. II Is out Of no spirit o
pareimony or disregard OF the rights Of Others
that the demand for railway regulation sprang
The difculty OF the situation lay In tho fac
that these companies were left 10 themselves
70 nx by their own arbitrary W lis such rates q
they elected, Ms well ~ the manner. terms snt
conditions VI on which they would render IN!
service, while those who dealt with them Wers
absolutely at their mercy. Their position II
the business world 10 entirely different from
that OF any other enterprise. Al non compel
ing points they arc controlled by no law o
competition, ard even st competing point.
this general law Of trade WAS easily cyAdee
through agreements between tho companies
They d dctated the terms Of their own con
tracts, while those with whom they wero mad,
had nothing TO do but assent. The situation
invited abuses and created strust. Out O
this fact grew necessity for some one to repre-
sent the people-some one clothed " tn powe
to sec that the public was not wronged, 10 stan,
between tho railways and their patrons, 4
have voice In contracts to be made-and th,
law has supplied that want with our ralwa!
commission. It has come to stay. The day o
contracts whose terms are dictated by on,
only OF the parties financially interested there
In has gone BY. The evils that grew up whil'