The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-18

! strength and grandeur which makes honest
| elections q menace TO public servants who have
DO unfaithful 70 trusts confided. or unworthy
| OF honors bestowed
A state can best risk the faucied lis which
are feared from an election where every man
entitled 20 a vote Is accorded the privilege, and
his vote counted as cast, than TO seek 70 estab-
/ lish. OF perpetuate il already es ablshed any
method which will exclude the rightful voters
/ from the polls. or reject or alter their ballots
when once cast. A republican form OF govern
ment can exist only by the consent Of the
| hended when the Masses FESTIVE under the con-
| unued aoridgement Of their rights, take the
readlest methods to restore them After all,
the intelige ce must dominate public affairs
and nothing ministers much 70 that end as
free speech, free press and q untanted ballot,
and no vote OF mine shall be cast to abridge
either. Enemies Of these we'll grounded inner
itances, oequeathed to us by our revolutionary
fathers, may CT force bill and talk about
'fomenting discord, but appeal to the intelli-
gence u the voters Of First district if | would
De worthy Of their support. or their confidence
4 should hesitate 10 defend. by voce
and vote. the constitution OF my country from
an insldious attack upon the ballot, for if it can
De tampered with to-day, and the public con-
science scared, what may result from such
abuses In the futuref No party can live that
depends on imposture for success. aud IL cleo
lions are nulIiied to-day by irregular practices
IN one state or section, for present partisan
purpose, tomorrow the evil, If not checked by
wise legislation. may ramify the country until
eiectlons Will cease to be a reflex of public
hollow moekery disorder and anarchy must be
the inevitable sequences LeDAts
am not amoag that class who begrudge pen
slons to the manned or diseased. who have worn
the UNIFORM or their country, In the service of
the latter, whether at home or on alien bat
Tie nelds. nor would | stint the d nsion to the
surviving widow and orphan OF the patriot vol
unteer. Money distributed in the shape of pen
sons to-day finds its way through the arteries
of trade and stimulates Industry, human ener-
~ ana the Developments OF the varied resources
OF the land, Just as 1t does where literally ap-
proprieted for public improvements, and it is
INFINITELY preferable to the democratic policy Of
boarding surplus in costly and massive vaults
at the national capital, when the p o rata circu-
laton Is already too small to satisfy the grow
ing demands of our trade and commerce, and
ing Is 0O0,000.s G. 70 =, 7'eo
For like reason think the sub treasury bill
has many elements to commend it to the wise
and careful consideration Of congress, and the
bill, or some wisely devised substitute retaining
tne essential features OF the proposed bill
should be made a law. The country makes the
city: From is broad acres come our food
products and the raw material for the clothing
we wear. The farm being the fountain from
which fiow all that goes TO make cities prosper
Gus, those who till the soil in the sweat of their
| brow should be the last to have just cause to
complain that their interests have been neg
lected. They deserve well of government, and
should not be permitted to be at the
| mercy OF the money broker and
| the speculator whose loans are tempting and
WhoSo mortgages are rulnOuS. just measures
for relief should never be withheld when ext
gencies arise to make farmers, as a class, less
prosperous, by comparison, than those who
live IN cities, whose hours of labor are shorter.
| whose wages are better. who are less exposed
to the elements, and whose holdings are not
| subject to deterioration by drought, flood and
| frost as are the crops of the farmer. II elected
TO congress it shall be my pleasure to sink party
| lines in all measures affecting the prosperity
| aud betterment of the farmer and wage Garner.
believing that the men who toll deserve. and
| should receive. the full measure of wise munih-
cent and Just Legislation to insure their content
| ment and happiness for q contented people
| combins to make a stable government.
Ia review am opposed to tariff for revenue
| only because it is a deusion and calculated to
| lower the standard OF wages in this country to
| that of the pauper countries Of Europe
l am opposed TO any infraction of the freedom
| OF the ballot, because in a republican form of
| government the ballot must be free to the legal
| voters that the wishes of the many may not be
| dominated by the few, and because l believe
| that purity in elections. uninfuenced by brides,
unawed by force and unsullied by chicanery, is
the sheet anchor of co stitutional liberty, and
that government Indifferent to abuse of the
ballot falls short Of what was intended by the
founders of the American republic. The ballot
and the ballot-box should be all that the poet
describes them:
"A weapon that comes down as still
AS snow flakes fall upon the sod;
But executes freeman s will
| As lightning does the will of God;
| And from its force, nor doors nor locks,
| Can shield you-'tis the ballot-box."
am in favor of liberal pensions to the soldier
and his surviving widow and orphans, because
| believe that government which does out with
| niggardly economy mere pittance to the SOL
diers of the past would be likely to sadly need
| soldiers In the future should the exigency arise
| calling for martial array, and no government
can live, or deserves to live, which bubbles over
doing out the penny given TO its volunteer SOL
dery, and obsequously empties its Golfers in
the shape of interest, to the bondholder who
boarded his z I'D to profit by the emptiness of
S country treasury.
am in favor of liberal appropriation for
public improvements. for river and harbor i'm
provements, for seacoast defenses, and for the
double reason that they are demanded as a
necessity and because the money expended
will give employment to labor, stimulate trade
and inure to the common prosperity of all. A
boarded surplus means financial panic' and a
nation of idlerS, and to obviate this, what is
taken from the people in the shape of taxes to-
day let it be returned on the morrow, to quicken
enterprises already established and develop new
ones.
favor such legislation as will correct any
evils justly complained of by the agricultural
classes, because after all, taxation rests heav-
lest on the land, which should not unequally
share in the public burden.
"Ill fares the land to Fastening ills prey
Where wealth accuuul es and men decay
Princes and lords may flourish or may fade
breath can make them as breath has made,
But bold peasantry, their oountrys pride,
When once destroy'd, can never be supplied"
district shall always have my prompt and
Jealous support and shall heartily cooperate
with the constituency of our Georgia cities and
towns for river and harbor improvements, that
the products of the southern farms, forests,
factories, furnaces and mines may move I'M
trammeled out of deep water harbors to thu
sea, where they may hurry along their ocean
pathways to the markets of the world.
believe i'll the future of Georgia and of the
the south, so recently entered upon their unex-
ampled career of progress and prosperity. As
a member of congress from the First district
shall do nothing to check it, but, the con-
trary, il shall be with me labor of love to do
everything in my power to advance il, and to
this stand pledged. Fraternaily.
NJ. ]. DOYLE.
Savdnndh, Ga, Oct. Id, 1890.
Capt Doyle was interrupted several times
during his speech by such remarks as "Bully
for you, captainm and Stan yo' groun'."
LAWYER LYONS sPLURGE.
j. W. Lyons, colored lawyer, was the
next speaker. He claimed that the south
generally. aud the First district IN particu-
lar. is without its natural representatives in
congress. He compared Capt. Doyle to the
great parliamentarian. Edmund Burke,
whom, he said, when he was elected to rep
resent the constituency Of Bristol, England. in
the British parliament over hundred years
ago, had the courage TO say that he repre-
sented nation, and not a part or parcel of
it. and said il Capt. Doyle was
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