The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-09-18

that is that In my Judgment the elee:
tlon-ho, not the electidh, Tor Ne never
was elected 1t Was a bold, bald usurpa.
tion-but the induction into office OF
Grover Cleveland was productive OF two
inestimable benefits to the American
people. 1t was for the present titne not
joyous, but rather grievous, but 1t got
out a far more exceeding eternal
weight OF glory. Laughter. II
showed in the first place, fellow-citi-
zens, that every accusation that had
been talked for nearly u quarter OF a
century into the ears Of the American
people about the ex~travagances and the
corruptions of the Republican party
were not misrepresentation, not mis-.
constructions, hut to use the good old
Saxon phrase, that they were absolute
falsehoods and lies,
ut conferred another benefit also
upon the American people, and that was
the exhibition OF the total incapacity OF
the Democratic party for administering
the affairs of this Government and so
it came to pass that under a policy that
was feeble and weak at home and paltry
and shuiling and contemplate abroad
the administration closed as the most
humiliating epoch in American history,
to which no citizen can ever revert
without a blush of shame and humili.
alton. Under the readiustment OF the
political force of this country. that will
occur under the eleventh census, thai
great region between the Alleghenies
and the Rocky mountains extending
from the British possessions to the Gulf
of Mexicu will hold the purse and the
soul. 1t will have n majorit OF the
votes in the lower House of Congress,
it will have a majority of the votes in
the Senate Of the United States. 1t
will have a majority of the votes in the
Electoral College for choosing the
President and Vice. President:
"When the free trade and STAKEHOLDER
of Democracy was permanently de-
throncd that great procession of histor.
ical events which has brought us to our
present unapproachable heights of ma
tcrial grandeur was begun. The stats.
tics of this census are not yet a~ccessi.
Bile. We shall have about 84, 900, 900 OF
people. and our assets upon the Nation
al ledger will not he less than one hun
dred billions of dollars. Since that
time to which have referred, when un
der the sublime incentive Of the doc
trine of protection to American labor.
the Republican party took control of the
affairs of this country, there has not
been an hour in which tho clock has
struck, day or night, Sunday or week
day, in which there has not been added
to the material accumulation of this
country $3.50, 900. [Applause. think,
Mr.. President, that Is a record to which
we may, in the language of State plat
forms, point with pride. But the Demo-
cratic party, true to its instincts
of criticism and censure during
all hat period, has performed the
function of a brake upon the great
car of National progress, the only
function of it's leader being to hold on
and holler whoa, and is to-day engaged
in an attempt nefarious, infamous,
dangerous, insidious. An appeal to the
worst and most degraded clements of
society claiming that this majestic rec
ord OF progress has been against the in
tercsts of the people, and in the inter-
est of corporations, monopolies and cap
italists" applause
Mr., ingalls, was given q tumultuous
applause AS he closed. Then a tele-
gram was read from Speaker Reed, say
ing that Pennsylvania was counted Upon
to stand firm at this crisis. The
three State candidates and Adjutant-
General Hastings also made brief ad-
dresses.
Senator ingalls, in an interview when
asked what he thought of the numerous
alliances the Democrats were making
with different parties over the country,
cynically remarked. "What else Is to
be expected of thcmP The Democratic
party is the street-walker of the nine
teenth century"