The McCook tribune., 1890-10-17
REpUBLICA. CAMPAIGN.
The Grafton Delivered by
j. L. Webster at Fremont.
A Mastery Argument for the Party
in Power and Its Splen-
did Work.


Hon. John l.. Webster at Fremont. Sept 20
For twenty three years has Ne
braska had its star among the con>tel-
Iations of the azure blue of the Aneri.
can flag. Stepping into the union with
qnarter of million people she has
more than kept paca with the march Of
the world, unit. hc* population has
reached 1,l50,000 Dur:n, me last ter
years no state in the union has kept an
equal pace with her in the growth Of
her industries, in the extent of her agri-
cultural production, in the development
of her mercantile interests, nor in the
growth of her population Considering
her youth as state, she stands without
a risal-without peer among tho
states of the republic.
'ffor these tweIty-th three years her po-
liticai interests and destinies have been
under the control of the republican
party at the biennial elections. For
twenty-three years she has regularly in
stalled a republican governor. At the
coming election the republican party
will not only honor itself, but will
honor your city of Fremont by the cleo
ton Of Governor Richards.
I'm the days of our young statehood
we learned our republicanism from such
old stalwarts as Oliver P. Morton. Ben
,anin F. Wade and Charles Sumner.
Later ON the fires of party spirit were
kept burning by the patriotic bravery
of Garfield and the political genius OF
a Roscoe Conkling. We still have with
us the sterling integrit, of John Sher-
man and the brilliant enthusiasm of
James G. Blaine.
I'VE have with us men in our own
party in this state who learned their re-
publicanism from the career of the mar
tyred Lincoln. We have with us boys
who learned their republicanism while
marching from Atlanta TO- the sea with
Gen. Sherman. We have with us boys
who learned their republicanism with
Sheridan while sweeping through the
valleys of the Shenandoah. We have
with us boys who learned their repub-
licanism with Hooker while sweeping
the clouds from Lookout mountain.
We have with US boys who learned their
republicanism while Gen. Grant kept
the flag aloft at Appomattox. These
are the boys whose republicanism still
remains true to their state and their
flag, and who will not forget their OLD
comrade. Richards, on election day.
During the last two years mission
aries of discomfort, discord and dissen-
sion have been travelling over this state,
trying to disrupt the old republican
party and to build up on its ruins a
mongrel institution, sailing under the
name of the peoples" and the CALI
ance" party. This new mongrel party
resembles its democratic ally in that it
10 like an old government mule-with-
out pride of ancestry and without hope
Of posterity.
care we to forsake the old party
whose great deeds and grand achieve
nents have ripened into a magnificent
history, because KEN tells the people
that he is against the governments Are
we to forsake the old party because
Burrows tells the people that Bill Nc
Kinley, and not overproduction, ha.
made corn cheap? Are we to forsak-
the old party because David Butler tries
TO make the people believe that he can
operate railroad better than Wander
bilt? Are we to forsake the old party
because McKeighan thinks he knows
more about the tariff than our old war
horses like Sherman and Morrill, and
Blaine? Are we to forsake the old
party because Powers tells the people
If he was elected governor he could
turn the leaves upon the corn stalks into
greenbacks and the golden ears into
silver dollars? The answer must be,
no.
''Old, time-tried principles are worth
more than these new-fangled i'eas.
Old, time-tried patriotism is worth
more than the disrupting influences Of
falsifying demagogues.
TARIFF HELPS THE FARMER.
'"The orators of the democratic and
alliance parties are constantly saying
that the tariff doctrines of the republi-
can party are enhancing the prices OF
what the farmer buys.
Il have been reading the speeches of
Kem of McKeighan, of Bryan and o:
Powers, so far as they have gone into
print and come under my observation
So far have failed to observe that any
one of these persons has brought for
ward any statement of facts to support
his assertions. The result of the tariff
system has been just the reverse of what
these people say. I have made it my
business to inquire of the merchants O.
the city of Omaha what were the prices
in 1886 to 1890 of all the articles usually
purchased by the farmer, and / find the
average reduction in price during the
ten years under the tariff system is
equal to about half the cost in 1890.
LET me give you a tabulated state
ment of some of these prices:
ARTICLES. Price. Price.
1880. 1880.
Self-Dfnder. c5lo w SIoU w
Corn planter and check