Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-10-09

nS>LXka PUBLIC disaster and
#zSs$f5&HsNS may be said of repuD-
NN9''S'. 'fIf7SsSeN lies, the people are
George G. Test honest. They may be
mistaken ut times; they may follow for a
time false leaders and dogma5 which are
not correct: but their intention is always
q whole basis of American inst tutions fades
away and comes TO nothing, an | the exicr ri
/ ment OF Il free government upon this con-
tiaent is an utter and complete failure.
to DISCUSS PRINCIPLES.
am here to- night not u attack individu-
. all, not to assaiI the motives of my fellow
E citizens with whom differ, but / am here
70 discuss great NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. so mo-
mentous that, in my judgment, they involve
3 the existence OF honest. equal, pure govern
ment upon this continent, for the enjoy
ment of ourselves and of our children to
come after us. My fellow ctiZ ems. tha man
VINO attacks Il party simply because H. diff
fers with it and refuses to examine, who de-
ciines to hear and closes his luind to every
thing but passion and prejudice, is I'M
worthy Of the name of an American citizen
or a freeman. [Applausel When the time
, comes in this country that the slogan OF
party alone determines every public queS-
ton, the doom of the republic is
either party in the gre It National contests
that recur in each fourycIrs in our political
, history be true then the institutions that
were founded by our fathers were based
upon sand and viii come to nothing Ifthe
body of the people of This country be so
corrupt ana ignorant tuey de-
scribcd in the public press and upon the
hustinGs; if the vitupcratjon and abuse of
tests prevail. then the IDEA OF Inoinas
Jefferson. that all just government derives
IL power from the consen OF the governed,
is ftlIacy and comes to no thing. APP
plause In 1854 we heard from one end Of
this country to the other. in every shape
IinaS Unable. in inpassioned eioquence and
stulid vitupcration. the declaration tina: the
return of the Democratic party to power
would be the signal of National bankruptcy
and National ruin. We were tod that if
Democrat should be elected President
of the United States that the debt
this incurred
for the Union would be repu'li-
ated, pensions would be given to the
Confederate soldiers, the negroes would be
again thrust into slavery and the clanking
of their chains would be heard in each one
suit came. and that splendid ID .Inocrat and
honest man. Grover Cleveland loud and
chair without public experience. He came
without personal aCGuai ntance with the dis
tlnguished men wen OF his own party. He
brought to the discharge OF the great duties
which had been deyolyed upon him by the
votes of the Amcrican people, honesty, in
to srity and patriotism that can not be de-
med even bv his bittcrest eneTie'. Loud
applause Did National bankruptcy come?
We're laws enacted that repudiated the pub
lie debt? We're pensions given to the Con
tederate soldiers? Were the sbackleS put
back upon the freed limbs OF the African:
Let any honest Republican stand before God
aud his country and will take his answer.
[Applause-l
GROVER CLEVELAND
Grover Cleveland Il Iministered this Gov
arnment with honest and pure heart
and as clean hands as ever belonged to any
human being upon the face of the earth.
loud cheers. He was Scrupulous in regard
10 the National honor; he believed that the
Government should be administered like the
business of an indiyilual-upon correct.
economic and true pr nciples. and that the
money of the people should not be squan-
people, but should be taken out Of the treas
ury by act of Congress. My fellow citizens,
the administration of the Government by
President Cleveland should teach lesson
to partiSans throughout the land that
abuse, calumny, SANDER ana false charges
not the sort of weapons with which TO
control the destiny of the American re
public. [Appiause.l Cleveland went out of
Office anu left a surplus in the treasury
year. He vainy endeavored to re-
duce that surplus by bringing the
necessities of the Government econ omic-
ally and honestly administered ZAP
duet on of taxation; ii has not disappeared
by the legitimate methods that honest gov
eminent and honest business procedure
should adopt. 1t has been sguandered 1t
has been thrown away for purpo.es that
believe the people of the United states.
when they CONF to understand. will never,
never indorse. Applause 1t Is admitted
to-day by the financial leaders of the Re-
publican party that N order to prevent 4
deficit they are competed L" take the sink
in@ fund. which was a sacre. trust for the
to TIL ordinary expense of the Govern
mcIst of the United States. They have
passed bills through the Scnat. br party
majnrities which they have stopped in th.
House of Representatives until after the
November election for fear the people
would see this deficit, and would detect the
methods by which it has been brought
about tApplause.l
DIRECT TAX BILL.
They Dasse! what they call the refund ing
OF the direct tax bill to the Stales-the tax
that was levied directly upon tHe people
during the war. amounting to over SO. 20 .0eo;
taken out of the treasury by constitutional
methods They passed \ bill refunding
this amount to the States that had paid it by
trx-1 omit nj. nI hy- fh.A
Democratic side of the chamber in tine Sem
ate: bat when that bill went to the House
OF II representatives. in the first days of this
last session of con Eress. nearly ten months
ago. ii was put in the mausoleum of the
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
who il the autncrat of the House of Repre-
sentAtiveS to dav, and there kept under
his key lock until this exact hour. They
were determined not to permit IL to become
a law because it took nearly S2ontO,O00 out
OF the Treasury of the United States. and
they were determined not to take that
amount out until after the November cleo
ton and they had seen the political COM
pi"Nion of the Next House of Representa-
tiveS.r
They have passed a bill giving, unconsti-
tutionaliy. aS believe. II bounty to ships
built in the United States of = per ton for
every mule that they sail, whether loaded or
empty That bill gives to II ship built in
Liverpool and back S1S,O0 for every voyage
out OF your money and minc in order, as
they say, to build up American shipping.
That bill sleeps in the House of Re prese nta-
tives until after the November election.
They do rot hesitate to declare that in order
to avoid a deficiency they intend to use the
money of the sinking fund and the money
placed in the treasury for the redemption
IL necessary, of the National bank notes
They are determined that the people of this
country shall not know how they have ad-
miuistered the business affairs of their con
stituents. whose servants they are under the
Constitution.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
My fellow citizens. the Republican party
Is great party. 1t has illustrious his
tory; Il stands to-day before thu people of
the United States and claims their conf
dence because it conducted successfully a
great war and succeeded in conquering IF.
teen States Of the Union that resisted the
National authority. Whatever other argu-