The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-09-26

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tion-no, not the election. for he never
was elected; it 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 time not
joyous, but rather grievous, but 1t got
out far more exceeding eternal
weight of glory. Laughter 1t
showed in the first place, fellow-citi-
Gems, that every accusation that had
been talked for nearly q quarter of .
century into the ears Of the American
people about the extravagances and the
corruptions of the Republican party
were not misrepresentation, not mis-
constructions, but to use the good old
Saxon phrase, that they were absolute
falsehoods and lies.
1T 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 policy that
was feeble and weak at home and paltry
and shutting 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 readjustment of the
political force of this country, that will
occur under the eleventh census, that
great region between the Alleghenies
and the Rocky mountains extending
from the British possessions to the Gulf
of Mexico will hold the purse ard the
soul. 1t will have a majority of the
votes in the lower House of Congress,
it will have a majority of the votes in
the Senate of the United States. It
will have 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-
throned that great procession of histor-
ical events which has brought US to our
present unapproachable heights of ma
terial grandeur was begun. The Stats
tics of this census are not yet accessi-
BILE. We shall have about 81, 900, 900 of
people, and our assets upon the Nation
al ledger will not be less than one hun
bred billions of dollars. Since that
time to which have referred, when I'M
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 the 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. 600. Applause. Think,
Mr.. President, that Is 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 that period, has performed the
function of a brake upon the great
car of National progress, the only
function of its 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 elements of
society claiming that this majestic rec
ord of progress has been against the in
terests of the people, and in the inter
est of corporations, monopolies and cap
italists" [applausel
Mr.. ingalls, was given a tumultuous
applause as he closed Then 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,
cynicslly remarked: what else is to
be expected OF them? The Democratic
party is the street-walker of the nine
teen:h century,"