Omaha daily bee., 1890-10-23
THE CAMPAIGN IN NEBRASKA.
Speeches Of Governor Thsyer and L. D.
Richards at Kearey.
REPUBLICAN ENTHUSIASM At HOLDREGt.
Fremont Listens to What General
Webster Knows About Prohibition
.g-Parades. Rallies and Speech.
making All Over the state.


Model opera house last night Hon. l.. ID.
Richards was introduced 10y General a. II.
Connor and spoke as follows:
MIR Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: I
am here ton ight by accident. II Is well un-
derstood that the issues of this campaign
must be discussed by those more capable than
myself. This campaign is very peculiar
one, ia man res poets the most imDOrtant IN
the history OF the state. With four tickets
In the field the voter certainly ght TO find
one 10 suit hin. The publican party has
worked out all the great reforms. It's policy
has made bis the grandest nation on the
earth. 1t is strong enough in the state TO
settle all questions, and all the great ques-
tiOns OF interest Of the state are mutual
questions before us and must be settled on
the side Of right and justice 10 all. and unless
they are so settled they will continue 10 per
plex all politics and occupy the country until
right prevails.
Notwiths landing there are four tickets in
the field the fight before us is with our old
antagonist, the democratic party. II is the
party opposed 70 pension legislation 1t is
the party that looks with suspicion upon our
public school system which has been 50
largely instrumental In promoting the in
telligence Of our people. II is a party that
has been and is now opposing all the meas
ures adopted by the repu olican party, and
finali V accepting them in later years, claim
ing the credit and showing themselves the
enemies Of this state by magnfying our
dssat isfaCtiOn generally. / oppose the party
that can tind more evil and do less in sug-
gesting remedies in political organizations
than any that ever existed. We know that
there has been little money in farming. Very
few lines oftrade will show a gain during
the last few years. This fact has been
sslZed upon by the democrats AS their cam
paign cry against the republican party. That
the people viii be deceived for any great
length Of time is not 20 be believed.
In his district the indepcn1eur mart nOrni
mated man W no was a former repu bcan.
therefore could not be endorsed, and the
democratic party placed a candidate in the
field. Il goes without saving that the re-
publican nominee will be elected Mr.. Dor
sey will be found In the future as in the past
working for the good OF the people. came
10 Nebraska twenty-three years ago and have
seen il grow in population from about 10000
10 10000 today with an assessed valuation
ofs250,0OO. 900, while the true value will ap.
prox innate to 81. coo 100000.
The population iu 80 was 3s 100. COO today
it is 64,0Oo, ,0OO, and The wealth Of lss7 was
$40 UO0.O09, 600 and today II is approximately
10000, 900 900. accom- pshed under the wise
protective policy Of the republican party |
ask you il you think the democratic party or
any other party could have made better
showing.
The democrats have sou ght to make political
capital by charging that our taxes are higher
than in adjoining states, that money has not
been we'll expended. In the consideration
the relation of assessed and true valuation is
never stated. The census reports give Ne
braska and West Virginia as the only two
states out ofdebt Our people have built up
apublc school system which is the pride Of
every true Neoraskan. To accomplish this
10 many cases they have taxed themselves
Voluntarily and cheerfully TO the legal limit
There Is another institution our taxes main
tain. refer to the soldiers home at Grand
Island where are gathered so many loyal old
guards whose patriotism and heroic
napz "a
united gratitude OF all the people in
time Of peace. The repub bliean party will as
sumo all responsibility for providing a place
where the aged veteran with scar and empty
sleeve bear mute but eloquent witness Of bat
ties bravey fought and duty nobly done. a
place where he may enter not as receiver Of
aims, but as the honored guest OF grateful
people, The republican party has always
been the friend Of tue solder, while on the
other hand the attitude OF the democratic
party has been one OF hostility. Has there
been aIy doubt upon this question: The
wholesale yetoeing of pension bills by Presi-
dent Cleveland is fast showing the position
Of the democratic party on the question.
We pledge the Australian ballot system
where the voter may cast his ballot unseen
by Individual or corporation We favor
postal telegraph and a modification of the
statutes that will give TO the workin gman his
Just dues modification OF the tariff, which
we have in the Mex Inley bill more stringent
usury laws and their rigid enforcement
To all these things the repu olican party is
pledged. The national congress has carried
out the pledges made to the people in lSSS,
viz. mobilization of the tariff with the recip-
procity idea, as advocated by our great com
moner James @. Blaine; prohibition OF
trusts the suppression OF gambling in food
products the use of silver as money: : for the
protection Of the voter in his ballot and the
prohibition OF contract labor. The Fifty.
frst congress will go down in history, uE der
the leadership of that courageous man.
u fkaa H.laN- -.
con gresS- Ladies and gentlemen, | thaub
you.
Governor Thayer was introduced and
spoke as follows:
MIR Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen
You have had the pleasure and opportunity
Of seeing and listening &c the republican
candidates for governor, lieutenant governor
and the ppsent member of congress and can
didate for re-election. l am glad you have
had this opportunity OF looking into then
faces aud hearing their voices. II
has been pleasure 10 ME to D,
here and 10 listen TO them You
have heard the plain, unvarnished state
ments OF privileges aud views OF MIR Rich
ards, your candidate for governor. | wa.
struck with the euunciation of the principles
which are at present the PRINCIPLES and Ii,
policy OF the repu olcan party. aud am claf
that he Is the stand ard bearer OF our party II
this campaign i know that be is making :
most excellent Impression upon the pSop,
and believe thatwhe the 4th OF next Nov EN-
ber comes the people will declare BY the
votes that he shall be your governor for tn,
next two years. He Is worthy Of your conf
deAce and support, an honest man agains
whose fair name not breath Of suspicion
has ever entered il all the relations Of life
He Is, In the highest sense Of the term
good citilcu, brave soldier il
defense Of the flag in the hour o
his eouutrys peril. and having pursued In
even tenor of his way, has advanced step b.
step until be has reached the high postioa 0
nominee Of the grand republican party.
trust tnat every one Of you will stand B.
Your governor and see that he is elected.
am glad 10 meet here my honorable an
brave friend, Colonel Thomas Majors X
enlisted in the regiment which had th
honor 20 lead 10 the field from the then sTnsl
territory 0f NebraSka-small in numbers,
ms.an-and can bear testimony 10 his "a
lantry and heroic daring as = soldier, and
take unlimited pleasure In doing so, Enter
ing the service when out a boy, ae prove
himself true and brave man. He wa
with my regiment in the trout rank on ID
bloody field Of DonnelSon, where my brigade
I'm the centsr OF which was my regiment, n
flrSt Nebr1S IA, met General BucSner wheI
he made his last efforts and defeated him.
wasmy regiment, which | had the honor
lead teerA and with the kirst Nebraska
met General BuCkner and drove him baC
IL hA last aftar D