, 1890-12-25

| a good enough platform Tor the republic
cans--wc want nothing better" how In
I is,that he Is now 80 diligently en- nleavor-
ing to tind out the meaning Of the word
reciprocity2
liza Now llumpshire senator believed
that "thc republicans want nothing bot.
! ter with which to sweep tho country, "
the trouble his state is giving hm to-
day must lead him TO suspect there Is
mistake somewhere.
/ lfa senator from Wisconsin gleefuly
said that he was glad to SEQ us SHOW
our hand he can not fail To he con-
WINGED, when lie soon gives place to n
| rcal good, sound democrat, that thorc
was after all, moro in the hand than he
cared TO see.
If the present speaker of the house
sarcastically said DIT only shows what
fools all tho other presidents hnve bsen,"
he may well be excused since lie has
lately so thoroughly learned that the
sight OF the people infiliibility is not an
attribute always TO be found in tho
speakers chair.
II the representative from Ohio whose
name is associated with u hill which has
given his party considerable trouble Of
late, said "if the democratic party had
hired Burchard to writes stamp speech
1t could not have suited us better" 1t
must he that circumstances leading to
his approaching reurcm mt from public
life have suggested mod ltication of his
Judgment.
AS our campaign has proceeded other
unusual sy mptoms have beon apparent
among those prominent in directing the
opposition. Some Of them have become
insubordlnate and discontented and AT
times actually uisobcdicut TO party or
ders. Some, have left the ship. One
shrewd and weather navigator hus
clambered Oft, and in fraii bark, with
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stern, was last seen lowering near, pre-
pared TO climb aboard again, or sail
away, as wind and wave would appear
to make most safe. At the
| present stage OF the campaign
| the unwieldy party. hulk of
| Bourbon republicans is still atoat, but
damaged and badly leaking. On board,
some are still working at the pumps
against the awful odds of opening
seams; many, mutinous and discoE'
tented, short of provisions and of Irog,
are loudly and angrily disputing as to
whether bad senmanship or overloading
is the cause of their wretohed plight,
while accusations of guilty responsibility
are heard on every side. Ii, from this
turbulence, there shall emerge any who,
actually pricked i'm conscience, desire a
better life they will be gladly well
coined. | can not. however, keep out of
my mind the story OF the pious deacon
VINO, having In his efforts to convert a
/ pad sinner, became SO excited by his in
corrigibility that lie gave him thorough
| drubbinR, aiterward explained and JUS
titled his course bv declaring that he be-
lieyed he had ''wailopped saving grace
into an impenitent soul"
OF course we do not overlook the fact
that before their present predicament
was reached, and In their first battle
with us, the enemy rained avictory over
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we may here only refer to the methods
by which that victory was gained for
the purpose of saying We throughly un-
derstand them, anu that II the beue-
hciuries of those methods are satisfi ed
with the condition they have wrought
We also are not without compensation.
That we have cause for satisfaction, even
in the remembrance of temporary de.
feat, is evidenced by the fact that
among those who ought to rejoice in
success there Is quite general feeling
that "the least said of 1t tue better"
have spoken of the campaign of edu-
cation as it affected the two great party
organizations. 1t remains to mention
another and more important and graft
flying feature of its progress. ] refer TO
the manner in which access has
been gained to the plain people of
the land and the submission to their
reason and judgment OF the objects and
purposes for which the campaign was
unde rtuken. Hf.
The democratic party is willing to-
trust the ordinary Intelligence of our
people ior au understanding of its
principles. 1t does not seat itself above
the common feelings and sympathles of
humanity, and in an arrogant assurnp-
ton of superior learning formulate
political doctrines suited only to those
favored with advanced educational OPP
IL. t. .srg..-l ta.s -
the outset of the campaign of education
that it was not the, Ignorance oI the peo-
pie which had led them to submit TO
the evils Of bad government, but that II
was partly owing to the busy activity of
their occupations, and the consequent
neglect of political subjects and partly
TO the rigidity of their party ties and
their unque.tioning confidence i'll party
leadership, Having once settled upon
their political affiliations they had been
wont to turn from a watchfuness of
public affairs to the daily routine of
their labor with much virtuous satisfac-
ton IN the reflection that they were not
politicians.
Therefore, the labor of their education
in the campaign has consisted in per-
suading them to hear us; to examine
the theories OF party organizations and
the ends to which they lead; to recall
the promises of political leadership and
the manner which such promises have
been redeemed, and to counsel with US
as to the means by which their condi-
ton could be improved.
Never was more intelligent honest
and effective effort made in noble
cause than that made by the democratic
party and its allies in this work. Our
fellow country men were approached,
not by fabricated extracts from English
journals and lying. demagogic cry of
British gold not by fraudulent pictures
OF the ruin of American industries If the
Justice of governmental faVoritism was
questioned; not by a false presentation
| of the impOverishment and distress of
our laboringmen which would follow
their independent political thought and
action; not by a disgracetui proposition
for the purchase of their suifrages, and
not by the cruel intimidat by selfish
employers, Of those dependent on them
| for the wages of their toll.
We have been content to rely upon
the intelligence and thoughtfuness of
| the people for the success OF the cause.
| We have solicited the most thorough
examination of its merits. For the pur-
pose of such examination we have put
before the people plain and honest ex-
positions of the justice and benciicence
OF our principle. This has been done by
the systematic and industrious distribu-
ton OF tariff reform literature. by the
effective and conscientious arguments
OF a well-informed and unsubsidized
press, and by an extensive discussion
on the platform of the question in
yolved.
These arc the weapons we have used
in our campaign OF education. 1t is
cause of congratulation Tonight that
our work has been done in manner SO