Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-10-14
SPEECH OF JENA itI OF MARY
LAND.
A STRONG SPEECH By A STRONG MAN.

| LAND.
| STRONG SPEECH By STRONG MAN.
The Democratic Campaign iu the Stat
OF Maryland was opened on last Thursday
week at Woodstock, Howard county, a
which meeting Senator G ,rman made az
able speech from waich we make the fol
lowing extract which none should fail tc
read:-
| We have had mon Of wealth aui culture
the frugal and thrifty farmer, the skilled
mechanic and the q1arryman, all pushin,
forward with energy and pluck to develol
the community. to establish better schools
aud better churches end promote the NOR
ais. You shattered the rock Utmost a
hard as adaman) before the use of giant
powder or dynamite was known; you con
struosed tha first railroad tunnel in the Uni
ted States, through solid rock, to opsu &
way for the first great railroad of the Con
tinent; you aided to construct the great ma.
tional turnpike and developed the country
west Of you; you have been Industrious
careful and frugal; you have rich lands and
have titled them well; you have not been
extravagant either in dress or living, and
S yoS .ha noa'no. sno aa:Mer nor tne 9uarryman
~. n", ee,aao 70 as ~eii on sooay as ut
""' n'0oA 5o"'' "so'
| REPUBLICAN LEGISLATION.
|
1ur 9au isnus naye oopre01ateo; you re-,
GYIso ioss ~ tos your !a1or. why Is IL sos
n" now ad Ood :. = =" possi".e, WIN all 'as appn.
suoo a.u imp,oseu macninery' tnae yo9
eA eo ~. msAo 90 mucn IRON tns Iarm ano
llon n 'T0 4ualiy =: you uio nIteen yeats
agos WY my illenos, IL Is IN large
tneasu.s u ueoaIS1 o.. .ne parry 20 Wnlcn nas
ose. eh.aussou ot .ne 91ntio, .! goveInmentsl
~ uars uas 81 enapou iee.sia'lon as to enIlon
tne I low ~! impoveI.sn tne many. ;,
| u maAlnk ells s'atemens l nave 10 ioli
we" lug laeS lwnioa reaohy ADMIT tnat
tne oualeeu oonui!,ons s M transpolsation, !,
Sue n.,an mUue "a oouuu0siaS @ ;n business; me
creation Of new communities all have had
their effect and to some extent have con.
tributed to retard our growth and our pros.
perity IN this part OF Maryland.
and yet assert-without fear of con.
tradiction and hope to be able to prove it
| to your satisfaction before | have finished
that notwithstanding this the misman-
agement. of governmental affairs by the re.
publican party is the great and over.
shade wing CAUSE Of tho unequal dlstribu-
ton of the wealth Of the country.
"The republican party has had control
and is responsible for the legislation and
management of the government finances
since 1861. 1t is true from March, '85, to
March, '69, We had democratic President
in the person of Grover Cleveland, Zap
plause, and during portion of the time
since TT we have had democratic Houses
OF Representatives, but the democratic par
ty never has had power to pass law with.
out the consent of the republicans since
1861. We have been able to defeat some of
their iniauitous schemes, which would have
still further embarrassed the people, but
we have never had the power to repeal
| those upon the statute books therefore, the
responsibility for vicious legislation is ex.
cusively with the republican party.
mn,,n o NM
oh mANH ~ FEW
Ut Is admitted BY every body, republicans
and democrats alike, that the times are out
OF JOINT, that there IS great depression and
distress among the ware earners and the
farmers and the mechanics.
'Who Will deny tIas there Is an undue
tendency to concentrate the wealth in few
business centres and that an undue proper
tlon OF it finds its way into the hands Of a
very few men. Why is it? Is there any
natural law which would bring about suoi
a result? Oh, no: it is because the republi.
can party have deliberately. and with NAL.
ice aforsthoupht, entered UPON a scheme.
from 1878 down to this hour. to 80 adinst
the tax avs that sixty mi lions of people
should paw an unusual. and exorbitant Fri.
butte to a few hundred thousand msn who
are engaged in particular pursui.s.
SIT is because the republican partv. for
the purpose of maintaining itself in nover
has deliberately determined to coIlect from
the people of the Uojted States $500 0o0
600 Der annum, taking this monev from the
channels of trade and commerce and ae1i
culture. layishipr il unon its faycr;tss
spending your money with a Gbaral hand
to contractor here and a contractor thare
pushino enterprisas bevond the damanda of
the country. pourino into the lans of siY
hundred Thousand pensioners one hundred
and eighteen million dollars ner annnr
soon to be bundred and aftv.
"Auother reason ia that thew have co
managed the finances as tn na,m,t an nndue
amonnt To ha taken bv a faw naonles and
corporatiops in the business centres, r. ;s
because thew have in the ;ntaraat of tbo