Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-03-03
THE SALEM TAMMANY
Listen to an Address from a Eu-
gene 0rator-The Cry Of
Reform.

The Salem Democratic club met
Wednesday evening at Grange hall
in special session. Martin Rowley
was in the chair and there were
nearly a hundred men present with
quite sprinkling of Republicans
and Alliance men.
Mr.. Rowley presented the speaker
and ne was well received.
The Hon, Lark Bilyeu said he
was not prepared to make a set
speech. Party liues were being
drawn and tickets made up, but so
far as Democrats were concerned
their lines were always drawn upon
the principles necessary to maintain
aud perpctuate good government,
equal and exact justice t. all men.
The party to which be belonged was
a part of the common people aud
aimed to serve the plain people.
The Republican party aimed to
throw greater burdens upon the
common people. All but the great
capitalists had greater burdens
thrown upon them. 1t was prema-
ture to discuss the tariff. 1t took
the substance of the laborer and the
farmer and transferred it to the
pockets of the manufacturer and
monopolist. Living cost too much
and tariffs must be abolished. Dis
content was all over the land. Pro-
tective legislation must he abolished.
The corporations of the United
States were controlling legisla
ton too much. The powers
of the corporations must be curbed.
Capital would pile itself up and
multiply while it rested, while
laborers starved if they quit work
Eveu the courts felt the power of
aggregated wealth. We claim to be
in favor of the masses. We have
always claimed it through all the
years of defeat we have suffered.
AS long as We believe in human
liberty we can not go to pieces.
He said the Oregon Pacific was
holding 100000 acres of land in
Lane county and refused to pay
taxes on it. We needed state legis-
lation.
If the Democratic party will go
ahead and do its duty and was right
and would stand by them, there
would be no Farmers Alliance in
this state. If the party would do
its duty by the people it would get
there.
Mr. Bilyeu gave the club deal of
good advice and was warmly
chee red.
Mr.. Dibhle moved a vote of
thanks to Mr.. Bilyeu and it was
done with a vim.
VIM. Kaiser was called out and
only heartily endorsed the preceding
speaker. John p. Robertson was
also introduced. He attended w.
q. Il. u, temperance aud Democrat
meetings. He was a Jefferson
Democrat. but not a Cleveland
Democrat-he was Prohibition ist
if anything. He told the Democrats
present that their party was origin
ally an anti-bank party but it was
now. The Tilden platform was an
anti bank platform and Tilden was
elected.
The money power seated Hayes
and he paid it back with compound
interest by vetoing the first silver
bill. When the Democrats nomin-
ated Hancock they lodged the bank
question and put on a banker for
vice president. Never until the
Democrats put up Grover Cleveland,
who put in four national bankers in
the highest offices, could they get
the commence OF wall street sutn-
ciently to elect a president.
Mr.. Robertson did not make very
much of a Democratic speech but
his remarks were well received. He
closed with the injunction that if
the Democrats would get back upon
Jefferson principles it would sweep
the country.
Mr.. Bilyeu responded briefly and
put all in good feeling. The Demo
cratic party had always been nearer
right than other party that had ever
existed.
The meeting closed to meet Situr-
day night al 1880.