Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-12
DEMOCRATIC DOTS.
Thu Issues Of the Campaign Ex-
poanded by Major Holmes Conrad.
INFERENCE BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
..,,.tic the Party OF Free Govorn'
,,ent-Rerobii'a" tho Party OF i'~s
and special Missions--Grest speech.

JOB
Tn fhis county. from time immemorial
.'. .-.,t occasion on the Eastern Shore
-. l.r was iutolorably hot, but the peo-
49,. .,r.e ia great crowds--negroes as wen
.u.. The whites came out mainly to
l.n. Holmes Conrad, one OF the
...,. a. large on the Democratic ticket
2. mad. accompanied by his friend,
-r,b.rt W. Hunter. of Winchester,
from Old Point about noon and
r.l 81 the TAYLOR House. where the
.nishcd visitors were introduced
... IN .ho leading Democrats OF THIS
..oek Mr.. Conrad began his speech
....fiorm erected under the spread
...frocs ia tho rear OF the court
srl for two hours he heid ms great
...... ,u'ranced by the power OF HIS
trs c.caruoss Of ms proportions, and
.r.- 80 his graceful delivery. lie
t-. ..atts Of his auditors az the start
.Hus,on 10 the fact that nearly
Pee, ..,rs ago Henry A. Wise went as a
.-,u the Eastern Shore TO study IN
.. law school Of Judge Tucker at
t....r. and had left there traditions
.. I..ern shore which survive TO this
Bio SAID that though this was his
.... q. tho Eastern Shore he had
-. ..r,e 90 visit this famous region
S'..,i .',aa @ the country such men ~
....,-. tAe Iovneses, Abel +. Upshur.
s.5U.g g. Wise.
THE TWO PARTIES.
r.... " ecedcd TO show the cardinal
.. q ference between the Demo
i..,. a-I Republican parties. The De
r'y iSa party founded on the
,t principles OF free govern
.....5 tlchos that all power resides in
.. Tins Is the doctrine Of Jeffer-
Republican party. on the other
...-..s inspiration from Alexander
r..-- a. strove IN the Federal con-
..t .--7 10 make our government
hical and arlstOcratic gov
-.....t. -le GA World. He wished 10
.... iaut appointed for life aud
.... elected for life. with other similar
t1- removing the government
.-.,I .-~.ule from the control of the
,r. ilt Republican party. he SAID, Is
..--. No l.u, and special missions. Its
a., ...-..u Do. as stated by Charles Sumner,
f,- .a- "to meet and beat down the
...-.l> ~ slavery next 10 set
.-o.- free. and then to de-
r-f r.I humihatc the South by
-t,-. .rfrauchiscd negro the right TO
,,. ..I increasing the burdens of the
.v.-tr.I CD enrich the few az the expense
....ra.g. and especially at the expense
O. o.. a-uruliural population of the
.t. le showed how different were tho
SID. a.l industrial conditions under
IT,. .nt rom what they now are un-
..fI... li.Iu supremacy.
iN Ar IiLUsIRATION.
-.r wealth was more evenly dis
g. uoN few men are rapidly
t...... colossal fortunes, while the
rr. barely make a living. The great
I...t -I. farms M the West are under
t....- luI matters are not much bet
-.r.. Gill. south. Andrew Carnegie came
'- u,try from Scotland few wears
man. Now he is master Of un-
-.. millions. and lives IN bis lordly
% Scotland, and runs his
.... business IN America through a
. agent named Frick. Such things
r.t happen aud could not have hap
.i.I under democratic supremacy. They
. 90 the operations of the high pro
.-v. tariff which protects only the
.tat rturer, but not the laborer. The
creased tariff on iron and steel did not
1850 the wages OF the wOrkmcn in
rl.g. E employment. On the contrary,
-r.-ie ordered a reduction OF 10 per
.aD ln wages, and Homestead,
scat of CArnegle's great IRON
las. became the theatre Of war.
the operations of the high
elective tariff great trusts-sOmethlng
aboard of during the period OF Demo-
.it. supremacy had grown UP % thw0rt
...yIdual effort and stitie private enter
--s: 50 that now 1t Is imposslble for men
. small means 10 engage IN any Of the
4ding branches of business with any
1pe OF success, so cruel and relentless ~
.e spirit 90 monopoly and aggregated
,alth. fostrred and built up by the Re.
lhlcau tariff, which makes the farmer
m the dearest and sell IN the cheapest
.kcts Of the world.
THE PENSIONS
Iie Republican policy Of paving pen
g. those who had served in the Union
.-- has been carried SO far that it now
1rs muie-drlveTs, camp-fOllOwers,
.'.c.cnuers, ana every bombpr0of that
-. Is Federal uniform. According 20 the
nate oi General Raum, the Republican
missioner of Pensions, SZsl, O00.O
ai Do required TO meet the payment
tensions due 10 all entitled TO the
under the new Republican pen
I4w. The estimated revenues Of
federal Government tor the
3D.. ~ wear amounted 20 about $780,
.N. 500 that more than half the Federal
venues would be usedsto pay pensions
would cause a deficit of more than
.uuD. Cleveland, on the other hand,
.. .,it surplus OF more than 500, 0J0,-
. tho treasury. Under the Re-
..l administration of Harrison this
r.- had disappeared like snow
..,.. tae yernsl sun. President
believes IN granting pen
with b0unuful hand, and IL is
..ar al tgct that MS grandmother re-
tae first civil pension granted 90
... lu this country. though the Demo-
10 Congress AZ the time entered
-r.- protest against this policy that
.. I. we'd so costly 10 the people.
IHE FORCE Bill.
N- Conrad then analysed the Infamous
t'I aud exposed as hideOus pro-
tr DESTROYING the freedom Of cleo
- .lI tle rights OF the people in the
%, showed that the bill passed by
publican House OF Representatives
o.. chc,EupeTvlsOr OF elections more
a.-.. tlau AL the three coordinate
.,. uf the government combined,
u.ie them all dependent on him.
' ..rm, of tins bill the chief super
- MID Doe appointed for life. He could
.rt ga unlimited number OF deputy
... u any election district 10 over
Gee voters and control elections. He
Dis mnlons could invade private
supervise registration, strike names
'le pul-books, hold elections. count
4..t-. aud certify as elected wbomso-
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bUnuous duties they could call upon
..uy aud navy OF the United States 10
-it - them.
ILEpErJAL POWER
D.. per.a mission Of the Republican
f' 4. present seems % be the establish
.t "a permanent lease OF power for
''.. aud 90 accomplish this object the
.r.. lean leaders would violate our most
r'avo traditions and the planest pro-
-..- of the Constitution. John Sher-
Ga, foremost man III that party, had
declared from his place IN the
t4N anything calculated 20 break
lue liemOcrailc party and build up
quo lcau party was right Ia morals |
JAN. HE people could no longer |
81 TIE Federal courts for prOtec- |
against those eucrOachments on their /
.Hr- zoe supreme Court had done moro /
p. congress 20 change the nature OF our |
''i-a 3D. and establish the dangerous |
oi Hamilton IN the place of the 4
idtc doctrines Of jefferson. The /
.al case was cited 10 show that four /
W Zoo Liue justices Of the Supreme !
.ii voted 90 maintain the contention of |
N General Brewster that petty /
.i'. olcef could lake the private pro- |
~ "' an Individual. and that the indl- |
-... CD robbed would have no recourse
y '-' courts 20 recover his property.