Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-28


snouid DC redseaed, aud IL redemp-
ton Ia 1879 NaslLright when ~ l,ol s
lntsod ueed tn.s grand protective - stem
~EIen enabled Us 20 RAISE the credis Of
Lh.s country 70 4 point here seven Per
cent bonds sold At twelve Per cent DIS
count % time when bonds are no"
sold drawing too per cent Interest a.
par, BAs il uxnt IA ia declaration 70
pay OF the asbg HAs Il been rigat al
through IA declaring for pension for
the Old veterans IN taxing care OF
them, Has u Deea rlgnt ia a. OF these
issues Has q been right IN al eco
nOmlcal administration OF slate
aifAlr-s Has u not Always
earned out its promises, TINS true,
aud no one within tho hearing or my
voice viii today deny that the repuOil-
cans were ught upon escn and every
one Of these Issues IL they were night,
there IS no escaping the conclusion
that the democratic party Was IS GER
talniy wrong. because as each OF these
issues have come up II has declared
against them and fought them as Bit
terIy "a It Is now fighting the beneh-
Cent system Of American protection TO
American labor"
DIR, fasstt's speech.
Mr.. Patton e. introduced J. sloas kas
set Of Sew f3rA. ~h0 said:
hardly know how 10 Uegin my talk To-
ntsnr. Tor | am sure ny remarks Will hardy
lsks or the form and dtgnits OF speech.
y lat nay fIteld Patton has said reminds me
OF what some OF nv democratic friends used
20 say Ia New ora state. They said l vas All
right personally. Somehow 1 never did Ike
that AEsNrr. Laughter. StlA an Obliged
q Use is ten ghr IL reference 10 some u my
Grand Rapids friends
some sixteen years ago | passed eight
We 40 Of the pieasaDtest weeks OF my life here
IN tie beautiful ciTy Of Grand Rapids. 6TA I'd
rapids vas then. as 10 Is now. rapidIy grow
tng sntrrprislns. prosperOuS charming city,
sp . OF the lact thar 10 %as handicapped
by rODOer tar1n and a re- lbilcan supre macy
~ tAas time were eii/Oing up the hill OF
caianity wltha rem<kAOle degree OF pcrse-
yerance and success Laughter And thoy
have apparently continued In that line oil
groNtE, Tor tie t0an s almost twice as large
IS { ~ - then. and grirye 20 O. Ness thar
ans my democratic friends htre Just about
twice as bsgoted in their BELIEF a. they were
thea. Now my friends. IN Grand Rapids
thosc ~iEA whom have been most Intimately
associated are democrats and they are the
best people Ia the word - persona ".
Laughter Ny business here sixteen years
AK VS. that OF tutor. | vas trying 20 teach.
NJ efforts were confined 10 the Latin sub
iunetlVe and the aolatiye absolute. one Of
tae inducements Mr.. Patton held out 70 me
was n [ would only come up here perhaps |
would DC a. successful In my advocacy OF the
doCItiurs OF a sound protection a. / had been
ia the case OF Caesars accounts OF the Gaelic
Wars. but On interviewing my pupil this alter
aeon have given lt up In despair. He IS a
4 &c trader. ana that Incans he 10 a democrat.
am not gOig. t. tell sou MS name.
IL Is a long way 70 come up 10 Michigan
from New YORK. but somehow or other We are
very close together. New York state supplied
Michigan with some Ok her enterprising clti-
Zeus. New York state, like Michigan. has
passed 10 that degree OF political DEVELOPMENT
where We DO not consider 10 necessary 10 have
, majority IN order 10 own the Legislature.
| Applause and laughter.l That Is one Of the
reasons wanted 20 come ut 10 Michigan for.
Laughter / waited 10 See how you Liked it.
" had al election in our state. have been
told. last fall. Laughter / member the
night OF the election when the returns were
coming IN, my wife and we're receiving sew
eraI friends. and dispatches came IN nrst from
| the great cities. and they were very encourage
ing. And these dispatches | gave out 10 my
| friends az once as they came In. 4 remember
| one dispatch came IN from the Tribune aud
auotLe from the New York Express congrat-
ulat ~ me on the election. Ia less than i've
minutes one came In from the Tribune saving
! That Mr. Flower WAS elected by at least twenty
| thousand. did notsay anything about that
| dispatch Tor / was afraid il might disturb the
harmony in the front room. but did a great
deal Of thinking about IL, va ked up and down
! the room. and Mrs FaSsett came ia the room.
| She said. My dear. you have not given US 70
news lately." No" l sad. Il d d not think
| there was any particular hurry about t.
| Il am interested In this matter, | would
Ike - know what the latest is
said. w ell. II you must know. there Is the
latest. Read IT,.
she read IL. threw il down aud said. well. /
| don't see what you wanted 10 run for.
| lLaughter.i
~ ell said. 1T seems didn't very much.
But you Know the events occurring subse-
/ queut 10 that election Illustrated the fact
/ hat there MAS not much use of any republican
| running n New York. for while we carried the
/ senate when II came % an actual Organi Latl0n.
| OWN 70 the peculiar democratic methods At
| Albany. q majority of the senators In the
| seats were democratic. They were rot
| elected. but they were there aud they have
| been there ever since Laughter. And In
| the course of the history Of those three or Tour
| weeks some very curious things happened.
| which frequently remind ii me OF Mich gan.
| They passed some laws In New ORR state
| in which theS perpetrated wnat We call a
| 'gerrymander." Now. you know that word
or ginated from democrat. Mr.. Gerry. In
| Massachusetts. They Terry Wandered. and II
does not make much difference whether re-
| publicans run TINS fall or not. II that gerry
| msnder Is sustained L think Mr.. Sheehan
! Crockcr. or Cleveland. or Mr.. Hill. and the
| rest Of my democratic friends will control the
| political destinl es OF that state so far the
| legislature Is concerned. But not 80 far as the
| national ticket IS concerned. Applause
| do not want 10 say any unpleasant things
I about democrats. ! have too manv dem Ocratic
! friends here in Grand Rapids. But / have not
/ the slightest hesitation In freeing my mind
| about tae dem ocratic party. Ii say anything
A@A
| as 40 entity and not IS a collection OF indtyi-
/ duais | viii say that 3D. ow.
I Did you ever haDpen To think that there Is
/ not single pO.it cal crime capable of lie
[ scription Ia siugle word. but that that WORD
/ vas Invented 20 describe a democratic per
/ f0rmsnce, As "gerrymander." VI ichigsniI
/ 4 lIing" repeating" and "coloniLing." They
| r. All words which were invented TO describ,
/ "a 4eiGOcratic crime. And 10 Is some pleasure
I 20 lae 30 know taat | belong 70 party which
/ never VT 4tWQFi AGAINST the ballot
/ plsuse.l Wehave confidence in tue people
/ our recourse Il aow. has been. and ever mus
/ ~ o. an spDeal % tue Intelligence and con
/ science 81 The American people. We have
/ never Won I'm any contest except b. cow nc
| ing the Intelligence and conscience OF th'
I American people. or tlst part Of 10 which Il
open % conviction which lies north OF Mason
/ q Dixon = i4ue.
Now. rleht To this connection do not near
/ 20 coutinue loDg discussing what Mr.
/ Cleveland eHd MS irieads ft.s-ly call tn,
1 force hfi read VI. gIcveiand's letter thli
/ morning as VAS coming In - the trsiu and
] noticed mat he devoted little time 10 IN,
/ Que<tioa of tne ballot. and 10 that paragraph
/ be sal AZ Al times aud In AL aces W
trtist the people a. AKA ast tn fspos. tions @,
I force tne wag g. fedora power, W pr esent q
/ them as ou- ciain % their contds uce and
4 support steady championship % theil
/ TisltS' That Is beautiful sentence, bat d
I isno true.
liza the drst place Il Is spropos OF what Mr.
/ Dana has described a. She danger and humil
/ iation OF Negro dom nation. There are iTz
{ Tour ststfs n kAi- un on eheTf mere y an
/ possible danger Of Negro domination, aud vOi
cannot make national issue Of what pertain
] - foGF states. one ~ these four states. Il
/ show o. how Imminent tho danger IL. Nissis
+ sippi passed avs sHd ate a constitution
{ which hss resulted IN these isets. and AZ
Z pea 20 the sober sense OF democratic listener
a. vel AZ rsp biican-
Se~ Work state.
Nov, I SAID that IN New York state
thought We should carry the election
and am gong % tell you some Of tb'
reasons Il you viii have patience.
The first reason - that at Chicegt