Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-29

because we have in our platform denounced re-
publican protection as q fraud. What else is II?
1t is a fraud for these conclusive reasons:
81. It is secured by palpable abuse OF the
taxing power of the government.
80. 1t inures to the benefit OF the few at the
expense Of the many.
SO. 1t is based upon favoritisn of the worst
species.
81. 1t tends to create fictitious prosperity to
be followed by subsequent business depression
50 1t Is deceptive In its promises and unsa It's
factory in its results
80 Its principal benefciaries constitute a
privileged class and their opportunities for
governmental aid lead to public scandal and de-
moraliZation.
President Harrison and all the other great
and small advocates of this vicious system dill
gently seek to create the impression that the
democratic party has assumed holder attitude
than formerly and become an advocate Of abso-
lutte free trade. said In the campaign of 1888
in my opening speech at the Academy OF Music
in New York city, that II believed that the
democratic party favored absolute free trade
should not advocate its cause, and repeat the
statement here tonight. / insist that neither
the democratic party nor I have changed our
position upon this question, but that we stand
where we have ever stood. Tariff reform does
not mean free trade. Our opponents misrepre
sent our position now as they have ever done
since the famous tariff measure of 1887. In that
his oric message our candidate expressly repu-
any crusade of free trade. He did not demand
that our tariff laws should be wiped out Of ex-
istence."
Mr.. Hill quoted from ex-President
Cleveland's message, and then took up
the Mckinley law, of which he said in
part:
''It is undoubtedly true that in this state the
aggregate amount of all wages paid the year
after its passage may have been greater than
the aggregate amount paid the year preceding.
but that does not prove any increase in the
rate OF wages paid, and only shows that some
new indus tries have been established or addi-
tional men employed in others. And it does not
appear that such increase has been any more
than the usual natural increase occasioned by
bly, also be true that there have been few less
strikes during the last two years than during
the preceding two years, but this may be at
tributed to the modera ton and good judgment
Of our labor organizations rather than to the ef-
feet OF any tariff law.
Il know this much, that the democratic party
will be entirely content to permit every work
ingman whose wages has been increased since
the passing of the Mckinley bill to vote the re-
publican ticket If our opponents will consent
that all those whose wages have not been in
creased shall vote the democratic ticket, and
upon that basis We will carry the country by .
million maiority.''
Coming to the force bill, Senator Hill
said:
.'There is another issue in this campaign of
equal if not greater Importance than the tariff,
which affects the rights and liberties of every
citizen. The republican. party seem to be ire
vocably committed to the passage of the federal
BILL and although it must be evident to the
most patriotic and thoughtful members OF that
organization that 1t is piece of political fool
ishness only equaled by its mendacity there
;Ao =
cacy.
81 have not the time tonight to enter in to any
elaborate presentation of the details Of this bill
It is sufficient for to know that the only pur-
pose of the measure is to control for partisan
advantage our elections, state and federal
Federal elections cannot well be regulated and
controlled without interference with state cleo
tons They are almost inSeparable where they
are held at the same time The existing federal
election law, bad as its provisions are, together
with the danger Of the enactment Of the force
bill, have already compelled several states to
separate their state elections from COMPRESSION
al and presidential elections at a large expense
and great inconvenience to the poorest Our
election machinery is costly enough already,
and our elections should not be needlessly null
tjplied.
The proposed bill usurps the rights and pre-
negatives of the state. breaks down all the safe
guards which have existed for century, and
places all our elections at the mercy OF federal
officials. who hold their offices for life The bill
is desperate attempt to prop up the failing
fortunes of once great political party; it was
conceived in political animosity, is urged from
the narrowest and worst of motives and is I'M
worthy place among the statutes of the Ameri-
can republic.
THE democratic party desires free, honest
and fair elections everywhere. 1t desires them
not merely because they would inure to its bene-
fit but upon the unselfish and high ground that
they essential to the preservation of our free
Ours has suffered much in
the past from the corrupt and tyrannical cleo
ton methods OF our adversaries. The republi-
can party is the party OF wealth. plutocracy, Of
corporate influence and of protected monopo-
lists. Ours is the party of plain people,
the men of moderate means, the bone and
sinew' of the country. We have neither the
nor the means to corrupt our cleo
lions, and our party has been foremost in all
the laudable efforts of recent years to place
upon our statute books those reform election
laws under which corruption, bribery and in
timidation are rendered difficult If not impossi-
Bile.
There has been no such condition OF affairs
at the south as to justify the enactment Of the
Davenport measure. It is true that the col
ored people in large numbers are there voting
the democratic ticket, but this affords no Suf-
fcient reason for taking away from them or
from us the control of their own elections. The
colored people were not freed from slavery to
become
south is loyal, honest and capable, and, if per-
nlitted, it should be, it will work out it's own
social and other problems in its own way with
out injury to the colored race, injustice to the
north or the republican party or danger to the
elective franchise II any event the majority
OF the American people will never approve q
measure which threatens their liberties. legal
ICES unfairnesS and absolutely guarantees par
tisan victories to the unscrupuleus party that
dareS to enact it.
The speaker then went into state
and closed as follows:
''Fellow-citiZens, need not urge you to the
performance of your full share in this cam
paign- Kings county was never known to falter
in it's duty. The interests involved demand the
greatest sacrifices and our highest and best eff
forts. 1t is the welfare of the old democra tic
party, which we all love so well, which is at
stake.
4 plead not for indiviaz,als, but for the
cause. In a great contest like this men are
nothing, but principles are everything Our
candidates represent our principles, and our
principles cannot prevail without the election
one, but so much more glorious will be the vic
tory if we win. You need have no uneaSineSs;
the old guard will do its duty: Look out for
the raw recruits.
Il believe that large majority OF the people
of this country are convinced OF the rightful-
ness OF democratic principles and want them to
prevail But the election win not win itseY
and there must be complete organization re-
peat the Injunction / uttered before the demo-
cratic state convention at Albany in February
last. it Il our duty to organize, organize, or.
CANINE
with this motto Inscribed upon our banner,
Public office is public trcstr. supplemented
by the other sentiments which I have enGeav-
ored TO present to yo; tonight, no pualic taxa
ton for private pur poses and force bill for
Us, close up ranks and buckle on our armor-
for tie fight, with zlie determination to do all in
car power for the triumph Of our party and ths
election of our honored S tandard-bearers. Clevf-
land and Stevenson
To Every Man His Work.
This comparisons of ourselves With