Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-10-29
THE SPEAKING.
Congressional Candidates, mcRae and
Bush, Discuss Political Issues.

According to appointment llon.Thos.
c. McRae, Democratic nominee, and J.
o. A. Bush, p. p. nominee, for Con-
gress, discussed the political issues of
the day here today.
AT 1890 O'Clock, at the court house,
the speaking began. Mr.. McRae had
the opening and closing of the appoint
ment here. He begun by referring to
the history of the Democratic party,
which begun its existence with the in
shutting of this government--had al
ways espoused personal liberty and
freedom and a complete div orcement of
church and Stste,polities. Then took up
the Third party and its mongrel NOM
inee for Congress, and exposed its rot
tenness and inconsistencies. II had
existed in one name or another for
over twelve years, yet had never &C.
complished anything-had never even
securrd one Presidential elector in all
this time. The p. p. precribe cheap
money as panacea for all our ills,
yet we have now more money in
circulation than at any time in the his
tory of the country. This financial
question is not the trouble and cause
of the hard times. The real cause is
our tax and trade laws, through which
one section of the country has grown
immensely rich, while other por-
tons have grown poorer. Show
ed how the robber tariff, Tor
taxes) injured the farmer and all 9TH
er classes of consumers. Gave clear
exposition of the Democratic idea of
tariff reform. Democratic House had
attacked the Mckinley law and placed
articles on the free list, wool, and
wooden goods reduced, free bagging
and ties, ETC., but Republican SEN
ate refused to even consider
the bills passed in the House.
Exposed the combine in Republican
and p. p. electoral ticket of Arkansas;
chairman of the two had sold out the
rank and file of each party, as they
had no right to put out split elector-
al ticket. Challenged Mr.. Bush on
every stump to show one bad law,
complained of, that passed Con-
gress while the Democrats had
a majority in either the House, the
Senate or had the President. Then
Democrats should not be denounced
for thing of which they are not gull
ty. All that Mr.. Bush does is to abuse
and misrepresent Democracy. The
p. p. have asked for Federal supervis-
ors, (spiesl for the Novem-
Der election, thus showing that
they distrust the people. This is the
first step towards the force bill, which
was voted for by Featherston, Third
party leader. Life of our institutions,
our very liberties, depend upon de-
feating this infamous measure. Mr..
McRae, here closed, reserving half
hour in which to answer Mr.. Bush.
J. 0. A. Bush then opened up his
batteries on the Democratic audience,
and as Mr.. McRae had said, abused
and maligned the Democracy from
the beginning. His speech, nothing
but of trash and Misrepresentation, de-
serves no report, even in condensed
form. Beside his abuse, his theme, as
usual for 2. p. orators, was "money" and
more money" We were called away
and did not hear all Of his TRADE, but
those who remained say it contained
nothing new. lie will 60 back to the
Bushes of Pike county after the No
vember election.
There was not very large crowd
out to hear the speaking. 1t being
pretty day, farmers were doubtless too
busy to come out.