The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-27

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oors and your friends--beoause of their
honesty, because Of their efficiency, be-
cause OF, their integrity, they are to be
thrown aside and clear the place for
agents of the Federal administration.
Men set amongst you for the pur-
pose Of controlling your own elections
From their decision there is absolutely
no appeal. These supervisors Of cleo
lions have che power, under the force
Dill. to appoins deputy United States
marshals without limit Under that
bill. in every district in the United
States where there are twenty thousand
people or more for city, the force bill
is to be put in operation.
And in districts where there are no
cities Of twenty thousand on the petition
OF one hundred men who claim to be
voters, upon the petition Of less than
one hundredth part of the voters, this
machinery Is put in operation, and If
put In general operation in the United
States, as 1t might be under the law.
deputy United States marshals would
surround every polling place FROM Maine
to California and from Florida to Oregon.
Every polling place in every Congress
sional district carrying throughout the
entire country an army of more than
three hundred thousand federal office
holders for the purpose Of controlling
the elections, taking them out OF the
hands of the people, setting aside your
State officers, receiving the ballots, ad-
ministering the oath, counting the votes
and certifying and results, and abso.
lutely destroying the rights Of the peo-
pie to elect their own representatives.
ny fellow citizens, might tell you
something OF the cost OF this. II that
law is put in general operation, as it
mig hit be under the law itself, the peo-
pie OF this country. would pay ten mill
lions Of dollars at each Congressional
election. That we could stand. That
ten millions OF dollars might simply go
under tho name OF protective tariff.
The cost to the people is the smallest
part OF 1t. The worst feature of it is
that the effect Of the law, II put into
operation, is absolutely to relegate the
people of the Southern States to the
era OF reconstruction and Republican
carpet-bag misrule. The worst feature
Of it is this, that 1t means the de-
struction of your State governments.
The tendency,is the absolutely effect of
1T will BIO, tolessen, to decrease the power
OF the people, to centralize all power in
the hands Of the Federal administration.
''If that bill had passed and it was
upon your statute book to-day there
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political meeting tonight. 1t would
matter little whether you had this polit-
ical meeting or whether you went to
the polls. Don't you know that whilst
the force bill was pending the New York
Tribune, that greasest of the organs of
Republican party, said, drop tho Nc
Kinley tariff bill, Drop all other legisla-
ton, pass tho force BILL because the force
billssembraces one hundred tariff bills
What is the force bill? Allow that
to go upon your statute book and there
would be no trouble for the Republican
party continuing itself indefinitely in
power. What would be the effect, my
fellow-citizens? I speak to you earn
estly upon this question, speak to you
earnestly because think 1 know what
the intention Of the Republican party
Is II they elect the next President Of the
United States and elect majority in
the next House of Representatives..
Whatever they may say to you now,
their first Legislation will be the passage
Of the force bill, by which they will
be placed in power indefinitely: in
power there will be no danger but that
they can pass all the laws and tariff
bills and other bills that they may de-
sire for the purpose of enriching the pro-
tected classes and continuing their
Pohor OOhooohShJ LII POWCT.
my tellow-citiz .ns, am not here to-
nigLt far the purpose OF asking you to
stand with US, I am here for the purpose
OF asking you to stand for yourselves.
know what the effect of this legislation
will be upon the South. History will
but repeat itself and in what is past you
will find sure evidence of what is to
come to the people of this country.
"As take leave OF you now to make
way for other gentlemen that you would
much rather hear, I say to you again
that am not here for the purpose of
asking you to stand with the Demo.
cratic party, but in this great contest,
when there is so much involved, that is
of interest to you, we ask you simply to
stand by your own homes and your own
"reminiscences. Continued cheering.)
Senator John w. Daniel was then in
troduced, and amidst prolonged cheers
said that he claimed sonship to Roa-
noke. At the recent convention in Chi
cago Virginia was divided and he was
found amongst the smaller portion. fol-
lowing David B. Hill, but as the major
itp supporting Grover Cleveland would
not join his party he was taking up the
cause with them.
Democracy calls on you to rise up
against the ills you endure and GO
forth. There Is no room for Third
party. for in the United States political
parties two is company and three
crowd. Speaking on the silver question
he said that 1t was the Repu blioan party
that made the short dollar. They
claimed that silver is commodity to.
be bought with gold, but that of 8s2.-
600, 900 in bank notes in circulation in
1882 two thirds had been red eemed. AS
far as national bank currency Is con.
cerned it has decreased from $500, OOO,.
600 TO Sl3O 900. 900
He showed how by the existing tariff