Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1892-10-06
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ne Juuge made another very forcihle
po' III MS description Of the contest of
pai'ies ana governments the world ovar
nv said all ages Of civilized man. i, ,,,
countries, witnessed two parties o,,nosod
v euch other. They went under differ.
en' names In different ages and countries
out were greatly similar. One ia AMI Al
ways mas been progressive. on abead
p"F'Y' looking for new things reformo
70 inangnrate, and continually striving 70
better the condition of things. The
o'her party is conservative, and stands
suii' content to conduct government, in
the same old rut year after wear 10
'heh followed up history in yariops
countries, aud demonstrated beyopa yea-
81 naole doubt to any person not abso.
iHtely blinded by prejudice or persona,
interest," that the republican party with its
thirty years OF grand achievements une-
qoaiea by any party IN history, is the
progressive party OF today; that it has
done more for the advancement O, civil.
izatior than any party that ever existed;
and that 1t is reaching out and graphing
all questions as rapidly as time and cir.
cumstances will permit.
lie referred to the remark of Steven
son, democratic candidate for vice presi-
dent, who recently said the party OF
Lincoln was right in 1860. but that re.
puolicans had wandered away from il
The Judge said that was an awful admis-
sion from democrat, because the meas.
ufes advocated by LincoIn's party are
now all Of them laws of the land, enacted
by republicans, and opposed always by
democrats, unnl carried ont and demon.
strated to be right. This same rot about
the party of Lincoln drifting away from
Its moorings is also beloved by some
peoples party demagogues, whom the
Judge characterized as a democratic aid
society. He said he thanked God tbe
party had changed; that II had advanced:
that 1t had mastered the problems of
Ilncoln's day, and then gone right up and
on to other problems, which it had set
tied TO the eminent satisfaction of tie
American people. OF course it had
changed as any saue man would ex-
peet IN thirty years, as times, the cundi-
uons and intelligence Of mankind
changed aud advanced.
As to the tariff question the Judge said
It seemed 10 linn absurd ftr any Ameri.
can citizen to advocate the ruinous policy
OF free trade AGAINST our protection when
1t is so easy TO demonstrate the wages
paid all labor in this country is far in ex-
cess OF England's free trade wages, and
that our lGboring classes are ten times
better of IN every way than they are in
England.
The speaker eloquently defended the
money of today agaust the democratic
desire for return OF state banks and the
Wild cat money days. He described how
under the old state bank law, men would
frequently find themselves in possession
OF money that was made wholly worthless
by some bank bursting. and how they
NV "~SP ~ ahg itHstH OI tliue lOT
fear of such contingency. Every man of
advanced years from eastern states who
henrd the Judge, or who reads this, can
readily coroborate it. This he said,
would be the result If democratic de-
mands prevail, and also forcibly demon
stratcd that vote for Weaver was simply
an indirect support Of democracy.
The judge had good word for the Ia
dies, and said every manifestation of in
terest from them was for the improve
ment of politics. Like all republican
speeches, 1t was gentlemanly and to the !
point.
Miiler's next republican rally will be
held Oct. 18th.