Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-01
FIRED BY ALLISON.
The First Gun in the Iowa Re.
publican Campaign.
ELABORATE SPEECH ON THE ISSUES.

The Senator Devotes Three Hours to
Their Observation-Disclosures from His
Address-President Harrison Visited
at Ophir Farm by Thos. C. Platt an
Other Republican Leaders-wisconsin
Democrats Renominate Peck and His
Colleagues zen Bloc by AccIamation
Alliance Men on Top i'm South Caro-
lima.
WAvERLY, Ia, Sept. There was a
great throng of Republicans here yester-
day on the occasion of the opening of the
campaign by Senator Allison. He will
make but few speeches this campaign,
probably, because he is commissioner Of
the United States to the monetary confer
ence which will probably meet soon at
London. The senator went over the whole
of the issues, and spoke for three hours. A
goodly portion of his speech was devoted
to comparison of the work done by a
Republican and Democratic congress.
Endorses 'Czar'' Tom Reed.
Referring to the work waiting to be
done on March 4, 1881, he said: "The Re-
publican congress, elected with the presi-
dent, performed faithfully its great part
in this work. 1t established, not soon to
be overthrown, the principle that the
majority of the house, for the time being,
is responsible to the country for needed
legislation. This principle established, the
house practically took hold of the great
questions pressing upon the country for
consideration. Our tariff and internal re-
venue laws, yielding far beyond the neces-
sites of the government, called for re-
vision, both parties having twice prom
ised such revision in their platforms.
Tariff Revision and the Banks.
"Many of our industries, enfeebled by
the sharp competition of other countries
where labor was much cheaper, required
some additional fostering care in order to
survive the conflict. The continual with
1rawal of national bank notes from our
circulation made necessary new provisions
for increasing the currency of the country
commensurate with our growing wants.
Our new navy, in the course of authorize
tion and construction, needed large appro-
priations for the continuance of the work
of construction. Our sea coast cities, de-
fenseless, needed appropriations to begin
their proper defense.
Pension and Trust Legislation.
"The old soldiers of the republic. en-
feebled by disease and old age or broken
down by misfortune, had just claim
upon the government they had served, for
some just pension legislation to aid them
In their declining years. his justice re-
auired that our pension laws should be
liberalized and enlarged for tn cir benefit.
TIL growing aggrc$Siuns of capital COM
b ming in the form of trusts to control pro-
,.Gction and distribution, required that
laws should be passed to the extent of the
jurisdiction of congress for their repres-
sion"
other Matters Wanting Attention.
He referred to land law revision, court
al;
payment of the direct tax, necessity Of in
ternal improvements, especially in the
south to stimulate its growing industries,
and other matters that asked for solution
at the hands of the Fifty-first congress,
and said they had all, including those
mentioned first, been provided for wisely
and well, on the whole. Many of the mat
ters finally disposed of had been hanging
on for years.