Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-10-25
FORAKER'S SPEECH.
A Brilliant and Clear Cut State
ment.
Placing the Responsibility for the Panic
Where 1t Belongs.

In opening the Republican campaign
in Columbus, Ohio, Tom Reed and ex-
Governor Foraker were the speakers,
and were greeted with magnificent
audience. From Foraker's speech we
make the following extracts:
After some reference to the tariff,
Judge Foraker alluded to the Demo
cratic policy. As this is first speech,
the following copious extracts are given
from the remainder of his speech,
which many of his hearers classed
among his best:
But, my fellow citizens, the election
of Gov. Mckinley will not, in my judg-
ment, wholly cure this evil. There
will be great deal to be done after
that. In my judgment there will be
no full and permanent relief until we
turn this Democratic party out of power
in 1896. Applause. 1t is an impos-
sibilitv for the Democratic party to
satisfactorily and successfully admin
lister the affairs of this country. Zap.
plause.) To begin with, they have not
the requisite business sense. Laughter. J
In the next place that party is bottomed
today, as it has been from its first or.
ganization, upon the doctrine of States
rights. 1t believes that State of this
Union is greater than the Union itself,
especially if that State be South Caro-
lima. Applause. Ihave not time to
go into any elaborations of these ideas.
A voice, What about Hoke Smith?'')
But let me suggest to you that just at
this very moment the democratic party
is doing at least three things that indi-
cate the truth of what have said. In
the first place, it is only two or three
days now since the House of Represen-
tatives, by strict party vote-201
Democrats and Populists to 100 Repub-
licans-voted to repeal the Federal elec-
tion laws. this very time the Demo-
cratic party is figuring, planning, pro-
posing and proceeding to accomplish
the reinstatement of the State bank
system in this country, and in the third
place, as my friend over there in the
corner has reminder me, they have a
man by the name of Hoke Smith
Voices, "Give it to him! Give it to
him!'l If you will bear with me few
minutes until l say something about
State banks and Federal election laws,
l will pay my respects to Hoke Smith.
shall not, however. say anything very
bad about him. Just wait and you
will understand why. But as to these
Federal election laws. What are they?
l want to call your attention to the fact
that they are now by this Democratic
party in power being struck from the
statute books Of the United States, and
whyp Has an honest ian ever suffered
any injury on account of their enforce
ment in this countryp No, not one.
Has their enforcement ever anywhere
stood in tine way of registration and
the voting and the counting of the votes
of honest electors in any section of this
land? No, nowhere. Nobody pret ends
any such thing, and yet that law, which
provides nothing more than that at the
election of members of Congress there
shall be, whenever the people them
selves petition for it, supervisors, as
they are called, appointed by the Judges
of the U. s. Court in the district-one
Democrat and oneRepublican-for each
polling place, whose business it shall
be to stand by as the votes are taken
and counted, and observe whether any
violations of law are being practiced to
the injury of the exercise of the right
of suffrage. The immediate purpose of
these laws, or should rather say the
immediate occasion OF them, were the
frauds practiced also in the great cities
of New York and our own city of Gin.
cinnati. "A voice: "and Columbus
too.'0 We used to have time of il
down there in Cincinnati, tell you.
1t was my good fortune, say it now,
although did not think so then, to be
the first Chief Supervisor ever appointed
under these laws west of the Allegheny
Mountains. Until that law was enacted
and supervisors were called to observe
our elections and report violations, We
had Eph Holland and all the other no
torious ballot box suffers, who were
even the rivals of the worst men OF
Tammany Hall today. lApplause.