Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-10-25
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The first honest election that was ever
held in Cincinnati was held in the year
1878, when that law was first put into
operation. The elections have all been
honest since.
AT the election preceding the enact
ment of that law, held in the city of
New York, in the year 1868, it was
found and officially reported as fixed
fact that more than 5000 fraudulent
Democratic votes were cast, whereby
the Electoral ticket OF the State of New
York was to Mr.. Seymour instead of U.
s. Grant. 1t was to prevent the perpe-
tration of such frauds that the law was
enacted.
There have been no frauds there, nor
in any other place in the United States
since that law was enacted, where and
when it has been put into operation. 1t
has done only good, and yet the Demo
cratic party is striking it down, and
why? Go read the official report of a
committee appointed to report upon
the matter to the House OF Representa-
tives, and read the Democratic speeches
made in behalf of that report, and you
will find they are all bottomed upon
the idea that this mighty Government
of ours, the United States of America,
with its imperial domain of territory
and its 7O,OOO,OO0 of people, Govern
ment that could fight to successful
issue the war for the suppression of the
rebellion, they tell US that this Govern.
inent has no constitutional power to
stretch Its mighty arm over the State
lines even to secure the honest election
of member of Congress. (Applause. J
What is the purpose of thus resorting
to this doctrine which we thought we
had shot to death on the battle fields
of the Republic? l will tell you what
it is, and l want Republicans every
where to wake up to it, and let Congress
hear our voices with respect to that as
well as other things. The South is al
ready solid. Remove Federal supervis-
ion and accountability to Federal au-
thority, and New York will be firmly
and securely added to the Solid South.
With the Solid South and the Electoral
vote of New York, thirty five of them
added to the Solid South, it will not
require many more votes to continue a
Democrat in the Presidential chair. A
few Populists dissension out in Kansas
or Nebraska, where they ran away
with us last year and the year before,
and little trouble in the silver States,
with this Democratic tiger helping it
on, and the business is done for us. In
1895 neither the Moon faced tyrant"
nor our own Mckinley will be elected
President. (Great Applause.
My fellow citizens, I speak of this be-
cause it relates to the purity of the bal
lot, the protection of the exercise of the
right of suffrage, and if we can not by
law uphold and protect man when he
goes to the ballot box, if this Govern
ment can not do that, then ! say to
you, it is immaterial whether you have
any political meetings and discussions
or not What is the use of Mr.. Reed to
travel all the way from Maine to Ohio
to persuade his countrymen to believe
with him unless his countrymen are to
be allowed after he has converted them
to his faith, to 90 and express that be-
lief by their votes at the ballot box?
Settle this right to vote, and it settles
everything else. If we had had free
ballot and fair count there would
not be a Democratic administration at
Washington today. Applause. If
we had had free ballot and fair count
last year there would not be one factory
standing idlc on account of last year 8
election. Applause. If we had had
free ballot and fair count all over
this country as the laws and the Con-
stitution of this country guarantee,
there would not be one laboring man
out of employment or suffering re-
duction of wages on account of last
years work, and not only would last
years election have been all right, but
the elections for the next generation
would be all right. Think, my fellow
citizens, of the State of Mississippi,
with population of more than 15O,-
600 colored men who had a right to
vote, everyone of whom Republican,
casting for Benjamin Harrison, only
1855 votes. (Applause.) Now, l shall
not dwell upon that.
One word now about State banks.
Why do they want TO restore them
Have we not the best currency this
country has ever knownY Isit not the
best any country has ever known
This panic has been quite educational.
Always heretofore in panics, as have
read about them, the people haye shun.