The record-union., 1896-10-30

ulist parties, Mr. johnson called atten-
ton to the fact that the speakers and
writer's of these parties never point
with pride to the records of these par
ties in the past No one has ever heard
!. one of them say word in praise of
President Cleveland or the Democratic
party since they came into possession
Of the Administration in 1893.
There never was a greater insult
given to a man on earth than when
} Governor Budd and other Democratic
speakers charge the workers in the
railroad shops with being coerced to do
things and unable to decide for them
selves.
} I have known many of you men for
twenty-five years-have met you in
lodges, conventions and in business;
have known you as jurymen and Wit
nesses. and I say that God never made
more intelligent set Of men than those
employed in the railroad shops in Sac
ramento. (Applause.)
, I am speaking to you as intelligent
men who watch and keep in touch with
: public affairs; who know the history of
this country as we'll as any man who
| addresses you, and you know the rec
! ords of these two political parties. You
know the Republican party was in
power from 1865 to 1898, and during
these years that party controlled the
affairs Of this Government; that dur
ing that time the business of our ma
tional corporation was carried on ac-
cording to the rules laid down by the
Republican party, and you know what
the record was during that time. You
know we had q revenue, and that 1t
was sufficient to pay the running ex-
penses Of the Government, and you
know we then had money to spend
. and spent it royalty. We spent it, the
Democrats say, prodigally. They said
we were spendthrifts. What Of 1t? It
was our money and we had right to
spend it.
If there is any man here who is MAX
ing money-whose revenue exceeds his
expenditures, and who does not give
his family and himself good time
with his money he is Internally stingy
and deserves to go broke Immediately.
, daughter and applause)
During those twenty-eight years, in
addition to paying the running ex-
penses of the Nation we paid hundreds
of millions of dollars for improving the
, lharbors and rivers of the country. We
? paid hundreds of millions more for new
Custom-houses, Postoffices and public
buildings all over the United States.
We practically rebuilt the navy, re-
!, uniformed rearmed and re-equipped
| the army we established weather bu-
Ireau stations at the cost OF millions,
} and during all that time, In addition to
making all these improvements, that
: are of lasting benefit to the people, and
| IN addition to paying all the running
expenses of the Government, we paid
81, TAT O00, 900 Of the national debt. Is
not that a record to be proud Of!
Great applause)
Mr. Johnson then reviewed the history
of the Democratic party, With It's lone
! | list of unfulflled promises and spoke
Of the results of its free trade policy
The people have had a trial of its policy
and are now suffering therefrom In
stead of raising the prices of the prod
ucts of the country, everything has
fallen in value. Wheat went so low
that it would require the use Of mi-
croscope to discover it's price. Wool anc
sheep have been banished from this
J State and Nation as articles OF com
nlcrce, until now no self-respectine
Democrat can look an innocent sheep In
the face without blushing like a rose
} Cheers and laughter.)
l You know that all kinds of business
: has been injured and that all kinds Of
labor have suffered. You know that the
; statistics show that 2,1OO.OOO persons
are out of employment and that there
are other millions dependent on them
: This has been the result Of the policy
1 %f, y~fy In a
; of San Francisco alone Ia, $40 men lost
their employment and 246 factories in
, that city alone have been closed down
}, You know that individual debts and
: the national debt has increased, and
that the revenues have not paid the
expenses of the Government, but on the
contrary they ran behind $12,OOO,OOC
! in one year, in another year S4S,OOO,-
. 600, and so far in this fiscal year S33,
, 0O0, 900. And in addition, in time OF
profound peace, they have run this ma
ton in debt $262 100000.
| No wonder they do not want to talk
! of their record; no wonder that the gen.
ius Of American institutions holds her
nose when contemplating the record OF
the Democratic party while it was In
power, for it is offensive in its smell
And yet that party has the audacity to
ask you to place it in power again!
, Mr.. Johnson then explained the ma
ture of the Nations debt and COM
pared the Government to an individual
| who has a mortgage to pay on his
home. The keynote Of the music we are
playing in this nation this year, he said,
is that the party that will reduce the
debt is the one the people should sup
port. Provision must be made for pay
lirg the interest on the Nations debt
and for the support Of the various de-
partments of the army and the navy.
He paid a glowing tribute to the judi
| ciary of the Government and said we
have no gendarmes as they have in
| France, nor hussars as in Germany, no
Cossacks as in Russia, to execute edicts
for the protection of people in the en-
joyment of their property. In this
country a simple piece of paper, signed
by the Judge, protects us, one and all,
In the enjoyment of our property our
rights, our liberties and our lives.
When the time comes in the history
CT this country that any political party
| Democrats are doing this year, make
a plaything and a football of the judi
ciary of the United States, deride and
| condemn the courts of the Union, and
be successful in so doing, the end of
law and order is near at hand and we
Twill be relegated to the olden time when
the rule was, Let him get who can; !;
let him keep who may II there was
no other reason for voting against the
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