The Republican., 1900-09-13
REPUBLICANS ORGANIZE
An Enthusiastic Meeting at Deer Park
Friday Night and Club Formed.

Pearre campaign club to be organized
in this county for the campaign OF
1900 was formed at Deer Park on
Friday night of last week. The
meeting was held in Laughlin's Hall,
which was filled with the voters OF
District No. 10. A large number of
ladies were also present. The Deer
Park band played a number of selec-
tioDs prior to the opening of the
meeting, which was called to order
by DR.. j. w. Laughlin, who stated
the object of the meeting and intro
duced Hon. George A. Pearee, the
candidate of the Republican party
for Congress from this district
Col. Pearre was forced to return to
Cumberland on train No. - and in
consequence his speech was short.
1t was delivered however, in the
mastery manner which always dis
tinguishes Col. Pearre when he faces
an audience. He said in part:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, my
Fellow Citizens:-The first thing that sug
gested itself to me this evening is word OF
thanks for the very excellent music we heard
discoursed here by the band at the opening
of this meeting, and it speaks well for the in
telligence and talent of the people of this
community that they have in their midst.
from among their fellow citizens, a collec-
tion of gentlemen who can render such eX-
cellent music. 1 trust that band may con
tinue to play good music and that it may
often play the Star Spangled Banner, that it
may play and render its thanksgiving of
harmony to that banner floating proudly
over the United states and all of its posses
sions and never be compelled to play dirge
to the Stars and Stripes hauled down from
the proud position in which they have been
placed by American courage and patriotism
My fellow citizens, if there has been one
thing Illustrated by the history of the United
States, it is that in union there is strength
that i'll a combination of elements of force
the greatest results can be obtained. If your
efforts are scattered, if they be disntegrated.
if one individual works along this line and
another individual works along that line
without any unity of action or cooperation,
great deal Of effective force is lost, but
when those elements are combined they are
as effective as the old phalanx, which was a
mere combination of units of power which
moved everything out of its path and spread
everything before it. With that lesson be
fore you, with this union of elements Of
strength that you have in this association,
in this Republican club bespeak for it the
assistance which it deserved, let all good
Republicans in this neighborhood join this
club, and you will find that by association
with your Democratic friends and by prov
ing to them you are not their enemies. but
their friends, you Will WOO them away from
the error of their ways, and many of those
who are moving along the line of darkness
in the Democratic party win be brought to
the high grounds Sf enlightenment where
the Republican party nas its being.
| will can your attention and direct your
minds in cuIsory way to some thoughts
which arise on this occasion. Do you re
member in 1884 up to that time the Republi-
can party had been in power since 1850, the
Democratic party made cry before the peo-
pie that the Government was not properly
managed, that the people were being robbed
by unjust taxation that the tariff rates We're
too high, and that there should be a tariff
for revenue only; they discovered a surplus
in the treasury OF the United States amount
ing to $l32,0Cl000, and they made that the
foundation Of an outcry against the Repub-
lican party, they made the ground OF reason
for the reduction of the tariff duty They
came along and in 1892 elected a Democratic
President and Democratic House and
Democratic Senate, and what did they do :?
They broke down the barriers of the tarifr
and it was a short time before the surplus of
Sl32,OO0,0OO of good money piled up in the
Treasury OF the United States Government,
belonging to Uncle Sam, laid by for a rainy
day, became a deficit, and Grover Cleveland
was compelled to issue bonds to the amount
of $262, 100000 and have them hawked through
the money markets of the world and pay the
people premium for buying them. That
thought gives you some notion of the com
parative capacities of the two parties to look
after the financial interests of this Govern
ment to attend to and pass such revenue
measures as will be OF service to this Gov
ernment. First, a surplus. then it reduced,
then deficiency of over 5000 ,00g. and i'll
time of peace, and the bonds of the United
States, which up to that time at four and five
per cent. brought a premium i'll the money
markets, now were hawked around through
the financial markets of the world. and Il
discount demanded by those who purchased
those bonds. Grover Cleveland went out,
and now Grover Cleveland, who was the
great prophet of Democracy. who was their
Moses and was to lead them out of the will
delness through the Red Sea into the land
of plenty is now in such position that no
Democrat will do him homage or give him
respect
My fellow citizens, there has been a good
deal said by the Democratic party, and more
will be said in denunciation of the passage
and design of the Porto Rican tariff and
civil government law. Do you know what
the Porto Rican law provides? Doyou know
what the civil government law provides?
The Democrats raised an awful howl. They
said, at is unconstitutional" They had
said it was unconstitutional to save the
Union and to issue greenbacks; they had said
it was unconstitutional to pass tariff law,
and now they say it is unconstitutional to
pass this tariff bill and this civil government
law for the island OF Porto Rico. What is
the law? The Porto Rican tariff law simply
provides that on certain articles 10 per cent
of the Dingley rates shall be charged. What
was the condition of Porto Rico when it be
came the possession of the United States
Mr.. Bryan left his regiment in the South
and came to Washington and insisted on his