Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-20


lessness, or by an insincere play upoa
unreasoning prejudice and selfish an
ticipation-but the democratic party
never. Democracy has already in store
the doctrines for which it fights its sue
! cessful battles; and it Will have Them
in store as long as the people are kept
from their own, and just as long as
their rights and interests are sacrificed
by favoritiSm in government cara, by
Inequality in government burdens; by
the encouragement of huge industrial
aggregations that throttle individual
enterprise; by the reckless waste OF
public money, and by the greatest of
all injuries as it underlies nearly all
Others, system Of tariff taxation
whose robbing exactions are far ne-
yond the needs of economical an le-
ultimate government expenditure,
which purchases support by appeals TO
sordidness and greed and which con-
tinually corrupts the public conscience.
What but infatuation with the visage
of defeat can explain the subordina,ion
of these things by democrats when
they prepare for battle?
IF we are to have a rehabilitation
!
|sense suggested. it is important that it
be done openly and with no mystA~y or
double meaning Our people are too
much on the alert to accept pol'ical
deliverances they do not understand;
land the enthusiasm of the democratic
rank and file does not thrive on nlys-
terry.
The democratic harmony of whlcn
| we hear so much can not be effectively
constructed by mathematical rule. nor
by formal agreement on the part OIL
those who have been divided, maj
| there shall be harmony. 1t grows up
naturally when true democratic Drln-
ciples are plainly announced, when
| democratic purposes are honestly de-
clared, and when, as a result OF these,
confidence and enthusiasm stir the
democratic blood. 1t was such .har-
mony as this, growing out of such con-
ditions, which, with the battle cry of
.Tilden and reform!' gave us the DEM
ocratic victory of 1876 against odds
great enough to discourage any but
harmonious democracy, and against an
opposing force brazen and deliberate
enough to take from us by downright
robbery what the voters of the land
gave to us.
81 believe the times point to another
democratic opportunity as near at
hand; but believe we shall reap the
fruits of it only by following the lines
of conduct 1 have indicated. In any
event have a comforting and abiding
faith in the indestructibility of the
party which has so many times shown
It's right to live and its power for good;
and + am sure the reserve of patriotic
democratic wisdom will at some time
declare itself In the rescue of our
country and our party.
my DAYS of political activity are
past. and 1 shall not hereafter assume
to participate in party councils. am
absolutely content with retirement;
but I still have one burning, anxious
political aspiration. / want to see re-
fore die the restoration to oeStecs
health and supremacy of that damoc.
racy whose mission it is to bless the
people; a democracy true to itself, I'M
tempted by clamor, unmoved nY the
gusts of popular passion, and uncor-
rupted by offers of strange alllance--
the democracy of patriotism. the lem
ocracy of safety, the democracy or I'll
den. and the democracy that deserves
and wins success.
At the point in his speech where Nr.
Cleveland announced his absolute re,
tirement from politics, the crowd
yelled, mo" no." no"
Hills Address.
Senator David B. Hill, who spoke
next was received almost as enthusl-
astically as Mr. Cleveland.
Mr.. Hill began his speech by an
attack upon the foreign policy Oh inc
present administration. He referred TO
the recent speech of Mr.. Hoar in the
senate upon the. Philippine question
and said that it had made a profound
and lasting impression upon the heart
and conscience of the country.
This great and patriotic speech
continued the speaker, was not met
or answered by the partisan address OF
President Roosevelt. delivered on Dec
Grafton day in violation OF the pro-
prieties of the occasion, wherein ne
or inadvertently confused
the we'll recognized distinctions which
exist between the administration and
the government-between the army
the other officials of the government |
and the government itself; and as
suned to question the loyalty of those
who have ventured to criticise the cruel
acts of a few officers of the army. who,
If semi official reports are correct,
have undoubtedly disgraced the uni
form which they wear.
Mr.. Hills address was devoted al
most entirely to an attack on the pol
icies and attitude of the republican
party and administration. He waa
severe on Gen. Wood.
Discussing the Cuban tariff question,
Mr. Hill said the present controversy
in congress over that subject served to
illustrate "the hypocrisy as well as
the unsoundness of the whole propo-
sition on the subject of tariffs"
"a reciprocity measure" he said,
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