Year: 1879

the administration of Adams AM


Jackson.


Gentlemen, what does it NEAR


that S30,000,OOO each year ha


been saved? It means that in til,


public expenditures there shall b,


economy and honesty. 1t mean,


that much money shall not be col


iected from the people, but shall b,


left In the channels of trade ant


commerce, there to stimulate busi


ness and enterprise, and to Civ,


employment to labor. Will yor


bear In mind also that these reduc


tons have been made over The per


slstent opposition of Republican


Senate and a Republican Admins


tration. A Republican House de,


nometized silver; Democratic


House restored it, and it is like


rlppling music as we hear the


sound of the silver dollar once


more. The silver money now flows


into the channels of trade and com


merce like the red blood in the


VEINS and arteries. It gives life


and strength.


We want the troops taken ayay


from the ballots and kept away


from the polls. We want the cleo,


tlons to be free and fair, and with
out the corrupt influence of deputy


marshals and supervisors. In the
name OF fair play we demand this.
The Federal election law was a.
dopted as party machinery. They
serve no good purpose. Their on
~ designs is to keep the party in
power, and a party that has to
keep itself in power by the adop-
ton OF unfair machinery is un-
worthy the support of the mean.
est man that lives.


For nearly 100 years the cleo
tIons of our country had been free
from Federal supervisions. It was
not questioned that Congress had
the lawful power to repeal the Of
feEsIve laws. 1t was a question
only Of judgement and discretion,
and that question Congress decided
by passing the bills. Such legisla-
tive discretion belongs to Congress
and not to the President. The
veto power was given not to defeat
and destroy, but 10 protect and
preserve the Constitution from in
vasion, and to protect the rights
and powers of the Executive trora
legislative encroachments. 1t is
not a sword but a shield, The
men who made the Constitution
have taught us this, and it is in &C
cordance with usage almost,uniform.
L think the people of this country
will never consent that the Presi-
dent may defeat the popular will
as expressed by Congress, merely
because he does not agree with it
in his individual wish and pref
erence. It would enable him to
stand in the way of reform and to
defeat wholesome regulations of the
Executive service. It is intolerable
that the will of one man shonld de-
feat the will of a majority in Con-
gress upon a question merely of
Judgement and of discretion, and it
becomes indecent and an outrage
upon public right when the power
is exercised to continue party ma
chinery that is used to defeat free
and fair elections.


Coming in, as this Executive
does, | think he ought to wear his
robes OF office modestly. { GApplause1
lie and his countrymen know that
ne was not elected. [Applause and
We all know it, for
100000 majority of the popular
vote was against him, and decid-
ed majority of electors duly chosen
we're against him. In his promo
ton by agents and agencies the
most detestable, the rights of the
people were defined and trampled
under foot.


This cause is worthy of your ut
most efforts. Democracy, as de-
hned by the founders of our party,
40 WrltLeIl ID your Otate platforms,
demands justice to all and favoritism
% no one. In the race of life, give
all an equal start and an equal
chance. My hope and prayer is
that our success in 1880 shall mean !
and signify the permanent restora-
ton of fraternity; the preservation
Of our institutions, State and Fed
sral, in accordance with the letter
and the spirit of the Constitution :;
no innovations; obedience to the
Constitution !; the enforcement Oft
the laws protection to all in the
enjoyment of the Constitutional and
legal rights by the authority upon
which the duty to protect is i'm
posed; harmony between capital
and labor, and the enactment of
such laws as the protection of the
rights of either may require.


Mrs. Jane Christmas, the oniy
daughter of the celebrated Mrs.
(4pn Muro TIo.L