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REPUBLIC * . UHPAIGN.
Oration Delivered
J. L. Webster at Fremont.
A Masterly Argument for the Parli
In Power and Its Splendid -
; ' did Work.
Hon. John L. Webster at Fremont. Sept , 'JO.
, "For twenty -three years has No
braaka had its star among the cois tcl
iations of the assure blue ol thAicnri
can flag. Stepping into the union will
a quarter of a million people she ha
more than kept , pr.nn with this march o
thu world , unti : ric-v pr N-xti-m ha
reached 1,150,000. 'Ourn , , nc" las' , it > ;
yean ; no state iu the union has kept ai
equtil pace with her in the growth o
her industries , in the extent of her agri
cultural production , iu the developmeu
of It or mercantile interests , nof in tin
growth of her population. ' Cousidt-riuj
her youth as a state , she stands wilhou
a mal without a neer among th <
states of the republic-T
"For these twenty-three years her po
lilicul interests and destinies have beei
under the control of the republicai
party at the bi-ennial elections. Foi
twenty-three years she has regularly in
Btallett a republican governor. At th <
coming eleetion the republican partj
. will not only honor itself , but will
honor your city of Fremont by the elec
tion of Governor Richards.
' In the days qf our young statehood
w.e learned our republicanism from such
old stalwarts as Oliver P. Morton. Ben
jaiam F. Wade nnd Charles Simmer.
Later on the fires of party spirit wurt
kept burning by the patriotic bravery
of a , Garfield and the political genius oj
A Roscoe Conkling. "We still have will
us the sterling integrity of John Shel' '
man and the brilliant enthusiasm ol
James G. Elaine.
"We have with us men in our owr
party in this state who learned their re
publicanism from the career of the mar
tyred Lincoln. We have with us boys
who learned their republicanism while
inarching from Atlanta lo.tb. e sea with
Gen. Sherman. We have withus boys
who learned their republicanism with
Sheridan while sweeping through the
valleys of the Shenandoah : We have
with us boys who learned their repub
licanism with Hooker while sweeping
the clouds from Lookout mountain.
We have with us boys who learned their
republicanism while Gen. Grant kept
the flag aloft at Appomattox. These
are the boys whose republicanism still
remains true to their state and their
flag , and who will not forget their old
comrade. Richards , on election day.
"During the last two years mission
aries of discontent , discord and dissen
sion have been traveling over this state ,
trying to disrupt the old republican
party and to build up on its ruins a
mongrel institution , sailing under the
name of the "People's" and the "Alli
ance" party. This new mongrel party
resembles its democratic ally in that it
U like an old government mule with
out pride of ancestry and without hope
of posterity.
"Are we to forsake the old party
whose great deeds and grand achieve
ments nave ripened into a magnificent
history , because Kem tells the people
that he is against the government ? Arc
we to forsake the old party because
Burrows tells the people that Bill Me-
Kinley , and not overproduction , ha *
made corn cheap ? Are.\ye to forsak-
the old party because David Butler tries
to make the people believe that he can
operate a railroad better than Vanderbilt -
bilt ? Are wo to forsake the old party
because McKeighan thinks he knows
more about the tariff than our old war
horses like Sherman and Merrill and
Blaine ? Are we to forsake the old
because Powers tells the people
Sarty was elected governor he could
turn the leaves upon the corn stalks into
greenbacks and the golden ears into
silver dollars ? The answer must be ,
no.
no."Old , time-tried principles are worth
more than these new-fangled ideas.
Old , time-tried patriotism is worth
more than the disrupting influences of
falsifying demagogues.
"TARIFF HELPS THE FARMER.
"The orators of the democratic and
alliance parties are constantly saying
that the tariff doctrines of the republi
can party are enhancing the prices of
what the" farmer buys.
"I have been reading the speeches of
Kem. of McKeighan , of Bryan and o :
Powers , so far as they have gone into
print and come under my observation
So far 1 have failed to observe that any
one of these persons has brought for
ward any statement of facts' to support
his assertions. The result of the tariff
system has been just the reverse of what
these people say. I have made it my
business to inquire of the merchants o'
the city of Omaha what were the prices
in 1830 to IS'JO of all the articles usually
purchased by the farmer , and I find the
average reduction in price during the
ten -years under the tariff system is
equal to about one-half the cost in 1880.
"Let me give you a tabulated state
ment of some of these prices :
AIITICI.ES. . Price. Price.
JSSO. IffiJO.
Self-binder . 831500 $13000
Corn planter and check
rower. . , . . 8000 4000
Fourteen-inch steel Jieam
walkingplow . 23 CO 1400
Kldinc cultivator . ' . 4500 2:1 00
Walking cultivator . 5 CO 20 00
Mowing mucaine . S3 00 50 ( V
Strowbridge Cecder . 35 CO 1300
Wood puiupc . 1500 G OU
Farm wagon . fiii 00 r o oo
- Two-seated spring wagon 160 CO 7500
Bark wire per pound . 10 4
Iron nails , per keg . 6 00 2 .V.
-Steal nails , per keg . . * . . 2 SO
Plain wire , per pound . CJi SO3J4
"VVushTjoiler . 225 1 75
Stove p'.pe joint . 25 iO
Horseshoes , per keg . -SCO 450
Tool steel , per pound . 20 J2J5
Plow steel , per pound . 1HJJ Sii
-Cookstovo . 33 00 24 O'J
Mattock and handle . 1 40 85
Wrench . 75 40
Four-lined fork . 75 50
Milk pans , per dozen . 235 1 00
Buggy springs , per pound. 20 10
Postaugur . 225 125
Cast washers , per pound. . . 5 1
Slop vail . 1 00 55
Tin cup 10 5
Zinc , per pound 15 10
Door knobs 20 10
Chains , per pound 23 1 °
File . . . . . . 05 25
Tin , per sheet 35 SO
Doorlatchcs , 10
45
Door key. . .o. . . . . . . . . 10 5
Covered palt . - - . < 10
Wheelbarrow Jt . . . . , C 5 1C5
x
Oil can . . . . -P5 40
Piano . . * ° GO
Pie plates , per dozen . VO 35
Mortise lock . . . . . 35
Cistern pump . , . . ; . 4 2a 2 25
Universal ivrinsar . . : . 7 .00 3W
"When Uiese people tell you that the
tariff h = increased the price of any'ar
ticle v/hich ihe farmer buys ask the or-
atot to Ktund in his place and tell you
what th ? ariicic if They tell you that
the tarill has hie. .ised the price of
crockery ami chlnaware , when the fact
is that withiD the .ast nine years , un
der that tariff pysium , which has en
couraged th production of china and
crockery ware-within the United States ,
the price has diminished from 30 to 40
per cent.
"There are men here old enough to
remember the time when tbe picture of
the lion aud the unicorn the English
emblem of suprein-icy was upon the
bottom of every plate upon our table
The price of such s plate was so great
as to justify the bouncing of the ser
vant girl out of the window if she al
lowed one of them to fall upon the
floor. Today the price of such articles ,
'under the American tariff , and by
American production , is so cheap that
you can throw the whole table set right
through the motto , "God Save Our
iTome , " and nobody complain.
"They complain of tne tariir on wool
with the statement that it has so in
creased the price of carpets that the
laboring man can not save enough
money in a year lo buy a carpet lo put
upon his parlor floor. I ask these men
to go over to the'poor laborer in Eng
land and Germany and find the labor
ing man that can save enough money ,
under the European wage system to
even buy a floor to put a carpet upon.
"They tell us that a tariff on wool
has so increased the price of clothing
that the laborer and farmer can not
afford to wear a broadcloth coat. But
a few weeks ago , in Chicago , I witnessed
the parade on Labor day of 20,000 la
boring men. And I say to you that I
never saw so large a body of men to
gether who universally wore such good
clothes. The labor parades in France
and Germany and Italy brought forth
thousands upon thousands of men
dressed in rags and tatters and many
bare-footed and bare-headed , for the
reason that under the low wage system
they could not save money enough to
keep their bleeding feet from treading
on the rough stones and protect their
bare heads from the hot sun of heaven.
"The tariff system of America by the
enhancement of wages has made labor
respectable and honorable. It has furn
ished employment to millions of men.
It is fast transplanting the manufac
turer from Europe to the soil of Amer
ica. It has added millions of men to
the consumers of the agricultural pro
ducts. By the increasing of our home
consumption it has added to the price of
what is produced by the farmers. By this
system there has been added to the price
of the agricultural products of this
country a sum of money annually
greater than the whole amount of tariff
paid under the present revenue system.
"God gave to the people of Nebraska
a soil well adapted for the raising of
flax seed as well as of corn. Yet we
seem never to have found it out until
after the war tariff came along and a
tariff of 20 cents per bushel was put
upon flax seed and a tariff of 25 cents
per gallon on linseed oil.
"Clark Woodman of Omaha , believ
ing that the farmers of Nebraska could
profitably devote a portion of her land
to the raising of flax seed , himself pur
chased the seed in 1870 , loaned it out to
the fanners of this state and entered
into an agreement with a number of
farmers to purchase all the flax seed
they rai3ed. la ib.U , under the benefi
cent protection of ihe tariff , he con
cluded to embark In.- money in the build
ing of * linseed oil orks in the city of
Omaha , investing capital of $30,000.
That little plant IM& grown from its
small beginning until today it has a
capital of $1,100,000. Its great mills ,
smokestacks and warehouse's tower up
above the surrounding structures , so
that the immensity ot the institution
can. be seen from every hillside of the
city. During these twenty years of
growth that institution has purchased
from the farmers of this state 7,100,000
bushels of flax seed and has paid to the
farmers therefore $8.877,000 in money.
During these twenty years 6,000,000
acres of land have been devoted to
raising flax seed. It was the diverting
of 0,000,000 acres of land from the rais-
ing'of cheap corn to the raising of a
new product , which brought about a
new source of revenue and created
drrersified interests.
"During this same twenty years this
institution has furnished employment
for a vast number of mechanics and
skilled laborers and paid them the sum
of 82,485,000. Its money has gone forth
to buy machinery thus adding to the
laboring interests of the iron industries.
Its money has gone forth to purchase
lumber to build its big institutions
thus contributing to those who delve in
the deep forests. It has paid out its
money to skilled artisans , who reared
its massive structures thus giving em
ployment and adding to the revenue of
the carpenters.
' "During these twenty years the oil
and oil cake produced and sold thrqug-
out the entire expanse of the United
States has brought back to the state of
Nebraska in money $16,685,000. This
institution has a present capacity for
handling 3,000 husaels of .flax seed per
day , or about 1,000,000 bushels per year.
During the present season this institu
tion will distribute among the farmers
of this state , for flax seed , more , than
Sl.000,000.
"Here is a great ; institution , standing
as a monument of the b'eniiicent and
wide pervading influence of the Ameri
can protective tariff system , the bene
fits of which go to th < farmers alone.
Wipe out your tariff. : .n.I that big insti
tution must.become . , a vvaste place and
the , farniers o'f. the state lose a million
dollars a year.
THE TRICE OF CORN.
"McKeighan tells the people in his
congressional district that the low price
of corn in 18Si ) was due to undercon
sumption. Time has demonstrated thai
it was due to overproduction.
"The farmers of our state have seem
ingly insisted upon demoting their time
and energies to the raising of corn , and
seem to have become angry because the
corn crop of last year was enormous
that God did not" make the people use
more than they wanted. That same
God that makes the "rain to fall upon
the just and the unjust" alike , seems to
bane staid His hand in the year 1890
and diminished the corn crop so as to
bring it down to the demands of the
people. And the result was that prices
advanced to 43 cents per bushel. There
is no answer to this financial condition
of prices of corn , except , that there was
an overproduction in 1889. ID. the face
of this stern fact , the alliance party and
the democratic party howl for free
trade howl for the destruction of our
rzz&ssssat&sez
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manufacturing .udustries. They would
drive out the laborers from the ma
chine shops. Thev would > J rti
whirr of the spimhe. Tbey wonldclose
up the jron mills ' "iiki wo Rid put out
the fires in the furnaces. They would
turn loose from their employment the
millions of men wiiiuh the tariff has
fostered and compel them to earu their
living by plowing the farms and rais
ing erains , diminishing consuraptton
and adding to farm production.
"Is it not self evident that such a
doctrine must lead to the depreciation
in prices of all that the farmers raiser
"THE PUBLIC WAREFOUaKMKK.
"The republicau arty : - thfc onfy
party that has svcr proposed au ade
quate remedy for Uiis condition of af
fairs. Let me n\v7 \ ' you where the re
publican party , by its platform , has de
clared itself to be the true friend of the
farmer , and proposes to give him a
remedy against low price , caused by a
temporary overproduction :
CROPS IK NEBRASKA FOQ 1889.
1889.Bushels.
Bushels.
Corn 149543.000
Wheat 10848.000
Data 29,9o2.090
Total : 106,354.000
Average price of corn per bushel :
Last spring f 13c (12 to lie. )
At present 42c
'
Difference . 29c
United States agricultural department es
timate for home consumption twenty-five
bushels of corn per capita :
Bushels.
Nebraska consumes at this ratio. . . . 2M25.000
Total yield. . . . . 149,543,000
Home consumption 2tf,125,000
Surplus 123,418,000
'VALTJH.
Bushels. Value.
Atpresent , at42o 123,418,000 $51,835.560
Last spring , at 13c 123,418,000 26.144,434
Difference $35,791,145
Increase in value , 223'per cent.
Gain on corn export 135,791,128
Assume last year's wheat and oats
and wheat crop same as last year ,
viz : 46,811.000 bushels , the rise In
value haH-boen equal to , 20 cunts
per bushel ; 46,811.000 bushels ixtSO
cents S 0,362.200
Total gain &i5153,320 '
"Above will show what the farmers
and business men would hove gained
on the crops with suitable storage' ca
pacity in the state , under a public ware
house law , such as called for by the
warehouse resolution in the republican
platform adopted at the last stace con
vention.
"The democratic and alliance plat
forms contain no such resolution.
Hence , no relief can be looked for from
that quarter.
"Under the existing law a grain ele
vator'is not a public warehouse. Hence ,
the owner can refuse to receive grain
for storage. This forces the farmer to
sell his grain or dump it on the ground
if he does not burn it. It results in
distress and great sacrifice , as shown
above , and succumbs to the chattel
mortgage agencies.
"A public warenouse law as the
republican platform proposes compels
the elevator companies to receive , ship ,
store and handle grain , without dis
crimination , under penalty , and com
pels the railroad companies to do the
same. Under its provisions a farmer
can store his grain and take advantage
of the market. He can ship it .any
where and hold it as long as he pleases ,
provided he pays the necessary charges
for storage and inspection , as regulated
by the state ; also insurance and the
necessary freight charges if ne ships it
elsewhere.
"When he stores his grain the eleva
tor gives him a receipt. This is consid
ered the very best collateral by the
banks. They will lend money on it
within a certain per cent or proportion
'of its value- a low rate of interest. If
on a call loan Chicago banks have
loaned as low as 3 per cent per annum.
If on a time loan the farmer can hold
his grain.as long as he pays the inter
est , and this wfil do away with a vast
amount of chattel loans.
"It will also open the grain markets
of Nebraska to all classes of buyers , and
in this way the farmer can get the best
prices for his grain. Had such a law
been in force in 1889 it would have en
abled the farmers of Nebraska to have
saved 535,000,000.
"FEDERAL ELECTION LAW\
"The democratic par.ty of this state ,
in one sentence of their platform , de
clare in favor of a ballot free from cor
ruption and intimidation , and in an
other sentence condemns the republi
can party for its effort to pass a federal
election law.
"The republican party has ever been
in favor of a free ballot , north and
south. The democratic party has never
been in favor of a free ballot where
that freedom would put out of congress
three-fourths of all the democrats elect
ed from the southern states , who hold
their seats by reason of the suppression
of republican votes.
"The democratic party of the solid
south , by its election frauds , has appro
priated to itself thirty-eight members of
congress to which it is not entitled , and
asks the nation to let this monstrous
crime against free suffrage pass with
sileuc neglect.
Ths reit ) : ! ; ; : : : ir.r'-y Sieves in an
_
. oilh-ci , , . . .
most powerful ana ut5ii - : ; -
above its influence , and thai the poor
est and humblest citizen in the nation
can safely rest beneath its protecting
power.
"The , enslavement of the eight mil
lions of colored human beings by indi
rection by fraud and perjury by violence
lence and intimidation is no better
than the slavery we had before the war.
The Anglo-Saxon sense of justice , which
put a million men into the field in de
fense of a down-trodden race , will not
permit this injustice to exist much
longer.
"No democrat in congress who has
spoken against the federal election law
has ever denied that intimidation ,
threats , frauds and ballot-box stealing
prevail throughout the south. The
democrats tell us that peace and quiet
prevail in the south. So is a cemetery
quiet. Tacitus said to the Romans :
'You harass , you despoil and you
butcher ; you steal governments ; you
make a solitude and call it peace. '
"The pending federal election law
makes it a crime for election offi
cers to commit perjury. It makes it a
crime to make false certificates. It
makes it a crime to stuff the ballot-box.
It makes it a crime to bribe a voter. It
makes nothing a crime except that
which interferes with a free election.
"The democratic party declares in
favor of a free ballot , 3ret denounces
the law which has no other purpose
than to prevent fraud and to secure a
free ballot. If the republicans in con
gress were to strike out everything
aftir the jnttt ; : . ( 0 . utuHeJ and should
i'lforf tt.M ! chjv-e commandments : 'Thou
o'uut 'Nut Stc-al : ' 'Tho Shn.it Not Bear
Vulsu 'iViln ss ; ' 'I nuu-Shalt Not Kill ; *
the democratic party would still declare
it an jissault on the south and the re
served rights of the states.
The republican party believes that
thfc n jn who , in peace crawls to the bal-
) or-i > o7v. vvh-ro reposes the latest horn
oilVpring ot a nation's sovereign will ,
( .a-.i takc-s its life , is an assassin whose
cv : : > unnnot be expiated.
j'ii lown-trodden colored people of
the South , iu the land stretching from
Ai.iaui.a 10 the gulf , and from the Mis-
: -.spp\ ! . : 'he ' Atlantic , are holding up
\ nviih ' ' . .rK. prayerful solicitude to
rejniblican party of the North to
it them relief , but the democratic
.v : : = oart- : rL&.t i ( nms > . not be
"Wiier. she zeuhcia ] psny ? avi thiit
thf proclamation of liberty "should wo
forth over all that southern region , de
claring that every colored man in the
service of the South in that struggle
ajiaiust your homes and against mine
against your constitution and against
mine should be free , the democratic
party said you must not do it. But we
did.
did."When
"When that republican president ,
Abraham Lincoln , said : 'Yet if God
wills that it ( the war ) continue until all
the wealth piled by the bondsmen , 250
j'ears of unrequited toil , shall be sunk ,
and until every drop of blood drawn
with the lash shall be paid by another
drtwn by the sword , let it go on , ' the
democratic par.ty said you must not do
it. 13ut we did.
"When the republicans said , we will
amend the constitution to guard and
protect the manhood of the colored people
ple by making them citizens of the
United States , the democratic party
said y.bu must not do it. But we did.
"Whoa the klu-klux outrages swept
over- the South with , the destructive
power of a C3rcloue , aud with a ven
geance almost equal to the murderous
assassination of the Huguenots , the re
publican party said , we will stop it by
the strong-arm of-the law and military
government. The democratic party ,
with horrible visions of the destruction
of state rights , said you must not do it.
But we did.
"Now , after twenty-five years of elec
tion frauds , of suppression of the col
ored votes , of stolen ballot boxes , of in
timidation , of threats of murder , these
colored people hold up their hands in
political prayer to the North for relief ,
and the republicau party has xuide.r-
taken to say , we will pass a federal elec
tion law for their relief , and the demo
cratic party has said , you must not do
it. But we will.
"We must make the democratic narty
of the North and South understand , by
the strong arm of the government u
need be. that every citizen white 0"
Mack shall have the right to freely
vote as he pleases , and have that vote
fairly counted.
"If Thaddeus Stevens and Charles
Suxiner nnd Henry Wilson and Ben
Wiule could come back to earth and see
how the old republican party had , lo !
these many years , quietly submitted to
democratic suppression of the colored
vote in the South , and could take their
old places in the United States senate , ,
they would speak to us a rebuke in such
toaes of thunder as would make the re
public quake from ocean to ocean until
thi j last act of public justice was ac
complished.
"TOM REED.
"The behavior of the democrats in
the present congress has reached the
extremity of forbearance. At every
step they have tried to impede legisla
tion. They were elected by the people
to vote on national measures , yet , while
drawing their salaries from the national
treasury , they have sat in their seats
like mummies and refused to answer to
their names when called.
"When the speaker is trying to get &
quorum to transact business they flee to
the cloakrooms or the corridors. Their
ignominious conduct has continued the
present session of congress to the ex
pense of the nation of hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
"They have always been present to
. oppose legislation , but never present to
enact laws. They have always been
present to draw their salaries , but never
present to pass appropriations to run
the government. They have never been
present to do good , but always present
to raise 'hell. '
"The republican party and the nation
can thank God that Tom Reed presides
in the speaker's chair. If yqu don't be
lieve the Lord is on our side go read
the returns from the elections inMaine. , '
A BRILLIANT RECORD.
What the Republican Party
Has Done in 25 Years.
A Little History on Which Is Prom
ised Victory for No
vember.
Hon. John O. Watson ac Fremont , Sept. 20th.
T ° republican party of the state of
NesrKSfoftoniijht enters apon. ir * thir
teenth gubernatorial campaign. In
round numbers it is a quarter of ivcen
tury since the party was formed in Ne
braska , and the meeting is in the na
ture of the-party's silver wedding , for
at the end of Gov. L. D. Richard's first
term it will bu uboul the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the admission of Ne
braska as a state in the union. The
party as then organized entered upon
its first state campaign , from which it
emerged triumphant. In each succes
sive year have Nebraska republicans
followed its party standard to victory.
Twelve times has Nebraska elected a
republican governor ; twelve times has
it declared for the republican judiciary ;
six times has it cast its electoral vote
for the republicau presidential candi
date.Though other states Ohio ,
Pennsylvania , Indiana , Illinois , Kansas ,
Massachusetts , even Iowa have some
times faltered and failed , Nebraska
never. Our colors , thanks to the cour
age and consistency of our leaders and
the bravery and patriotic leadership of
our rank and file , have never been
lowered. The order to retreat has
never been heard along our line , but
after each political battle we have occu
pied the field from which the enemy
had fled.
the republican
Twenty-three years ago
can party of Nebraska took possession
of the state government , and well and
worthily has it discharged its trusts and
ministered to the progress and prosper
ity of the state. The party took it as a
state of 50,000 population ; it holds itto-
day. an empire commonwealth vrun
more than a million inhabitants. The
party came lute 7 ; .1 . . ; * ' -'nf. < ju t-
ized value of taxable property in its
twenty-eight counties was S40.000.000 :
it holds it today whou th raxablewcaJth
of its ninety counties ioou up $250,000-
000. The party has ovei. ad the state
honestly and well. It fou.jd it in debt
8500,000. Today it is out f ( b't , some
thing that cannot be said ol tiny * state
with an alliance or prohibitivii or a
democratic governor. It has Li > n the
party aim in the aministration o th-
state government to subserve the pubi : <
good and to maintain untarnished tue
credit and high character of the state ; to
promote economy in every department ,
and in all respects to be faithful and
tnie in the traditions and principles
which hnre > .t " * " > . . ' ' ' " ' : ; ntry for
tliP .t < i' > ; . . ; . - . ' . ;
.ir.jie i/i * itoju prosperity lc prosperity ,
until today in all the elements 01 good
government it will compare favorably
with any state in the union. In short
after twenty-three years of rule , the re
publican party of Nebraska stands be
fore the people of the state ready to
render an account of its stewardship
and with justifiable pride invites the
closest scrunity of its record.
So much for the past. I think this
brief statement of the actual accomp
lishments of the republican party tells
a story of duty honestly performed , of
wise legislation , of prudence in public
expenditure , of fidelity in every inter
est rarely equalled iu the history of
governments anywhere. The republi
can party , true to its traditions , has put
forward its platform and its candidates
pledged by their past history to carry
out to the letter the doctrines , of which
we are so proud and for which we have
sacrificed so much , and with which we
feel certain to succeed.
This campaign is to be an aggressive
and not a defensive one. The republicans - .
cans have no occassion for defense.
TKeir record is clear. The democratic
party of this state will have all it can
attend to in defining and explaining its
own record , its own platform , its posi
tion and its ticket.
I have not time to speak of all our
nominees individually , nor indeed is it
necessary , as you know them fully as
well as I do. As a whole the ticket is as
good a one as was ever presented for
the suffrages of the voters of Nebraska ,
and .of its triumphant election there is
no doubt.
But what do we find opposed to us ?
First , the prohibition party. And my
friend , Dr. Payne , the candidate of that
party for governor , will never know
any relief for the suffering his name in
dicates , for nothing will cure him.
Instead of being elected governor of
Nebraska this gentleman will learn
next November that the republican
party is the great painkiller of this
country.
But we have another ticket in the
field. It is called the alliance ticket ,
the independent ticket , the people's
ticket. I do not know which name
they will stick to , for this new party
now in the field in different places as
sumes different names as may best suit
its leaders purposes. Not but the alli
ance of Nebraska has a great many
honest , upright , honorable men con
nected with it. I do not doubt it. But
its leaders are only dead and dying
peliticians , trying to steal into office
under an abas , under a false name ,
wearing the mask of hypocrisy , not
havintr the manliness or couratre to call
themselves by their true name. The
managers of the independent ticket try
to deceive the people , but they fool no
body. The idea of Burrows anil some
other demagogues calling themselves
the people's party. It is equal to the
impudence of the three tailors in Thread
Needle street , who at the beginning of
the century , put fortlt to the world a
flaming proclamation beginning with ,
"We the people of England. " It is not
honest , It is not manly.
What difference is there , pray , be
tween a democrat and an independent ?
If there is any difference , it is in favor
of tee democrat , for he fights his coun
try with his visor raised and no con
cealment , while the other stabs it while
pretending to be its friend. They are
striving for the same thing the des
truction of the party which made Ne
braska a free state , put down the most
gigantic rebellion the world ever saw
and freed and enfranchised millions of
slaves.
The nominee for governor of the al
liance ticket tells us if he is elected
governor , the United States will loan
you all S2,500 apiece , provided you own
1GO acres of land. But if you do not
own this land , how can you get this
money ? Why does he fix it att\renty-
five hundred apiece ? The government
might as well loan us all the money we
want and make every one a million
aire and done with it. The cry
is , "elect Powers and the Burrows tick
et and money will be as plenty as
the leaves in autumn. " Allow me to
say that honest men in the alliance
party have been deceived by dema
gogues , and political tramps appeal to
them as honest men and endeavor to
convince them of the error of their
ways. Whenever you hear a man de
clare all the world is dishonest but him
self you had better keep your hands on
your I'oekets.
Then , ire ha e another party of econ
omy the rree rh isi5v.s. ts * : great
purcy which b.zyoiriKii ami r'axtiu
this republic for lo ! these inaiiy ye s.
that at times it has seemed that republi
can institutions would prove a failure
the only political organization cither in
this or any other country which has
been able to keep up and continue po
litical existence without even having a
solitary fixed political principle. I
mean the democratic party. My
friends , I believe the present contest in
this state , as usual , will be between the
republicans and the same old demo
cratic party , which the republicans are
in the haCit of beating. Despite the
overwhelming defeat administered
to them in 1888 by retiring Mr.
Cleveland , the opposition are skillfully
massing their forces for the more de-
termed onslaught upon the republican
organization at the next state and na
tional electron. They say that the re
publican party is dead , but it is no such
thing. The republican party , so far
from being in a dying condition , is full
of lusty light and wifi achieve a grand
victory this fall and in 1892. It takes a
wonderful amount of pounding to get
the republican party up to a keen tem
per , but when it is done it does not
have to be repeated until the next time.
Let the republicans of Nebraska emu
late the examples of their brethrens in
Maine and Wyoming.
It is a good rule to stand by the party
which has stood by the principles which
we hold most dear. Stand by the regu
lar ropublicau Cation , by.th
party which hasH nmwu us naclc
on atiy man b < wtt iso lit ? was poM' , cros-
catisa he WHS ignonui' , . > or becausn H
v/-.r 1-laek. Let vis join hnd to hand Ux
tno ranks ot tin * noble party' and lib
erty shall be suvt . for the future of tns
land.
Republican State Platform.
The republicans of N bnw ka reiterate
and cordially endorse the fundamental
principles of the republican party , M
; a > rnurated by the succession o na
fjuvl republViu. o'lventions from 1856
* " % , ui'J wfi o ' .Ievt Usu republican.
p-irty f.fXi.nr l < uiini : itH v rX
vital Iss"- 'rnii co.jOr.iu . ' .bi . AiMrsKPuu
people ivuuwver tftv rank amiliieof tHty
republican party is untrunuuelcdin the ,
exorcisy * ' their politic , rights.
. ' the wlsi act ! C03i-
WV y : : ; rH er.u'orsi1 ?
setva tTvi Jaii-slr > ttiOii or President *
Harrison. V/t > J&x > tailf ui rove cha
wise action of the republican members
of both houses of congress in fullfilling
the pledges of the party in legislation
upon the coinage of silver aud measures
of aational importance , and congratu
late the country upon the reduction ol
the national debt.
We most heartily endorse the action
of the republican congress In passing
the disability pension bill , and the re
publican president who approved the
same , and regard it as an ace of justice ,
too long delayed , because of the oppo
sition to all just pvnsiou legislation l > y a
democratic president and a democratic
congress. Y t we do not regard it as
the fall recognition of the great debt of
obligation which the government and
the people owe to those heroic men by ' * I
reason of whose sacrifices and devotion
the union was saved and the govern i
ment restored. We do further repeat
our declaration in favor of a just and
fair service pension , graded according
to the leupth of service for ovury sol
dier and sartor who fought.in behalf of
the union and by reason of whose serv
ice and devotion the government now
exists.
We reaffirm in the most solemn man
ner that wo hold an honest popular
ballot , and a just and equal representa
tion of all the people to be the founda
tion of o-ur republican government , and
demand effective legislation to secure
the integrity and purity of elections ,
which are the foundation , of all public
authority
We favor such revision of the election
laws of the states as will guarantee to
every voter the greatest possible se
crecy in the casting of his ballot , and
secure the punishment of any who at
tempt the corruption or intimidation of
voters , and we favor the Australian
ballotsystem for all incorporated towns
and cities , applicable both to primary
and regular elections , so far as it can
conform to organic laws.
We oppose land monopoly in every
form , demand the forfeiture of un
earned land grants , and the reservation
of the public domain for homesteaders
only.
' We recognize the rights of labor to
organize for its protection , and by all
lawful and peaceful means to secure to
itself the greatest reward for its thrift
and industry.
We are in favor of laws compelling
railroads and manufactories to use all
appliances which science supplies for
the protection of laborers against acci
dents. We demand the enactment of a
law defining the liability of employers
for injuries sustained by employes in.
cases where proper safeguards have no
been used in occupations dangerous to
life , limb or health.
Railway and other public corporations
should be subject to control through the
legislative power that created them.
Their undue influence in legislation ,
and the imposition of unnecessary bur
dens upon the people , and the illegiti-
riatejncrease of stock or capital should
be prohibited by the strongest laws.
We demand of the state that the prop
erty of incorporations shall be taxed the
same as individuals ; that the provision
of the constitution requiring the assess
ment of franchises shall be enforced by
suitable legislation.
We demand the reduction of freight
and passenger rates on railroads to cor
respond with rates now prevailing in the
adjacect states in the Mississippi valley ,
and we further demand that "the next
legislature shall abolish all passes or
free transportation on railroads except
ing for employes of the railroad com
panies.
We demand the establishment of the
system of postal telegraph , and request
our members in congress to vote and
work for the government ownership or
'
control of the'telegraph. .
We endorse the action of the inter
state commission in ordering a reduc
tion of the grain rates between the Mis
souri river and the lake ports.
We favor the modification of the
statutes of our state in such a manner
as shall prevent the staying of judg
ments secured for work and labor , and
the enactment of such a law as shall
provide for the speedy collection of the
wages of our laborers. r >
We favor a revision "of the tariff in \
the interest of the producer and laborer ;
the import duties on articles of common
use should be placed as low as is con
sistent with the protection of American
industries.
We denounce all organizations of
capitalists to limit the production and
control the supplies of the necessaries of
life , and advance prices as detrimental
to tbe best interests of society , and are
ft.u : jo.jiist5iable-interference ! with the
natural la of competition and trade ,
and ask their prompt suppression by
law.
law.The
The republican party has given the
American people an. elastic currency of
gold , silver and paper , and has raised
the credit of the country in the world ,
and its effect to fully reraonetize silver
should be continued until it is on a per
fect equality as a money metal with
gold.
The owners of public elevators that
receive and handle grain ior storage ,
should be declared public warehouse
men and compelled , under penalty , to
receive , store , ship and handle the grain
of all persons alike , without discrimina
tion , the state regulating the charge for
storage and inspection. All railroad
companies should be required to switch ,
handle , haul , receive and ship the grain
of all persons alike , without discrimina
tion.
tion.We
We favor the enactment of more
stringent usury laws , and their rigid M
enforcement under severe penalties. i
Out in the second concessional Dis
trict the record of McKeighan as an
embezzler , as a drunken countv judge ,
and as a man who has made a failure of
life , is following him to every meeting
and like Banquo's ghost will not down.
The second district will down both th
ghost and the original.
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