Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1894 — A DEMOCRATIC "KEY NOTE." [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A DEMOCRATIC "KEY NOTE."

Senator Vilas was temporary chairman of the Democratic State convention at Milwaukee, Sept. 6. He made a “key Bote” speech of considerable length, the tnost notable paragraph of which, perhaps, was as follows: .The most grievous thing manifested in the battle of tariff reform was the power ilsplayed by trusts and combinations—the natural enemies of the Democracy, hnd upon the discovery of their hold upon Some in the ranksof the Democratic party. Tariff reform would yet be achieved in the full measure of justice and right. It was delayed but not defeated. A good •tart had been made toward retrenching the expenses entailed by the Fifty-first Congress. In the salary list over six hundred offices have been abolished and $700,000 annually saved thereby, while the appropriations are S2B 835,889.70 less than those made at the last session of the preceding Congress and $50,555,491.78 less than those of the last session oj the Fiftyfirst Congress. In conclusion Mr. Vilas reviewed the history of the Republican party to show that It had long ago fulfilled its mission of usefulness and was now merely a party of opposition without any defined or controlling principle. It was willing to consort with the Populists of Alabama or the bigoted A. P. A. of Wisconsin in the desperation of its decaying life. In con? elusion.he urged the. convention ta present candidates for popular choice who would honor it by a faithful discharge of duty. “Let me pray you further,” he said, “when you return to your homes, carry everywhere to our friends the zeal which honest Democrats ough t to inspire. Then, as in recent years, your efforts will bring not only the triumphant joys of victory, but the deeper satisfaction of benefits conferred on our State and country by faithful citizenship, than which there is no inspiration nobler in a free man.”

The corner stone of which was laid at Des Moines, Sept. 6, will be a massive column 133 feet high. In its general appearance the monument will resemble the famous Siegesdenkmal, or monument of victory, which was placed in the Thierfrarten, Berlin, in commemoration of the ate Franco-Prussian war. On top of the shaft will stand a figure representing “Victory,” twenty-two feet high.

The police, Thursday, located a remarkable “fence” at No. 386 West Fifteenth street, Chicago, and recovered several thousand dollars’ worth of stolen property. The place was fitted up with double floors, trap doors and secret closets and the goods found had been stored at various times for a year past. Six men and two women were captured and they belong. the police claim, to a notorious and well-organized band of pick-pockets and burglars.

IOWA’S SOLDIER’S MONUMENT.

LI HUNG CHANG, The Bismarck of China.