, 1866-02-23
PROTECTION.
MASS MEETING IN SMITH S NIAON,S
HALL.
Letters from Distinguished Men-..Ad-
dresses By ]. Medtll, Esq, Hon.
j. D. Ward, and Hon. E,C.
Larued,
THE RESOLUTlONS-THE sAmER.
1CAN INDUSTRIAL UNIONS,

4 msss meeting Of The friends of protection to
ho1nc 1pan0{tctures was held in Smith & Eixnn's
H.!l 1srt evening IN response to call pub1jshel
In, our columns, which received over I've taou.
sand signatures. The ha1l vas well filed both door
and gallery. by highly respectable audience, The
Great Western Light Guard Band was present. AMI
furnished most excellent music
The meeting w1s called to order Al 8 O'Clock bv
A. C. Hes1ng, Esq, On whose nomination Cbar7aa
Randolph. Eeq., President of the Board OF Ttsde
vas called cu TO preslde. On taxing hsk seal. NJ,
Randolph Spoke a. follows:
TIE cuAInHAH
Fellow citizens Of fChicaeol thank yon for The honnr
you have Conferred upon me this evening bT caitn1
me 10 preside ever this large and respectable
q sny po Of aaP p0s
fellow Citizens, as Darteans, but We come together
as 1nI ffoEt1, iook1ng 70 the great Industrial IN
iCheeTsl Fellow citizens. We a1e told By o,vsu
tons which hare recently been rormed n tbs civ.
that IL Is the duty oI the Great West to Hyof
schemes Which look to f1ee trade with the world
ltdke It that WhateTer may have been the interest
o. he Weat IN former nmes, when the
settlements extended only IN The main water
eoutses. where transportation Wis cheap,
interest Of The West; pnt now that we have grown
70 on prcsent propcl1ons, the avenues Of transit
are flooded win the productions Of the West, SO
ductions Of the Vest are worth as much for fuel as
for export The idea that the West must be sus.
tanned BY Producing only the grosscr productions
o. tne eaian; VINE tney possess tne material f2r The
absurd. [loud checrs.]
Fallow:citlzens, IT becomes ne row, when the ter
Eib1e scoulEe Of Tar has psssed rom ue, when We
he pa.i lew; Yeas. to looE vel md ses Where our
resources are coming rom. We cannot pay this
debt By rnising com at ten cents bnsne; i've must
rae ms5Ket 1o5 W.T. w 90 y bstses
esnuot pa! We afo diferaced, not only among our
selves, oat throughout The world. Now, The only
y,1 Wsy IN Which M re West ssn sneceed n finding
ct q e hona. lLoqd and enthusiastic cheers That
ean DO nade oniy by Inc building up OF manutae-
to.ses aesns a19ng 20 as e. e; .sou. w. r.,.,
1ta1 1es nac az, nUns ew ~ hs
t ~ NJ IL 1. "a ~ uuMt ap niann-
tSe West W:m+e1s snH ,res ~ re- ~aas he1s n n
1--WE can opy nefsnade ma Cnncreas " H. Hn9a
StYea n oiv h iar3tf hi csn ha re'e N " MN a
ent5nTfno and nsmsnent - sksi, h,rs @ htun @ -
facfMies in H. West. Then ishor VII ne raiife7
hsrr ns ii ought 10 be- then the nrodmciion. ~ tho
esrth viii fnd 1 market Ii home. I do moi e1pect
Mbe e 70 t DC nsqsd & a. nof .ns sapa
mi conan,nsd At rrnnnerstiye ,,riccs ~
ofF1chHs~
Col A. Jacobson then nominated The following
as VICE pEesidents q the meeting. They were
lion. j. b, rice. Hon. John NJ. Wilson. Hon
John A. Ja1niesop. Icn. :o1. Il. Ia-v Han + =
Brsdwei!, lion. Francis a, HOFFMAN Hon j. r.
Wanf. lion, 4. D, steycnsou. Hou. A. b. Conk'
Hon. j. Il. Muhlke Hon. Elliott Anthony. iIon. j,
Y.Seammon, Hon Wm. Il. Brown, Hon. Noy1nsn
y. Jndd, lion; Andrew Il Dalton, Col: James. Il.
HoNen, ee4. = :; Solomon; Col. 4. N. H9uEh, Col
Jona L. AahSocx, Hon: y. =. Jones, Col z: @.
1!amtnond, christian Wink COL Daniels, Hon.
Aahlon y, oedsns Hon, Julla9 y; Rumsey, e. z.
!athed; y. a. kfmbark+ Martin Hyerson, 7. II.
avery, lyef lavsson, hsv. Paul Anderson. James
Aliens, John 4. Nelson, John A. Glnde1e, U. II.
Crosby, Errd Jaeger, Il. T. Crane. T: W. Gates, ).
=; Usulnyan .. y. sidWay: A: g. Hetng. q. R.
naWley, co.. Jacobson, tred; letz, JoAn " Far
VOL. Istef sehuitleI, Il. Al: WltmaIth. Geo. Lett,
Daxld AcUouGali, l. I. Hillfard, Joseph Frank,
s. 4. I1yns, G. n. Aosden- Z. c. +. Holden, D. B.
DfEcoI, Gol. toomls. Samuel Shackford, j.. c.
knlcketbocker, Geo: Anderson. Chs. W1rth, j. +.
u. Brown, r. Il. Willard:
lbe following Secretaries wefe appointed on The
nomination Of Col Daniels: Joseph Metil, L,
Drcptano, J. D. Dana, 4. shnman, Il. It. Uawiey.
On motion Of Col Daniels committee composed
OF the following naned gentlemen was appointed By
me chair 10 dtalt resolutions expressive Of the
sens q !ne Meetne; Goi. =. u: LOWED, e. a.
0ana, a. onun11n. COL Don1cis. j. r. EhflhDtyne.
The chairman announced that rcsponees had been
received from numerous gentlemen Who we're m.
able to attend the meeting.