Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-10-30

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Look AZ she Issues OF tho Cam'
paign- How senator J. r. Jones
Stands Upon Them-Repubiicaus
ss Sipsr's opera House Last
Might.
There was q big Republican rally at
Piper's Opera House last evening. Peo-
pie wen, there early and staid late, and
were well paid for IL. They went there
in great numbers and every seat. from
top to bottom. was occupied. as also
were, much Of the time. the sisles and
stairs and the doorway.
The first speaker was W. A, Simmons.
Esq, Of Boston. who was introduced by
Phil. A. Doyle. Chairman, etc. After
few pr.liminariss Mr.. Simmons got to
work. He gave many general reasons
for being Q Republican. His Anal rsa-
son was he did not think 1t is proper to
place this government in the hands OF
any man or set OF men who have been
arrayed against 1t for the last twenty
years.
The gentleman then took up the quos-
ton OF character, and traced 1t through
men up to parties and through parties
into nations. A political party might
have q character for honesty and re-
s~pectability, and 1t might have no char
acter.
All were then asked to look back upon
the acts OF the Republican party since
the war, then to look at the acts OF the
Southern Democracy In Georgia. South
Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi-to look at the men who bad
been MANNED aud killed for NO other
reason than that they desired to exercise
the rights Of American citizens. In the
North every citizen was allowed to vote,
no matter to what party he belonged.
Would any Northern Democrat attempt
to say that this could be done in the
South?
The present prosperity Of the coun.
try. the speaker said, was the result OF
the American tariff system which was
instituted by Clay and Webster. He
slucidat.d its benifcent effects In yari.
Gus WAYS, and sail the Republican
party was pledged to Its continuance.
..Some,imes," said he, 1--WE hear some
thing said OF English manufactures and
English free trade. England protected
her home industries for over 200 years;
and when she thought they were old
enough aud strong enough and well
enough established to resist the compe-
tition oil the world. she withdrew her
protection. The result is that with the
Inventive brain and the better educated
hand OF American operators-men bet
ter educated because their labor has
been better protected aud better wages
given them here than in the Old World
We can today land our cotton and
WOODEN fabrics at the doors OF the Eng
lish manufacturing establishments OF
less prices than these fabrics can DO
manufactured there
He traced the difference between the
operatives still further, went with them
to their homes and contrasted the two,
showed that the typical American oper'
ator belonged to a higher plane OF civil.
cation and must have higher wages. and
that be earned them. He also showed
that the only way in which high wages
could DO paid our laboring men was by
affording them this protection.
The speaker went q step further. de
said be had heard a report here on the
coast that Eastern manufacturers were
coercing their workuen into voting 10
sustain this protection. The converse
came nearer the truth. The operative
element was the one most alive. and
some OF them felt like oosrcing the CAPT.
talists into voting to protect their-the
operators'-labor.
1t would be q pleasant task to follow
Nj. Simmons through bis excellent dis
course, to elucidats his hne points, 10
tell again his anecdotes which always
had q point, and q piercing one too; but
nor time nor space will permit. But n
thing he said Ia worth preserving and
profting by:
~ am Of the laboring class ard can
sympatbizs with it, for / came from
among the poorest o! the tollers. l
worked sixteen hours Q day, yet always
found time for study and mental im'
provement." al,
At the conclusion OF Mr.. Simmons
talk Senator Jones took the floor. Not
feeling very well he had prepared a few
notes OF his discourse and he commenced
his speech from these notes. In q short
time, however, he left these and went
into the merits OF the campaign In an
| off.hand manner that was irresistible.
Thtre was not o point which he did not
touch upon. Some were followed TO
considerable length /; others were ef'
hausted by q single sentence. Every
thing was elucidated clearly, and when
the Democratic party came IN bis way
and was touched by the magic wand OF
his ~eloqueuce, its DISCUSSES fell and Its
hideous d%eformiiies stood revealed.
As the Chinese question has been 10
much talked about, perhaps the nnai
summing up OF Senator Jones on ina
subject may not be out Of place: II will
pledge myself" said Senator JONES' ITO
the workmen that should the Commits
sion return reporting that China refuses
to modify its treaty with this govern
ment so Ms to stop this invasion. that the
President will sign o bill equal to the
Chinese bill, and q stronger one II neces'
sary. l am not so sure Of Hancock. dc
is an aristocrat and not in sympathy
with the laboripg man."
Tho speech Of Senator Jones last
evening left no doubt in the minds Of
his hearers as to the speakers position
in this campaign. It was the best reiu.
ta,iou-ii refutstion were needed-oi
the libel which was earlier in the cam