The daily gazette., 1880-10-25
Sense About The Tariff.
SENATOR EATON AT COOPER
UNION.


OF A CLASS OF MANUFACTURERS
ExPosED-MEAN BULLDozING-
WHY THE SHOPS WILL NOT SHUT
UP NEXT MONTH = THE INFAMIEs
OF 1876.
Under the conduct of the Demoe
cratic Union there was an immense
meeting in the large hall of the
Cooper Union, New York, Friday
night, to hear Senator w. w. Eaton
OF Connecticut on the tariff and the
Hon. Montgomery Blair on the is
sues of the day. --
Senator Eaton, as he stepped for
ward to speak, was cheered vocifer-
ously as "the man who voted against
the Electoral Commission" Then
there were cheers for Connecticut,
cheers for Hancock, cheers for John
L. Hoffman, and more cheers for
SeDator Eaton. After bowling his
acknowledgements, Senator Eaton
begged the audience to accept his
proioundest thanks for their kindly
greeting. He accepted it as the out
pouring of Democratic hearts to
public servant who had tried to do
his duty. Applause.
Senator Eaton said: "Our Re
publican friends, after the ensan-
guined shirt was buried and it is
buried lapplausel after the African
was driven out of the fence-and he
is driven out [applause] lin the last
four weeks of the canvass have lug
ged this great economic question
into politics. Let us see whether
they are honest. Let us see who
petitioned for this bill. l say that
all the great industries of the coun-
try petitioned for that bill. One
petition alone, emanating from six
New England States, was signed by
hundreds of men-I don't know how
many. There were men who manu-
factured 100000 bales of cotton.
They gave employment to 100000
hands. They employed $500, ,00O,-
600 of capital, and fed $500 900 of
people. That was one petition
Now, 1 beg to ask whether these
men who sent i'll that petition know
best what they want better thar
some whipper-snapper who comes
here and undertakes to tell you what
they want2 AS Jefferson said: Nc
man can argue that the sun shines
there is no room for argument.
There is no room for argument
whether these men who manufacture
500 900 bales of cotton n year know
what they want, og some man like
Judson Fitzpatrick knows. Ap-
plause.1 He talk about the tariff
; lie knows no more about it than
know about Hebrew. Laughter.
81 say that is the end OF the aIgument
|, might as well sit down aud give way t.
. INV distinguished fieud Fl iom Marylan.
, who il TO follow. But l will say This
} Every iron man in the country petitionet
for the passage of that bill. A voice
: Scrap iron.1 Yes, scrap iron. Every iroi
master in every State petlLioned for thi
= bill. Nearly all the wo.len men and al
! the sheep growers-the third great item o
! | agricultural products lnthls country-al
/ petltloned for the bill. They seut Lhei
delegations TO Washington, to use
= newspaper word, for the purpose of Inter
: viewing the author fthe bill. Laughter
i He was glad to be interviewed. Many 0
, them came there opposed to the till be
cause its author had the reputation o
p being a revenue tariff man. But the,
every one went home, and every indus
trial journal in this broad and went in
10 the advocacy of this measure. Az
plause. I Every one. Therefore | say tha
/ The entire Senate, so far as 1t could, too
:, his question out of politics. And all Tn
4 varied interests of the country have don
| the same thing. Ye, some of them ar
n now trying to lug back. Men who sigue
The petition upon the express ground tina
. thew desired TO go out ofpolitics are no'
Z undertaking 10 bulldoZe their operatives
'' Mr.. IIawley of my city, the other nigh
:, Who had lust returned from Europe, an
q hardly cot his sea legs off, went before
meeline of a thousand workingmen EN-
ployed III making sewing machines q
i1ridpeport, and told them that If Han
roek was elected and the Democrat
:, party came into power, they would haV
:. 40 work; that their shops would clos
n and their wives and children would b
q sant q, the poor house, let that ma
/. mad rust come from Eirope, ard he kne'
!, hat there was not single CITY on III
Continent OF Europe ofthe Size OF Bridge
mort that did not have its wheeler
;; wilson sewing machine agent. He kneN
rha, the American sewing machine La
driven the German Sc ing machiue GU
~ GERMANY, the Swedish sewing ma
chine out of its own country, the Aus
! rian sewing machiue out OF its owl
n country, aud all tins has been don
:, while paying tariff not at this end bu
A. I'M, other end of the line. Applause.
u Eng and is the only couutry III Europ
u 1na9 nernlts the American sewing ma
II rl,ine to come In free. | followed Mi
u uawley two days aflerward, and on tn
II nl.tform where L spoke sat Mr.. Wheeler
IL Inc head of the establishment that make
Ihe sewing machines. Laughter Ii
was not frightened. He lad not scare
worth a cent. Laugh er.l lie did ne
in mink ,he election oil Hancock aDd Ell
le elisn would prevent he sending OF SEWN
III machines TO Europe. [Applause.]
s. Now what do 5 this mean! Ii meal
I, that this party AID its leaders an
if snaakers will descend to every dep.h {
Inavery in ORDER 10 carry the election
i want to use plain words here, thi
msn can understand. say here it
uickeoly knavisb. [Appause, aud
l., voice. That's the point.l They are III
ell derIakiug to deceive the people. IL is
ITS knaye. a political knave, who will stot
,r- to deceive the people. A wise man al
mt a Statesman would not deceive hlmseI
it snow take another industry. The
wont tn New Britain, Connecticut, a
told the workmen there would be |
WV =, ,,,a1a if Hancock WAS ele