The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-23
an absurdity. Do You know what
y leads TO? Dlonopolies. 4 I II oesa.
slons over production, which Is n
greater paralysis to our, Industries than
any other rniiso of pvil hAHC,Isg tVt -
NO SUCH THING As FREE TRADE.

~! other cause OF evil. Hfi w lhsej slsi5z
, NO SUCH THING as FREE TRADE.
I we nre denounced rs irce traders.
There is no free trade party. There ncve,
has been. There arc and have been ab.
Btractionists. Read tho history OF Daaie]
Webster. llo ut one time entertained irre
trade notions. Then Henry Clay and
John G. Calhoun wcrc protcctiop;s,s Tbe
thing vcercd around and Webster brcnn,o
q proteetionist, while Clay and Calhor,,
became FREQ traders. There Is no ir,a
trade party to day. There arc no distin. .
guished men advocating free trade, excent
aiew Republicans. Even this man Frank
llurd, over there in Ohio, denies that Ii,
IS u free trader lie says the turitf Is too
high on some things. "a Henry Ward
Beechcr, David A.. Wells, both Republi.
cans, nre free tradcrs. l say tho two plat.
forms are the same. There is no doubt
about 1t, none In the world. Tho plat.
iorms arc Of course not in the sa,n.
language, but the substance il tho same
and any one who says they aro not. does
1t to inisead and beguile the peoplc. I
say again there is no FREQ trade party. N
there, Is any It Is the Republican partv'
That party Is tho only enemy to lnbar
has pamlyzed our laborby byimpor,ing cheap
labor from foreign countries. The Demo.
cratic party proposes to increase tho tariff
on iuxuries and diminish 1t OH neccssi.
ties" .fss.5. j, I.sI - : ~ s''A Sa'
I, Il, ITS WHEELING srEEcff.
Adverting to his speech on Wheclin.
Island early in the campaign Judge Bran.
non said he had been buddy misreprcsent.
cd about it. "They said," said he, ..tbn,
| had no ideas on tariff: that I am ignoran,
OF tho theory and practicc; that s.iitl,is
in my Wheeling speech. l said no such
thing. What l did say was that there
may be some matters Of detail that 7
might not have sufficient information
concerning, but II elec,eti | should Yui.
dress myself 10 pcrtectiug my KNOWLEDGE
Of them. Tho Wheeling lSrRL,.lGEScsn
hasmlsrepresented me again and again In
this matter. A Mr.. Hubbard hus inr,..
tiously stated III one OF his speeches tint
l am ignorant Of tariff and have coutcss.d
myself as ignorant. SEQ that tbjs H.
Hubbard referred 10 mo in his snccrh NJ
New Martinsyil)e. This same Mr.. Inn.
bard was n candidate for The Couurcssin,.
al nomination bat the Office }1old;n, 70.
hort cut or his tail and Ire now smilinrly
wags what is left Of it in token Of his M.
preciation OF his treatment. l DENY thfs
Mr.. Hubbard's right to misreprcsent
me. deny lis right to do me N. ,plus.
tice IN order 10 give proof Of his iidcli1y
10 his party, dcnounce it rs dlisiprr.i-
nous. There is an od rule that he Who
states falsehool knowing it To be s,,oi,
is on the same footing as he who oyiH;.
mates it. Ii -SE5- g
Now, as 10 labor, the Republican marty
should hide its head in shame, In 1SGt;x, x
passed 4 law in lts Congress by which
company was clothed with power to i'm
port 3laborers into this country. Did It
bring that kind Of labor which, readily
assllnllates with ours Did they bling
over. people similar to those from " which
We descended No, they go to Uuprarv
to Bulgaria, 70 Brlsrava, 10 Italy, to fla
purlious and bring them over here. mt mt
ii!em in: our mines and workshops and
blazing furnaces that General Golf talks
about; put them into the Hockine Valley.
They bring these semi.barbari;lns inio
competition with our labor. Why Won
could putsone Of them on q plank against
the side Of the wall to sleep and he would
ne too stupid to know that he has IN
God to thank for the plank. This is wb.t
the Republican party has done M ior
the laborcr. The Democratic nary
tried in Congress to defeat this this |
bill, but found ,6it wus. use}Ssa
as there was a beam end against it. TurilI
Is too much surely wlicu it cxacts eivl,tV.
live millions annually FROM YOU and me
more than is required for tic Govern.
ment. We stand upon platform which
commits itself unequivocally to tho iuro. @
lection OF labor and industries wi;hont
building up monopolics. Here il the
political bible Of the Democratic pa rtr. M
committed beyond all quibble uncouivo.
cally TO hepro!ection Of laborand tmui,a}
Protect iron, wood and glass, bu, don't
make monopoly, don't make CrGsuses. /"
is I1EA@ rRoTEcrloNlsr? 81 + s!
The Judge at many points in his speech
would take up the effects of tariT and
dwell upon its beauties p showing all tbc
"obnoxious impositions" it works unon
the farmer, The tax he has to nav r,non