The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-30

dangered by the selection of one man for high
Office And what perfection of knowledge, wis
dom and understanding in man who cannot
see that the aim for riches, the strife for money
the dishonesty Of men in Office and trusts, are
not causes but ehects--the effects Of the imper-
lection Of society; man who believes he can
cure the evils and defects of society by debating
against the effects therefrom, who wants to
build house and commences with the roof
Mr.. Rappaport then took up the tariff ques-
ton and devoted about an hour to
lean standard of living with the
European, and thought the American laborer
had no cause to experiment, nor could he see
how anyone acquainted with the history Of our
tariff legislation could have any desire to expert
mont He argued that free trade would mean
nothing less than ruin to our industry. He
showed the fallacy of the free-trade doctrines,
and quoted from Mr.. Sumner, professor OF spo-
litical economy at Yale College, the great sci
entifc light Of the free traders, showing that
free trade is the theory taught by the Manchester
school Of political economists, that it is very
broad theory, and means non-interference of the
government
If science, said the speaker, cannot find
remedies to cure existing evils, or find truths,
the application of which will benefit mankind, it
is not worth existing-s in fact no science,
and yet the whole result Of that Manchester
free-trade theory is the doctrine 'laiss ez
faire,p French phrase, meaning let alone, do
not interfere, after us the deluge. What would
you think of medical school which would adj
wise 70 let the SICK pody OF man alone, until ne
either RECEIVERS or dies, and yet this is exactly
the ADVICE winch TINS heartless Manchester Tree
sc bodv of socisiy Ia thu etrn,, npvs sTe
let the weak perish 1t looks complacently at
the struggle for existence between man and
M Ia;lOl anu nason Ia apous Ine same way
free ieht' and saws to The government. hands
off.
= ne 70 last snIn]eet OF MI. hapPapoTts speech
~ "a local arastion ia sb owed
that while in Republican States
the Prohibitionists receive favors from the Re
publicans they receive them from the Demo
Gratis In Democratic States He said he was a
strong and determined anti prohibitionist, but
if the choice were left to him between free trade
and prohibition, he would rather have the latter.
He reviewed the action of the last Legisla-
ture, showing that the House of Representatives
adopted the amendment with 50 against 80, after
this very question had been in issue at the cleo
ton, and after the Democrats, upon this issue,
with the help Of the German Republic
ans, obtained control Of the State gov
eminent, and the Legislature. He showed
that the enactment failed to pass
the Senate in consequence Of a false calculation
only The Democrats had detailed a sufficient
number Of theirs to vote for the amendment, SO
as to pass it. but tbev made mistake as to one
Republican senator who voted otherwise than
they thought he would. He concluded that the
Democrats committed an objectionable breach of
good faith, and that the interests Of the anti
prohibitionists are not safe in the hands of the
Democrats
Mr. Raupaport,s sneech met wifi, annla1,se all