The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-10

furniture because the mechanics of the United
States could not make it fine enough to suit him.
Tell me why they have appointed as the chairman
of their national committee b. +. Jones, man at
the head of the Western Iron and Steel Assocla.
ton of America, of the greatest monopolieS
in this land, one of the mouopoles that first re-
duced the wages of its employees; one Of the
first who discharged them and brought the laz-
zarOni of Italy over here, and put them at work
under contract as pauper laborers in place Of
American wOrkingmen
Col Gray continued in this strain. repeating
the principal points of his Fort Wayne speech at
considerable length. incidentally he referred in
very bitter terms to Col Dudleys pres
ence in Ohio, denouncing him as
political corruptonist, who reglecting his
Office and buying voters, while thousands Of poor
pensioners, who needed the money, were kept
waiting for their pensions. While he was speak
ing some man in the crowd cried out: How
about your Know nothing record| Colonel
Gray angrily retorted: THE man who says l
ever Il Know nothing lies in his very throat.
He is just such man as will go around and cir
culate campaign lies; and he Is not only llar,
but sneak and coward" and this declaration
was received with cheers In conclusion, he
said
The Republican party comes before this peo-
pie to-day with platform confessing nearly
every charge that the Democratic party mas
made against it. 1t proclaims itself in favor of
correcting the inequality of the tariff the tariff
law was established by the Republican party.
They made the inequality. Every unjust pro
vision contained in the law is the work of the
Republican party. The hand of Democratic
party is nowhere seen in it from the beginning
to the end. 1t proclaims itself in favor Of pro-
tecting sheep husbandry, The Republican party
reduced the tariff OF wool If there is anything
wrong in the protection of the wool industry of
this country, it is the work of the Republican
party. They declare themselves in favor of the
enforcement of the eight hour law. They have
had the President, they have had the admins
trave departments of the government, they have
had full pc yer of this great Republic during all
the time the eight-hour law has been in force,
and if it has not been enforced it is the fault of
the Republican party. The Democratic party has
not been in power since the law was placed on the
statute books of the nation. They declare them
selves in favor of protecting citizens of American
adoption. l say to-day that in all their long
twenty four years of Republican rule they never
have protected one single adopted American citi-
zen in any part of the civilized world. l say
more than that 1 say there has been greater
demand during the time the Republican party
has been in power for protection of adopted citi-
zens of America in foreign countries than has
ever occurred in the same period of time from
the formation of the government down to the
present day. They did not protect insolvency;
they did not protect AIahoney. The Repub-
licar party; l repeat, in ell its long twenty four
years lease of power has never in single In
stance reached out the strong arm of the govern
ment in defense of a single naturalized citizen
upon the face of the globe