Morning journal and courier., 1884-10-13
WEST HAvEN,s FLAG RAISING.
A ROusfng Tfme-PrOf. william X
Townsend, of the Law School, DE

A housing Ttme-PrOf. william X.
Townsend, of the Law school, De-
Ifvers a Spirited Address.
The first flag raising which the Republi-
cans of West Haven have held this cam
paign took place Saturday evening in front
of Thompsons block. Here by s o'clock an
assemblage of several hundred enthusiastic
spectators had collected and were expectant-
ly awaiting the appearance of West Haven IS
crack campaign company, the James Graham
Plumed Knights. Shortly afterward the
company marched up, escorted by the West
Haven band, and formed semi-circle be-
hind the platform which had been erected on
The green opposite Thompson's building.
the uniform worn by the company was very
fine, consisting of a white helmet with red
plume, blue sack coat with white trimmings,
white trousers and black Ieggings.
At $50 Prof W. K. Townsend and Walter
A Main, the presiding officer of the meet
| ing, took their seats upon the platform; i'm
! mediately the flag, 1Ox2O, was thrown out,
the band played selection and the crowd
broke into loud cheers as the names of the
| Republican candidates were displayed. AS
| soon as quiet was restored Mr. Main intro
| duced Prof. Townsend, who was greeted
with applause.
The speaker began by requesting those in
] his audience who were Democrats and who
| intended to vote for Grover Cleveland to lis
/ ten to him attentively while he discussed one
| subject-protection to American industry
| And first as regards our own State. We
/ live in the seventh manufacturing State in
| the Union, and we have greater variety OF
manufactures than any other
What would be the result if English goods
came over here free of dutya In the first
place, our manufacturers, who paw high
i wages, would be unable to compete with the
| English manufacturers, and consequently the
| men who work in our factories would be
turned out of employment. But, the free
| traders say, these people can go into some
other business or take to farming: In point
of fact, farming would be the only business
| left. Now, let us see the effect on New Eng
| land farmers. The men who have hitherto
| worked in our mills and factories mus
| either go upon a farm here or leave this sec
ton of the country, where they can no Longer
find means of support; but these men, under
| the present system of protection, afford a
| home market to our farmers, where the lat
ter can get high equivalent in manufac-
| tured goods for their produce. When this
home market has been taken from them they
viii have to sell to the English manufac
turers, and the purchasing power of thei1
produce viii fall considerably
1
question; it is a question of pros
perity or adversely; of fina1Rial ruin or flu
ture welfare" Turning to Grover Cleveland1
record the speaker said: "The Democrat,
party got white elephant on their hands a
Chicago, and he (the speaker) would en-
deavor to scrape off the whitewash will
which Carl Schurz had coated this elephant
Although Glover Cleveland figured as th'
| reform governor, he had forgotten to reform
| himself" The speaker here enumerated thu
measures passed in the interest of the PEG
pie which had been vetoed by Cleveland
and continued, ''My friends, do any of yo1
know Mr.. Cleveland's opinions upon any O.
the issues of the day2 He viii not discus:
them for fear of losing votes. He treats
these issues as gingerly as if he had false
teeth and were afraid of splitting them out.
The Independents were next alluded to a
men who were born dead; men who coulG
not vote for James Ct. Blaine but must for
ksooth vote for some good moral man They
have now lost their character. Logan's rec