The Indianapolis journal., 1884-09-15

earned $8 week That doesn't sound like much
money now. Well, it was considered good wages
then One day all the cigar manufacturers and
| their employees were knocked all of heap. Two
vessels had arrived from Germany laden with
German cigars, which were going out to the
trade far below the lowest possible price atwhich
they could be made in Philadelphia. Trade was
demorazed and paralyzed. Workmen saw that
cigar factories would close and the bread would
be taken out of their mouths. Something must
be done to stop this free trade. remember a
petition, many yards long, signed by thousands
whose bread and butter depended on cigar
making, was presented to Congress, and in time
the protection needed was afforded That was
my first experience with free trade, and no
amount of theory will ever make me believe,
after that practical illustration to the contrary
that free trade will be- blessing to the working
man in this country"
PERSONAL AND LOCAL NOTES.
Carl Schurz will speak tonight at the Park
Theater under the auspices of the independents.
John L. Grifiths and Frank H. Blackledge
will speak at Clermont next Wednesday evening
The meeting in Indianola Wednesday evening
will be addressed by w. W. Herod and Ferd
Winter
Major Calkins will speak at Attica, Sept. %;
Logansport, 3d. Winamac, 9th; Crown Point,
25th; Knox. 26th; South Bend 9th; Monticello,
30th; Goodland, Oct l. Oxford, I'd.
Judge Brennan, Hon NJ G. Quinn and p H.
Cronin will address the Republicans Of the
South Side tonight, at Georgia and Noble
streets. A large turnout is expected
Democrat-You haven't got Schurz this year;
we've got him.
Republican--No, we haven't as large a cam
paign fund as heretofore; SO you have Mr..
Schurz.
Democrat-Ah yes, see, see
Jim Wood, the Irish speaker, goes to Ohio
this morning to enter the canvass in that State
and he will fill appointments there until after
the October election, when he will probably re-
turn to Indiana He has had large and at
tentiye audiences wherever he has spoken, and
he is well pleased with the outlook. ",The Repub-
leans are gaining Irish votes everywhere in the
State" he says, 'and the laboring men are com,
ing over to them in large numbers They are
inding out that free trade will not do that it is
against their interests They are interested in
the discussion of tariff this year more than they
have ever been before. The miners are nearly
all for Blaine. Clevelands veto of the Elevated
railway bill shows that he is no friend of the
poor men, and they are all talking about it
they are against him because he
is against them Mr. Wood says
that his canvass in Indiana has been more sat
lsfactory this year than it was in $780, The
Irish Democrats would not come out to hear him
then, and in many places he was threatened
with violence; but this year his countrymen all
come out to hear him and bring their wives
The following communication was handed in
at the journal Office last night
For weeks the Democratic papers have insisted that
the species homo known German Republicans was
extinct in and about Indianapolis and had undergone
the metamorphoss into Democracy when lo there is
announced the organization of club called the Ger
man American Republican Club, consisting of nearly
5OO OF our best German citizens, with executive
committee of seventy-6ve and subcommittee of nine
Where did they come froml So quickly and quietly
did the organization take place. and so perfect the
arrangements, that the able reportoral staff of the
Democratic German Telegraph) only heard of
il. from the columns Of the English papers. 1t
sumner. The managers of the German Democracy
looked perplexed They had openly boasted that not
dozen could be found willing to declare themselves
openly as Republicans; and here like thunder-clap
comes the announcement with the signatures ready
for publication. After vain efforts to induce some
Of the sgners to deny the authority given
for publication, the Democrats concluded to call
liberal meeting. They met Saturday evening. at
M@nnerchor HALL seventeen in all Oh, for their
hberatyi just gaze at the Names in default of the
photos. There that stanch, liberal Republican,
John 2. Frenzel own Gabriel Schmuck, Adolph
Seidensticker and his nephew, Lorenzo Schmidd
Albert Gall, P. NJ. in prospect and
others. As for Bernhamer, he got away.
However, the liberal Republicans resolved to
have another liberal meeting next week. when Sim
Coy, Cooper Landers, ETC., will be there. Mr. Krauss
German Republican, was accosted by one of the
above set and requested to to the liberal Re-
publican meeting Mr.. Krauss answered to the point:
will not stop at such liberalism but go clear down
Democracy" These Democrats are either ashamed
of their party or is clear of false pretenses
GERMANIA,