The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-22

: pound of butter to buy pound of nails, which
! was worth only twelve ard a half cents and they
! threw away the butter milk Now they buy thei.
/ nails with the buttarnik and have the price of
| their butter left. Applause
Other countries as well ours have had free
! trade Ireland has had free trade for sixty
| years; yet did you ever hear of amy working man
! ggmg to Ireland for a Job. Not much Mary
| Ami Whyl Because there is no work
| 10 free trade countries The people
! there are poor The farmers there spend
| their entire lives in getting enough money out
of the soil to pay their rent and the lorlly land
I owners.
| Take England. She raises twenty-five mill
IONS year to feed her paUpers, and one in ev
cry seven of the working classes that is born in
| England dies pauper. THIS is one of the re
suits of the system that the Democratic party
asks us to adopt in this country. The Demo
cratic statesmen ara telling you and telling, the
country to-day that it costs more TO live under
our government than 1T should. by reason of
7 protection. Mr.. Gray, who is nominated by the
Democratic party for Governor of Indiana, is
going around the country saying that you have
to pay dollar for fifty cents worth of sugar
I There great many ladies and gentlemen
here who remember the time in Us and go,
when you bought a peuaa Of
rnolasses sugar for dollar, and
now she ordinary wOrkingman would not have it
on his table. You can buy graduated sugar to-
day for ~ cents pound, and such \ thing as
the old molasses sugar is not sold. Neither is it
sold in any country where the people are free.
Yet this kind of stale talk seems to go down
with the Democrats. OF course it does. Were
1T not that the Democrats were deficient in com
mon sense they would not be Democrats ZAP
plause
The Democratic politicians are very much
like the Irish counterfeiter. When this counter
feiter was arrested for making silver dollars, he
was asked by the judge: GLOW much silver do
put about a dollar and halfs worth of silver"
Said the iudge Iou not making much
money then" "Oh, WELL" said the counter
feiter, cit is a money making business, any
way"
My fellow-citizens: We are occupied in
campaign this year that is second to noHe in the
questions it brings before the American people
1t rs not only question of industries, but it
is also a question of our government The in
dustries of the people are the crown of the Ma
ton, and if we permit our industries to be de
stroyed, we will have undermined the foundation
of our government. These are important ques-
tons. For twenty-four years the Republican
party has governed this Nation. For twenty
four years the Democratic party has opposed
every measure that to-day is considered necessary
by all thinking men for the progress of liberty
and civilization. We find them opposed to the Sc
lection Of the Republican party for President and
they have heaped on him all the false calumnies
that can only spring from the base ina ginations
of the Democrats, They don't go before the
people and speak of the issues that are impor-
tant to the people. They seem to shirk them
They dodge the important issues In some
States they say tariff only for revenue In
other States it is "a revenue tariff only While
in other States it Is tariff for revenue eNelus-
ively but in no State do we find them sp,akiuc
in behalf of American industries. At no time
in the history of the Democratic party have
they legislated in favor of American interests.
The Democratic party, as was stated to you by
Your distinguished statesman, Mr.. Thompson.
was started for other purposes. It was started
as a co consprator with the English govern
ment to destroy the industries of the
North for the benefit of the South.
And from the time it was started to the present
time, the only thing that the Democratic party
has been faithful to is that conspiracy with the
English government Four times in the history
of the Democratic party have they reduced our
tariff -Four times in their history they have
brought panic in this country, and sent bust
ness men into bankruptcy. Four times since
the Republican party has been in power the
Democratic party has attempted to reduce the
tariff. The only reason that we are not having
a panic to-day is because there were not quite
enough Democrats in the Forty eighth Congress
70 make panic Applause.
They say that with our protective tariff we
are shut out from the markets of
people from buying our farm products by
reason of our protective tariff Yet, in
the face of this We have grown since the Repub-
hcan party was in power to be the greatest
farming country in the world. We have grown
also to be the greatest manufacturing country
in the world. We have increased our exports
from four hundred millions in 1860, to eighty
three hundred million in 1879 These are the
facts that the people should weigh closely, be-
cause they will be called on to decide not only
who shall be the man to preside over our
country for the next four years. but also what
principles shall govern us for the next four
years. Shall it DO the principle of protection to
American industries or shall it be the principle
of free trade, which means protection to English
industries2 1t is you that will have to decide it
is you that will reap the benefits.
Every citizen in the land should study this
question seriously The Democratic party has
placed before the people platform that is like
the history of that party. 1t lodges the issue
No two statesmen OF the party draw the same
meaning of the platform. In one district they
preach reduction of war taxes but when they
get into a manufacturing district they don't have
so much to say about war taxes In another
district they say the farmer is the man that sui
fers the most and that the consumer pays the
tariff, hence it should be reduced.
But see that you, like the American people
all over the land, are anxious to see the great
leader who is now coming. will say that he
has arrived in town and is on his way here
Loud applause. He will be here in twenty
minutes with % 600 voters along with him.
Prolonged applause.
Now, while we arc waiting for the next Presi
dent of the United States, | want you to con
template a moment why it it is that the crowned
heads of Europe are so much afraid that Blaine
will be next President. Why is it that the
enemies of this Republic are praying that Mr.
Cleveland will be elected Does it bode any
good to the United States to have our enemies
in favor of the Democratic candidatel ICries of
NO No, the Democratic party is to-day where
it always was opposed to American interests
and hence it is that the English government
favors the Democratic party. Allow me to con
graduate you, as Republicans on your candidate
MIR. Blaine, and on the platform that is written
across the American flag; Protection to
American industries" Applause.
When Mr.. Seaman concluded the glee club
sang another song and then Judge Thomas of
Kentucky, was introduced, who spoke as fol
lows:
JUDGE THOMAS, OF KENTUCKY.
Fellow citizens The Republican convention
met in Chicago for the purpose of nominating a
candidate for President and Vice president,
Every congressional district in the United