The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-08
LABOR AND TARIFF.
Points from Speech Delivered i'm New Jer-
sey by Hon Richard j, 0glesby.

Points from Speech Delivered in New Jer-
sey by Hon Richard j. 0glesby.
Trenton Special.
Vast interests are at stake in this campaign.
We are too much inclined to neglect our politi-
cal duties and public interests suffer thereby.
Somebody must keep looking out for the affairs
of this Nation. Take the complicated and
delicate relations between capital and labor.
They must be attended to or some day there
will be crash The Republican party has al
ways guarded jealousy the interests Of invested
money, of capital employed in producing; but,
on the other hand, it has as scrupulouslv ,,,okei
ai'er moor me aeconlpa ., 4ng friend and boon
: sssl.1rraanlGln 10 capital The Republican party
has always had the courage to say, and has
meant 1t when it said it, that this Nation can
stand only by giving direct, honest and hearty
upport to labor The Republican party removed
the last dishonor from labor when it abolished
slavery II Is no disgrace now to labor any
where IN this broad land of ours But we not
only honor labor-we protect and assist it. We
recognize it as an educated force, capable of
organization and combination, to be
dealt with as agriculture or any other
interests are treated 1t was the Republican
and sent him West with l60 acres of good land
IN his vest pocket. All that vast territory that
the Republican party threw open freely
to the laborer is, gone now; What
laborer can use. The issue now is, whether
this remaining land shall fall into the hands of
alien Spectators by the square mile and section,
or whether it shall be reserved for American
citizens and settlers The Republican party
speaks squarely on this issue
Coming from the West last week, picked up
a copy of that great literary journal edited by
one Of the most learned and cultured men of
modern times that great Journal of Civiliza-
cation. Laughter. WHAT'S the other name
ofia tJeers and laughter o. yes, Harper's
Weekly. Misses, jeers, and continued laughter
| was astounded to see that great journal de-
clare that the land question and others like it
amounted to nothing, and that the real issue
was one Of personal character With all these
vast questions at his hand, involving the pros
per1ty and happiness of the people, based upon
fundamental principles of free gov
eminent and political economy, this learned
man, instead ofsrising into this cosmic ether
into which the Republican party has educated
him to stand, turns round and declares that be-
cause he has left the party he will devote his tai
ents, his pen, all that he is, may be, to attack
ing the personal character of its candidate. How
has the beauty of Israel been slain in high
places2 How have the mighty fallen!
But homes being gone the Republican party
still has something to do for labor. The Re
publican party stands on guard at every custom
house, levying a tarif-call it a tax if you will
upon foreign goods, made by foreign hands, of
foreign materials, with foreign money, in
foreign lands, before allowing them to come
into competition with the products of American
labors. We do this for revenue. but not for
revenue alone nor for that exclusively, nor for
that only llaughterl, nor only for that Re
newed laughter and applause We do it de-
iberately and premeditatedly, to keep
the standard of American wages for
labor above that of European or
Afaican, or Asiatic or any other kind of labor
Applause. The Republican party proposes to
keep the tariff on just as long and just as high
as it is needed. The time may come, as they
say when internal competition will reduce the
standard to a common level with other countries
But why should we hasten it2 Why go after it
and bring it in and cultivate it like the hot
house plant2 And just here the great journal
of Civilization comes in again and tells you not
to strain yourselves over such questions as this,
but to go inquiring how many children James
Blaine has. Laughterl The Journal Of
Civilization says that the issues of this cam
paign are personal ones, and that we must pry
into mans family, see what they wear, what
the children's names are, how many there are of
them, or whether any of them are loose, and
can't be found, Great laughter and applause