Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-10-25
LABOR AND TARIFF.
An Unmistakabls EnunciatiOa by
Judge BrannOn
OF His Attitude on this important Subject
He Stands Sqaareiy on the Platform
and win Do His Duty
in Congress.


in Congress.
IF I an elected to be your Representa-
tive in Congress, you will find in me an
earnest and hearty supporter Of all thai re-
quires protection. / will dwarf no industry
by my legislation. / stand ready TO protect
every industry, and with dutiiul regard for
my duty as your Representative
With this Judge Brannon closed one of
his arguments last night to meeting Of
workmen in the Fifth ward. 1t was part
of a speech in which he so clearly and forci-
bly, enunciated his position on the two
great questions of vital importance, labor
and tariff. If rot his words, exactly, for
he night was too cold to use
pencil, it was the sentiment be conveyed to
his hearers, and they we're well satisfied with
it. 1t was remarkable speech and struck
the favor of the crowd precisely. He de-
iyered no highly colored platitudeS and
vent into no raptures of language over the
general beauties of the Democracy; he did
not rake up any obsruct principles OF JED
elson and contrast them with the sentiments
Of Hamilton, but he delivered an old-fash-
oned plain talk, showing the Democratic
party is, always has been and always will be
THE UNswERvING FRIEND OF LABOR
and that he stood squsrely and entirely on
The national platform Of that party.
It was miserable night for an open air
meeting, being wet, cold and generally dIsa-
-,reeable The stand opened toward the
south from the north end Of Market Square,
and the south wind blew the sleet fairly in
% the faces of the speakers. On such a
night the crowd was correSpondingly re-
tuced, but it was good and attentive au-
fence and braved the cold and damp air
until three speakers had been listened to.
there was great and evident desire to
near Judge Braunon and, whsp he had been
leard an evident satisfaction. He began
W saving we had just completed
he obSequies of one section OF
he Republican party and were preparing
or the funeral of the remainder, the corpse
,eiug about ready He came there, he
aid TO talk to them of matter that was
f the greatest moment to them and one on
shich he had been peSsistently maligned
md misrepresented by the leaders of the
rpposition party, viz: that Of the tariff and
aLor On this question he stood squarely
n the National Democratic platform and
e was prepared to show that, in spite OF the
"tmost endeavors of the Republican press
nd orators to instil the poison into their
ars the Democratic party always was and
as been the champion of labor from the
,imple reason that it was made up entirely
Of workingmen.
BEGINNING or TARIFF.
In the early period Of Clay, Calhoun and
'Yebst er the tariff was only discussed in ref
renee to the protection Of infant manutac
lures, the labor not entering into it for the
reason that they considered it necessarily
incidental to the manufactures. The first
tariff measures were those introduced by
James Madison, Democrat, two daysaft
he adoption of the Federal constitution,
and they provided for duty on imports
This was the first protection. Then came
Clays sliding scale and then the tariff of
1912, which had no party significance. II
cave way to the Walker tariff Of 1916, dur
ing the administration Of Polk. This was
the tariff and these the times to which
Republicans refer as so depressing, and
n so doing thev take it
-nr granted memory must be very short.
For under it, industries tlourished and the
he average working time in a year was
eleven months How does this compare
with the present? In 1889 we got the Top
mill. with l6 or Is machines and nothing
roore. From 1916, to 1850 and cd years,
y hat development and what thrift had we?
IN lS4T, while the tariff law of Is was in
,peration, we got the Virginia mill, with 30
machines; in lS!G we got the Belmont, with
: machines In lS49-50 we got the
la Belle and in 1850 the jefferson mill
as established. In 1850 the mill Of
Dewev, Russell 4 Co was built, and the
resent. and about the same time the
Washington mill. Some Of these were the
ctual result of the earnings and the pros
nerity of the others. 1t looks very like the
local industries prospered under that pro-
lection, and yet the Republican party claims
o have originated the protective principle!
THEN AND NOW.
How is it now? Mills factories, mines and
furnaces are idle and hungry m IN are out
# work, all under the bene6cent influence
,fRepublican legislation The Republican
| party claimed to project men and save
ueni from panpef wages, And yet they legal
;zed the bringing of pauper labor of Eu-
~ope. And when Martin A. Forau intro
-Auced a bill, which Democratic House
assed, prohibiting this psuper labor, a Re-
ublican Senate refused to pass it.
This was the tenor Of Judge Brannon' s
peech. He showed to the full the fraud
Ind hypocrisy of Republican claims to the
Import Of labor, and showed as plainly how
democracy had ever legislated in its behalf
His own position he laid down frankly and
freely, as given above, and said he would
always regard as paramount the welfare Of
his laboring constituents.
When he concluded the crowd gave him
three cheers and hailed him as the next
Congressman. Col White aud John o.
Pendleton Esq. were then called for and
Zach made a rafting good speech, thorough
v inspiring the crowd and bringing out en-
;husiastic cheers.
DoN'T forget the boot and shoe sale to-day
at 2lO3 Main street
TreCot Cloths