The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-22
Republican Rally.

opera Hall was well fllled tuesday
evening by an intelligent and inter-
ested audience, among whom were
to be seen many ladies, assembled
to hear Hon. Frank Hiscock, of New
York, on the political issues Of the
day. Mr.. Hiscock made bis two
hours talk on the tariff question, and
scored point after point in favor of
protection. Many times during the
evening he was greeted with applause
for his telling points, and the mere
mention of Mr.. Horr's name was the
signal for prolonged cheering. The
arguments put forth were unanswer-
able and many votes were made for
the Republican ticket, and especially
for Mr.. Horr. The meeting was by
far the most successful of any held in
the city during the campaign. and
created CONSERVATION in the Demo-
cratic camp.
We wish we were able TO print the
entire speech, but can give only
brief review. In opening he said:
We are on the eve of an election,
and am here not to address you at
length, but as to measures of vital
importance to you. If was here to
tell you which party l would recon-
mend you to vote for it would not
take me long. The Republican party
has been so thoroughly canvassed
over and talked about that there is
but little use in telling you what they
are or what they will do. The Dem
ocratic party has now been in power
for nearly two years-time enough
for them to perform their boast of
examining the books, which no doubt
they have done and done thoroughly;
but have they found anything wrong?
In regard to economy he stated that
it had cost the government S45, 5,ooo,-
900 more than the two years previous,
but at the same time he did not
charge them with extravaganza. This
fall there was an issue before the peo-
pie that was as different as black and
white, and that was the protection of
American industries. The Democrats
claimed to protect when they did not
protect the laborers, The protection
they devised was the offspring of the
Republican party. The protective
policy would have to be fought in the
fiftieth Congress as it had never been
fought before. President Cleveland's S
first message was strike at our in
dustries, in this he was aided by a
letter from the Secretary Of the
Treasury Immediately after Congress
convened. The committee on WAYS
and Means, of which Mr.. Morrison,
of Illinois, was chairman, introduced
a bill to reduce the tariff on lumber
and salt and, in fact, every industry
in the North was to suffer. Now then
this year there will be surplus of
500, 100000 in the treasury and
there must be reduction of the tariff
and / say to you voters of Michigan
if you do not want the tax on your
lumber, salt and wool reduced below
where you can make anything by its
manufactured raising it do not send
to Congress man who will vote to
put John G. Carlisle in the chair, for
if he is chairman it is a sure thing
VIM. Morrison, the king Of free trad.
ers, is chairman Of the Ways and
Means committee, and that means
free duty on salt and lumber.
He paid his compliments to Tars.
ney and referred to his surplus reso-
luton, which the President refused
to sign, and claimed that the country
had grown richer and richer under
the protection rule of the Republi-
cans, and that if free trade was de-
! clared in this country our laborer.