New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-05
HOW MORRISON WAS BEATEN.
THE RESULT OF FIGHT ON PRINCIPLE. =
JEHU BAKER MAKING THREE SPEECHES DAY ON
TILE TARIFR-InHN LARRErI,s WORK.


JEHU BAKER MAKING THREE SPEECHES DAY ON
THE TARIFr-JoHN JARgErT's WORK.
ALTON, H., Nov. 4 (SpeciaD The defeat of
William R. Morrison s the result OF tho most deter
mined effort mads BY any party In any Congress
sona district in this country. The repeated defeats OF
the party In ths of Morr5on's record on tho tarH
QUESTION have only served tho purpose OF making its
le dcrs moro persistent. EIanoOus questions have In
all previous campaigns prsvsnted ober fair or fuli
description OF the tsrf issue, ani Mr Morrison mas
masqueraied In the guse OF free trader who con'd
carry an original Republican district the strength OF
the doctrine The candidate OF the Republicans ths year
Jebu Baker has maie most energetic canvass Ho mas
spoken twice day often three times folowing with
night meetings. His argument the tariff question has
been broai enough to cover the question. Even In
district which, like this Is diversified la It's industries
and widely divided In views efficacy OF pro-
tection, ho has m,ie effort 70 trim or avoid the
question: To crowds Of protected worklnymsn ne mas
advocated high tariff means OF maintaining wages
while out on tbs road the pro ucershe has
maintained the wise economy Of paying high wages oy
protection to those who create homo market for
farm products Mr. Morrisons argument has boon more
evasive. Before the agricultural class he has con-
deinned tariff which keeps up the prices OF commoi-
tiles to consumers. while TO wotklngmon hs mas
insisted that he reduce tariff without reducing
wages and the eedont OF labor cost In any protector
article bears Just proporuol to Its mar ket price.
The argument has thus bscon, insinoere ani nn-
steady nevertheless the tariff question was the one
upon which the ina issue determined against any
further present tarih agitation in decisive way ane
vrriictiS not ons-siioi. Wniis tn great R'puolcan
gnlns thrown In the manufacturing cities,
Belevie. East St Louis ant Alton. tho gains run
through nearly all the precincts In each county Ihe
employees OF the iron aud glass factories OF the
manufacturing towns. of the nail AMI .l roInne
were practically unit for Baker . -.
The presepce OF John Jarrett. expresi ient OF tne
AmsgamateI Association OF Steel and Iron workers.
had great effect deciding the attitude OF worknS,
was made 10 create strong prelndee asainst Jafre.
by calling him the emsSary or monopoly ths ioro iser
great fact which stands ont clearer than all these In
this result is thar the defeat OF Morrison was reached
CHICAGO, Nov 4.-The Daily Necs attributes MoTr-
sons defeat mainly to influences execsed ey JSnn jar
Labor. dispatch to The Yc,rs SAYS: IF the cleo
al occurred days earlier Morrison would nave
been elected About days before the election John
Jarrett arrived IN the district aud put himself INTO COM
muncaton WITH the leaders of the knights OF LABOR
ami other workngmens org,niz ltion% He was amply
supplied with funds, VIII ch he said had been contributed
by tbe "WOrkngmen's Tariff Club, or PittsDurs. ahl
employed men for 50 day and all legitimate ex-
persc- to against Morrison. Jarrett travelled all
had proposed increase OF tbeduty on TN plate
at the last session. and at that time ne hal threatened
follow him into district the next Congressional
election. The oper ,tyes in tho glass factories rolling
a % Sa mills ana onsr % bnt Threatened Co
boycott merchants who should become ononsiVe par'
PITTsBURG Nov 4.-John Jarrett has returned from
the W,s he conducted tarih campaign against
Mr. Morrison aud other Free Traders lie stated that
he di the mission OF his own v0lton, out was
sent the representative of the American I'm Pate
Association far could learn the iron ana steer
manufacturers of this section had not contributed cent
toward the defeat Of the Free raners ID 1ne west
Appeals for money made 10 friends IN PittsDurg,
but they not answered. When asked anout tue
sentiment regard tariff In Illinois. Mr. Jarrett re-
piled: In all the weeks which spent there uii
find IN favor Ol free trade Inc thrH Ieel-
ing rapidly growing IN tho West and SOUTH Mr. Jar
attributed defeat OF COngreSsn ,n FRANK iuri
Morrison ana the withdrawal OF Randolph Tucker 10
this growing sentiment.