The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-10-28
RinIna A. Pit,.l,nrr.

utes before be could make himeeel1 !
heard. For few moments he was regard
ed with curiosity, but, as his voice
strengthened and the thresd OF his
speech was taken up he was listened to
with great attention. After order had
been restored he said: "Mr. Chairman, 8
crisis in the tariff system of the United
States is rapidly approaching. For 8
long series of years, ever since the close
of the war, we have had q vast debt to be
paid. However large the national rev.
enue its surplus could always be profit
ably applied to the liquidation Of our
national obligations, aud we have dis
charged that debt till there remains now /
but little more than two hundred mil |
lions of dollars of il that can be |
paid within this century and all |
of that falls due within four years |
from this date. It. maturity thus rapidly
approaching may be said to be even now
impending, SO that the matter is one that
must be taken into consideration at once,
because the remaining 500, 000, 900 or
| $500, 800 ,0O0 goes over to the twentieth
| century when Secretary Sherman, the
most accomplished and able secretary Of
| the treasury since Alexander III 4miltOn,
| (cheers) performed the marvellous fea
| of funGlng 8 large proportion Of the pub
| lie debt in the United States four per
| ce Is. His success was acknowledged on
both sides OF the. Atlant1c asl unparalleled
| in financial adm nistration, but under the
! wise administration OF the federal gov
| erEment by the republican party the
| credit Of the patton has increased so rap
idly that the United States bonds which
| were at par but seven years ago now
command near 81 80 and the holders will
| not relir quish to the treasury at less than
| that rate. 1t may therefore be assumed
as q certainty that their payment is
postponed until the next century and they
fall outside of the present exIgencies as
they fall outside OF the present power of
the legislature of this nation. (Ap-
plauEe.)
When, therefore, you shall have dimin-
ished the total volume OF the obligations
of the country to the amount of the
5000, 900 600 now almost due, what are
you going to do with the surplus which
flows annu lily to your treasury? What
disposition are you going to make of
the large amount which each year you
have been accustomed TO apply 10 the
payment of the national debtP The free
trader replies: "Get rid of your sur
plus by striking down this pro-
tectiVe tariff. Lower the duty on
many articles, put q large number OF
ether articles on the free list and reduce
your revenues in that way" The pro-
| .
our revenue that with wise discrimins-
ton the American laborer in his daily
earnings may be protected by the
national law and keep that in view as 8
primal object (Oheers.) This is the
question that impends for your decision
and ate patient coDsi ieration of the
probable consequences to result from
that decision, l venture the assertion
that there has not been, since the nation
al election of 1860, financial crisis &c
urgent and pressing as the one which
! VIII be upon the American people within
the neXs two years, unless i
is SO adjusted &c to continue
the doctrine of protection you gentlemen
viii see hard tunes in this country and
that is what come here TO say. For i'd
j vancipg these same views since leaving
!, home, and in the city OF Philadelphia,
! have been complimented by the notice
4 of the London Times which tell from
across the water that the views which
hold have been neRatived by the people
of the United States, and that We ART
Z travelling towards free trade, and away
!, from the dark days of our own polio!
/ | towards the enlightened policy Of Eng-
i land. Derisive meTrimeni) in the SAM
paper which read the cablegrAm hsV
Just quoted the came column and i'm
mediaEely following, among this GmOrn
in2's des, atches comes another from
London saysing that the poor have riseI
= in riot against the Lord Mayo haViDJ
= a splendid time while the workiDgmel
= of London are starving in their novels
(Hear, hear and probation Civ
tho q two kilograms l gather as forming
;, a better argument than any could MAX
: on the quest. on and 8, nd back greet
= ing TO the London Times that / stanC
: this moment before countless thousand
of free American WOrkiDgmen who hav
I good wages and happy homes, witt
. prosperity behind and before them
g tremendous cheering The speake
= then addressed his attention to tn
question of colored cheap labor in tn
Z south He argued that the wages o
y S Iuthern iron workers must be equal zst
- with those OF the white men in the nOr,h
u This statement, ssid he, when made b
: me was met with ridicule ami derisiOr
but when that great OrRanizatis
. OF the X. of J.. met in national COnVen
ton in Richmond, vs., tbs other day
under their chief, Mr. PJwderly, WhOI
: | take TO be a man of extraordinary abil
- iiy and per option. prolonged cheers,
the first thing they ran against was tb
absolute uDwillingness on the part OF til
70 dominant white race TO allow the colore
% laborers of that region to have any bene
= fit from the K. of l. organizations, G
u from any other organic 4tiOns that coui
protect them IN their right TO be paid tn
= | WdRGS "ulSn IlcN CdEhN0 d. a bhAoLE
~ coincidence, [ received this very morn
y ing q letter from the south on that sub
70 sct. My correspondent gives an appall
- ing picture of the south, and in one pol
ton of his letter said: But, after al
We are ahead of You in the north in re
:, spect to labor, for in great man
- parts of the south we hAv
u established the eight hour rule for tn
% oolored men," Eight hours In the fore
~ !, noon and eight hours in the afternoon
% Universal and long continued merr
!. ment.) Now, gentlemen, l do not O
: hold out to you the slightest belief o
70 my part that the republicans have an
&c prospect OF carrying a southern stats
- The white men have tho political powe
- of that party in their grip. We hsv
u lived to see the negro suffrage in th
e south absolutely destroyed. Where
y is in q msjoriiy of five 70 one the negr
- cannot elect a representative in tn
y south It takes thirty five to thirty
y eight representatives In congress and III
L same number of presidential electors i
!. the United States-takes them by fOrce
y by fraud, by violence and counts them 1
- the democratic column. That's so, an
applause.) You say we canDC
: do any hing. We ought to be abb
. TO make as Gold north 9
"a they have made a solid south
g Ommense enthusiasm) and IN order
make that solid north, let old Pennsyl
vanis do her duty. (Yes, she will.)
is not suffi 5ient that you send back tn
twenty representatives out of the twenty
eight, YOU now have to increase the mum
). Der. Nor is it sDfficie that you merel
], elect item. Il is not enough that 70
+ place the distinguished gentleman nea
% in your gubernatOrial chair; place hiT
y there with such q mighty vote as wi
!. emphasize and point the expression G
], Pennsylvania wishes. G We him such
:, vote that we shall not have to wait unit
> = the second day for the election returns
y find out how the state has gone. PU
= him there bv such vote that we sha
> know by hash OF the wire before
;. O'Clock of the evening of election da
= that James a. Beaver is governor c
:. Pennsylvania. (Tremendoue cheering
:. At the conclusion Of his address ID
= | Blaine was driven TO the MonoDgehel
house, where be was joined by his so
= James G. Blaine. Jr., and wife. TIL
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