New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-21
GLOVES AND THE TARIFF.
SOUND TRUTHS BY WARNER MILLER.
THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE SPEAKS TO MANY
THOUSANDS AT GLOvERsvILLE.
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THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE SPEAKS TO MANY
THOUSANDS AT GLovERsvILLE.
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GloversviIle, n. Y, oct 2o-warncr Miller camc
TO day among his ncighbors in the Mohawk Valley,
and It need not bc said that where he Is so well
knoVn he received most cordial welcome. mo
valley from schenectady to Hcrkmer, where Mr'
Miller lives distance OF sixtysfx miles, IS hi'cd
with thriving manufacturing cities and towns. The
district may said to be the heart Of the protected
industries Of interior New-York. Mr.. Miller, as
champion of the protective tariff gazed upon manu-
factory after mandatory he passed them with the
keenest interest At Fonda he took the little rail-
road that runs to Gloversville ten miles distant.
One car Of the railway train that was to carry MIN
to Gloversville profusely decorated with bags,
and Mr.. Miller escorted to 1t by delegation OF
veterans OF The Union Amy who had come IRON
Clovcrsville to act escort. The Union veterans
here have a Harrison and Morton Club numbering
100 Many of the members OF the club were Demo
Gratis until President Cleveland vetoed the pension
bills so numerically. Mr. Miller upon arriving
hero was escorted to tho Windsor Hotel by the EN-
tire membership OF the Union veterans organization
Hundrds Of citizens crowded the streets and cheered
Mr.. Miller he passed by.
Clovcrsvllle and Johnstown, its twin, have about
19, ,OCO Inhabitants Nearly all OF this population arc
Interested in the manufacture OF gloves. The two
places. indeed, may be said to base all their pros
tho tariff gloves from 80 per cent TO 40 per cent,
and as a consequence intense interest is taken in
Johnstown Clovcrsvo tho result OF the present
struggle between the Democratic party, favoring the
Mills BILL and the Rcpublcan party, which opposes It,
The universal anxiety regarding the election brought
to the Republican meeting tonight 5000 people.
only 1000 Of whom were able to gain entrance to the
Opera House where the meeting held. The wife
Of Mr. Miller and her mother who lives here and Mrs.
Mller's younger sister sat in one Of the boxes. Ex-
Assembyman Alden W. Berry elected chairman,
and introduced Mr. Miller, who was chcercd for five
minutes when he forward to the edge of the plat
form. Mr. Miller recognized the fact that he had
hundreds of personal friends present and earnestly
thanked all for their kindly greeting He then for
mally opened his speech by giving a sketch Of tho
American protective tariff system, and describing the
efforts Of the Republican party to sustain 1t. His
sentiments warmly applaudcd by tho audience.
Mr. Miller recalled the fact to the memory Of tho
people Of Glovcrsvile that Samuel J. Randall, in
1894, in that very hall had promised that II tho
Democrats should have power conferred upon them
they would not lower the tariff Mr. Randall
had said that he spoke by the authority Of Grover
Cleveland; that no had a personal promise from tho
Democratic candidate for the Presidency No one
would such an honorable man as Samuel j.
Randall of having acted with bad faith. 1t was
clear that Mr. Randall had attempted to keep his
pledge, but had been ovcrborne by the free-trade
Democrats of the South. 1t was nc wonder that Mr.
Randalls friends, the protection Democrats, were
deserting the Democratic party and were saying that
they should vote for Harrison and Morton. The
Democratic soldiers were also In revolt from the
Democratic party. They were unit In preferrlng
a gallant soldier like Harrison for President Mr..
Miller said that nothing had given him such encourage
to-day the support OF the Union veterans who
had escorted him to the meeting. Plainly they were
going to stand by comrade despite calumny and lies
This reference by Mr.. Miller to dastardiy
attack which has been made upon him among the
old soldiers and which they have deeply resented. .,
Mr.. Miller then referred to the amazing growth
OF Goversville and Johnstown the past twenty-five
years, owing to the existence Of protective tarin
phn bcne,s s~ of protsction. Yet Governor lin
had said at Newark on Thursday night, that the
paupersS Governor Hin was moral coward If
he believed that and then did not advocate the
had larger interest in the maintenance of the tariff
laws than any place Of similar Size 1 In d the state ,d
tariff should be reduced The reduction which ne
Minis bin made the SS PFGd%cs wcT UI ScDs %adS
to work TO finer grade OF goods s tdne dnere or wec yc
the sr sd If aoye Of sae e aGe aSsf the
present high o of duty Of 80 P Per cent cent WAS MAIN m
aned upon gloves the ts Dr rnycs and take that
vast European trade. all, ,,n
Miller, that the four five millions Of dollars that
We send TO Europe to pay for high grades OF gloves
should be kept IN America in Goversvlle and other
Referring to tho hostile attitude of the Prohibition
party to the proposed High License law, MT. Mhcr
said.
The leaders OF the Prohibition party havo only
one point of attilck, from General FISK down 10
Jones They arc not saying one word against the
liouor dealers not one word In criticism of the Dem
ocratic party for It's constant championship OF me
Mn for vefoing overy temperance measure but they
assail the Republican party and myself for tayoring
Sas .So polned out. r. j. wheeler the Editor of Tho
Voice. and the virtual leader OF the Prohibition party
in This state wrote TO the Editor Of The Tribune
year ago and favored tho passage of law limiting
tho number OF saloons to one 10 every one hunufcu
persons What is the difference, in moral turpitude,
would ask Mr. Wheeler and the Prohibonists be be-
tween our proposal reduce the number OF saloons
one half and his proposal reduce them two-thlrds
Is IL sin I'm one case and not sin In another!'