The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-09-16
IRISH VISITORS.
Gen. Harrison Talks to Them
About Protection.
THEY rIEDTHox FREE TRADE.
The Position Of Women In Europe
and America Compared - People
who work In Glass Factories
Threwinx stones ~ Cleveland and
All Friesds Of the Mills BILL

INDIANAPOLIS. Sept ia company
Of Missouri veterans, under command
OF Capt. Brant OF Kansas City. called /
on Gen. Harrison this morning. Short i
ly afterwards delegation from New
Albany. numbering 1000. called 10 /
pay respects 70 the general In reply /
to the spokesman OF the party, Gen. /
Harrison made a short speech in i
which he said: !" l have heard it said I
that some leaders of the Democratic /
party thought that the reduction pro- /
posed by the Mills bill and the fur /.
ther reduction which some are candid /
enough 10 admit they contemplate. viii j
stimulate American production by
opening foreign markets. and that the 4
interests OF our Indiana manufactur-
ing establishments would thus be pro-
NOTED, bat those who advance this ar
gument also say it viii not do 10 pro- /
gress too rapidly in the direction OF
free trade, We should 20 slow because
our protected Industries cannot stand /
too rapid an advance; il would not be 4
safe. Now, my eounfymen. II this Z
plan of revenue reform Is to be pro-
motive Of our manufacturing interests, I
why 20 sloWR Why not open the gates 4
wide and let Us have the promised I
good all at onceF + il that the philos- /
ophers think the cup Of prosperity sill 1
be 50 sweet and full that our iaboring 4
people cannot be allowed TO drink il at 1
one draught. No. my countrymen, /
this statement implies what these gen !
tlemen know TO be true. that The ef- i
feet Of the proposed legislation is di- /
miniShed production and diminished i
wages, ana they desire that you shall 4
have an opportunity 10 get used to il. "
About 4 clock this afternoon train 4
arrived bringing 80 members OF the !
Irish-American Republican Clab from /
Chicago. They were met at the dep5t 4
by local IRISH organizations and e.
corted TO the Dennison hotel. On ac-
count Of the rain the march 10 Gen. 4
Harrison's residence was abandoned .
and the reception took place at the ]
hotel A. Gen. Harrison appeared on +
the stairway, escorted by the local 4
committee of the Irish club, he was I
rendered an ovation, which concluded 4
with the familiar response, Hes all
right.
John F. Briggs acted as spokesman. I
After touching upon political issues 4
he concluded: "Gen. Harrison. by
your noble utterances in behalf OF the 4
down-trodden people OF Ireland you 4
have assisted much in building up the 4
strong public opinion which exists to- I
dav ia America. and which beyond I
doubt viii in the near future solve the 4
right of the Irish people TO seif-gov- i
ernment, and for this you are entitled ,
10 and have our most grateful I
thanks.
gen. Harrison in response said I
Friends OF the Irish Amrican Repub- /
lican Club of Cook county, Illinois:
You are Americans. Irish Americans, I
and though YOU have given the conse- 4
Grated loyalty oi your honest hearts 70 I
the flag OF your adopted country. you /
have not forgotten to love and yeneT-
ATE the land of your birth. What II a I
sp.ig OF green was found upon the i
bloody iacket Of the Union soldier 4
who lay dead on Missionary Ridge2 i
The flag he had died for was his flag /
and the green was only a memory and I
an inspiration. We, native or Irish
born, Join with the Republican con- l
veution in the hope that the cause of /
Irish home rule. progressing unuer the I
leadership of Gladstone and Parnell, l
may yet secure for Ireland that which, 4
as Americans, We 80 much value, local 4
home rule.
Il am sure that you viii not falter /
ia this great civil contest, which YOUR 4
spokesman has so iittingly described. !
Who, il not the Irish American, ,yersed \
in the sad story OF the commercial I
ruin OF the land they love, should be 1
instructed in the beneficient influence I
of = protection TARIFF Who, II not I
the Irish-American, shoald be able TO I
appreciate the friendly influences OF a I
protective system upon their indiyid- 4
uai and upon their home lives Which Z
of YOU has not realized that not the I
lot of man only, but the lot OF woman, I
has been made softer and easier under i
it, influenceG Contrast the American 4
mother and wife. burdened only with j
the cares of motherhood and OF the I
hOuseholdwith the condition OF women 4
in many OF the countries OF the Old 4
world, where she Is loaded also with I
drudgery of tod in the field. ! know I
that none more than the Iri>hmen. I
who are so characterized by their defer 4
ence for women and whose women Z
have so finely illustrated that which Is 1
pure in female character, viii value I
this illustration of the good effects OF !
our American system upon home lie.
There are nations across the sea who /
are hungry for an American market. /
They are waiting with eager expeela- I
ton for the adoption o. free trade (
policy by the United states. The I
English manufacturer ! persuaded
that an increased market for English
goods ia America II good for him. hdE
| think i viii he imposs ble 20 per nadsa
the American producer or the AnieTi- I
can workman that IL Is good Tor them.
Il believe that social order and
national prosperity are bound up IN I
the preservation OF oar existing policy +
don't believe that a republic can
i've and prosper whose wagc-earner-
DO not receive enough 70 make lie
comfortable. who go not have some
upward avenues ~ hope open leiore
them. When the waee-sarners OF the
land lose hope; when tie star goes
cut, social Orsier is irnFus ,lbie, and
after thst anarchy or the cEar.
gratefully acknowledge the c1mPil-
meut Of yoar caji. ana VIII be giaa %
take each uefuhcr - y0ar clGb BY the
hand.
At the conclusion of the recep-
ten the visiting elUbs marched 10
Tonalinson hal. where lATgsly-at-
tended mass meeting was held to-
night Ex-Gov. Porter and several
members Of the visiting delegations
spoke on the issues OF The campaign,