Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-25
TON" REEDS SPECIE.
An IMMENSE AUDIENCE GREETS
THE MAINE sTATEsMAN.
Ocratic Camp-Tariff or
Free Trade.

| ing and long before o'clock standing room
was at premium. The audience was composed
largely OF ladies, who appeared as enthusiastic
as the men. A large number of prominent Re
publicans occupied seats on the ftage.
Clinton L. White Chairman of the Republi-
can County Central Committee, called the meet
ing to order and announced that Judge s. C.
benson would preside. He read the following
| list of Vice Presidents: B. y Brown, L. c. Ran
lett, Conrad A. Adams, C. T. Wheeler, j. f.
Calderwood, Hugh Casey, r. L Holman, Will
lam Tibbitts, L. Zoller, Matt Flynn J. F. Carter,
Jacob Gebert, Charles Schwartz, Manuel Lima,
Seth Garfield. \. A. Van Voorhies, ]. A. Aza-
vedo, L. B Churchill Professor Charles Winters,
| +. :. emith, Israel Luce, Ii. Bennett A. G.
Sweetser, A. Logan, Ben Welch, C. A. Lubrs,
| Robert Miller.
J Secretaries-G. w. Lorenz H. II. Love.
Judge benson, on being introduced, addressed
| the audience briefly. he esteemed it an honor
to preside at such a meeting and to introduce a
| gentleman who had fairly earned and Justly
| held the position of leaoer in the House of Rep
resentatiyes OF the United States. He rhen in
troduced the speaker of the evening who was
| received with warm applause.
Before Mr.. Reed began his speech l. S. Taylor
stepped upon the Stage and presented him with
a handsome bouquet sent by Mrs. Judge May.
hew, native OF the State of Maine.
Mr.. Reed eau sht his audience and carried it
| with him from the very start. He is a pleasant
speaker and was warmly applauded at frequent
intervals during his speech.
| Mr.. Reed began by disclaiming all intention
| OF making partisan, or even an old fashioned
| party speech. He had no unkind words for
| Democrats or the Democratic party for he ex.
| peetec that many Democrats in California would
| follow the example of many Democrats in
| Maine, and vote the Republican ticket; not be
| cause they mean TO renounce their party but
because the mean to express their opinions their
| real opinions, on the issues OF the day. What
| have In
past as TO the honesty of Republican office
| holders must have been entirely dissipated by
the retention of so many in Office by a Demo-
cratic Administration, after full examination OF
| the books at Washington.
Prejudices then, being laid aside, mems
| minds would be in fair state to consider the real
| issue OF this campaign. Every man of sense
| and knowledge had noticed any time these Last
| five and-twenty years that at each general cleo
| tion
SOME NEW QUESTION
| Elbowed all the others aside and demanded re.
| eognitIon and settlement Freedom in the
| Territories the war, reconstruction, payment OF
| the bonds and the currency, each had had | S
turn, one at time. All along the line good
was not really up, and yet, notwithstanding
each had been finally settled in its turn; SO now
| notwithstanding all the Democratic politicians
and some honest-mlnded people said protection
| was not really up, that question must now be
| decided one way or the other-alI attempts to
| flank II or ignore it were in vain. In more
| things than religion a man must be on the
Lords side, or he would find himself on the
| other side.
Perhaps it may aid the decision of the audi
| epce to begin by answering the query which
| occurs to every ones mind, why il is tnat one
party takes one side and the other the other.
| Why is it that the Democratic party-or, to
speak more accurately, the . Party of the Presi-
| dents Friends takes the free-trade side and
| the Republican party the protection side
| Every party is governed by its majority. When
ever new question comes up for decision
each party is taken possession OF by its majority
| 1t so happens, for causes not needful to enumer.
| ate, that the great bulk of the
| DEMOCRATIC PARTY COMES FROM THE SOUTH.
! l do not say this TO arouse any local feeling;
| OILY to state fact. Before the war the South
had only coarse kind of labor-mere Drawn
and muscle. Therefore the Southern states
men sid the true path to wealth for US was to
employ our coarse labor on coarse work We
viii, therefore, cultivate the cotton plant, ex-
port its product, and buy abroad with the proceeds
| Whatever we need But fortunately for this
| country, the broad telt which to-day stretches
from the New England and jersey coast to Cali
| fornia and the Pacific, was inhabited by differ
ent SET OF men, who said We have something
| besides Drawn and muscle; we have intelligence
and skill, intellect and mind. We must utilize
| both muscle and mind. Therefore the true path
| to wealth is for the people here to manufacture
within our own borders all the articles of COM
| fort and luxury needed by the people OF the
United States. In that belt of territory-to-day
without an equal on earth in wealth and pros
publican party. When, therefore, this new
| question came up, the protective majority took
| possession OF the Republican party as easily as
the South took possession of the other party
Altnougn this Is new question before the
| people,
THE DEFEAT OF RANDALL AS SPEAKER
| Of the House seven years ago, began the fight.
! Since then no protection Democrat has been al
| lowed seat in the Ways and Means Committee
the only committee which can frame tariff
| bill.
If it be asked why charge upon the Party
OF the Presidents Friends that they are free
traders when they themselves deny it, l reply
| first, that am glad they deny it; because by
| denying It they admit free trade to be an error
| and because their situation can be proved, not,
wlthstandlng their denial OF course nobody
| can expect to prove 1t by their express confess
| sions, for people in politics seldom own Up to
| doctrines which barriers against success
| Nevertheless there are other methods of proof
| In the first place. YOU can ALWAYS know a man
| by the company he keeps. are there any free
| trade college professors and presidents of free
| trade clubs that are not for Cleyelend? Are
there any free trade clubs in New York, or Bos-
| ton, or Iowa that are not at this minute help
| ing TO food this country with statistics to aid
| Mr.. Cleveland's tariff message? Why are these
| men on this side-don't they know their
| brethren? You may also know what men are
| going TO build by the tools you find in their
| hands. The first tool you will find in theiI
hands-and the word tool is not used as term
| of disrespect-is Mr.. Mills as Chairman of WAYS
|
| committee. He was
CHOSEN WITH CARE AND DELIBERATIoN.
For whole month the country groaned under
| the terrible suspense, until he was carefully
| looked over and found to be their man. Now
| MIR. Mills record was plain Is henry ,seorge
supporter of Cleveland, said, after personal
examination, he is free trade from base D." April
| >, 1884, he made a free-trade speech of which
| read the peroration to him in full House,
| having heard that he went over to New
York and said no Democrat desires free Trad u
| read the extract to him to enable him to deny
| or reatfirm. He did neither. He absolutely re.
| fGsed TO reply. As he is an honest man. the Ne "
| York story that he said 10 Democrat desired
free trade must be and is a lie.
Again, you may tell what party believes as
| YOU may tell what a church belieyes-by the
opinions of the fathers, the men high up in au.
| thority. Take Senator Vest, for example He
| says the fight against protection is fight tc
determination" de repeats this and SAYS it is
:" a fight to the death" This you will find in
! the letter to Napton. As he didn't expect the
| letter to be published, you may be sure you
| have his real sentiments.
| Bur, after all, what we want is not name an
epithet Free trade would hurt or heal just as
| much if it was labeled revenue reform as if il
| had its Own name. What is the essence of free
| trade? 1t is an honest belief that the consumer
pays precisely the tariff tax on articles imported
and nearly or quite the same sum in inhanced
price on articles of protect ID industry made al
home. Because if that belief is founded on fact
no man who believes has any excuse for nos
| being tree-tfad5r. II Judge Thurman believes
that under protection, for every dollar that goes
| into the Treasury five dollars go into the
| pockets OF the protected producer the raisin.
| maker, the wool-producer and the frlit-grower
what excuse has he for not being iree-traderi
HK MUST BE FOR ABoLIsHING PROTECTION,
| If he is honest. Think of man saying some
| body is robbilIg five dollars worth, and then
proposing to let him go on robbing four dollars
| worth The very essence of free trade is in the
| sentence as to tariff tax as above stated. Where
| did that sentence come from? You will find il
| in Mr.. Clevelands message. But. says the
Democratic politician. Mr.. Cleveland says " il
is no question of free trade; and in his letter o
crusade OF free trade" Well, what if he does
less fiat on your back, if he says he didn't
When man lays down the principles of free
| trade, are they any the less such because he |:
afraid of the name?
If the doctrine of Mr.. Cleveland, that TIE
consumer pays all the tariff tax and a like in
creased price on the protected domestic ,roduc'
| is right, then Judge Thurman was right wher
he declared at Port Huron on the Canada border
that we lost 81 900 COO 003 year By the protec
tive system, and Mr.. Townsend OF I!linois-s
| Democrat-was right when he figured our losse,
at SIS 036 ,0000 from 1850 to 1882. Adding Judge
Thurman figures since 1882 81 600 o. o eco year
and You have S21 900, 900 900, which we have los
since 1850 by protection. Good heavens S21,
000, ,c00,000l How much is that?
CALIFORNIA COULD HAVE DRoPPED INTO IT
without splash 1t exceeds by 50, 900 0e0 COO al
that this country was listed for for taxation il
1880, and mus. be twice what il wss worth il
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