The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-10-25
MARION, IxD., October Is, 1888

arrangement will make another effort
at telling Of matters and things in the
Hoosier State. promised to say some.
thing OF the Soldiers' Home at this place.
Well, that 10 fixed fact. The Commis-
sioners have located the site two miles
north Of town on the east side OF the
Mississiniva. This is all I will say about
the Home at present, and as the cam.
paign is the all absorbing topic will
devote the greater part Of this letter to
that.
In my ramblings I will commence
with Blaine's part OF the campaign in
Indiana. The papers announced that
the'great champion OF American protec.
tion would pass through this place on
the morning Of the 1lth inst, but to our
great disappointment he passed through
the evening before, and having but
few moments notice the crowd was
small, only about three thousand having
the pleasure Of seeing him. The train
was late and he had no time to make a
speech, but he did make one though,
about thusly: "You are the noisiest
and best natured set Of people have
met since have been in Indiana" !"
Then the train moved on amid thunder.
ing cheers. The papers announced that
trains would run from this point to In.
dianapolis at one cent per mile for the
round trip, without change. The latter
was the important part to me, but to my
great surprise it did not mean money at
all, but that 1t was without change OF
cars. But l did go. think there were
over one hundred thousand Republicans
on the grounds. / boarded a street car
and made my way to the fair grounds,
where we had addresses by W. G. Plum.
mer, of Dakota; Col. Pope, OF Missouri
Calkins, Of Indiana; Young Murray, oi
Massachusetts; Gen. Hastings, of Penn
sylvania an Irish orator, MIR. Hall,
Gen. Harvey and Mr.. Chase. At night
a meeting was held in Tomlinson Hall
and was addressed by Hastings, Blaine
and others. The hall had within its
walls about seven thousand persons.
Well, Indianapolis had more people
to the square inch in her borders than
she ever had before. One Of the great
attractions of the day was the huge roll
ing ball, which was present from the
workingmen Of the Brown Wagon Co.,
OF GAINESVILLE, Ohio. II was poised on q
beautiful wagon drawn by two horses.
would like to say something about the
city OF indianapolis, but can not at pres.
sent. l saw great many persons from
Ohio, especially from Piqua and Xenia.
I met one Highl,nd boy, George Hulse,
OF Glennwood, Rush county, Ind. He
looks well and is, as usual, staunch
Republican. must stop on this SUBJ
ject and get to something OF far more
importance to the American people, the
interest Of our American institutions.
There are two great parts ~ his
country. One party says vs. want ~
protect our manufactures, that they
may pay living wages to their employees,
that the manufactures are blessing tU
US, that they enhance the value OF our
farms and their products. will prove
that the Democratic party admits all
this, and at the same time calls the inan-
ufactures robbers. On the sprinkling
tank on the streets of Marion is to he
seen the following in large letters, "Mar.
ion offers to manufacturers locating here
free land, free water and free gas" And
that is not all. The citizens raise sub.
scliptions besides, Democrats as we'll as
Republicans. Now suppose the citizens
of some community were to hold such
inducements to set OF robbers to come
and locate in their midst What won d
the good people Of that community
think Of it? They would: say, "drive
them and their abettors out from among
u.s." The manufactures Of this place
have converted farms into gardens.
They now have a homo market for all
their Surplus" although some say a
surplus" is a very dangerous thing.
But 1t generally benefits more than II
Injuries. Do the farmers OF this country
want competition? NJ, indeed They
want more consumers. All parties au.
init that wages are lower in the mother
country than here. Why then should
the laboring man want to compete with
the laborer OF the mother country? But
some Of them are deluded by the notion
that free trade or q tariff for revenue
only would be beneficial TO them. az
they could buy manufactured articles
much cheaper than they can be bought
now. Let US see. Suppose there was
not mandatory OF woolen goods in
the United States, could you buy your
clothes as cheap as II there were a thou.
sand such factories in this country
You would say, certainly not. Then
why not let we'll enough alone? Well,
but the tariff is added to the price Of our
domestic goods. Let us see. Let us
take line of goods thut the majority Of
the voters nre familiar with Thai l.
tobaccn. The present tariff on i'ai IL,
bacco In the stem is So cents per p'uli,i
and on manufactured tobacco 81 25
Now, what do you pay for pound ol
tobacco? Please answer. Now, brother
farmer, ! have word to say to you. II