St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-08-23
THE BIGGEST RALLY YET.
Stirring Addresses by Judge A. w. Ten
ney and Hon. Jacob Benton.

| SURFING addresses Dy 1u0Se n. w. Ten
ney and Hon. Jacob Benton.
The most successful republican rail- y
of the campaign in this place, as re-
CARDS the size of the audience, enthusi-
asm and quality of the addl esses, was
held at Music hall Monday evening.
The hall was full, an unusual number
of ladies being present. Hon. HI. C.
Bates of ST. Johnsbury presided. Hon.
w. p. Dillingham;, the republican can
didate for governor, was introduced
and was most cordially received but
excused himself from making a speech
as he was greatly fatigued and, more
over, was to be here at the grand raj
ly on Saturday when he would speak.
Hon. Jacob Benton of Lancaster, a
native of Waterford and reared in st.
Johnsbury, spoke briefly of the noble
record made by Vermonters; of the
interest of the present contest to labor
ingGen; of Cleveland's broken prom
ises, and of his pension vetoes.
Judge A. w. Tenny of Brooklyn, N.
Y, who delivered the principal address
of the evening, was introduced as a
former pupil of Gov. Paul Dillingham;,
and teacher of Hon. w. P. Dilling-
ham. After pleasant reference to old
associations he said in substance
Never have we had a presidential
campaign in which there are less of
politics than this. We are to decide in
this contest whether or not America
shall own herself; whether her mar
kets shall belong to American products
or to European; whether the price of
American labor shall be measured by
the European standpoint or by the Am
erican. 1t is, in fact, simply home
question, a question of the fireside and
of the hearthstone. The speaker then
between the two dates, 1860 and 1888.
In 1860 the South aided by the demo-
cratic party attacked the political sys-
TEN of the country today they attack
the industrial system of the country.
In 1860 President Buchanan said in his
message: 81 can find nothing in the
constitution that will give me authori
ty to coerce a sovereign state )" in
1888 President Cleveland said of the
Morrill, tariff law that it is vicious, in
equitable and illogical, In 1860 Eng
land sympathized with the South and
the democratic party as she does today.
Extracts were given from. English
papers to show that England was de-
lighted with Cleveland and his free
trade doctrines.
A strong plea for protection followed
illustrated with examples of the COM
parative cost of manufacturing articles
in Europe and in America into which
labor largely enters. The position of
the European labOrer was compared to
that of the American. We had better
pay so per cent. more duty than we do
now rather than let the children of the
laborer 60 without an education. Pres
ident Cleveland was severely criticized
for pension vetoes and considerable at
tention was given to the surplus.
Under this latter head number of
ways for disposing of the surplus were
mentioned. Take the tax off tobacco,
whiskey and sugar; anticipate debts );
pay liberal pensions to the soldiers /;
build a fort now and then; improve
inland navigation; rebuild our navy
and strengthen our merchant marine !;
build temples of learning in the dark
places of the land, etc.
Judge Tenney spoke to an enthusi-
astic audience and was frequently in
terrupted with hearty applause. Dur
ing the exercises number of cam
paign songs were sung by Mr.. Max
ham to the great delight of the audi-
ence.