The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-08-09

The Demecrssic rally Tuesday event.,
wrs saecess Two bands Of music az
drum corps called The crowd ioseih.l
sss Eslabrcok's Opera Honse vas crov
"a with 40 audience iacla5sng . geo
numbtr oi ladies. There ws . large nun
Der prssen, ff0m Dorset. Arlingtoa, San
defland. Peru and other towns and W
nosiced BepHblicsns " vel Ne Democrat
from ali these towns snd ~ neArly ~ VI
could ladge The audience sas about equal
y divided beiween Democrats and Repnb
licsns This ID a. i. should Ire sad VI
hope the Democrats gill sun ont equal,
we'll 10 Republican meetings
The fret speaker sN Prof. OSullisar
Who Ia quite an easy islker aud held ,hs
close siiepiion Of the audience. lie msde
somc witty points which we're vigorously
.ppiauded. hls statement o. facts ~sr,
generally quite sccnraie but his dedac.
iioas were sometimes false aud almos, al
ways misleading We will briefly resie~
some Of bis points aud soy statements d
fact OF history which are made we or
ready 10 back ap with abundant prxot
He commenced by saying iha kalh
parties agree that II is bad policy
up money 10 the National treasury
idle when IL ought 10 bo 10 circulation. II
il like the man who has Too much blood
which Is liable 10 become congested and
endanger life. The remedy is To le, ont
some OF this blood, aud the only difference
between the parties is as 10 how it shall
be done. This is substantially correct,
aud 1t makes all the difference in the
world whether ii is let out by opening q
small vein in the arm or the Jugulr vein
in the neck. A very ignoran, man or .
crazy man would be quite as likely TO Try
the latter course AS the former.
He nett spoke OF the national debt
which is in round numbers 81 loo, 900. 600
OF this debt $3.50 900. 900 comes due Sept
LIST, 1891, or in just three years and il will
take great deal more than our present
surplus to pay that portion OF it. He
talked very bitterly Of John Sherman, who
while Secretary Of the Treasury recommend
ed the reiunding act, by which over $780,.
000. 900 6 per cent. bonds we're taken up
and replaced by an equal amount of 3
per cent bonds. Sound fnan ciers Of both
parties considered it a very remarkable
and praiseworthy achievement, and il is
difficult 10 see how reducing the interest
just one hall makes John Sherman thief
and robber. The saving Of per cent,
interest for Is years would pay the face OF
the bonds.
Mr.. o'Sullivan next spoke OF the enor
nous tax placed upon the people by pay.
ing more for their goods than they would
cost il there were no tariff and Mr. Red
dington also referred to the same thing
using Cleveland's free trade argument that
the price OF goods is practically increased
by the amount Of tariff An English pa
per correctly stated that this was the ar
gument used by Golden forty years ago
and it has been proved false SO many
times that 1t is singular that any one will
believe it at this late day. Even English
free traders have dropped it, We will give
one or two illustrations. The duty on
calico for dresses amounts to 6 cents per
yard. 1t costs here just cents. Ac
,ording to their theory, il the tariff were
aiken of it ought TO cost nothing, while
he fact is il costs to day in England as
ouch as il does here, and the same might
DO said OF the cheaper sorts OF clothing
md many other things. The government
recently bought large lot Of blankets in
England because it can import them free
u duty II saved just 40 cents on each
blanket, but II the cost we're increased by
he amount OF tariff it ought to have saved
We dol'ar on each blanket Ii our Dem
'cratic frie9ds think they can do better
where things are cheap they might go to
England or Ireland and try it. The way
s open but instead OF going there thou
ands upon thousands are coming here
very year because they can do better
here. and the reason why they can do bet.
or is We have protective tariff, which
while 1t makes some things dearer in
'resses wages enough 10 much more than
make up the difference The speakers
'laimed that high tariff does not in
rease wages aud we understood Mr.. Red
|ington to say that wages were higher in
rec trade countries, but labor will as
ule always go where ii will. on the whole
Jet best paid aud the fact that laboring
men are constantly coming to this country
n numbers large enough to overwhelm
ny other nation on earth is fact that |
oniroyerts oil such statements OF free |
raiders.
Mr.. O'Snlliyan announced that the Re
publican party is the party OF free rum
'ecanse ii declared 10 its platform that 1t
voull abolish oil the Internal r.venue IN
luding the tax on whiskey rather than
estroy protection TO American industry.
10 might as we'll call the Prohibition par.
= free rum party because its platform
alIs for the immediate removal OF the
overnment tax on whiskey.
Both speakers spent some time in dc
snding free wool. Their argument was
lat tner quality OF wool than We pro.
uced in needed to mir with our native
DOL in order TO make the best goods. and
wool were free more Of this tibe wool
iouli be imported and consequently more
alive wool would be used to mix with i
I'd consequently more could be sold.
hfs unol3 ha a pretty gnoi arunonenf 10