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manufacturers OF New England nave Den
more liberal in their contributions than
those Of Pennsylvania. In fact, have 1t
from the best possible source that the man
ufacturers of Pennsylvania, who are more
highly protected than anybody else and
who make large fortunes every year when
times are prosperous, practically give
nothing toward the maintenance OF the
ascendancy OF the Republican party. OF
course shall not violate what consider
to be o proper principle of action; but, II
had my way about it, would put the
manufacturers OF Pennsylvania under the
fire and fry all the fat out Of them. II the
Mills Tariff bill comes to the Senate there
will be some votes cast there which will
open the eyes of some of the people who
have, while gathering their millions,
treated the Republican Farty as their
humble servant"
Eut who gets the money represented by
the enhanced cost Of the article to the
consumerl Does it need q remarkable
mind to perceive that it is the man or the
company who produces and sells the
article! Thus the tariff, 50 far as it oper-
ates protection, amounts merely to this
That vast sum Of money is continually
being paid to the domestic producers Of
tariff. protected articles by the American
PtOp1C WIN OuJ thCMS IL SASSoO "a vusse
they would be obliged to pay but for tariff
law
And but lately q new device has piled
monopoly on monopoly-the invention Of
the trusts. It has long been an argument
of protectionists that competition among
domestic manufacturers would prevent the
exaction of the full tribute which a pro-
lection duty would otherwise enable, and
hold down the price Of their goods to cost
and reasonable profit; and such might be
the natural tendency Of competition,
though never realized to the extent Of their
claim. But do you tame the tiger by the
food of flesh and bloOds Combinations
have been devised and already successful
ly effected in many of the great lines Of
tariff covered production. and under their
management prices have been again forced
up to high water, or high war. limit. Take
example and take warning. ye who till our
fields, in the steel trust to whose Golfers
you contribute 50 freely Of your toll
Three years ago steel was freely sold
and easily produced, with abundant
profit, at AZ cents pound. The steel
trust sent the price to 10 cents in less
than single year, and your plowsharos
glisten in brighter significance Of their
golden profits the more you burnish them
in the furrow. Competition is lost in CON-
bination, and the producers Of the North
west are under the load. Your President
pointed this all out to you in his message.
daring to encounter the perils Of their
power in devotion to the interests of tho
people who had trusted him and in whom
he puts his trust.
And now comes home the demi-god of
Republican idolatry to receive the worship
Of his party and fight the cause OF trust in
a hn inppr ,nA
abroad What says he to you OF those
colossal conspiracies to gather the wealth
you createa
"When President Cleveland delivered
his message, he had something to say to
the American people about the danger Of
trusts. Well, shall not discuss
trusts this afternoon. / shall not venture
to say they are altogether advantageous
or disadvantageous They are largely
private affairs, with which neither Presi-
dent Cleveland nor any private citizen has
any particular right to interfere
1t is gratifying always to speak Of
political adversary, and especially OF
candidate for office, in honest terms Of
respect, and II is pleasing to say that, un-
doubtedly, in the selection of General
Harrison, the Republican party chose .
gentleman who, though he represents in
all his beliefs and sentiments the harmful
doctrines of their creeds, is yet beyond
any private reproach Of political scandal.
He is entitled, in his capacity OF gentle
man of scholarship and character, es-
pecially as the nominee Of great party,
chosen after q great struggle for the
place, to a far higher consideration than
sooner established by his nomination than
another gentleman comes forward, her
aided, by all the trumpets of the party, a.
the real object Of its alteration 1t seems
to be given out do not undertake to say
whether with any authority or not, but it
is evidently with the design to make those
who are smagnetized' believe il, that in
General Harrison's administration, if it
were to come about that he should have
one, the "uncrowned king" of the party.
the greatest living statesman" who, in
long career Of public life, never devised
or procured the enactment Of q single
measure of public good, is to be the DOM
inant power Of the party and the premier
of the Government.
Thus the alluring temptation Is held out
to you, fellow citizens to take your choice
| in person, in accordance with your fancy,
| those Of you who reject Blaine can vote
| for Harrison. But, fellow-citizens, you
will find no such uncertainty upon the
| other side He was, indeed, well nigh a
stranger to most of the American Nation
when, four years ago, led by that Provi-
dence which has SO often interposed in the
affairs of the Republic for its glory, the
Democratic National convention presented
| to the suffrages of their countrSmen the
name Of Grover Cleveland. But he is no
| stranger to the American people to-day
They have learned to know this man, not
| through the pretentions of skillful words,
| but by mighty acts of manhood and states
manship, which become the Executive Of a
great people aud the leader Of great
party. They have seen him constant in the
midst of storm and trial as the cliff that
rises from the turbulent ocean unmoyed
| by the dashing of the wave, defending
l firmly, steadfastly, with patience and
without retort, the principles he espoused
and the pledges which were made for him
and BY him to his conntrymen. They know
| how he has met the distressful circum
stances under which he took his place by
an untiring devotion to labor, never before
excelled in public Office, rarely equalled.
| Follow Democrats, long as ! have tried
| you have but briefly and inadequately
glanced at the salient points Of the argu.
ment, but slightly entering upon the inter
| eStlAS uctallS, Dy WHICH every leAtuiO Vi
it could be REINFORCED and strengthened
with multiplied effect Yet trust have
indicated enough to justify the hearty
faith within us that ours is the party
founded upon the rights Of the people, ami
mated by the sincerest purposes for their
good, and best constituted to carry for
ward the ark of our constitutional covenant
and the institutions of our liberty to the
perfection Of their work in the
world. And, though would in.
woke your tireless and unceas-
ing efforts, yet l present this argument
with neither fear nor misgiving In the
laws which govern this universe there arl
those which guide human action, however
sometimes undiscerned, and ! should bl
false to my undying faith in Gods govern
ment of this world and the nobility OF man,
false in fidelity to the constitution and tc
belief in the Republic, If doubt overcast
confidence that the great steps in our for
ward progress during the past four years
were but the beginning of long course Of
National advancement and prosperity
The movement Of the Nation will not bs
turned backward to humiliation and gloom
| u,h, .,r ,od cfoA.e 1o not oova more Sc