Wichita eagle., 1888-09-02
FROM THE SHOULDER,
REPUBLICANISM PREACHED BY
RUSSELL AND WALL.
The Difference in a Tax for
Expenses" and Tax tor
Both Expenses and Protec-
ton, Discussed.

| ton that it was about time to 20 to the
Garfield for the Republican meeting, ad-
vertised to be addressed by the Hon. John
| Russell and Judge I. B. Wall. The band
marched to the hall where there was a
large crowd in waiting for the speakers of
the evening. After rendering a selection
in the hall, J. N. Adams. chairman of the
| Young Mems Republican club, invited o.
| H. Bently, w. T. Buckner, Ben " Down
| ing John Russell, w. S. Morris, T. B.
Wall, John Humphrey, c. Luling, A r.
| Munsseller to come to the stage. They
were soon in the positions assigned. Mr..
| Adams announced that the band would
| play Marching through Georgia when the
| speaking of the evening would commence.
| The chairman also called for Geo. l.. Doug
| lass and Col. Taylor. He said it was with
! pleasure that he saw so many present to
| listen to the questions of the day discussed.
| The next president of the United States
| will be Republican or Democrat. The
| side issues of no party VIII be successful
| this fall, and hence the call for thorough
| investigating either Republican or Demo-
cratic, have the honor to introduce to
| you Hon. John Russell. The speaker
said: Il came to the United States in '39
| from Scotland. The situation politically
! then made me an old time Whig-the
| labor protecting party. The Democrats
then were as they are today-favoring low
priced labor and no protection. In those
days seventy-five cents per day on the rail
roads, and on the farm ten dollars per
month. Capital then afraid to
go into factories because of the unsettled
state of affairs. Muslin in Scotland
fourteen cents per yard and here are one
dollar per yard. We are told that free
trade makes things cheap, but no. There
was a way of getting over that. Clay and
Webster were old Zine Wings and for pro-
| lection. l am proud to say that | voted
for ''Old Tippecanoe'' my first vote for
president. The Republicans freed the
slaves, gave the homeless homes, made the
! best paper money in the world, and the
next thing in order to elect Republican
president. [Cheersl 1t is not half as
| hard for US to succeed this fall as it was
when ''Tippecanos' was candidate.
Under the tariff of the '40's dry goods
and hardware were much cheaper than
ever before. The tariff means keep goods
out and make the goods at home.
The south wanted then as now to trade
with England instead of with the north
and with themselves who are engaged i'll
manufacturing. In 40 you know the
Democrats downed the tariff. All iron
factories and other industries closed i'm
mediately. England soon had many
hundreds of tons OF iron coming to Amer
ica Dry goods were coming oyer by the
ship load.
la SO the Democrat said if they could
elect their candidate they would stay in
the union, and if defeated would go out.
| remind you of that telling in those days.
When four years ago the Democrats
elected Cleveland the people of Scotland
had fire works in every town and a jubilee
because they thought the American mar
kets would again open to them. The
Democrats want low wool and high sugar
because they are interested in the latter
The speaker then read a typical way
down south editorial about the political
situation.
MIR. Adams then presented Judge Wall,
who said: eff there was time | would
liketo be an orator. is tonight. 1t is the
duty of every man to be politician. The
man who cares not about how his town,
county, state or nation is governed should
be deprived of his right to vote. If you
have not decided to which party you will
belong study the question. Ii you have
kept up an investigation and see if you
are right; if so remain where you are; if
not get there. [Cheers. Never since the
days of go has there been so great a de-
mand for Republican president. Some
days ago Democrat told me that the Re-
publican party in putting down
the rebellion had done its mission
| want to know if the questions
of peace are harder to solve than the ques-
tons of war. | want to say the freedom
page written by the Republican party is
the brightest page of our history. [Cheers.l
The chief characteristic in the Democratic
party is destructive Did you ever know
of the Democratic party favoring some
thing that will build up our national fab
ric. The most highly developed faculty in
the Democrat is the destructive bump,
and that at the expense of the other facul-
ties of the mind. Does it intend or tend
to dignity labor. No. [Cheers. If you
want to make Democrat mad say some
thing of his past history. So out of defer
ence to their feelings, l will not re-
fer TO this.
lis >bSIll VI pEOOSCllOiI WHICH DSE-
ocratic president calls illogical and vi
cious, say is the cause of much of our
prosperity. l say that protection forms
part of our most prosperous commercial
history. In 80 our national wealth was
less then oue-sixUh of what it was in
81. In go $1,000 miles of railroad. now
10000 miles. In this time our growth
has been much greater proportionally then
any other country. All will say this is
the grandest and best government that
Gods sun shines upon.
Democrats are compelled to admit this,
but for no reason as yet they have assign
ed 1t is true they say it is robbing and
make the howl of robbing They denounce
taxation in the line OF tariff is robbing
and after crying for free trade they say
the Mills bill amt much of reduction
after all. In other words they accuse the
Republican party guilty of grand
larceny ond walk up and plead guilty to
petit larceny themselves. \ definition OF
Democratic free trade IS mostly defined to
be tariff for revenue only or what they
imagine England is doing today. a clause
of the Southern Contederacy favors no
revenue to foster industries Carlisle |
some time ago said the reduction must so
on until il reaches the revenue only
line. Their leading men say the best |
tariff is the lAyest tariff TO defray ex-
penses without any reference TO the pro /
tective feature. or in other words. pay no |
attention TO the American industries We 1
claim that the tariff shall be so levied that I
it will not only pay expenses but have /
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