Evening journal., 1888-09-28

The ratification mass meeting Of the
Republicans of New Castle county at
Brandywine Springs yesterday, was
fairly successful. The trains to the grove
were we'll filled, and large numbers of
the country folk were on hand Centre
vile was represented by the Young Mems
Republican Club on horse back The uni
form consisted OF helmet hat, white
shirt, regulation trousers and leggins
The Veteran Club was on the ground.
The Tippecanoe Club Of Dnpont's Banks
was represented by over 100 members i'm
uniform. Besides these, all the clubs ia
town were represented All the candi-
dates on the ticket were present looking
after the voters.
at II o'clock Hyatts Band drew tho
crowd together in the pavilion and the
meeting was opened. Francis n. Walker.
Esq, acted as chairman The vice presi-
dents We're named in yesterdays issue.
and filed the platform Of the pavilion.
Charles ii. Treat Of Georgetown, candi-
date for House Of Representatives. spoke
in the morning, and made a most brilliant
and exhaustive speech, lasting almost
two hours. He was the only speaker Of
the morning. and held his audience
| against the appealing glimpses which the
dinner baskets, a short distance away.
afforded to the audience. He captured
the people, and during the afternoon
everybody wished to become acquainted
with him. Old and young, men
and women all crowded around
him and sought to know him
His speech had made a tremendous i'm
preston. He spoke of Harrison. Of the
protective tariff, of the national history
and Of the local reforms The longer he
| spoke the more interested became his
listeners and had his strength been equal
to it, it is probable that his auditors
would be willing to be there vet. He
! impressed them with bis courage and his
ability and the new man from Sussex
came like revelation to the farmers Of
Mill Creek and the adjoining hundreds
After Mr.. Treat had finished his re-
markable address dinner was served
Large crowds reached the ground in the
afternoon trains, and the second meeting
OF the day opened at 2J0 o'clock. with
the following gentlemen on the platform
Francis n. Walker, Esq, Anthony Hig
gins, Esq, Charles H. Treat. Charles Nj
Curtis, Esq, John j. Gallagher, A. =
Johnson Charles B. Woodward. Joseph
Petitdemange, II. G. Knowles. the Harri-
son Veterans. Archibald Thompson.
James Martin, Alonzo Campbell. Alvan
buckingham, John Buckingham. Thomas
J. Moore, Isaiah b Eastburn and William
Mcguire Mr. Higgins's who demonstra-
ted again that he is the lead.
ing orator Of the state. made
the principal speech Of the after
noon. lie made great speech regarded
from every point Of view, and held his
audience for over an hour and half. His
remarks made a profound impression.
He said in part Il am an American.
and am more in favor Of my country than
Of any other country on the globe.
These words We're uttered by John NJ
Clayton forty eight years ago and
are fitting prelude to the dis
cussion Of the great question now
before us. The issues then are the
issues now. Many things of that time,
thanks to the Republican party. have
gone forever by The Mexican war. the
protection measure of 1910. the Demo.
cratic free trade law of 1916. the election
of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency.
applause are events of the times. Pro
lection to American labor is the issue.
We are back on the old Whig ground of
| 1870 This question touches the very
hearthstone Of every person in the
country. The disasters that followed
the tariff reduction of 1S43 and the panic
Of lS41 made desperate outlook. We
got along the best we could until
1861; then came the protective
tariff. a Republican measure. This was
slightly altered in 1865 and has re-
manned until this time, with a reduction
of duties iu 1888. The Republican can
turn to his party's record with pride.
Did we have rascalsg Yes. but we pun
ished them. The party when in power was
not afraid to have its bookkeeping scruti-
nized. Through all its life the Republi-
can party has published its criminals
without fear or favor
IT will be perfectly possible to deal
with the surplus without impairing the
protective system, by which we have
come ahead. This exigency was ia the
| knowledge of the Democratic party for
several years. Why did not the Presi-
dent bring it before the people sooner?
The managers Of the party evidently
| did not know their own mind The
speaker then compared the platform Of
| 1884 with the aim of the Democratic
party at present New York was carried
on the principle Of protection as enunei-
ated by Hon. Samuel J. Randall. It
took some time before the
party could be brought up to the mes
sage Of December, the Democratic plat
form and the recent letter Of acceptance
There are now in Congress only four
Democrats of the North with grit enough
to stand against Grover Cleveland and
the solid South. Cleveland says: I am
not free trader It matters not whether
he or the Democratic party be called free
traders, the question is are they against
the principles of protection. We say they
are. The speaker then quoted from
Senator Vances speech of last Saturday.
to the preceding assertion.
Vance said When you buy steel rails
you pay $50 for the rails and S4l for the
iron in every 500 invested. The duty
on steel rails is virtually prohibitive. be
cause the home competition keeps the
price so low This principle enables
American capital and labor to make all
that vast quantity Of goods here. It is
not only fallacy, it is simply false that
a protective duty is unnecessary taxation
Vance says, again. wooden goods are taxed
| 500 on the $l00 John Pilling Of the
Kiamensi Mills has given me an adequate
! idea of the protective principle on this
I point He said that the wool in the cloth
for a suit of clothes would cost 81 and
when made up IS; while grade
equal to corresponding grade
abroad could be made up for 80. Mr.
! Pilling once found some goods of his own
manufacture in a window in New York
| advertised as foreign cloth. Broad cloth
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