Morning journal and courier., 1888-10-27
FAIR HAVEN REPUBLICANS.

FAIR HAVEN REPUBLKGANS. A Housing and Enthusiastic Rally
 Last NIght-Eloquent Address by
 Captain O'FarreI on the Issues of
 the Campaign.
 The Republicans of the Eleventh, Twelfth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth wards held big rally at the Quinnipiac rink last night There was an audience of over one thousand pres ent, and the speaker of the evening was the elegant Irish orator, Captain Patrick O'Far- rel of Washington. Chairman Daley of the Republican town committee opened the meeting shortly after o'clock and intro duced Major H. H. Strong as president of the meeting. Among the gentlemen who occupied seats on the temporary platform that had been erected were Captain w. H. Pierpont, William A. Waterbury, Luzerne Ludington and Dr. O. B. Adams. Major Strong made brief address, in which he said he wanted the Republicans present to agree to work for the success of the ticket in November 6, and to further agree not to eat their dinners on that day until they had seen to 1t that all their friends and neighbors had voted. He put this in the form of motion, which was unanimously carried. Major Strong then introduced Captain O'Farrel.
 The speaker gave his auditors 8 clear and concise review of the whole tariff situation. He is an able speaker and has evidently de- voted much study to the tariff matter. In opening his address Captain O'Farrel stated that he wanted to correct statement made by MT. Daley to the effect that he was an attache of the patent office. If he were such, he said, it would not do at all for him to say who he was. He said that he was an attor- ney in Washington, and he wanted to thank the Republican party for it. He wanted to thank that party for his education and all that he had got, and he wanted to return thanks to the good old Puritan stock that had settled New England.
 'tFour years ago." said the speaker, "the cry was turn the rascals out; let us get at the books and let us count the cash. The books have been examined from Lincoln down to Cleveland, and they were found cor rect; the cash has been counted and not 8 penny of it WAS found missing. The best proof we have of this is the fact that the Democrats are saying nothing about it. If there had been anything wrong we should have heard of it.
 "The issne that is now before the country is the tariff question. Perhaps you may think it is useless for me to come here to talk to you about this question. You have here that grand old institution, Yale college, which teaches you themes of political economy. You may ask what I know of political economy. I may not know much about the theories. The theory is that if you put 8 lighted candle in stove you will be warm, but shall say you had better fill that stove up with red hot coals if you wanted it to warm you. The theory won't make the pot boil. .z-.
 "There are two kinds of tariff; the tariff for revenue only, which our Demo- cratic friends are always talking about and the protection tariff. The tariff for revenue only is favored by the free trad CTS. I would advise some of these free trade gentlemen to go to Ireland and study the situation there for 8 couple of years, but be- fore they go would advise them to get a re- turn ticket Qaughter) The tariff for revenue only is the free tariff It isl great mistake of our Democratic friends to say that we can't have free trade so long as we levy duties enough at the custom houses to raise our revenue. We can raise the revenue and still have free trade. England has free trade and raises 55 per cent of her revenne through the custom house. She taxes tea twelve cents per pound and tobacco one hundred per cent. The poor man there buys his tea by the ounce, but he pays his share towards the support of Queen Victoria's government just the same as the rich man. Our American system of tariff is deficient. It is protec- tive tariff It was conceived by Washington ROAA0SNONA Clay. We don't lay tax on tea and coffee but we lay a sufficient tax on foreign made goods to protect our American industries. Somebody lend me hat.
 Here is this hat. The Democrats tell us that it is unjust to make us pay $3 for this hat when we can buy it of the English for $1. 50. The English manufacturer comes over here with load of cheap hats but he doesn't get very far before he is stopped by an in- spector who tells him he vii have to pay 8 tax of 5e per cent. But that is too much, says the Englishman. We don't charge you any such tax when you buy your hats in our market.' tWen,' says the inspector, 'you make your laws to suit yourselves and we do the same. (Applause) In your country your power comes down from the throne; in our country it goes up from the people. (Ap- plsuse.) The fewer hats you sell here the better, and we put the tariff on to keep them out so that we may sell our American hats.
 "I wish you would all read the Presidents message. If I can't convince you I think that will. He says in effect it is an injustice to levy Q tax on hats and make the people pay $3 for hat they can buy in England for $1. 50 just to benefit few hat makers in Danbury and Norwalk. But how about the thousands here who earn good wages in hat making by means of the tariff The Presi- dent says it is wrong to make the bricklayer, the mechanic, the laborer and the farmer pay it's tax He says to me: What's your businessT T am lawyer 'Why don't you object to this tax, you are not protectedP Let us see: There is but 10 cents worth of raw material in the hat and the other $1.40 is for labor. I go to Eng land and buy 1.40 worth of labor and only 10 cents worth of material. I not only set the American hatmaker out of a job, but also the blockmaker, the man who furnishes the wool, the silk, the leather and the trim mings. Not only do I injure these, but Q hundred other trades. (Applause)
 "The President has told us it will be bet ter for us to make sacrifice to get our goods cheaper. He is the first President who ever told us we could better ourselves by reducing cur wages.
 Then Captain O'Farrel turned his attention to the Mills bill and raked it fore and aft. He read the names of the six southern Demo- crats who ruled the committee. He charae- terized them as ex confederates, and asked why it was that some of the Democrats from New England or New York or New Jersey had not been put on this committee.
 The orator said that England was as much at war with this country to-day as she ever was, only in different way. During the war she had helped the South by sending her vast quantities of goods and had taken confederate bonds in payment. They have got the bonds yet. (Applsuse.) She was willing to pay this over again, he said, if they could there by gain control of the American market.
 MT. O'Farrel said that England was work ing through the Golden club, and he read the list of the prominent Democrats who are members of the club.
 The speaker was frequently warmly ap- plauded.
 Hard york bv B. O. Eimstedt.