Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-05
CAMPAIGN OF DOLLARS AND CENTS. Hon Daniel Dougherty Talks Facts to an Immense Audience.

cratic rally at City hall last evening and enjoyed n campaign speech that was as pleasing to democrats as it was surprising to republicans The former were in search of information and they received lesson they should study well; the latter anti cipated an eloquent arraignment of the republican party upon general prlnclples and were disappointed.
 The meeting was called to order by Miles F. Connolly, who announced Edward l.. Frisbie as president, who introduced the distinguished speaker Daniel Dougherty amid laundering applause, which in creased when the gentleman stepped to the front of the stage. Mir Dougherty is a man, of distinguished appearance. His handsome face is of the Gladstone type, indicative of great strength of character, stern and withal kindly, and beaming all over with honesty. From the moment he took the floor until the close he held the closest attention of his audience. His motives were pure, his arguments con vincing, and history bears him out in all he said His address was follows
 Citizens of Waterhury-I am here to night to speak to you upon matters of the greatest moment to yourselves and our country. Let me speak moment about myself. l am private nan one who boasts that while
 
 candidate for any office or an applicant for any position; one whose pride and glory it is to be an American citizen and n private man. We arc now entering upon the greatest political strug- gle that ever happened upon this earth. The people are about evenly divided In the election of 1884 there were five millions and over On one side and five millions and over on the other. It is left for one or ! I I. Il president It may possibly be that cit
 izens who crowd this hall will decide for the Ar erican people, will decide for his toIy, who shall occupy the presidential chair for the next four years The man | that will prostitute his vote. that will sell his vote, is unworthy to tread American soil and should die the death of a traitor | Therefore. my cOuntrymen, exercise ac- cording to your conscience your privilege ! as American citizens, the grandest political freedom upon earth. This is not cam paign of sentiment. It is a campaign of dollars and cents. It is not a campaign of vituperation. l am happy to say that all of the four candidates are men of fine | personal character. Therefore let no one suppose that 1 came here to speak un- kindly of any of these gentlemen. Let me come down to the very question that in 1 terests us all. The supreme issue is the tariff It is a plain common sense ques
 ton. One of the first arguments against our side of the case is that we are against the manufacturer. Now, my cOuntrymen, don't be deceived. We are not against | them, but we believe that the constitution of the United States stands for all and give' favors to no one. Another | charge they make is that we a1e playing into the hands of the aristocracy of Eng ! land Take the declaration of independ- ence and there is the catalogue of wrong and Outrages against the American col onies by the English. The charge that we are playing into the hands of the English is an insult to every American citizen. 1 Our opponents make another claim, that We are against the workingman! Trace the history of the party and you will find it always on the side of the toilers. Cleve
 lands letter of acceptance proves him to be friend of labor. Has the republican 1 party ever been favorable to the working man! Every prominent leader of the republican party is identified with one of the great corporations of the country. Republican administrations have given to corporations more land than the states of New \ ork, Pennsylvania. Ohio and In diana. What did MT Morrill, say il the United States senate July }, 1888 He said that the United oldleS NdS pOWtIleSS dSdlIlSl anything the Pennsylvania railroad lays its hands upon. The Pennsylvania rail road owns strip of land only 51 feet wide. and if it has such power what may we expect i'll the future from the corpor- ations to which the republican party grant ed land from Lake Superior to the waters ot the Pacific, 60 miles wide In 1864 a | republican congress passed a law allowing manufacturers to secure laborers from the countries abroad. After the close of the war the democrats tried to remove this law, but it was not until 1885 that it was swept away. And now, my friends, about the tariff. l say here upon my honor as a man, my conscience citizen that free trade is impossible. The annual expenses of the United States for last year were 1 $3l6, ,S17, ,1S5. .4S. How is it to be paid By revenue. Then in the name of common sense, in the name of reason, in the name of truth and justice how can there be free trade They say it is paid by the importers
 It's lie and l will prove it. Alexander Hamilton, the founder of the first tariff s@la parts is eV9rX psia b@ duty the cn im 1t has always beer the policy of the govern ment to aid ill the advancement of infant industries. In early days the tariff was about s per cent, little later it was raised to 30 per cent, and in 1883 General Smith, congressman from Virginia, said: The manufacturers gre here weighing down the senate like an incubus" What did the great Henry Clay say upon the subject of protection? He recommended the laying of such duties as might be necessary for an economical administration of the gove ern ment. These are the views taken by Cleveland In 1894 there was tariff bill introduced for high protection. How many votes do you suppose it got in New England! One. From 1852 to 1860 we had the whole government. If we wanted free trade why in the name of heaven didn't we have it then! A war came on and the expenses of the government were enormous, nearly two billions of dollars in 1865. IL was to pay this enormous ex penditure a tariff of 4 per cent was laid. Who are the manufacturers receiving pro- lection from! From you. They float in sea of gold while every bit of it comes from the pockets of the people. I can show you in the speeches of every leading republican that they all favored tariff re- duction. A commission of republicans appointed by President Arthur visited oSt ,,1 tCn ha ,f