The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-10

He Says He Il Not for Free Trade, His Only
OBJECT Being Revenue rariff.
Lou1svILLx. KY, June 9-Ths Watterson
and Democrats clubs. beaded by band Of mu-
Gle and followed by eoncourss Of citizens, SER
this city this evening. his return from ST
LouiA He spoke. reviewing the work of the
convsntiop. the platform, the ticket and 20 on.
The following are the more notabl. passages in
his rsuaxks about the tsrif- and the platform:
n went % yhsSx Louis convention with the
single purpose to urge that the line Of battle
sbould Be drawn on the message of the Prssi-
\dsnt and the position Of our friends In Congress.
d mat there formidable array in favor Of limit
kinx cur plan Of csmpaign TO . simple reafhrma-
ion Of the platform Of 1884 and . general in
ofsemsnt of the administration There was,
from -Assf % isnt other issue raised. It is
true that helped mako the>platforrn Of 1884 It
IL true that spoke for il in the national conven-
ton Of that year. II 10 true that for four years
have pat uponit construction which thought
b justified BY the plain letter of IT. meaning.
But IL u also true that the country accepted 10
a. . strsddls. and that this interprs-
tation had stsreoypsd itself upon the
public mind. Merely to rsiterate it. therefore.
was 20 lose al that we have since gained; to
traverse policy which, in 0Dnersss 1t least.
has brought N union where there were only
divisions; to surrender an intrenched position
and 10 fly the feld IN the face Of the enemy.
could not consent ~ this. But IL Is not true
that proposed any advance. On the contrary,
agreed to take the platform submitted by Mr..
Scott and Mr.. German, word for word. If they
would agree 70 strike out the frat clause, which,
without any qualification whatever, reafirmed
the platform Of 1854 There was no other diff
ference between us-none at ALL and whilst
they made their argument with extraordinary
sarnestnsss FEASIBILITY and power I am bound
20 say they disclosed no spirit that
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the good Of the country and the party; end,
when we finally reached the conclusion en-
bodied By the platform as perfected, We stood a.
one man. and not IS three men. But fellow
citizens. to rescue them from the periis that be-
fell poor Tray. and the ascription. so dangerous
In their part Of the country. as IL would seem,
Of being caught in my company. let me hasten
70 suggest that there may be some mistake about
my opinions .od purposes have certainly
done al could to hx the attention Of the peo-
pie upon the ruinous exsctions of
= tsrin the most mechanically laid
n all the world. have sought
70 force upon the authors of that tariff re-
; dsuption Of the pledges they made when they
gsnoies that called 1t into being And it may DO
that ia the course Of the agitation, I have not
always been very. squsamish about the terms
used 20 describe What the Supreme Court Of the
Unitsd. States itself has described as legal rob
berry But nowhere hxvsI proposed anything
oxtroue or destructive am q builder by
p,sfsrsues, conservative by nature, and no
moro than the President, no moro than Mr..
carlisls, no more than my friends German aud
Scott would proceed in the work OF reform
With any rash precipitation. am the friend.
not the enemy, Of mining and industrial
dsvslopmsnt; Of labor in the sense of
honest work for honest wages; and II the
Demoerats Of New York, New Jersey and Con-
nectisas, would take what think from my own
1ips, Aad not as . second hand, from lips puck
ersd 70 lie for . consideration. they would hear
nosssng to friRbssn or injure them want TO
reduce the var taxes, and my objective point 10
. revenue tariff; bot inaths nature Of the case
Ne are bound 70 20 slow. Rome was not built
Ia day. The protectivs system cannot be got
rid of for years. to come. The Mills bill. which
support, il . protection, not frse-trsds
measure. A for free trAda. 1t 10 no wise a
stake. and never VIII be realized. II 1t Dc ever
realized. unril the manufacturers put them
sslvss 1t the head Of the movement and pot IL
through The menace. like the ehimsra Of the
rebel brigadisrs, il feDent of sectional and
partisan malvolspcs cot up By the Republicans
toR campaign purposes"