Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-13
tonoo the audience rose in Its places ana

tence the audience rose III Its places ana
/! cheered again and again.
! 81 want this republic, he continued,
( Separate and widespread of the rest OF
the world, so that if every port were
blockaded we would be covered with pros
/ perity as mantel. do not want to see
/ us country producing merely raw mate
| rials. The mere producer of raw mate
rials is always pauper.
"a country that says you shall manu-
faeture and sell your products will grow
| Intelligent and rich. Raw materials are
nothing, labor is everything. Take To-
comotive and examine it, What are the
raw materials in it worth smoldering in
the ground where they have laid for cen
turies? What are they worth"
A Voice-Not dollar.
"Well, we will say So. The locomotive
completed, made living thing with ribs
of iron and steel and breath of fire, is
worth $4,000. Eleven thousand nine
hundred and ninety five dollars represents
the labor of man In It's production. This
is what Americans want protected This is
what the Republican party declares it will
protect. Great cheers.
"The south sellsits raw cotton. The
Republican party wants to see the south
covered with mills with their shuttles
busy manufacturing their cotton into
goods for sale and consumption. As long
as they remain mere producers Of raw
material they will remain poor, ignorant
and Democratic" Laughter and ap
plause.
"We are fighting manly. open battle
In this subject. Our adversaries are In
the rifle pits of office, we in the open
field. But with solid breastworks we
plant our flag, and that flag will sweep
away the batteries of the Democratic
party.
II do not believe In protecting any indi-
vidual, but in the protecting diversified
labor. believe in protection that will
prevent another nation from making us
merely customers of their own. They cry
An occupant of box shouted: "Protec-
tion and trusts
Col. Ingerson proceeded to say that
when the trusts became dangerous they
would take the tariff off.
"That's what the Democratic party
wants." shouted the man In the box,
"Put him outl He is an Englishmanl'
came from all parts of the house. When
quiet was restored, Col. Ingersol said:
"No, gentlemen, believe my friend
honestly differs with me. Let's have
honest discussion" Then, turning to the
box, he said, 81 know the Democratic
party wants free trade.
''That is what am talking about. VIZ
want to protect our laboring men ant
make them happy. intelligent and pros
porous"
"They will be better off under fret
trade" said he in the box.
Again the audience cried: "Put him
outl" and again Col lngersoll rebukee
them
'Let me ask the honorable gentleman
one question" he said. Then, again ad
dressing the box, he asked:
'tIf the laborer is better off In free trad
countries, why doesn't he emigrate t.
Europe?"
The sally brought the house to it's feet
1t went wild with the loud cheers. Agar
and again they cheered him, and try a.
hard as he could, they would not let hin
speak
For fully ten minutes the cheering last
ed. When order was again restored Col
Ingersol proceeded to further elabora
ton Of the platform, and concluded b,
, saying it was the best one the Repub
lican party had ever adopted.
WARNER MILLER SPEAKS.
President Bartlett then introduced ex
Senator Warner Miller.
THE issue before the people" he said
7 sis the industrial ISSUE That is the issu
) the nations of the world are battling with
/ and the United States must take its par
l in the fight. Great Britain has given u,
. fighting for honor aud glory, and nov
7 aims to retain her hold on oriental land
: where her wealth and power are bein;
4 built up. There Is no reason, he said
. ''why we should, to please British capital
: lists, depart from the system which ha
been handed down to us and under whic
4 no nation ever made such rapid progress
: "The Americans Of today are bette
clothed, better fed, better housed an
r better educated than those of any othe
Q nation in the world. The Democrat
o would have all this changed, but befol
s we consent to the change we must hay
i reasons that have not yet been given us