Morning journal and courier., 1888-10-19
REPUBLICAN RALLY

At Day,s Hall Last NIght-A Large At-
 tendance-Speeches by w. A. Lin-
 coln and Henry F. Reyes.
 A rousing Republican rally was held in Days hall, Broadway and York street, last evening. The oole<ed else club very finely sang several sonRs and added much to the pleasure of the meeting. The list of officers was printed in yesterday morning's paper. Speeches were made by Henry F. Reyes and Major William A. Lincoln.
 MT. Reyes portrayed the course of the Republican party in its friendship and as- sistance to the coloFed men of America and contrasted the opposite action of the Democ- cracy. ''The Democratic party in Congress" :" said be- "ever since the forming of the gov ernment has placed itself on record as bit- ter opposer of every measure that has been brought forward for the benefit of the negro. And even when the pen of that noble man and patriot set Q million slaves free from bondage by one stroke, even then his most vicious enemies were tho Democrats in Con gress and out. The colored people as 8 class have done admirably for their own and the country's advancement. In the last days of that terrible conflict, whsn dead and dying choaked the fields of the South, and the na tion held its breath and trembled at every rising and setting sun for fear of some reverse to the Union arms, then it was that 2oO, 900 colored soldiers were marching shoulder to shoulder with their white brothers, all burn- ing in one passionate desire to end the vast ing war. Since the war the principal repre- sentatives of the Democratic party in Con gress have been rebel brigadiers, and now do you think these men have any love for black or white who didn't sympathize with South9 The Republican party is the great champion of freedom and deserves you votes.
 MT. Lincoln in beginning said that Chair man Brice of the Democratic National com- mittee had tried to arrange so that no truth should be told by Republicans about Clese- land if no lies were told by Democrats about Harrison.
 "The issues before us are the same as have confronted us every election" said be. "Cheap labor is what we are trying to avoid. The Democratic administrations before the war kept the country in 8 continual bubble over this kind of annoyance. The Walker tariff bill of 1856 experimented in free trade. Before a year was over our manufactures were suffering and the misery caused by the bill forced it's repeal. The Republican party then came in, and such was the poor condi- tion of industries that our soldiers went to battle at the opening of the war with English made suits on their backs, and following flag made of English bunting. That was the way the Democrats left us, but before the war closed we were using every thing of our own manufacture, and our in- dustries were thriving in spite of the loss of 100, 900 men who had left their several trades to join the army. Such was the blessing that Republican protection gave the country. We are paying 8 big tax on tin for we don't work it in this country although we have many large deposits in the land. Why is thist I will tell you. A little while ago tin cost $14 75 box. At this time three Welshmen established three industries in this country, one in Ohio and two in Penn sylvanis. They were doing fourishing business when Great Britain dropped her price down to $5. 75 box. This of course rnisszd the American industry, for labor cost too much to sell it at that price. This shows how our manufactures are ruined unless the tariff is high enough to keep foreign articles out. We now distribute $17,000,000 year in Europe for this article and $12, ,O00, ,000 enters into labor. Now I want this for American workmen, and we can have it so if we put tariff 50 high that it don't pay for eigners to send their goods here.
 The meeting was very enthusiastic, the speakers being often applauded. It broke ur about 10 o'clock.