Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-26
IN THE EVENING.
The Wage Farmers addressed by Nc
Kinley and Others

INDIANAPOLIS, October 25th.-Au enthusiastic
audience of 6 900 gathered tonight in Tomlin-
son S Hall 20 listen TO speech by Hon. VIM. Nc
Kinley. When the Napoleonic features of the dis
tinguished orator were recognized by the great
audience as he walked down the stage, accom-
panied by ex-Secretary Litchman, he was given
en- ovation second only to that rendered Cen
eral Harrison this afternoon. Brief pre-
limlnary addresses were made by Chairman
Mcdaniel and Mr.. Litchman, whose reference
to Mckinley as the ablest champion of pro-
tection,' brought the big crowd TO its feet.
Congressman Mckinley spoke for nearly two
hours, reviewing the tariff and labor questions
at length. At the close of his review of tariff
Administrator that goes abroad TO buy blank
cts for the use of the army in order to save
thirty cents apiece. Kisses and cries OF Put
it out r Government that makes iss own
citizens pay duties at the Custom house TO sup
port the American Government gpes abroad 10
buy foreign productions and evade the duty
gives the manufacture OF them TO foreigners and
takes them from its own citizens, that help
maintain the Government tCries of Turn
the rascals. out T. snd Shoot them ri This Is
the second time they have done it, and when
their attention was called to it Secretary Endi.
colt wrote a letter in which he said it was his
duty to go abroad to buy, If he could save any
thing to the Government of the United states
CHANGE OF FRONT.
They changed front very recently upon that
question. have before me an order which
they issued three weeks ago. Let me read 1t to
you: 1T is hereby directed that hereafter the
Chiefs of Bureaus of the War Department shall
cause to be stated in all advertisements for pro-
posals for furnishing supplies needed by the
War Department that preference will be given
to articles of domestic production or manufact
ure, including in the price thereof the
duty fixed by law" In the transaction have
given you it was the duty thereof. Laughter |
They made our producers compete with foreign
producers with the duty thereof. fLaughter /
But, under the press of the campaign, they have
concluded to make campaign on each foreign
price, with the duty thereon. Laughter.
CONVICT VS.. FREE LABOR.
When we were considering the Mills bill, at
the end of every section we offered This propo-
sitioD Provided, however, that if any of
| these products are made by convict labor they
shall pay three times as much duty as the Gov
ernment imposed upon products OF free labor"
The Democrats voted that down at the end of
every schedule Tne truth is, this AdmiDistra
ton is very fond of convict labor. Applause. ]
The President made a pocket yet1 OF
the convict-labor bill; he made q
pocket veto at the alien bill !: he made
| a rocket-yeto of the arbitration bill, and this
Administration within the last three months,
has gone into the State oil Tennes, ee and bought
| 400 wagons made by the convict labor of that
State that pays to the State just 25 cents day.
fourteen hundred wagons for the use of the In
dian service OF tae army-how do you like that
up here in indiana? You, men, who work in
the Studebaker shop, that make wagons? We
not only believe that every WORKING man should
be protected against convict labor at home. but
convict labor abroad and unpaid labor of every
nation OF the world. lGreat applause.l