Wichita eagle., 1888-06-30
HARRISON AND MORTON.
COME TO THE GRAND RATIFiCA.
TI0N TONIGHT.
All of Wichita's Most Brilliant Or
ators, Guns, Music and the
Interest Of America.

All of the prominent and great men Of
the Republican party in Wichita will be at
the court house tonight. There will not
be an exception. The acknowledged lead
ing orators of the southwest will partici-
pate. 1t will be arousing old time. Judge
Reed and Col. Lewis, Judge Sluss and Col.
Hallowell Judge Wall and Col. Balder-
stone, WIS. Morris, Esq, c. H. Coffin, Esq,
Noah Allen, Esq, H. Armstrong, Esq, and
host of others will be there, with W. l.
Stanley in the place of honor, presiding.
The workingmen Of the city are especially
invited. The Republican party innational
convention assembled having formally
resolved in favor of protection, every
wage-worker and every manufacturer
is especially interested in the outcome
Of the great contest in November. The
London Times boosted only the other day
that the Irish were leaving Ireland only TO
go to America to vote the Democratic free
trade ticket in the interest Of England.
The DemOc, attic party has announced itself
squarely against protection, and President
Cleveland said in his last message that
there was no other issue for the Demo-
cratic party but to cut down the tariff.
nor even preside, but he can say in advance
that the coming campaign viii involve
principles which will touch the welfare Of
the wage-workers of America as they were
never touched before. The results OF the
coming campaign to the mechanic, to the
producer, to the manufacturer and to the
laborer reache farther than can the action
of any labor union or strike or tie-up. The
Republican party, the party Of tariff re-
form, but which has been growing slowly
and surely into the party of absolute pro
lection, has in its last platform
boldly said to the world that
America is now great enough to stand
alone among the civilized powers. and not
only alone, but powerful enough to en-
force her own policies and mandates, and
which are for the protection of American
labor and American products, without ref
erence to any disastrous effects such
policy may have upon the commerce of the
world at large.
These are some Of the things which viii
be taken up tonight by the speakers whom
we have named, will be talked of until
every wage-worker in America shall see
for himself the wisdom of standing by his
own fortunes first. rather than to sustain
a policy which tries to benefit the whole
world that America may be benefited by
reflex good which is hoped may reach the
Cossack and the Rottentot in the same
time and way if not in degree.
TRUSTS and combines" of capital, cor
porations and monopolies may, and no
doubut Will, pour out their money to beat
the Republican party on this new platform
Of protection to American labor, but arts
tocrats have never yet ruled this country,
except as its nabob and slaYe-OWning
have by turns ruled and
rebelled through The so-called Democratic
party; and, so long as the great patriotic
masses are true to intelligence and true to
such aristocracy never viii
rule.
This is a campaign which viii not be
fought on the ambitions of men or the
desires of great politicians for preferment,
out it will be fought on principles. Come
1ut tonight and make right start.
Wage earners, who believe the value of
abor should be increased instead of en-
arging the purchasing power of money, be
1t the court house tonight.