The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-10-20

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Thomas b. Miller, Geo L Kirk.
MIR. Warburton upon taking She chat
congratulated the meeting on its grea
numbers and stated that the success thai
the Republican party had achieved il
the past in this county argued well fol
the future. He stated that Senator Man
derson who was expected to be present
had been compelled to go West to his
own State of Nebraska to engage in
campaign work there. Hon. John S.
Wise who had promised to attend the
meeting had sent telegram that owing
to i'll health he Was compelled to cancel
all his engagements to speak during the
campaign.
He first introduced Anthony Higgins
of Wilmington, Del.
The speaker said no political struggle
since 1860 was as momentous as this
! one. He spoke of the beneficial results
of the tariff and of the campaign of 1910,
when the people after suffering a great
depression of several years turned the
country over to the protective party, the
| Wing, with General Harrison as presi-
dent. Today under the benign Influence
of the protective tariff, prosperity has
prevailed in the land. Cecil County with
! its paper and iron interests and splendid
farming population was not excelled by
any other population throughout the
world. The Democratic party and Pres
ident Cleveland were not to be congratu-
lated because the country had not gone
to the dogs. they could make no radical
change while the Republicans held the
! Senate. Whose fault was it that that
awful surplus" as Secretary Bayard
called it remained? President Cleveland
and Congress could have used it in pay
ing the National debt. The speaker re-
ferred to the fact that RaudaH's voice
was not heard supporting Cleveland. Not
long since he was Speaker of the House
of Representatives This was while the
Democratic party was on It's good be-
havior and before it had been entirely
handed over to the Southern brigadiers.
They had exercised the Protection devil
from them. At last the Democratic
leaders had made up their minds for free
trade and stood before the American
people as jury and asked what they
would do. The speaker showed the in
consistency of the Democratic talk of
"robber tariff" lawful tax" while they
claimed to only reduce it 5 per cent.
Home American competition keeps prices
low. Free trade would destroy home
manufactures and then foreigners would
control the market as before the war and
fix the prices to suit themselves. The
speaker refuted some arguments against
the tariff made BY S creJary Bayard. The
cause of the Southern farmers being poor
was that they had no market. The best
land in some sections could be bought
for $25 per acre. In Lancaster county,
Pa, the best land was worth $500, the
markets being at hand. In England land
was unoccupied because farming does
not pay. You can stand on hill in Es-
sex, England, and look on 20 miles of
farm land untenanted. If Mr.. Singerly
succeeded in shutting up his own mills
the employees would have to raise grain.
The reduction in the tariff made by the
Mills Bill was not 7 per cent but about
20 per cent. The Democrats said this
was only step. This campaign was a
question of politics-high politics. Free
traders should have the courage of their
convictions and vote for Cleveland. Those
that believed in the dignity of American
labor should vote jor Country, God and
Harrison and Norton.
The chairman read a letter from Chas.
Emory Saith, in which he stated that he
was compelled to break his engagement
owing to i'll health.
He had secured Joseph E. Thropp, OF
Pennsylvania as a substitute and recon-
meuded him highly.
Mr.. Thropp made the best tariff argu-
ment of the day and was listened too with
rapt attention.. He is manufacturer and
has made the tariff question study in
this country and in Europe. The Demo-
cratic orators tried to frighten the people
by saying they were unjustly taxed. The
question was whether to tax foreign or
home articles. Taxes had to be raised
to meet the expenses of the government,
President Cleveland had loaLed sixty
millions to National banks without in-
terest. IL was therefore IN circulation.
The speaker respected the brave men of
the South who fought for what they
thought was right more than Cleveland
who when in Buffalo believed in free trade
in substitutes and protection for self. Mr..
Thropp gave an interesting account of a
visit to the South and told of the way in
which working men were charged exor-
bitant rent Tor their houses. The manu-
facturies of SIX states in the south in a
year turned out goods worth 1871 millions
while those of six northern states pro-
duced 624 millions. 1t didn't look like
the southern men could teach US much
about the labor question.
The way free trade would work was
shown recently when the Secretary of
War advertised for bids for furnishing
the army with blankets. These goods
were admitted free for government pur-
poses. The Elglshmen were able to
underbid the American manufacturers
owing to the cheap wages in England, by
81 cents pair. Secretary Eadicott gave
the contract abroad and American SOL
diers sleep under British made blankets.
Mr. Thropp gave an account of life in
free trade Europe which was graphic
and telling. We regret that want of
space prevents us from publishing full
notes made OF this excellent address. Mr.
Thropp was loudly applauded.
Mr.. Warburton in introducing Col. T.
F. LanG, the congressional candidate,
said he believed he would be elected.
Col. Lang was we'll received. He ex-
pected 10 be elected. Hls speech was
a bright one.
Col. r. p. Ii. Staub, who was intro
duced as an ex -coniedeIa ate officer from
| Virginia, aud who spoke here i'll the last
campaign made "a forcible speech ON the
bad policy of the Democratic party with
which he was formerly connected. Chas.
l.. Wilson. Esq, of Frederick, also de-
| livered a short address. There was great
enthusiasm during the meeting. Loud