St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-02
Speaker Carlisle Talks for
Tariff Reform in the Old
Dominion.
The Eloquent Kentuckian
Punches Several Holes in
Grandpapa's Hat.
Senator Blair Pelted With
Hen Fruit in Old
Virginia.
Quay Queers Blaine's Plans
and Then RecedeS From
His Position.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
LEXINGTON, Va, Oct. Hon. John
G. Carlisle delivered tariff address
here to-day to very large audience.
He was introduced by John Randolph
Tucker, and when he took the stand the
outburst of applause that greeted him
was deafening. He said: II shall not
appeal to your passions, nor shall l at
tempt to mislead you, but will endeayor
to present an argument from a Demo
cratic standpoint that is borne out
by facts that will appeal to
your good Judgment and common sense.
There has always been and always will
be two great political parties in the
country. The party founded by Thomas
Jefferson survives to-day as does its
principles as taught by the great
founder, and that party is the Dem
ocratic party. 1t teaches that the peo-
pie are the safest custOdianS of their
rights. To the national government
it comedies all the rights laid
down in the constitution of the
United States, but claims for the people
the right to manage its local affairs. In
other words the old states rights doc
trine is cardinal principle Of the Dem
OcTatic faith. On the other hand the
Republican party favor strong govern
ment in the Capitalization of power at
Washington, which they call strong
government, meaning to
LAY HANDS ON PRIVATE AFFAIRS"
President Cleveland's adminiStra-
ton was briefly reviewed. Mr.. Carlisle
claimed that it was the best government
tho MANILA haA ho6 Tho diSnnci-
ton of the public domain by the Re-
publicanS was treated, and the charge
that the Democrats had donated public
land to railroad and other corporations
was denied, and he appealed to the
records to show that prior to '61
all land grants made by the
Democratic party was to states for
internal Improvements for the benefit of
the people and to relieve taxation. The
surplus found in the treasury when
President Cleveland went into Office,
and which has accumulated since, was
claimed to be due to eXtortiOnate and
unjust taxation of the necessities of
life, for which the masses had to pay,
and the speaker claimed that such
taxation was direct taxation. He
showed that the average tax
on dubitable goods imported
worth of property and said that home
manufacturers added that to the price
of the goods made here and then went
into the market and sold IN competition
with foreign manufacturers. If this
was not so, imports would cease at
once, owing to our cheaper prices. He
denied the charge that the Democratic
party was
A FREE TRADE ADVOCATE.
He said free trade was the absolute
adjustment of custom duties; that
Gen. Grant wanted a reduction of %
per cent, but the Mills bill only asked Z
per cent reduction. The Mills bill was
taken up and discussed. The cOnclu-
| SionS reached were that the American
laborer, being protected from pauper
labor, was the better paid here than in
Europe or England. Exports of farm
and manufactured products were shown
to be largely Oh the increase, land that the
labor employed to keep up this trade
was immense, and if you force glut in
this market and prohibit expectations
disastrous result will follow. In sum
ming up he made mastery appeal to
the people to calmly look the issues in
the face. The Mills bill was measure,
he said, designed to reduce taxation, re-
duce the enormous profits of manufact-
urerS and make goods cheaper to the
poor man, at the same time encouraging
and fostering home industries and the
protection of American labor. Mr..
Carlisle returned to Washington to-
night.