Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-10-30
HoLCoMB VS.. BROWNE.
A Crowded Hall Greets the Young De-
bnters Mr.. Holcomb's Maiden speech.
Browne Kissed.

A Crowded Hall Greets the Young De.
bnters Mr.. Ho1comb's Maiden speech
Browne Kissed.
BY Letter to EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, Del, Oct. 30.-The Opera
House contained over ZOO people last
evening to hear the debate on the tariff
question between Chauncey p. Holcomb
of this city and Hugh G. Browne of
| Newark. John Lambson. William
Deakyne, George Eckles and A. v. Lesley
George We're seated on the stage. Mr..
George presided and introduced the first
speaker Mr.. Holcomb. He opened by say
ing that the tariff allowed the rich man
to have his Injuries taxed lightly while
heavy taxes We're put on the necessaries
Of life used by the poor man. and that
this tariff was made by the manufacturer
lobbyist. He showed that the wages in
England paid the laboring man were
higher than those paid in Germany and
France, which are protective countries.
Throughout the United States the wages
were regulated according to the demands
for labor. He said that could we secure
the raw material we could compete with
the whole world and that we could turn
out more work and pay the laborer higher
wages. Pauper labor comes to our shores
unrestricted and in the west Hungarians
work for wage that the
American cannot live upon He
said that protective tariff and trusts
were hand in hand and read extracts
from Cleyeland's letters and Baine's
speeches on trusts. The protective tariff
taxed lumber, salt, wool etc, highly and
wanted whiskey not taxed at all. The
common glass is taxed 60 per cent,
while the polished and fancy glass is
taxed only 10 per cent. A difference of
% per cent which is pocketed by the rich
men. What we want. said the speaker, is
a reduction in revenue. Tho country was
annually receiving 1920, 100000 more
than It knows what to do with and IL
this continued the people would rise up
and free trade would be the result.
He read circular stating how the cloth
ing, etc, of the workingmaA was taxed
and said that he believed the day was
coming when the laboring man would be
protected. This was Mr.. Holcomb's first
speech, throughout which he was fire.
quently and heartily applauded, and re-
ceiyed some very handsome boquets at
the close
Mr.. Browne was then introduced. He
started to show that the'Democrats on the
committee had neglected two things. but
was so loudly Missed by the Democrats that
he had to stop. Mr.. Eckles then stopped
the noise and Mr.. Browne proceeded.
lie denied the charge made by Mr.. Hol-
comb that Harrison had said that 81 a
day was enough for the laborer. He
showed that wool, etc, were not raw ma
terial, as it required labor to prepare
ha r. II
that the protectionists only wanted the
tax taken off the whisky used in art and
not off the drinking whisky. He said
that in the United States the wool trade
had increased from $50, 600 600 to g4DO. j
600, 600, and England had only in
creased from 1898, 600. 600 to 1886. 600 600
The Mills bill he said was step toward
free trade. He had talked with woman
that day who had worked in English
wooden mills for SIS per week and who
now worked in the Dean mills at SIS per
week.
Mr.. Holcomb in a fifteen minute
speech, closed his debate. He said that
he challenged Mr.. Browne to show any
thing in the protective platform which
was contrary to letting whiskey come in
this country free Of duty. He said IN
that only the manufacturer wanted the
Mills bill passed, that Mr.. Gray had re-
ceived petition from 500 laborers in
Connecticut to have it passed
Mr.. Browne started on his fifteen
minute speech but as a great many peo-
pie were leaving he only spoke few
moments, and said that on November 6,
the laboring man would have his choice
whether he should have protection or not.
Mr.. Browne received loud applause.
The meeting adjourned Immediately
after debate. There were no judges to
decide as to the merits of the arguments.
as was stated in the Wilmington News
this morning. This was another case
where the News was in possession obvi-
ously Of 'all the facts and more too.
Miss Laura Merriman of Baltimore is
the guest Of Miss Mary Cooper on Front
street.
The Till Family play at the Cosrt
house this evening and Finley's Minstrels
at the Opera house.