Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-10-25

commerce, manufactures and agriculture.
Where h our commerceg Where Is our
iags Shipbuilding all gone because the
tariff tar has made ii an impossibility 70
build ships, and our produce has 20 be car
ried In foreign bottoms, The republicans
by adhering % tariff which practically
excludes foreign products have destroyed
a market for our own. The democratic par
~ il not party Of free trade, but is in "a
vor Of limiting the burdens Of taxation 20
the needs Of the government Mr.. Harri-
SON whenfn the U. 8. Senate voted TO let the
Chinese come here
Mr. u. C. COMBS
was next introduced. Amer some prelimi-
nary remarks, he adyerted 10 the position
Of Gen. Harrison with regard 10 the sur
plus and his being in favor Of spending it
In the purchase Of U. s. bonds at prsmi-
um Of 26 cents on the dollar, while the pol
icy Of the democratic party was not 10 ere
ate or raise this surplus Thus while DEM
ocrats proposed not to raise it and conten-
ded that unnecessary taxation was unjust
taxation, republicans could find q way OF
reducing ii after being raised, as had
been done before, by extravaganza, &c.
de referred 10 the late Mr.. Mills bill, in
which the democrates favored reducing the
tariff on the necesseries of life, and showed
by logical argument that the proportion Of
this tariff which the government received
TO that of the manufacturer was as 81 to
$6, the last amount being pocketed by the
latter. This was demonstrated by the fact
that the amount Of imported goods sold in
this country bears about that proportion to
our home manufacture, and the tariff tax
causes an enhancement in the price of all
IL violates the principle that the tax i'm
posed should 60 70 the government When
there is five times as much produced in this
country of the same article the effect is TO
increase the profit of the manufacturer.
The President had come out and led his
party nobly and defined the issues clear
and sharp. He might have been elected
more easily by remaining silent, after four
years of honest administration, but consci-
entious man that he was he acted from
patriotic sense of duty; thoughts of self
were thrust aside or held in allegiance 10
his desire for the welfare of his fellow-man
and prosperity of his country. Mr.. Combs
did not close without an appeal in behalf
Of Mr.. Compton; said he was fairly and
honorably nominated, and he would vote
for him for the principles he advocated,
even if he was his greatest personal enemy,
for he wanted some one from this section
TO stand by and sustain Grover Cleve-
land in his honest and patriotic discharge
of his duties and defend the principles and
measures of the democratic party, on the
success of which he believed depends the
prosperity of the country.
MR.. ROBINSON,
was the next speaker. After some hui
morous remarks he asked, if Grant, Gar
field and Arthur las is the fact) had re-
a reduction of the tariff, and
the republicans said they would not touch
il, and now the Senate promises reduction,
how can you trust them? Republicans
voted our public lands away 10 corpora
tons, who in turn furnished the soap
funds 10 run the political campaign. The
wealth 81 the United States, il was said, ag-
gregated A billions. There were % bill
lions in the hands of 5000 men. This was
brought about by republican management
and protection TO rich corporations. Our
population is sixty millions; forty mil
lions are engaged in agriculture, but
flour is rs cents per barrel more than
it ought TO be through a corner created in
wheat by one of those rich millionaires,
''Old Hutch" which republican laws al
low, and which James G. Blaine, the lead
er of the republican party, says are private
matters in which the government has no
right TO interfere. Mr.. r. referred to the
fate of the different political parties, and
spoke Of the wing as grand old party
which died with Henry Clay, and of the
democratic party as having survived them
all. He illustrated some of his points in be-
ginning his address with telling anecdotes,
some of which were side-splitting, and
brought down the house, as did also Mr..
Compton.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Robinson's adj
dress Messrs. DR.. Fl. Richardson, B. Har-
ris Camalier and G.. F. Dyer were called
for and delivered eloquent and stirring
speeches. The meeting appeared quite en-
thusiastic and the speakers were frequently
applauded.
Messrs. Editors, have thus endeavored
TO give substantial report Of the principal
points discussed by the different speakers,
not altogether in their own language, for
most of il is written from memory, and if
any mistakes occur trust they will be
pardoned or corrected. p.