The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1888-08-16
EG-. EAeAn.a's speech.

United States Senator Kenna Of
West Virginia made speech in
New York on the same evening Nr.
Blaine made his speech. Senator
Kenna added a new name to Blame 8
already numerous titles. He styl-
HIM tho great "decoy duck of the
Republican party" We make ~.
extract or two from the synopsis of
Mr.. Kenn as speech. He SAID:
SIN 1860 the United States were
the third in the carrying trade of
The world. Where are they now :?
Some one made an estimate for me
the other day and put down the
United States in the thirteenth
place, and said ;the only reason for
putting US SO high WAS that there
were only twelve nations that as
pircd to carrying the trade Of the
world. Laughter.
PROTECTION.
"P.otection to Amerlcan labor.
they say, IA voice, 'Oh, ho !! and
laughter. And yet tod ay, as we
hunters would describe it, while
Harrison [hisses] is hidden in his
feed box in the interior the, great
decoy of the party comes here in an
English built ship with American
name City of New York Laugh
ter and Kisses
"The Republican party has made
milllonaires in hundreds and tramps
in thousands.
s'With the Democratic admins
tration headed by your fellow clti
zen, Grover Cleveland tremendous
applause. A voice, Hos coming
to stay there. too!'] we find," con
tinued the speaker, "polygarny dis
appearing, not single Indian COM
planning, no soldier vcnturing near
the polls, no marshals or supervis-
ors.. ..congregating in the cities to on
troll elections, the navy IN process
of rapid and permanent construc-
ton, 100000 acres restored to
the people and 145 100000 acres in
process of restoration.
"Today tho one cry of 'protec-
tom rs propounded by the Rcpub-
llcan party is fondly put forward
to hide the accumulated rascality of
a quarter of i century.
THE SURLUs.
"Thc people are nowN brought
squarely to face tn, issue that $3.50.
100000 paid by them lie unneede d
i'll the treasury, and that $4,000, 900
more is being accumulated every
month. Under that system of OWL.
which the Republican party repre-
sented as the genius of American
craftsmanship, ..this is perpetuated
SO that % per cent, or as much
more as they may demand, may pass
into the pockets of the bondhold
ers to the common detrinent Of the
whole people.
Let mo tell you confidensiatly
that l M not free trader. Its got
to be very fashionable for the Re
pnblicans to practically say, Il ere S
n dividing line. On the one side
are the Democrats on the otho,
are the Republicans. All virtue,
patriotism, honestyssand everything
that is good and holy in the world
IS on the Repu blican side, and all
thnt is unhoIy, false to tho flag anu
calculated to eternal damnation is
on the Democratic side
The Democratic party is not Il
free trade party.
"The Republican party processes
undying love to the 20 per cent. re
duction under Henry Clay and un
dying hostility to the AZ per cent.
reduction under Mills"
Senator Kenna then read eytrscis
from the speeches of Sc nator Nor
rilI, Sherman and other Republican
leaders, to show that their attitude
now on the tariff question is far
different from what it was some
years ago. The senator then told
an anecdote of how Blaine went to
West Virginia and drew pitifuI
pictures of the effect of frce Goa!
upon the miners, when his record
showed him TO he IN favor of free
coal not long before that. He pict-
ured fwo ships entering the har
bor; /; enc with cheap goods which
had to pay high tax and tho 9th
CIR crowded with Italians and Hun
garians who We're allowed, without
protest. to go to Pittsburg to com
pete with honest American Ia Dor in
Carnegie's steel works. 1t brought
down the house. A voice cried
out, "Put q tax on Carnerio."-