The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-10-06

| The ubllcan victories IN Oregon,
Vermont and Maine were touched on by
the speaker A Democratic friend IN
| Washington had told him before the
Oregon election that they set it up to
carry the Safe by 1000. 1t wet 7 600
the other way. The majority III Vermont
if that State was large as Mary land, in
the same proportion would have been
$4,000 In Maine the majority on the
congressional ticket was within three or
four hundred of that of Blaine. The
Republicans elected all The Sale Sena
tors and 125 out OF 1877 representatives.
Mr.. Creswell, at the conclusion OF his
remarks, introduced
SENATOR FRYE, OF MAINE,
who made what Is regarded by cumpe-
tent judges of both parties as the best pc
litical speech heard III h kton for great
many years. He confined bis remarks
solely to the tariff and held his audience
spell bound by his argument and the
brilliancy of his style.
He came here ON busin IS, not on poll
tics, to appear before American citizens
to discuss an important business ques
ton. Shall We have Il protective tariff :?
| The voters ul the LAND will SETTLE j. L.
Is the duty of every man to take care OF
| himself and his fellow men. The work
| lngman must take care of himself al d
the interests OF other worklugmen. The
right of suffrage was a responsible one.
No man had the right to sell it or throw
ii away. n" man had the right to vote
the ticket of d party because his father
voted it. or because he had voted it here
tofore He should look at the issues.
How will it affect him and his fellow
men. Then decide and vote what he
thought was best no matter what he
voted last year. the only fool in all the
world is the map that never changes.
The Democratic party III this contest
is for free trace. Don't be fooled by as
sertions 10 the contrary. The speaker
had been in Congress for IS ,ta"s and
his eyes had not been shut or his ears
closed. He knew they were in favor OF
free trade. The Republican party de.
clared AT Chicago that it was i'll .avor OF
IA protective tariff, that it is for the in
terests of the men of America rather
than those of Europe. The Democratic
party at St. Louis Endorsed the presi-
dents message and the Mills bill, that is
free trade.
message was the assertion that a tariff
tax is always paid by the consumer.
These very words were to be found on
the fly left of a tract issued by the Cob
din club over so years ago.
The speaker didn't say that Cleveland
knew it, but thought it likely that he
didn't. The president said that the price
to the consumer is increased Just by the
amount of the duty levied on foreign
lmportations. No tree trader ever went
further the president declared the tariff
system vicious, illogical and inequita
ble'
This about the tariff which, since 1861
had caused the country to grow four
times more than any Country in the same
time since the deluge The. free trade
talk reminded the speaker Of an old Lin
coin chestnut. Some one told MI. L mcolu
once that Grant drank 900 much whis-
key. docs he,'' said the president,
then shall order quantity Of whiskey
To be sent TO the trout" What for?"
was the inquiry. why" SAID Lincoln,
Ito send IT, the other officers" If tariff
increases the prosperity OF our country
We want more OF it.
Senator Frye said he served ou the com
mittee OF ways and means twelve yea $
| ago III tue LOUISE. hllIS WAS gu the >''n
mittee with him. He didn't know any
more about the tariff than baby three
years old. No more did any of those
southern gentlemen. They ought to be
modest enough To confess their ignoranc,
AID let the tariff alone. The only thing
Mills could say was put the damn thing
on the free list" He never heard Morrison
make a longer speech. Carlisle and Ran
dolph Tucker were OF the same opiuion
Jhat the whole thing should be free trade
out and out. The Democrats cry. rob
Der, thief, Infamous tariff, it ought TO be
wiped out.
Sam Randall and Sowdon, of PennsyI-
vania, were the only Democrats to say a
word against it. When McComas, o.
Maryland, one of the brightest men in
Congress, asked ii there was IA Democrat
who had spoken one word in favor Of pro
lection, Hooker, of Mississippi, said mo
there isn't one who has or who will" The
south is on horseback and has full con
troll of the Democratic party and south
erners are Graded and uurSed in the doc
trine of free trade. The Confederate con
stitution had free trade clause The same
men who secured that were now i'll Con
gress advocating the same thing. The
Mills bill is nothing but AL enterin z
wedge for free trade. They would ham
mer away every year or Two until the re
sun III VIC" was attained. Inc Mills
OIL afects the farmers OF Maryland. Sn
bharles upper, OF canada, said Ill then
parliament tnat the Mills Dill would be
"orIh '"o uiiiiohs yearly 10 Inat couu
Try. are we 10 ieglslate Tor the oenehl
OF Cahaha, "hlcn mas treated our Usher
men 50 shameiuily?
The speaker said the sheet iron
mills i'll Cecli County, referring to the
WORKS OF the mcCuiiough Iron Company
could not % run year without putting
aowh wages oo or ~ per cent. The
Democrats say That protection Is cum
ning scheme OF the Republican party to
take care OF the monopnist. Capital is
able to take care OF itself. IL IL can't be
lLVesteu satisfactorily IN Elkton, 1t can
90 TO fhliadeiphla, II not there TO Can
aoa' Ensiano' onina' or any other coun
try, or INTO onited States bonds. No man
need worry ABOUT Capital But capital is
tlmld. frotectlop is TO encourage 1t to
come out from saving banks and bonds
And go INTO SILK mills aud factories OF all
Kinds to hire men aud women IN order
that they NAV rear families and sducat :
their children. Inc tariff protects labor,
Increases wages Drings capital from
banks 10 WOODEN mills.
fanlcs come along every few years.
when Inere Is panic mere they also have
one I'D EUROPE. mere Is always sur
plus oil goods over there. III there was
no protective tsrlf IN times OF panic they
would send goods here reduce wages 40
per cent smut down every mill In tho