The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-26
INDIANA REPUBLICANS.
Hon. William Mckinley Rants a
Little.

INDIANAPOLIS, October 25.-An enthu-
sastlc audience of 6 900 gathered to-
night in Tomlinson Hal, to listen to a
speech by Hon. William Mckinley.
When the NapoieoEic features of the
distinguished orator were recognized by
the great audience, as he walked down
the stage accompanied by exSecretary
Litcbman, he was given an ovation sec
ond only TO that tendered g neral Har-
rlsop in the afternoon. Brief prelim-
mary addresses we're made by Chairman
Litcnman. whose reference to Mckinley
as 1.-The ablest champion of protection >
brought the big crowd to its feet. Con-
gresham Mckinley spoke for nearly
two hours, reviewing the tariff and
labor questions at length. In the
whole review of the tariff matters, he
said: What do you think of en- ad-
ministration that goes abroad to buy
blankets for the use of the army to save
80 cents al iece." (Hisses and cries of
put it out.'0 "a government that
makes its OWE citizens pay duties at
custom houses to support the
American government goes abroad 10
buy foreign productions and eVade the
duty and give the manufacture of them
to foreigners, and take them from our
cilizens, and to help to maintain q
foreign government (Cries of turn 'em
out" and "shoot 'em'D. This is the
second time they have done it. and
when their attention was called to it
Secretary Endicott wrote a letter
in which hs said it was his
duty to 60 abroad and buy, if
he could save anything to the
government of the United States.
They very recently changed front
on that question. 1 have before
me an order which they issued
three. weeks ago. Let me read
it 10 YOU: 1T is hereby
directed that hereafter the chiefs of
tne bureaus of the War Department
lall cause o be stated in all advertise
ments for proposals tor furnishing
supplies needed by the War Depart
ment that preference will be given to
articles of domestic production or
manufacture, including the price of
duty thereon fixed by laws" They
made our producers compete
with foreign producers. with the
duty thereof. But under press
of the campaign they have concluded
TO make competition with foreign
price and with duty thereon. laugh
ter). When We we're considering the
Mills bill. at the end OF every section
we offered this proposition "provided,
however. that if any of these pro.
ducts are made by convictlabor thew
shall pay three times as much duty as
government imposes upon products
made by free labor. The Democrats
voted that down at the emu of every
schedule. The truth Is, this admins
'ration is very fond of convict
labor. (Applause.) The President of
the United States made a pocket veto
OF the convict LABOR bill; he made
pocket veto of the arbitration bill; and
this administration within the last
three months, has gone into the State
of Tennessee and bought 1,400 wagons
made by the convict labor that
pays to the State just 25 cents day;
l AGO wagons for the Indian service of
the army. How do you like that up
here in Indiana, you men who work in |
Stude }ake1's shops, thatImake wagons
We only believe that every work
lngman should be protected not only |
against convict labor at home, but con- |
vict labor abroad. and the undergrad |
abor of every nation of the world. (
treat applause).