The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-19
DEM0CRACY'S FEAST
AT TURN HALL ON WEDNESDAY
BRINGS FORTH
GOOD Delegations to State and Congress
sional Conventions, Rousing speech-
es and Strong Resolutions.

Il delegates, and more intelligent one, thar
e at the convention held at Turn Hall on Wed
k nesday. 1t comprised such Representative,
s democrats as Daniel Heenan, Fred Fades
:. David Leroy, VI. T. Moloney, John F. Reed
K James II. Eckels, Douglas Hapeman, DR.
s Floyd Clendennin, Jackson r. Shaver, DR.
8 Blanchard, Charles L. Hoffman, NJ. n. Arm
r strong, Sam Psrr. Bird Bickford, Geo. W
w. Blake, d. A. Maher and hundred 9TH
ers, whose names are known from Adams to
, Usage, and beyonl the borders of the county
wherever the doctrines Of democracy per.
meate.
The convention was called to order at 9: 8
O'Clock, and temporary organization affect.
ed with Hon. L. W. Brewer in the chair, and
John G, Armstrong and John F. Madden ss
secretaries. Mr. Brewer made a short ad
dress of welcome, touching upon the record
of the past four years under President
Cleveland, the very mention of whose name
was greeted with thunders of applause and
prolonged cheering.
On motion, the chair appointed Messrs
Armstrong, Parr, Fades, Haskins and
Browne a committee on credentials, during
whose deliberations,
MR.. BIRD BICKPoRD
of Marseiles, was called upon for an ad
dress upon the tariff, which he has made a
study for many years. Mr.. Bickford said
that to-day we looked out upon revolution
lied and redeemed political party in the
county Of La Sale. A county second in
population and wealth in the State of Illinois,
and the second or third in her grain produe.
ton in the United States Great in resources
and great in manufacturing industries, but
yet so bound up in the tolls of the tariff that
her resources as yet remain uudeveloped.
The democracy has stepped boldly to the
front upon this great issue, and in upholding
the hands of the President (applause) in his
efforts to emsncipste labor will march in a
solid front to certain victory. You who are
farmers were gladdened at the indications of
passed over the fertile prairies. Why does
not the farmer fear over production? Be-
cause he has an open market, the market of
the world. A bountiful harvest to him,
hampered as he is with the burdensome
tariff tax, borne down by mortgages, means
plenty for the farm hand and employment
for an increased number of farm laborers.
Give the manufacturer an open market and
you have no overpro luction Give the manu-
over production. If the manufacturer can
reduce the cost Of production ten per cent
he has market of a much greater area.
Free raw material will reduce the cost of
production fifty per cent, and open to him
the markets Of the world When the manu-.
facturer closes down he sends his employees
tramping through the country. The limited
market for American goods is the nightmare
Of the American manufacturer. We manu-
facture in one year as much as we can dispose
of in two. If we have one full year we shut
down our factories the next year, forced TO
remain idle until the market becomes a buy
ing instead of selling one Mr.. Blaine said
in his letter Of acceptance feur years ago
,hat the republican party had been the expo
nents of protection always, but they had
been opposed by the democracy for fifty
years OAye, gentlemen, the democratic party
has posed the principles Of protection for
SO years; 1t has opposed that measure, which
un er any other name, devoid of its partisan
features, would not stand another day, did
reason, instead of passion, rule mems ma
lures. The democracy opposed that measure
wheR, SO years ago, they placed in nomins,
ton that great father of democratic princi-
pies, Thomas Jefferson (applause) upon this
issue. Upon this issue The old whig party
was driven to its death in 1874, and upon
this issue will Grover Cleveland (applause)
hunt the republican party to its tomb. zap
plause).
TARIFF REFORM RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. Eckels claimed the attention of the
chair, and moved the adoption of the follow
ing as the sentiments of the democracy OF
La Sale county:
The democrats of La Sale county In
convention assembled earnestly endorse the
past administrative acts Of President Cleve-
land They deem him to have proven
himself worthy of the good will and conf
dence Of the people and they believe the
public welfare will best be conserved by his
reelection to the chief magistracy Of the
nation.
They admire his honesty and applaud his
candor and courage in voicing his recent
message to congress, in spite Of the threat
enings from within his own political party
and opposition from without, his belief that
unnecessary taxation, persisted in, becomes
criminal taxation and that money taken from
the individual citizen by the government,
beyond the absolute need Of the government
is as much robbery as though exsoted from
him through force upon the public highway
They pledge themselves to promote, by
their best endeavor and their votes, prop