Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-02
HARRISON AND MORTON.
Hon. w. W. Williams of Indiana at the
Clunie Opera House.

Hon. w. ". Williams of Indiana at the
Clunle Opera House.
The announcements that Hon. W. w. Williams
an ex-member of Congress and a warm per-
sonal friend of Benjamin Harrison, was to
speak at the Clunie Opera House last evening
attracted large audience. Before the meeting
the Hussar Band played patriotic airs in front
of the theater, and nearly every seat IN the
theater was taken before the hour for the meet
ing to be called to order.
P. E. Plat, member of the Central Commit
'ce, called the meeting to order and read the
following list of officers President Chris Green;
| Vice-Presidents, stephen Dwyer, Fl. J. Norton,
Judge J. C. Tubbs, A Logan, James l. Felter,
George NJ. Mott, S. Gottleib, NJ Barber, John NJ
Milliken, w. r. Jones, Frank Ruhstaller Matt
Flynn, Henry Longton, Richmond Davis ]. F.
Richardson, Seth Garfield, Daniel Flint, John
Watt, Frank L. White, Charles F. Gardner E.
Franklin, f. X. Elmer, Charles A. Iuhrs, John
Rider, T. G. Pockman, o. w. Erlewiue. Secre.
| taries, Frank Hickman, H. L Seymour.
Governor Waterman occupied a seat upon the
stage.
| A double quartet composed of members of
| the Harrison and Morton Glee Club, sang The
Democratic Boat, which was loudly applauded
and for an encore rendered 1.-The Red, White
and Blue" On the chorus to the last verse they
pulled from their coat pockets small silken
American flags, which they waved while sing
| ing This was decided hit and brought down
| the house.
Mr.. Green introduced the speaker of the even
| ing. Mr.. Williams. He is short of stature,
| the ablest and most eloquent speakers on the
| stump to day. He spoke for upwards of
two hours, held his audience to
ana ane o,daS,nt last, wa was humorous % pathetic
convuised with laughter at Others aroused to
the highest pitch of enthusiasm. He said our
prosperity was based upon two things: First good
| markets and good prices for our products sec
ond, constant employment for labor and good
wages. The first man God made was a farmer
He had not SO big farm as the average Califor-
MIA ranch, but he had sufficient land and all
the fruits and flowers he required. Adam said
have an awful fine little farm" but he
was quite lonesome One morning he woke UP
and fouLd a beautiful woman in the grounds
! She was lovely in form and stature, had lily
white complexion, and she pleased Adam very
much. They were extremely happy. She said
to Adam, Where you go will go. where you
rest there 1 will rest also" They wandered
about in the orange groves, inhaliDg the sweet
perfumes of the japonieas, the heliotropes and
tuberoses, listened to the nurmuring of the
geously plumed birds. At last they came to a
tee with golden fruit. Beside it stood two sen
tlnels @ with drawn swords and said protection.
trader, and. like the Democracy three
years ago. ne sighed for a change. He
got it. The next day when the
and cried, adam, where art thou?' the
place had been transformed and instead of
fruits and flowers grew only thGrns and thistles.
Adam came out from his hiding and informed
the Lord that ne had gone into little free trade
business in apples and had lost all. If that
little free trade business worked so much ruin
then what untold disaster awaits the culmina-
ton, OF the free trade doctrine advocated by the
Democracy
He showed that as a matter of history Jeffer-
son, Washington, Madison and jackson were all
protectioniss. M If old Hickory" could be called
up from his grave to-day he would disown the
Democratic party. The Democracy of to-day
have gone back on all the principles of their
fathers. ne proved by statistics that the tariff
dld not add one cent to the cost of the living of
the laborer, but on the contrary, by competition
goods of all kinds had become cheaper under
the wise protective laws of the country that
had been passed under fhe Republican admins
tration He showed conclusivey by statistics
that of the 90 of revenue collected an
nualiy on imported goods. less than Sl0O 600 is
laboring classes Tariff is not tax it is simply
a license which we charge for an import. He
took up all the industries of the Union, and
showed by statistics that under the guidance
OF the Republican Administrations the cost of
all articles had been reduced and that the
American mechanic and laborer had the bene-
tit OF the reduction end enjoyed much larger
wages than The laborisg classes Of competing
countries.
He said the statement that Harrison said one
dollar day was enough for laboring man was
untrue. The Democrats also claimed that Uar-
rison had voted fourteen times 10 admit Chi
nese. This was untrue. He never had cast
one such vote. When bills were presented in
conflict with treaties above and beyond the
power of Congress thea it was different
proposition. Harrison was square on the Chi
nese question. He read from message OF Gov
erno- John McDougali, Democrat dated Jan
uary Z, le52, in which he recommended granting
the bottom river and tule lands of this State to
the Chinese. aud encouraging the immigration
OF this most desirable class. McDougali was a
Democrat. The Mills bill was to protect the
South and touched only the industries in those
5 ates which would give solid electoral vote
against Cleveland ne closed by paying high
tribute to the Republican n minees, and asked
every voter who had the interest of his family
at heart 10 vote for protection to American in
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