The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-27

"Mr. Chairman and General Harrison-Msjor
Carter has just said that it is n question of bread
and butter. / want TO say that the miners have
come here to-day to testify our intention of tax
ing o hand in procuring the bread and butter.
We are a class Of individuals who believe IN
what Is good and enough OF it. We propose 10
cote to make a demsnd for our commodity. AS
miners free trade will bring us low wages and
very strong smelling butter. Laughter.I Many
Of Us to-day that stand IN this grove are home
manufactured, and many OF as are
90 imported article. Those OF us who
were imported were imported because we
wished to come, aud we didn't leave the shores
of the old country TO be oossed by the old coun-
try in this land. Cheers. We believe from
the depths Of our souls that America is for
Americans. IL there are any individuals who
are too tony and TOO high-strung 70 live on what
we produce here. instead OF kicking mp q racket
about bringing things from the other side. per-
hsps they had better 60 on the other side and
eat aud wear what they can get there lap
plause. We don't believe in digging this block
coal in Indiana for the wages that are paid in
Great Britain, the highest OF which in the south
Of England will not exceed 62i cents
over 60 cents a day. North England, the best
paid district that the British flag waves
over, pays her miners but four shilliugs-one
dollsr-per day, and takes half OF that for grub.
Applause We can make as much in this land
Of liberty in one day in the mices a. we can in
England in two days. lCheers.l II We want to
make Q demand for our commodity vote In that
direction. This is a square -ioed fight on the
one side; bread, butter, beef, and the good
things Of this life, and Ben Harrison beside it
fcheersl; on the other side, Uncle Grover, low
wages and such grub as you can gst-and be
satisfied with half . loaf. II the Industries OK
this country are curtailed, we lie bleeding at the
foot OF England just as Ireland does to-day.
Four years ago thousands Of American workmen
had ihe wool pulled over their eyes. IL is
like the story OF the ass that went into the for
est and thought he WAS the king OF c~reation;
k. q - 80 I.-aaI cd hA.loS ornnpA and
scared three parts of the forest, an old FELLOW
called Reward the Fox came along and asked
him why he didn't cut of his ears! So the free
trade ass comes forward with the Rarb Of pro-
lection on 1t. We intend TO vote Tor our wives
and children this time.
II want now to Introduce to you a gentleman
who was born IN Egypt, but many years ago
undertook the voyage to the land OF Canaan.
He was one of those who heard the voice Of the
modern Moses-Abrshsm Lincoln, who said to
Pharaoh ''Thus saith the Lord, let nv people
go'"-and they had TO GO, and they went and
they got there. tApplausel. will introduce to
you Dir. Robert L. MCGOWAN"
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Wiltonis remarks he
presented Robert L. MCGOWAN, who spoke for
the colorsd voters of Clay county. He said:
General Harrison-I am sure / cannot find
words to express my appreciation of this honor,
but in behalf of the colored voters Of Clay
county | will say that now. being out of Egypt,
we have come to paw our respects to the next
President of the United States. [Applause and
cries Of Good. good We consider him moth
I'll the shoes of that Moses who cub
mitted TO the diabolical deed Of John
Wilkes Booth. Considering that only thirty
years ago no such demonstration as this on our
part was ever known on the soil Of Indiana. we
cannot find language to express the gratitude
we feel towards one who took so active q part
in accomplishing this great result We believe
We are talking to-day in the presence OF a gen.
1T = - A.
of our people who arc yet in Egypt, whose
voices are continually coming up with q force
that should make it heard as readily as was the
sonnd of the hot she'll against the walls Of
Sumter. lApplauseI We feel that honor mas
been done the State of Indiana by selecting q
man whom We so highly respect.
Although We are only adopted Hoos-
iers, We know that no native Hoosier
can boast a greater degree Of enthusiasm than
we do. and we intend that they shall not, on the
9Th of November next, meet at the polls earlier
shan we. nor shall they deposit q cleaner Repub-
lican ballot. We believe that we stand in the
presence of one to-day who will remedy the con-
dition of our brethren in the South. We have
found his name figuring In all the history OF our
country. We found his namein the Declaration
OF independence, we found IL in the great strug-
gle at Tippecanoe; we found 1t In the log cabin
campaign of 1S40; we found il from 81 to '65,
and to-day we find him standing. like a monu-
ment, before the world as the representative Of
q great party. high in the estimation Of his State
and of his country. refer TO Gen. Ben Har-
rison.'
General Harrison then arose, amid loud ap.
plause. and responded to these addresses as fol-
lows:
Gentlemen, and Friends from Clay County
/ thank you for this enthusiastic demonstration
of your interest. / am glad 20 be assured by
those who have spoken for you to-day that you
have brought here, and desire to evidence, some
personal respect for me: but this demonstration
has relation. L am sure. rather to principles than
70 men. You come a, representatives of the
diversified interests Of your county. You are
fortunate IN already possessing diversified in
dustrles. You have not only agriculture, but
the mine and factory which provide n home
market for the products of your
farms. You come here, as | understand.
from all these pursuits, to declare that in your
opinion your interests, as farmers. as miners, as
mechanics, as tradesmen, are identified with
the maintenance of the doctrine of protection to
American industries, and the preservation OF
the American market for American products.
lCheers Some resort to statistics TO show
that the condition of the American workman is
better than that of the workman OF any other
country. L DO not care now to deal with sta
tislics. One fact is enough for me. The tide
OF emigration from all !.cropean countries has
been and is toward oEr shores. The gates of
Castle Garden swing inward. They do not
swing outward to any American laborer seeking
s~.better country than this. [Cries OF Never.
III couDtrymen. these men, who have toiled
at wages in other lands that barely sustained
life. and opened no avenue of promise TO them
or to their children. know the good laud of hope
a. we'll as the swallow knows the land of sum-
mer. Applause. They testify that here there
are better conditions. wider and more hopeful
prospects for workmen than In any other land.
The next suggestion L have to make is this:
That the more work there is to do in this coun-
try the higher the -sces that will be paid for
the doing of il. applause l speak to men
VINO know that ". en- the product Of their toll
IL in demand in the market, when
buyers are seeking il, wages advance,
but when the market for your product is de-
pressed and the manufacturer is begging for
buyers, then wages 20 down. Is it not clear,
then, that that policy which secures the largest
amount of work to be done at home is the policy
which will secure to laboriog men steady en-
ployment and the best wagesl Cheers and
cries OF That Is right A policy which will
transfer work from our mines and our factories
TO foreign mines and foreign factories newt
ably tends TO the depression Of wages here. Jap
plause and cries of That is true.1 These are
truths that do not require profound study.
Having here a land that throws about the
working man social and political conditions
more favorable than are found elsewhere. IL we
csn preserve also more favorable industrial con-
ditiops we shall secure the highest interests
OF our working classes lGrest cheering.
What, after all, is the best evidence Of a nations
prosperity and the best guarantees of social or
der, il !. Is not an intelligent, thrifty. coutented
working classl Can We look for contentment il
the workman is only able to supply his daily
the vieor OF youth 10 lay up n store against old agei
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