The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-11-02
ARE YOU READY?
YoU MUST CHOOSE NOW BETWEEN
PROTECTION AND FREE TRADE.

StCO rON SNO VHCG HSpc.
One Means Continued Prosperity and an
Ably and Honestly Administered Gov.
sr.msnt-The other Means Low wages
Cheap Lands and Ruin. 90
Voters, the hour Is at hand when
must be decided perhaps the greatest DO.
litical contest this country has ever seen.
IL is the struggle, not for political
supremacy merely, but for the life or
death of the great principle to which these
United States owe their present unpre.
cedented prosperity. It is the fight which
must result either in the perpetuation of
protection or set us on the way towards
free trade aee
1t Is the struggle between two parties,
one OF which has pledged itself to SO i'd
minister the government, il it proves
triumphant at the polls, that the homes
OF the American workingmen n, the Ameri.
can farmers, the American people, shall
be guarded against the foreign curse of
low wages. against competition with the
pauper labor of European countries where
small pay and long hours are the rule and
not the exception.
The other party has pledged itself to
remove those bulwarks Of protection; has
pledged itself, in the words of one OF It's
most prominent leaders. Roger @. Mills,
to put our own intelligent and skillful
and productive labor In this country upon
aplane OF equality with the laborers of
oil other countries" 10 has unqualifedly
Endorsed the sentiments and deeds Of one
who, when the call to arms sounded
throughout the length and breadth of the
land, and when men were wanted to face
the fire OF rebel Inuskets In order to free
the oppressed, protect our homes and
maintain the Union of this grand galaxy
OF states, was too cowardly OF too apa-
thetis to respond, and sent to fight his
battles hired substitutes; who has
scratched veto after veto across the
backs Of the bills designed by con.
gress to relieve the sufferings Of the men,
or the families Of the men, who did fight
for their country and thereby earned the
"high honor of being crippled in noble
cause" These vetoes arc burned deep
into the hearts Of the obi soldiers and viii
not soon be forgotten. The man who
wrote them was Grover Cleveland.
On the other hand Is picture as differ
emit as light is different from shadow.
Gen. Benjamin Harrison, the Republican
candidate for president, is in himself
thoroughly worthy Of your votes. He is
first OF all O man; 4 man In the highest
and truest sense of the word; q man
who could repeat the history of his early
Life without blush; q man who went
with the first to tho battlefield, who
fought bravely for his country and who is
loved and honored by his countrymen for
his bravery; man who heroically led
the boys in blue In many O charge and
has never been known to shirk duty be.
cause It was hazardous or because It was
onerous; an eloquent orator, q skillful
statesman, an honest man. What con-
trast between this man and Grover Cleve-
land.
Nor Is the Republican candidate for
vice president less worthy of respect.
Levi p. Morton's career before the public
has been a long one and an honorable
one. All men know Of tit speaks for
itself. His private life has not been less
exemplary, and affords another and quite
as striking q contrast. Levi p. Morton,
with his own money, paid for O ship load
OF provisions for the starving people of
Ireland. Stephen Grover Cleveland, cut
Of his own private fortune, gave $40 to
the people made destitute by the great
Charleston earthquake. Oh, what o gen.
erous giveri What philanthropic presi-
dentl togl :.
A glance at the records, aims and
achievements. past and possible, of the
two parties, will be enough. Gu the Re-
publican side Of the column are: The
freeing OF the slaves and perpetuation Of
the Union; the establishment and main
tenance Of the credit Of the nation after
the most Expensive war In history; the
return to specie payment; the rights Of
nm nt% -
enforced; the establishment Of the most
ever Known; honest administration Of the
laws; the Introduction Of an almost per-
feet postal service; the pensioning Of
thousands Of deserving veterans of the
late war and twenty years of Just and
economical government.
On the Democratic side can be written:
The rebellion; thousands OF outrages In the
south; tho suppression of legal votes; the
most shameless dishonesty ut the polls;
twenty years Of vain endeayor to wrest
the reins OF government from the hands
OF honest men, and ut last, when success
full, four years Of misrule, badly admins.
tered departments, prostitution Of the
public Office which had been declared q
public trust, an inaccurate and inefficient
postal service. reckless extravagance, and
finally desperate struggle for the intro
duction OF system which would ruin our
Industries, decrease tho value Of our
lands, bankrupt our farmers, bring Anan-
cial failure to our merchants. s'.F
They have spoken truly when they have
said that 1t was struggle to the death.
1t is struggle to the death between pro.
lection and free trade. g.i
Which side are you on? sA445a1
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