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plsuse and cheers. 1t is pronounced as
Gen. Harrison's greatest speech of the

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Gen. Harrison's greatest speech of the
campaign. He spoke as follows:
Comrades and Friends: 1t is rare sight,
and IL is one very full Of interest to us as
citizens of Indiana, to see this great nall
filed with the people Of another state, come
to evidence their interest in the great prlncl-
pies of government. Iwelcome tonight for
myself and for our people this magnificent
delegation from Chicago and Hyde Park.
We have not before, in the procession OF
these great delegations, seen, Its equal In
numbers, enthusiasm and cordiality.
l thank you profoundly for whatever OF
personal respect there is in this demonstra-
ton, but, above all, as an American citizen,
I rejoice in this convincing PROOF tnat our
people realize the gravity and urgency of the
issues involved in this campaign. am GLAD
to know that this interest pervades all
classes of our people. This delegation, COM
posed of the business men of Chicago, and
of the
MEN WHO WELD THE HAMMER
in the shops, shows a common interest In the
right decision of these great questlons. Our
government is not government by classes
or for classes of our fellow citizens. IL is q
government of the people and by the people.
Its wise legislation distils its equal blessings
upon the homes of the rich and the poor. l
am especially glad that these sklileos
intelligent workmen. coming out OF
your great workshops, have manifested, py
their coming to their fellow workmen IN
appreciation of what is involved for them IN
this campaign. May that God who mas SO
long blessed us as a nation long Qe1er lnaC
evil day when penury shall be constant SuesC
in the homes of our working people, ana long
preserve TO us that intelligent thrifty ana
cheerful body of workmen that was our
strength in war, and is our guaranty OF sociaI
order in times of peace. Comraoes OF lne
civil war, 1t was true OF the great
Union army, as it is said to be OF the KING
1,N,y s. III
out Of the homes of our working people the
great army came. 1t was the strong arm,
Injured to labor on the farm or in the snop,
that bore up the flag in the shock OF pattle,
carried it through
STORMS OF SHELL AND SHOT
and lifted it again in honor over our ma
tional capitol. After so many historical IL
lustrationS of the evil effects OF abandoning
the policy of protection for that OF revenue
tariff. we are again confronted by the sug,
gestion that the principle of protectio shall
be eliminated from our tariff legislation.
Have we not had enough of such eXperl-
ments? Does not the history OF our tarlft leg
islation tell us that every revenue tariff mas
been followed by business and 1ndustrlal de,
preston. and that a return to the poncy OF
protection has stimulated our industries and
set our throbbing workshops again in mo-
ZION. And yet again aud again, the DEM
ocratic party comes forward with this per-
nicious proposition-for 1t has been from
that party always that the proposition to
abandon our protective policy and to suostl-
tute revenue tariff has come. had placed
in my hands yesterday copy OF the Lonoon
News for Sept. 13. The editor says in sub
stance, that judging the purposes OF the
Democratic party by the executive message
of last December, the English people were
justified in believing that party meant Tree
trade, but if they were to accept the more re-
cent utterances of its leader protesting that
that was Eot their purpose, then the editor
a iSSnp nrpSpnte6
cratic party. read but single sentence.
1T is, at any rate, a contest between protec-
ton and something that is not protection.
IL is not of the smallest interest to you what
that other thing Is. 1t is enough to know
that it is not protection. Those VINO detend
THE PRESENT DEMOCRATIC POLICY
declares that our people not only pay the
tariff duty upon all imported goods, but that
q corresponding amount is added to the price
of every domestic competing article. That
for every dollar that is paid into the
treasury in the form of a customs duty, the
people pay several dollars more in the en-
hanced cost of the domestic competing
article. Those who honestly hold such doc
trines cannot stop short of the absolute
destruction of our protective system.
The man who teaches such doctrines and de-,
MES that he is on the road to free trade is
like the man who takes passage on a train
scheduled from here to Cincinnati without
stop; and, when the train is speeding on its
way ut the rate of forty miles an hour, denies
that he is going to Cincinnati. The impulse of
such logic grows toward free trade and surely
and swiftly as that engine pulls the train
to its appointed destination. 1t inevitably
brings us to the English rule of levying
duties on such articles as we do not produce
at home, such as tea and coffee. That is
purely revenue tariff, and is practically free
trade. Against this the Republican party
proposes that our tariff duties shall, be
levied
CHIEFLY UPON COMPETING ARTICLES.
That our American workmen shall have
the benefit of discriminating duties upon the
products of their labor. The Democratic
policy increases importation, and, by so
much. diminishes the work to be done in
America. 1t transfers work from the shops
of South Chicago to Birmingham. For, II
certain amount of any manufactured article
is necessary for a years supply tc our
people, and we increase the amount that is
brought from abroad, by jnst SO much we
diminish the amount that is made at home.
and in just that proportion we throw out OF
employment the men that are working here.
And not only so, but when this equal COM
petition is once established between our
shops and the foreign shops, there is not a
man here who does not know that the only
condition under which the American shop
can run at all is that 1t shall reduce the
wages of its employees to the Level h,oad OF t9e
This is, brifiy, the whole story. believe
that we should look after and
PROTECT OUR woRKINGMEN
therefore am Republican. But Twill not
detain you longer-you must excuse me,
have been going on for three months. l am
somewhat under restraint in what can say
and others here are somewhat under restraint
as TO what they can appropriately say in my
presence. | beg you, therefore, to allow me,
after thanking you again for your Kindness,
to retire, that others who are here may ad-
dress you Prolonged cheers.]
Gen Harrison then made his way off the
stage with some difficulty, the audience
meanwhile cheering wildly. The, general
nd Mrs Harrison arrived at their home at