The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-09-26

unbounded and cheer upon cheer rent
the air at every salient point made by the
speaker. showing strongly the feeling
which animated the minds of those pres
ent.
Upon the entrance of Mr.. Mills, accom-
panied by Chairman Charles Jewett OF
the state central committee, Gov. Gray.
the Hon. Franklin Landers, Tom Taggart
OF the democratic committee, and others,
the cheers wero deafening and continued
for some minutes.
At o'clock Chairman Jewett stepped
forward and said that this meeting was
the great public expression in favor OF the
principle of tariff reform; it was an in
dorsement of that honest and fearless
leader, Grover Cleveland. Applause. |
They had come out to hear that principle
expounded by that greatest OF statesmen
Roger Q. Mills of Texas. That principle was
one intended for the benefit of all and the
injury and harm of none He announced
that gentleman present would preside
who had formerly been a republican, but
was present upon this occasion with senti-
ments not to be INSTRUCTED by partisan
malice nor partisan falsehood; he was
of his life; one who would no longer
allow partisanship to lead when conscience
directs otherwise He then introduced as
the presiding officer Samuel G. Porter, of
the furniture manufacturing firm of En-
rich, Paulini & Co.
Mr.. Porter said he was standing upon
strange ground and would probably be
asked what he was doing there, who had all
his life, ever since he had cast a vote,
cast it with the republican party
He was not a politician, nor did he
want Office. He appeared as a manu-
facturer Of our city, the largest, as it was
the best in Indiana. He would like it
distinctly understood that he was not
Topping over to the democracy. Principles
were eternal in the brotherhood of man.
He had not left the republican party; the
republican party had left him. Neither
had he, on the other hand, gone over TO
the democracy. That party had planted
itself upon the principles he had always
held, while the republicans had gone off
after strange gods. He never could be an
orthodox follower of either party. He
was heart and soul in sympathy with
President Cleveland to bring about those
efforts to relieve the people of unnec s.
sary taxation; il was a spirit in sympathy
and touch with one common humanity
the rights of the common people. He was
In sympathy with the Mills bill never did
believe in Glded phases OF protection; it
never did protect a man in his
daily toll. The Mills bill is good
enough, as far as it goes, only
the reduction is not enough. / cannot
longer support the republicans nor sup
port their platform, nor vote for candi-
date upon such an infamous platform
-lo will
party platforms is unworthy Of support
Parties are not what they once were. We
live only in the hope for the future, and
Cleveland voices that hope. He repre-
sented manufacturing interest, one of
the largest in the Countrywide furniture
industry. That interest needs no pro-
lection. They could make anything in
that line so per cent. cheaper than any
nation on earth. 1t was simple folly TO
assert that protection kept up wages
What we wanted was reciprocal COM
merce, free and open trade with South
America and other nations. We now
make more than we can consume. Our
giant manufactures are much concerned
about the welfare of labor. Union and
trade organization do more than all the
tariff legislation in the world to regulate
wages.
The gentleman continued in this strain
for some minutes and made clear the
eoundness OF his convictions, as well as
of many others for deserving the highly
moral party and adopting the principles
of tariff reductions and giving support to
all other methods offered by the demo
rract party to relieve the people of the
burdens of taxation. He then introduced
the speaker of the evening, the Hon.
Roger @. Mills of Texas.
He commenced by saying that we were
In the midst of a great campaign, great
financial crisis. A great leader of the re-
publican party, who lately returned
from Europe, in his first adj
dress upon American soil, said
Capital can take care of itself. IL is a
question of labor from skin to core and
from core back TO skin again." Who is
The friend of labor; who has been the
friend of labor2 The old book tells us a
tree is known by its fruits, and we must
Judge the republican party by its fruits.
Why does not Mr.. Blaine tell what the
republican party had done for labor ?
Twenty-Five years ago, when they went to
relieve the people what did they do?
After the settlement OF the war when
taxes were piled high, not only upon i'm
ports, but by internal taxation upon
almost everything that could be found, the
cfoers OF the government were overloaded
with treasures wrung from the people
that was required no more for the legiti-
mate expenditures. Every one that knows
anything about finance knows that If
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