Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-26
A HOWL AT MILAN.
Haas and MePhecters Form Queer
Combination Mt a Political Blow

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Combination at q Political Blow
MILAN, Sept. %.
In Milan political issues are being dis
cussed with some animation and work
among the leaders is becoming
quite spirited. The republicans have
been hard at work organizing for some
time, having already held two political
meetings. At the first speeches were
made by Messrs. Brown and Whitehead,
and hast Friday evening by united effort
including advertising and invitations. got
out a crowd o. $50 to 200 at the Turner
hall to hear what are known as to the
political orators of the day, Rev. Nc
Pheeters and Mr.. Haas. At late hour
the meeting was called to order by the
chairman who introduced Mr.. Hass. who
with vigorous effort denounced the
democracy, crlticising the present admin
istration and closing with an appeal to
his German friends to put themselves on
the side of protection-their only saliva
ton. Our German brother worked him.
self up into quite perspiration and the
audience appeared to enjoy his uncom-
Portable frame of mind hugely.
Music, however, brought relief to the
speaker at last and then the corpulent
heologian McPheeters, who told what he
did know and what be did not know
about tariff, legislation and history,
swelling in particular on the tariff of
1S46-'5 81, which he denounced in all the
IF oil &c
serting that during that inclusive period
everything went to the dogs-those were
the dark ages in our history he declared.
He went 80 far in his momentary frenzy
as to even denOunce his republican
friends, Senators Morrill, and Wilson. and
five of the six republican representatives
from the state of Maine, who voted for
the tariff of AS. and pointed with scorn
to the nine out of ten republicans from
Massachusetts who also supported the
| same measure. The bill referred TO BY
the reverend politician was sent to the
senate, where it was amended and upon
conference report, eighteen representa-
tves of New Englant voted in the AFR
native and nine in the negative. showing
two thirds of the men chosen BY
the people of New England to
repre- ent Them in congress declared
by this vote that further
reduction of 20 per cent would be
beneficial to their industries. The speak
er as good as severely denounced this
tariff act which became the law OF the
land by the votes of republicans and the
New England representatives. These
representatives of the great manufacture
ing sections of the country had seen
their industries grow and prosper as
they never had grown and prospered be-
fore. They saw capital realizing good
returns upon investments; they saw the
number of laborers employed constantly
increasing and the rates of wages con-
tinually rising, and at the same time saw
agricultural and commercial interests
of the people in all parts of the country
tiourishing TO an extent which the widest
enthusiast had scarcely dreamed of be.
fore. This WAS the experience of the
representatives from New England states
during eleven years from 1S46 to 1857
under low tariff. And is it any won
der that they afterward by unanimous
vote demanded a still further reduction
during the great debate on tariff during
those so>called dark hours Sena or W
son in the spirited debate over the Mor>
rill tariff bill. with fOrcible conclusion
said: Since the reduction on raw mate
rails in England, since wool was admitted
free her wooden manufacturers have so
increased, so prospered that the produc-
ton of native wool increased more than
100 per cent; the experience OF England,
, France and Belgium, demons trstes the
wisdom of that policy which makes the raw
material duty free" He said further, "aftel
an enforced absence of more than nine
months. am here tonight to give my
vote and raise my voice for the interest Of
my state, which has deep interest in the
modification of the tariff of 't6 BY this
congress. Her merchants, manufactur
: ers, mechanics and business men in all
= departments of varied industry wan
action now before the Thirty fourth con
gress passes away"
All, Mr. Reverend Politician, YOU hav,
, called your old war horses liars; som,
d judgment day will probably determine
: your knowledge Of political stunt
speeches, and no doubt your ideas on tn
: tariff could be enlightened by reading LIZ
e gan and ingalls, speeches in the Forty,
4 seventh congress. Look up the histor,
n of '46 to 81; compare them with the fnsn
j cial crash of 1877; that industrial, com
mercial and financial storm continued
q for five long years, throwing hundreds o
thousands of laborers out of employment
IS Give us another eulogy on William TIE
. or your platform with bottle of whisk
in one hand and plug of tobacco in tn
IL other to reduce the surplus rather tina
is the surrender of any part of the protec
! tive system. What all of US want, is tn
~ markets of the world open; what tt
farmer wants and asks for is to purchas
III his supplies as cheaply as his competition
N purchase theirs. II not secured be
e compelled to make his sales and be pc
n mitted to bring his goods home witho,
being compelled to pay unressonsb
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