The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-10-22
DEMONSTRATION BY TRAVELLING MEN.
Reception by Gen. Harrison aud a Great
Evening Meeting.

Reception by Gen. Harrison aud a Great
Evening Meeting.
The Republican comm eial trave lers' demon
stration on Saturday was one o: the most sig
niheant and remarkable of the campaign, about
three thousand of them, repr esentine all the
large cities of the country and the important
eenters Of the State, participating in the event.
"A notable feature was the parade. il which
there were two thousand men in line, being led
by many carriages. in which ladies rode. After
following a long line of march through the prin-
opal business and residense streets, passing
General Harrison's residence, where the Gen.
eral reviewed the procession, the travellers
mar ched to Tomlinson Hall. There, at 43O p. NJ,
General Harrison put in an appearance,
the Hall being crowded to its utmost,
aud then ensued an ovation of which at
tsmpts at description would be futile.
The visitors on the main floor climbed upon
chairs to cheer while they waved their
hats and flags in the air above their
heads, the people on the stage and in the gal
leries did the same. At times the cheering
would lessen TO an extent which made an effort
to call the meeting to order seem worth while,
bot every movement In that direction was the
signal for fresh cheering and climbing on chairs.
and a. fast as one corner Of the big hall quieted
down the cheers were sent up stronger in an
otnSr, unblt us entire dsscmDldg6 eAQduSteC It's
breath in the effort to express its enthusiasm.
For six minutes by the watch was this demon
~stration keptup, Gen. Harrison waiting patiently
for its conclusion. When it ended he began to
speak In q deliberate way, but warmed up rap
idly, and there was q very vigorous ring In his
voice as he reached the Representatives por-
ton OF his discourse. At various portions
or 1t he was heartily applauded,
and when he denounced the false and scandalous
stories that some Of bis opponents had put into
eircularion. the impression he made was mani
Tested vigorously. At his conclusion. when he
thanked the Lafayette delegation for their beau
tifui floral eift, there was another longcontiuu-
cd round OF applause. The following is the text
Of General Harrson's remarks:
MY Friends-Four times already, / believe.
the commercial travellers have honored me by
calling upon me in large delegations. You have
Assem- oled to-day, not from a single State or To-
eaIi,y. bot from many States. upon the invita-
ton Of your associates of this city TO show your
Intelligent interest 10 the principles that are in
VOWED In this campaign. tCheers.1 / 90 not
need TO repeat what l have said on former &C.
casions. that l very highly value the respect
and confidence OF the commercial travellers of
the United States. lCheers.I l value it be-
cause | believe they give their adherence to the
party whose candidate 1 am upon an
intsllieent investigation and upon an earn
est conviction as TO what is good
for the country OF which they are
citizens. lChsersl Who should be able, bet
ter than you, TO know the commercial and bust.
ness needs of our ~countryl You, whose hand is
every day upon upon the business pulse of tho
people; you, who travel the country up and
down upon all the swift highways of COM
merce, and who are brought in contact with the
business men of the country. not only in our
great centsrs of commerce., but 10 all the ham
lete of the land. l believe l may say for you
that, "a q result OF this personal knowledge Of
our business needs, you have concluded that the
policy for America is the policy of = protective
tariff. lGreat cheering. There are doubtless
here many representatives of great American
manufacturing establishments; and who should
know better than they the prostrating effects,
upon the industries they represent, OF this
policy of a revenue tariff or
che not much differing policy Of free trade.
lCheers Who should know better than you
that If the discriminating duties now levied
which enable our American manufacturers TO
maintain a fair cempetition with the manu-
facturers or other countries, and at the same
time 10 pay q scale Of living wages to the men
ano women who work for them, is once broken
ooWn, that American competition with foreign
proauctlon becomes impossible, except by the
reduction OF the scale of American wages to the
level OF the wages paid abroadl tCheers Ger
tsioly you DO nor need to be told that that shop
or mLl that has the smallest payroll in proper
tion TO IT'S production will take the
market. lChsers. Certainly you do not need
20 be told that the wages now enjoyed by our
American workmen are greatly larger and the
comforts they enjoy greatly more than those en-
toyed By the working psopls of any other land.
Cheers Certainly you do not need to be told
that IL tho American government, instead OF
patronizing home industries, buys it's blankets
tor the public service IN Eneldnd, that there is
Just that much less work for American workmeu
TO do. lCbssrs and cries of That's so.1
''Phis is to me the beginning aud the eud of
che tariff question. Since L was old enough 70
have opinions. or to utter them, / have held to
the doctrine that the true American policy was
that which should maintain not only n living
Jate OF wages, but one with q margin for savings
and comfort for our wo-kmen- i believe that
Loliev ia saaantial IN tha nrOe0afity And n0esihlv
TO the perpetuity of our government lCheers
and cries OF That's right. The two propositions
that now stare our working people and our
whole country In the face are
these: Competition with foreign countries,
without adequate discriminating and favoring
duties means lower wages TO our working peo-
pie lcneersl; q revenue-only tariff. or progressive
free trade, means larger importations Of foreign
goods, aud that means less work in America.
Cheers, and cries Of Give it 20 Them. Let our
Democratic friends fairly meet these two indis-
putaole conclusions. How do they do i'll [Cries
OF They don't do it, and They can't1 By en-
dasverins to pervert and poison the minds Of