The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-17

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70 take this magnificent demoustrsttnn .
persoual, altogether 70 myseM Il rather sir
niles the eress popular interest IN the oues-
tiou upou which An suuoosed 70 have n Co.
sfstent record and m earnest zeal fApplau,e 1
And you have before you . contest in which
that great ISSUE f. 10 be settled by the Amer.
lean people for perhaps an indefinite period.
the one way or the other. The wear 16E wa
prosperous and the President at its cloee pro-
posed q radical change In the industrial system
which has produced that Rreat prosperity. ana
since that day there has been CON.
fusion In the commerce and manu-
features Of The United Statea] Ap-
plausel The question before the Amer.
lean people is whether he and his sdministrar
ton shall be sustained In that movement
Against him the Republicans, having the best
cause, have nominated the best man FAD
plausel They have given to you for President
o man Of sound experience, q man of heroic
record in the war, man Of great purity Of
character. q man Of great frmness and worthy
Of the best days Of the administration in this
q man whom to New Workers need not
further describe than to say that his name is
Levi p. Morton lapp ausel: a man Of the most
generous character, OF intelligent compre-
hension Of affairs, of the widest and most
statesmaAlike views on all the public ques-
tons pending before the American people.
Against this you have two gentlemen Of
whom would not speak in terms other than
those OF personal respect. or their Vice Pres.
idential candidate I have been friend Of many
years standing and am a personal admirer Of
Judge Thurman. But l beg you to observe that
Mt q critical period in this country the Vice.
President, george N. Dallas, in casting vote In
u tied Senate destroyed the protective tarin Of
1872 II you do not prevent them Mr.. Thurman
will be in . polition to re-enact the vote Of
George NJ. Dallas in 1872. Therefore the more
amiable and the more able . man may be, the
worse will be his influence before the American
people. tApplsuse.l
Now, gentlemen, know that In discussing
the question Of o protective tariff We are al.
ways pointing out what England il doing.
have lately been in England for some months
and found in English public opinion . very
great difference OF opinion upon almost all
questions. They are about evenly divided upon
what you call the Irish question; they are
about divided upon the forcible policy OF Glad
stone and Salisbury; they are divided even
upon the continuance OF the House Of Lords,
and they are not absolutely unanimous in sup
port OF the Monarchy. Laughter and ap-
plEuse.l But there Is one opinion they arc
united on and that is that Hon. Grover Clevc-
land, President OF the United States en-
bodies in his person the regular form Of
revenue and free trade for the United States
which they like. [Applausel Now. have no
objection to their right OF opinion, and il had
it would amount to nothing: nor do intend to
speak disrespectfully of the English, for have
received at their hands very graceful and very
cordial hospitality, which I would be q churl
not to acknowledge before an American audi.
ence: bot that does not affect the pending con-
ditions that the American people find their in
terests in one policy and that the English want
to change that policy SO as better to conform to
their interests And that gentlemen. is the
prime question before you in the next Novem-
Der election.
I am glad that this meeting is called in the
name of the laboring people because this cues.
ton Is from first to last from skin to core and
back to skin again. question of labor loud
applauseI II you will agree to live in as Door
q house and eat as poor food and receive as low
wages as the people in England receive, VIC can
produce rs cheap goods as Democratic admin
istration wants to see laughter and applausel.
but it will be otherwise il you wish to better
your condition and il YOU want the industrial
system Of protected interests that prevail in
this country now to be maintained The savings
Of the wage workers Of England, Scotland and
Ireland, as I said to-day to 4 Massachusetts
gentleman are not near as great as lie to night
in the savings bank OF Massachusetts to the
credit Of the wage workers of that small State,
and il you turn the administration of this Re.
public to-day into free trade channels, you may
not expect those great savings for you will put
our laboring men throughout the country into
competition with the laboring men OF
Great Britain, and in the course of
five or ten years you Will make them
as poor upon this side Of the water
as they are upon the other will not. in this
campaign. stop to argue the question upon any
other basis. I have no personalities to indulge
in. have no sores to heal Loud cheers.l
would rather have your cordial and heartfelt
and sympathetic welcome than any ONCE YOU
care to bestew upon me- TApplause,l But in
this canvass. in which shall take greater or
less part, shall hold this question from the be-
ginning to the end as q question that interests
every man. woman and child in this country
that depends upon daily labor for daily bread.
IApplausel There is no need TO make
any laws to protect capital-capital al
ways takes care OF itself and gets q
full share-but there are laws that can elevate
the condition of the laboring man, and there
are laws that can degrade him and the Repub-
lican party has stood for twenty-five years and
1t will stand believe, with the blessing of God
and the will of the American people. twenty
five years more unfolding and maintaining the
laboring man. for the Government which takes
care Of the bone and sInew and working muscle
Va INC iono - tdh'Es eafc Vi Tue men !" no crc
,neresore en,s.,ed ~ ,he aau uS ase
ny ~ =, 'n a se NJ, lapp.au .,
&C. e, "a.. S. eI ,a
your votes are to tell in that issue. Do not be
diverted from that one question by side issues.
Do not be misled BY petty squabbles upon this
OF INA. smaii issue or upon personal Questions