The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-15

from the best possible source thatt the man
ufacturers Of Penn sylvania, who are more
highly protected than anybody else and
who make large fortunes every year when
times are prosperous, practically give
nothing toward the maintenance Of the
ascendancy OF the Republican party. OF
course shall not violate what consider
70 be proper principle of action but, II
had my way about 1t, ] would put the
manufacturers Of Pennsylvania under the
fire and fry all the fat out Of them. II the
Mills Tariff bill comes to the Senate there
will be some votes cast there which will
open the eyes Of some of the people who
have while gathering their millions,
treated the Republican party as their
humble servant"
Eut who gets the money represented by
the enhanced cost of the article to the
consumerl Does It need q remarkable
mind to perceive that 1t is the man OF the
company who produces and sells the
articlei Thus the tariff, so far as II oper-
ates protection, amounts merely to this:
That q vast sum OF money is continually
being paid to tho domestic producers of
tariff. protected articles by the American
people who buy them, in excess of what
they would be obliged to pay but for tariff
law.
And but latelya new device has piled
monopoly on monopoly-the invention of
the trusts It has long been an argument
of protectionists that competition among
domestic manufacturers would prevent the
exaction of the full tribute which q pro.
lection duty would otherwise enable, and
hold down the price Of their goods to cost
and reasonable profit; and such might be
the natural tendency of competition,
though never realized to the extent of their
claim. But do you tame the tiger by the
food of flesh And bloodl Combinations
have been devised and already successful.
ly effected in many of the great lines Of
tariffcovered production, and under their
| management prices have been again forced
| up to high-water, or high-war, limit. Take
example and take warning. We who till our
fields, in the steel trust to whose Golfers
you contribute SO freely of your toll.
Three years ago steel was freely sold
and easily produced, with abundant
profit, at ~ cents q pound. The steel
trust sent the price to 10 cents in less
than single year, and your plowshares
glisten In brighter significance of their
golden profits the more you burnish them
in the furrow. Competition Is lost in com.
bination, and the producers of the North
| west are under the load. Your President
pointed this oil out to you in his message,
daring to encounter the perils of their
power in devotion to the interests of the
people who had trusted him and in whom
he puts his trust.
And now comes home the demi god of
Republican idolatry to receive the worship
of his party and fight the cause of trust in
whose coach-and-four he journeycd
abroad. What says he to you of those
colossal conspiracies to gather the wealth
you create!
"When President Cleveland delivered
his message, he had something to say to
the American people about the danger of
trusts n y Well, l shall not discuss
trusts this afternoon. l shall not venture
to say they are altogether advantageous
or disadvantageous. They are largely
private affairs, with which neither Prcsi-
dent Cleveland nor any private citizen has
any particular right to Interfere"
Is there here no echo from the famous
speech of one William M. Tweed to the
people he had plundered: "What are you
going to do about it!''
1t is gratifying always to speak of u
political adversary, and especially of IL
candidate for office, in honest terms of
respect, and 1T is pleasing to say that, un-
doubtedly, in the selection of General
Harrison, the Republican party chose Il
gentleman who though he represents in
all his beliefs and sentiments the harmful
doctrines of their creeds, is yet beyond
any private reproach of political scandal.
He is entitled, in his capacity of a gentle
man of scholarship and character, es-
pecially as the nominee of q great party.
chosen after q great struggle for the
place, to a far higher consideration than
he appears to receive. The canvass is no
sooner established by his nomination than
another gentleman comes forward, her.
aided, by all the trumpetS of the party, as
the real object of its alteration. 1t seems
to be given out, do not undertake to say
whether with any authority or not, but it
is evidently with the design to make those
who are "magnetized" believe it, that in
General Harrison's administration, if it
were to come about that he should have
one, the "uncrowned king" of the party,
the "greatest living statesman" who, in
long career of public life, never devised
or procured the enactment of single
measure of public good, is TO be the DOM
inant power of the party and the premier
of the Government
Thus the alluring temptation is held out
to you, fellow citizens, to take your choice
in person, in accordance with your fancy,
those of you who reject Blaine can vote
for Harrison. But, fellow-citizens, you
will find no such uncertainty upon the
other side. He was, indeed, well nigh a
stranger to most Of the American Nation
when, four years ago, led by that PrOvi-
dence which has so often interposed in the
affairs of the Republic for its glory the
Democratic National convention presented
to the suffrages of their countrymen the
name of Grover Cleveland. But he is no
stranger to the American people to-day.
They have learned to know this man, not
through the pretentions Of skillful words,
but by mighty acts of manhood and states.
manship, which become the Executive of u
great people aud the leader of q great
party. They have seen him constant in the
midst OF storm and trial as the cliff that
rises from the turbulent ocean unmoved
by the dashing of the wave, defending
firmly, steadfastly, with patience and
without retort, the principles he espoused
and the pledges which were made for him
| and by him to his countrymen. They know
how he has met the distressful clrcum-
stances under which he took his place by
an untiring devotion to labor, never before
excelled in public Office, rarely equallcd.
Fellow -DemocI ats, long us l have tried
you have but briefly and inadequately
glanced at the salient points of the argu'
esting details, by which every feature Of
it could be re-enforced and strengthened
with multiplied effect. Yet trust | have
indicated enough to justify the hearty
faith within us that ours is the party
founded upon tho rights Of the people, ami
mated by the sincerest purposes for their