Morning journal and courier., 1888-10-24
RLa1nE AID DEPEw.

Two FOrcfbIe Speeches at Rochester
 MT. Depew Witty as Ever - What
 Secretary Bayard Considers Our
 National Danger.
 ROCHESTER, N. Y., Oct. 23.-Despite the rain the Republican demonstration here to- day was big one. Fully 10000 people, in- cluding 1000 uniformed men were present from out of the city. Among the speakers were MT. Blaine, Chauncey M. Depew, Sena- tor Hiscock, Judge Thurston and General King of Maryland. In the afternoon 15, 900 people gathered in Franklin Square, ,and there was speaking from two stands. Mir. Blaine spoke briefly. Mr. Depew said in his speech that what we want is President who does not think he knows more than all the rest of the people put together. "The college pro- fessors say the greatest man that has appear ed in the world since 1900 years ago is Grover Cleveland, because he proclaimed the doctrine of free trade. The look upon him as the evangel of the heavenly host of tariff reform. I have been in all the great art galleries of Europe and have seen the pictures of the old masters that were the delight centuries ago, and are the despair of the artists of to-day, and never saw in any of them an angel that looked like Grover Cleveland.
 BROKEN PROMISES.
 The Democratic party promised when Cleveland was elected to cut down the ex- penses of the government but it has increas- ed $107, ,OO0, ,0O0. The President promised us civil service reform and he has given us Hig- gins and Widow McGuinness' pig. He prom- ised not to run for second term, but he has given $10, 900 to assist in securing 8 re-elec- tion. He has vetoed more pension bills than all the other presidents in the history of the country, thus showing, he probably thinks, that the pen is mightier than the sword" MT. Depew then criticised Cleveland's cabi- net and showed that the Mills bill was in the direction of free trade.
 ANOTHER MEETIEG-MR. BAYARD's BUGBEAR.
 This evening demonstration in which eight thousand men took part occurred. The streets were illuminated all along the line of march and the scene was inspiring. The parade was witnessed by fully fifty thousand peoples MT. Blaine and several others ad- dressed three thousand people in Washington rink before the parade. MT. Blaine called at- tention to speech made by Secretary Bayard at Baltimore recently in which he (Mr. Bay arD said: 'tI want you to thinE of the prog- ress of the United States since these tariff laws were made and what the consequences are. Various inventions have come into play since that tariff reached it's present propor-
 
 to be reliable; they come from high au- thority, Mr. Edward Atkinson of Massachu- setts, wao is our leading statistician. From -'nS70 to 1887 the population of the xsged States increased 55 per cent; but in 1T. sams time the dairy products of the milk and all that is created by the dairy increased 75 per cent. in these IT years the products of cotton increased 112 per cent; the consumption of wool increased 100 per cent; the production of pig iron increased 2S5 per cent; the construction of railways increased 225 per cent. What has been the result of all the population increasing in so small proportion to all these vast forces which are needful to mems usei It proves to one that the country is making more than the people of the country need or can con- sume.
 DIssKCTING THE FREE TRADERS ARGUMENT.
 In reply to MT. Bayard my first remark is that it is great deal better for people to have more than they can consume than to have less than they can consume. The one means afiuence; tine other means pauperism. The one means wealth; the other means pov- erty. The one means widespread prosperity; the other means general diversity. But am glad that we have the testimony of a leading Democrat, a free trader and a State's rights man, to the fact that under the protective tariff the people of the United States enjoy a higher degree of prosperity than they ever enjoyed under different policy and have ad- vsnced more rapidly in the arts of peace and the comforts of life than ever before In the history of the national government.
 MT. Bayard further gives public warning that if we do not take care we shall produce in this country as much in seven months as we shall need in twelve months. Well, that is the last thing that should alarm the Amer lean people. That fact shows above all things kfNu hon lah legitimate consequence of labor-saving ma chinery is to require from the human laborer less number of hours of toll, and towards that goal economy and philanthropy are tending. I am glad Mir. Bayard, too, is so valuable 8 witness to that end.