St. Paul daily globe., 1888-12-29
NO. 364.

o be settled don't remember one docu
nent or on9 argument &C lively circulated
mong the people during the last year which
resented. or attempted to present this
uestion pure and simple; on the Other
hand. we can all recall many documents and
ppeals, the sole purpose of which was to
iivert mems thoughts from this question
and
TO CONFUSE THEIR MINDS
upon this issue. 1t would be wealisome, said
he speaker, 10 tell the long list of non-argu-
ments, and yet go to any Northern moral
community and ask the inhabitants to give q
reason for their action upon the tariff and
st if you VIII get satisfactory reply. Now
and then you may heara nebulous something
about home market. but it will be nebulous
indeed. No; such arguments so presented
have not settled and cannot settle princi-
Pile. For the future, we are told that this
modern tariff idea is popular in some of the
southern states, and that the party which adj
vocates it will soon b. strengthened by their
support This may or may not by true.
They can only pe gained for it by present.
of those states. They can't be won
by picturing to the people OF
the North the dangers which they have to
fear from old men who ceased to be rebel
brigadierS before many of the present voters
were born; if, however. any of those states
can be gained for that cause after argument
fairly made, it must be remembered that
many Northern man and manv Northern
thought. and that the exchange thus made
may advantage the great
CAUSE WHICH WE CALL OUR OWN.
Gentlemen of the Tariff Reform league, You
set an example worthy to be followed by pat
riotic ana unseltish men in all partS of our
land. 1t is the duty of all such never to rest
but agitate, discuss persuade, educate, until
our adversaries shall be compelled to lay
this issue clearly and distinctly before the
American people, to the end that they may
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settle the issue forever.
Representative Fitch. of New York,
followed. He said that President Cleve-
lands message had voiced the princi-
plies held by many leading Republicans,
and he spoke from this standpoint. The
presiding officer then read letter from
Secretary Endicott, regretting a neces-
sary absence, and also the following let
ter from Speaker Carlisle.
CHEER FROM CARLISLE.
In his letter Speaker Carlisle ex-
pressed his regret at not being able to
be present, and said:
Under the circumstances all I can do
is to send you the assurance of my warmest
sympathy with every effort that may be made
to advance the peoples cause in the struggle
now going on between friends of Industrial
freedom and beneficiaries of industrial slav-
cry. This struggle has just commenced in
this country, and those who delude them
selves with the hope that it will be aban-
doned before the triumphs of right over
wrong are simply augmenting the blow that
will inevitably fall upon them in the future.
This is not q threat, but a friendly warning.
The history of al movements for necessary
social or political reforms shows that they
grow more radical by opposition and
delay, and it would be wise and pa
triotc upon the part of our opponents to
recognize the inevitable and accede to rea-
sonable demands now, rather than be forced
TO accept harder terms hereafter So far the
sentiment in favor of reduction of taxa.
ton and removal of commercial restrictions
has been conservative, and if IL does not
continue to be so the responsibility will rest
solely on those who unreasonably oppose IL.
They alone can stop the agitation or confine
il within reasonable bounds, by proper Con-
cessions. to the demands of the people. The
result of the contest i'll which we are ell
gagged is not in the least doubtful, and, unless
the evils of which we complain are removed,
which seems not at all probable, the agita.
ton should go right on with increased
vigor and force until the public judg-
ment and conscience ref s. longer TO justify
or eondone them. Nothing has yet occurred
to weaken our faith in the justice of our
cause or to abate our confidence in its nlti-
mate success. A single defeat, even If II had
been sustained on the real merits of the con-
troversy, ought not to discourage us. No just
cause is lost so long as il has a single eaHIest
advocate among the people, More than five
and half millions of intelligent and patri-
otic Americans have attested their fidelity to
the cause of revenue reform under circum-
stances well calculated to test the sincerity
of their opinions, and they will neither desert
its standard nor make peace with the enemy
until at least substantial justice is done.
n Hon. William l.. Putnam, of Maine,
spoke next. referring to the economic
standstill of the Northern and New
England states under the protectiOniSt
regime. Letters of regret were read
from Hon. David A. Wells, President
Hyde, of BOwdoin college; GeOr ge NJ.
Stearns, Hon. Carl Schurz, Jose ph b.
Sargent, Gen. f. A. Walker, w. j. Hill
liglOss. of Washington, and others. Ex-
Congressman T.. A. Collins spoke
briefly, saying the tariff reformers had
fought good fight, had kept the
faith, but had not finished their course.
Edward Atkinson dealt largely in sta
tistics concerning the iron trade. snow
ing the need of reform in the iron and
steel tariff. President Eliot, of Har-
ward, referred to the sneering illusions
to the college professors during the
late campaign, and said that tariff re-
form would inaugurate a new era OF
prosperity in America. Col. T.W. Hig-
ginsOn spoke of the merging of the
Mugwumps into the Democratic party.
Hon. Leopold Morse said the mistakes
of the next congress would aid the DEM
ocratic party beyond calculation. Sher-
man Hoar then made the closing speech,
drawing encouragement from the fact
that the Democratic party had a major
ity of the popular vote. The meeting
then broke up, after ''three times
three for President Cleveland and
tariff REFORM" The attendance was
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