St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-11
TARIFF MUST CO,
ARousing Meeting, Where the
Evils of the Tariff We're
Set Forth.
The Hon. Frank Hurd, of
Ohio, Was the Principal
Speaker.
And He Well and Truly Sus-
tanned His Reputation as
a Champion
of the American Citizen Who
Must Work to Earn His
Living.
Gen. Gordon E. Cole Presided
and He Spoke Strongly
Against Protection.
Speeches That Will Be Read
With a Peculiar Interest
IN This Cfatn
Speeches That Will Be Read
With a Peculiar Interest
in This State.

ST. Paul and st. Paul's citizens, to the
number of 1000, had the hOnOr-the
distinguished honor-last evening of
listening to that famous tariff reformer,
Hon. Frank Hurd, to defeat whom for
congress the protectionistS of Ohio
spent over 100000. The high taxation
gentlemen of Ohio, aided sympathetic
cally by the hoodlum element of
Toledo, did defeat Mr.. Hurd. But
from this defeat that was to
crush this American radical, 10, there
rose man, full-armed, come to bring
light and knowledge to taX-oppressed,
capital-cursed people. Frank Hurd,
the congressman, became Frank Hurd,
teacher.
elbow can man stand before the
people and say the tax must come Off OF
whisky and tobacco" ask Mr.. Hurd,
sand let that one remain which taxes
the clothes upon the little child that
goes to school? The tariff must come
Off"
This was his text, dwelt upon with
an eloquence such as has rarely been
heard in the Northwest. The tariff be-
came, in his hands, a thing of in
iquitouS birth. His logic, the charm OF
well selected words, the power of his
argument, voice exquisltely modu-
lated to suit each requirement, these
made his theme and oratory surprising
in their interest.
He spoke not as the political partisan,
not as the discounted seeker of Office,
but as teacher to the wage-worker. 1t
was an exposition of all that is wrong
and unjust in the protective tariff from an
economic point of view. The tariff as
tax, unneeded and dreaded by the labor
ing classes of the nation, was his dis
course.
His satire held its weaknesses up to
Scorn, his humor laughed to scorn pro-
lection theories; his pathOs spoke the
wrongs of a people paying tribute to
the taX-gather.
Mr.. Hurd had an audience quick to be
in sympathy with his sentiments. Sur
rounding him on the stage sat distin-
guished array of Minnesota's citizens to
give the strength of their presence as
an Endorsement of his views.
1t was such an audience, such re-
ception, as would have made the strong
est-hearted protectionist of the North
west
RETIRE IN BITTER GRIEF.
Could John Lind or Cushman X.
Davis or w. ID. Washburne GALL notable
high taXationists), have sat under that
burning torrent of eloquence and heard
the rounds of applause, and felt the re-
markable magnetism of the greatest
tariff reformer of the West, there might
be some shOw-a slight one at the least
of their rising higher than their party
and joining tariff reform.
Mr. Hurd's speech is the keynote to
the campaign of 1888 in Minnesota. 1t
is the voice of the people uprisen in
their might against the taXmaker and
taXgatherer. Commercial freedom, rad
ical tariff reduction, no surplus, are the
words of the hour. Underneath these
titles is to be found an increase of
Americas foreign trade beyond all pos
Sible present conceptions. A substantial
cheapening of bread, butter and clothes.
An increase of the profits of labor by a
reduction Of the cost of living. The
restoration of the American merchant
marine to supremacy over the world.
Free competition with all the world and
the destruction of monopoly.
These are few of the gems to be
found in Mr.. Hurd's casEet
The audience was enthusiastic
throughout. The First Regiment band
opened the meeting with the rendition
of familiar air. Among other dis
tinguished citizens who occupied seats
on the platform were: Judge G. E..
Flandreau, W. P. Murray, ex-Ald.
Thomas Goaee, U. S. Marshal Camp
bell, &. Tyson Butcher, John B. Bris-
bin, George W. Hill, John w. Willis,
Mayor Smith and Chaplain Allison.