Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-06
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Great Interest shown 1n the NOOnday
 Meeting Yesterday-Che FatchwOrd
 Passes Along the Line-EverYthtnE
 Assures Q Magnificent V1ctorY-StiF-
 ring Addresses by Prominent Busf-
 ness Men,
 : Great enthusiasm and excitement over the outcome of to-day's election was manifest at the monday meeting of the Business and Workingmen's Campaign club yesterday.
 President Easterbrook said there was some diversity of opinion as to whether meeting should be held this noon or not and it was finally decided not to hold one, but to meet again at noon tomorrow.
 Mr. Henry s. Dawson was then introduced as gentleman who had voted for old Tippe- canoe Harrison. He said the bare fact of having solid South was direct challenge to the North and true patriots should not let this be with impunity. He told of how the tariff had been reduced three times in his memory and how each time it resulted in some of the hardest times in history. "When once we had the high war tariff of '60," said
 he, ''the country began to grow rich and has
 done so ever since" He then spoke for the
 two millions of wage earning women who would be beggsred by tariff reduction and who couldn't vote to protect themselves. He urged everyone with spark of manhood about him to think of these when casting his ballot.
 MT. Eugene O. Hill was then called upon. :sTo-day is no time for argument" said he, ttbut to send word along the line to close up ranks" He gave many facts about wool | growing showing that our best wool is grown here and half the imported article was poor stuff that we would not grow anyway. MT. Henry F. Peck then gave many valu- oh oto ekin prosperity of this country to Great Britain under free trade. Among others he showed | the average debt per inhabitant in the United Kingdom in 1880 was $110 to SIS in the United States; the rate of paupeTism out of ,000 in the United States to 93 out of 1000 in the United Kingdom; cost of workmen's food 33 per cent. in the United States to 45 per cent. in the United Kingdom. "These faets," said MT. Peck, fare what the free trader cannot attack and must either dodge or manufacture false ones."
 The Hon N. D. Sperry then said he would like to buttress these facts further, and stated that our national wealth under free trade in 1860 was sixteen billion dollars, while in 1887 it was sixty-four billion That the average taxation in the United States is now $10 per man, to $21 in the United King dom. He said it was matter of fact that for thirty-two years the balance of trade had
 been against England, and during the last five years she had lost i've and half billion dollars worth.
 Major Strong then moved that a vote of thanks be extended to President Easterbrook for the admirable way in which he had cons ducted the clubs meetings. The vote was immediately and unanimously passed.
 Major R. F. Cowles then read short tract showing the superior relations of capital and labor here to those in England and stated
 that the true system of economies lay in mar kets and not in maxims.
 Major Stowe was then called upon and re- asserted the figures which he gave the club a
 few days ago.
 The meeting then adjourned until noon to:
 day.