Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-07-07
BELL AT MOLINE,
A Ringing Speech on the issues of
the Day.
The Next Lieutenant Governor ON the
Political Parties PiatfOrms---Dem-
dresses

| ilCdHlsm III tDlS county nt l'ttit
band met at the Keator house early IN
the evening and played a number of in
spring airs, after which it escorted the
speaker of the evening, Hon Andrew
jackson Bell. of Peoria, democratic nom
inee Tor lieutenant governor to the city
square, where large stand had been
erected and abundant seating room pro
vided G W Vinton, ESQ, president of
the Cleveland club, presided, and intro
duced Senator Bell as the first speaker.
The distinguished gentlemen spoke
principally upon the tariff, handling the
su hject in a mastery manner, and show
| ing the sophisiries and fallacies of the
fraudulent republican protection system,
in speech fun of sound logic and
unanswerable truths He denounced the
system which levied every year one hun
dred millions of dollars more than was
necessary to dotray the current expenses
of the government. Taxation was
burdensome at the very best,
but when it reached an aver
age Of 100000 for each congress
siOnal district, it became a burden too
heavy 10 be endured hy any people He
then took up the different methods pro-
posed for the reduction Of this tax and Of
| the immense surplus now locked up in
the treasury vaults and paid his cnmpr,
menlS 10 the republican party who would
give the working men free whisky and
tobacco and maintain the enormous dutV
on all the necessaries of life The de-
mnCracy of the United States, through
that able and patriotic statesman. Grover
Cleveland, had said that the reduction
should not first be applied TO the Injuries,
but the necessities of life, and that We
should have cheap wool, blankets. lum-
Der, iron, etc. Standing on this platform
We would march forward to a victory 50
glorious. so grand, that our opponents
would be astOunded at the completeness
of our victory.
The parry that wonld win in this cam
paign must present to the people some
issue more vital than the old style bloody |
shirt campaigns founded on the issues of |
twenty years ago, and the republican
party had conducted its Canvasses |
SO long 10 this wav that it WAS
for ii to work in any other
wav The politicians had used that as
an argument for their enormous protcc.
tive fallacv. but now fur the first time
the battle wnuld II" fought egu-reiv on
The issues of today. The leaders of the
republican party tell the workiugmcn that
10 protect their Industries they must lie
subjected 10 this immense crushing tax.
vet strikes showed thai there was lust IS
much and more dissatisfaction among
he protected industries aS III others ThrI
'tnglness ot employers increased with
heir profits. Protection, falsely called.
lad become only "a giant engine of OPP
preston and monopoly, every person
Who voted for its continuance, voted 10 i
Allow the plunicrcTs to feast and farten
lpon the products of American labor.
and [ s census reports
ihoWed that the profits were enormous
md beyond all reasonable allowance
spon the capital invested 1t was a
'tartling fact that the profit over ten per
'ent upon every man employed In the pro-
eciive Industries was SEA- The speaker
quoted President Fosters of the National
easu ne of republican clubs, secret circu-
al to manufacturers which the state
nent that they had gained large fortunes
very year by this system and if they
'Ould contribute to the asccndaucy of the
epublican party they might expect to
cap still greater profits a further
roof of the excessive gains.
In closing, the speaker denounced the
xIraVagant methods of the present state
and expressed the belief
hat the people would set the stamp of
heir disapproval upon it At the polls
Iext November.
City Attorney hcEniry, of this city
'eing present, was called for and made
inging speech which was well received
lie was followed by Mr. Eugene Lewis,
II Moline. IN short address. after which
he meeting closed with music by the
,aud.