The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-30
WATTERSON AT CHICAGO
HE DENIES THAT HE'S A CONSP1R-
ATCR AGAINST INDUSTRY.

The Three Great Rival Democratic
Clubs OF the City Turn Out to Do
Him Honor-A Significant Illustra-
ton OF the Harmony in the PARTY.
CHICAGO, Oct. 29.-Nearly 1000 people
crowded into Battery ID armory tonight to
listen to Hon. Henry Watterson. The dis
tinguished Kentuckian spoke under the
auspices OF the Iroquois Club. The event
proved an occasion for display of demo-
cratic harmony seldom witnessed in Chi
cago, the rival organizations to tie Iroquois
the County Democrats and Andrew Jack
son League-vieing with Mr.. Watterson's
hosts in doing him honor.
AN ESCORT OF HONOR.
Several hundred of each of the three
bodies joined in escorting Mr.. Watterson to
the hall. In the spirit of the nome t the
flags and transparepcies of the rival clubs
were taken from their headquarters, and
although it was not intended that there
should be a parade, the procession
grew to such dimensions as to as
sumo the appearance of full fiedged
street demonstration. Gen. Newberry, re-
Gently nominated for postmaster of Chicago,
presided.
THE KENTUCKY EDITORS SPEECH.
There was great outburst of cheering
when he introduced MIR. Watterson, who
spoke as follows:
FeHoU Democrats aud Feliotc Citizens:
If should happen to touch upon the tariff in
the course of what am about to say to you,
hope you won't be shocked. The truth is that,
in the tariff matter it was long time between
drinks, now wasn't it? They used to tell a
story down in Atlanta which grew to be so per
sonal that in sheer desperation began telling
it myself. IL was all about certain Georgia
major who submitted to every manner of insult
from his guest on account of hospitality, until
the luckess visitor, having exha iste all other
methods of af1ront, attempted TO discuss The
tariff when he was pitche out xshe window.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED
Times have changed since then Anyhow,
am going to risk 20 pitching me out of the win
dow tonight. und in this mornings Clica 20
Tribune leading editorial which undertakes to
establish two things. First, that the bloody
minded rebels of the south, who are still upon
the warpath are seeking to break up the in
dustries of the country in order that they may
get cheap goods and cheap labor; and s cond,
that | am personally engaged in this conspiracy.
| confess that am unable to understand how
how the south can get cheap goods without the
north getting them, the east getting them, and
the west getting them. My old friend Joseph
Medill has made it plain that | need not
elaborate it.
BEATS PENNSYLVANIA
AS to cheap labor Judge Kelley of Philadelphia
is on record a witness to the fact If statistics
did not abundantly show it, that the south is
paying higher wages TO its wor ing people than
are paid in any other part of the world As to
my own designs upon the industries of the coun-
try, let me say that they are strictly
honorable and have been given with
resonance and publicity which take
them at least out OF the category of conspiracy.
l believe that the government has no right to
tax one man for the benefit of another man;
that its powers of taxation are limited to the
levying and collecting of money enough for it's
own support, AMI therefore am in favor of
reaching, as soon can strictly the revenue
standard of the constitutional tariff exciu-
sively for public purposes-a tariff for revenue
only
Mr.. Watterson then took up the tariff
question in detail, and spoke at considerable
length.