Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-22
PROTECTION.
HON. GROVE l.. JOHXSONss REPLY
TO COLONEL IRISH.
Facts and Figures-Why Every Cit
izen Should Vote for Har-
rison and Morton.

Following is fall s.enograpbic report Of
the eloquent address delivered by Ecn. |
Grove L. johnson, in the presence Of an
immense audience, at the Clunie Opera
House On Tuesday evening last, September !
18th Being introduced by the President
of the meeting, Ed. F. Taylor, NJ, johnson
said:
Mr.. President, Ladies and Geltenlea: The
importance of the election that will soon
take place in this nation cannot be over
estimated. Every citizen, IN casting his
ballot should exercise great care il Iiecd-
ing as 10 The candidate that he Will sup
port In the nation and in this State four
electoral tickets are presented, each ap-
pealing 10 the suIfrages of the people Of
this counirY-those whe denominate them
selves Prohibitionists or temperance peo-
pie, those who denominate themselves
Americans but are really obiectors, those
that we denominate and are proud to call
Republicans, and those who denominate
and are proud to name themselves rs
Democrats. 1t will be my purpose tonight
TO endeavor to show you all reasons ,Fhy
every Temperance man, why every Ameri-
can, why every Republican, why every
Democrat and every voter in the United
States of America should cast his ballot IN
favor of those two hOnored scions of Amer
lea, Harrison and Morton, for President
and Vice-President of the United States.
[Applause.l
CLEAN FIGHT.
The personnel Of the candidates is not be-
fore us. Let Us assume, for the sake of
argument and as a matter of fact, that all
OF the candidates, whatever NAV be their
names, are possessed of personal qualities
sufficient to entitle them 10 the suffrages of
the people. Let US open this campaign,
lei US continue this campaign, let US win
this fight without resort TO personalities or
to mud-slinging. If President Cleveland
has contributed $4,000 towards the CAM
paign fund of the Democratic party he had
right TO do it. He ought to do It, and
every Republican candidate for Office ought
to contribute of his means towards
the payment of the legitimate ex-
penses of the campaign. It comes
with poor grace, in my opinion,
from any person, to attempt to belittle any
of the candidates presented for the suffrages
of the people for the high office of Presi-
Gent OF the United States, because of some
little matters that may have occurred with
reference to the management of political
campaign. Let US win this battle upon
principle if we can. If we are not entitled
to WIN Cn principle we ought to fail. If we
cannot win ii because we do not convincs
the reason Of the people we ought to fail.
Appeals to spirit and 10 sentiment are
gooc; believe in them; but appeals to the
reason of the voter are better, and when, as
In the case of our party, we can combine al
once an appeal to the spirit, to the senti-
ment and to the reason and the intelligence
OF the voter, we ought 10 be, weigM be. ir-
reslstlbie in the campaign. {Applause
THE TsSITES or THE cA,rp.To,r
Have drifted, apparently, into ore CUES
uon, namely, as to the best manner OF ad-
ministering the finances of the Govern
ment. 1t may be termed a campaign of
the dollar and cent idea as applied to the
industries OF the people of the United
States. Upon that question, and 10 the
best methods Of conducting the finances of
the Nation, of raising the revenues of the
country and OF disbursiDg its revenues, the
Democratic party is absolutely, irretriev-
ably, logically and historically wrong. 1t
VIII be my purpose tonight to endeaVor to
show You why / thus believe. The
reasons for the great division of sentiment
existing between the two great parties is
because of the different ideas thew enter
tain with regard to what makes this nation.
Ihe Democratic party now, as ever, ad-
vances the idea that this is but an aggreea
uon OF independent sovereignties that il is
bat collection of States organized together
as States for the purpose of performing Ger
tam work that the States could not per
form; while, on the contrary, the Republi-
can party prociaims now, as it has since its
nrst campaign In 1856. that this is ma
uoD; that 1t is OF, and by, and for the peo-
pie, and that our Constitution was designed
and adopted by the people in order that
there might be more perfect union of the
people, and not of the States as States of
the Union. [Applausel From this natu-
rally Hows the division in sentiment as re-
CARDS the finances of the country between
The Democratic aud Republican parties In
the presentation by Colonel Irish of his
side OF the case, representing, as he did in
most splendid style, the Democracy-in the
presentation by every Democratic speaker
throughout the Dahon-there will be found
this spirit Of sectionalism cropping out.
Right here, Mr. President, permit me.
even at the expense of being called foolish
ana perhaps wearying you, TO say that as q
clhZen OF Sacramento, proud of its women
ana proud of It's name, / return my thanks
70 Colonel Irish for his chivalric defense of
the women of Sacramento. {Applausel
FACTS AND FIGUREa.
shall endeavor to answer his facts and
ms figures by Democratic facts and Demo-
cratic figures. l shall endeavor to show
wherein he is wrong At the outset I call
your attention TO the fact-you that listened
to him, you that have listened to other
Democratic speakers, you that have read
democratic newspapers and the proposi-
tons advanced by all of them-not in
words, perhaps, but by their arguments
and by their illustrations-to the fact. I
say, that they wish to look at this question
OF the tariff, this question of raising reye-
nue., as purely local one, to be decided
according to local ideas; by appealing to
local prejudices and local sentiment.
They advance and advocate the idea
that what is good for California
should be sufficient for Californians to
consider; that when we help the manufact
urer of New York that we are iuiuring the
west that when we protect the manufact.
nrer OF New England we are aiming blow
al the South, and that because we by
iarlH permit men to make money end fol
low an industry that pays Themselves and
their workmen in the Eastern States of .the
Union, that 1t benefits the East alone. and
does not benefit the nation, thus appealing
ulrecily TO the sectional feeling-an
pealing directly to local ideas. on the
contrary, the Republican party saws this is
one nation; that, like the human.bodv
Whatever benefits one portion of the bady
penents IL an; that if the woman that we
love has beautiful face il spirstualizas and
Mt our arms We benefit the whole besiv.
that II we benefit our legs we benefit tbe |
whole person. And so it is WITH the na.
ton whatever benefits the East ltbe West
the North or the South of this covntrv hen,
efits the whole eountry-b because we are . |
nation. fContinued applause The bold
fisherman Of New England, the sneaufact. J
urer and producer of the East and W.est. the /
hardy agriculturist, the professional mar.
Ihe rough and untutored COWBOY .af the |
South, the farmer Of the West, the eroxine |
mechanic, the laborer. the sewing woman
an, all. are engaged IL making America a /
great and happy land. EApplauss All |
all, all are but parts OF this country: /
are integral parts Of one stupendous wbois
whose body is the Nation. the Cons,itrrs;o;,
is Its soul. lApplause.I Bear this in n,ind |
IN deciding how to vote this wear resIir-
ing as we all do, the difference between T ths
two parties, apply this crucial test To ts,s
two parties and their candidates az - !
whether they favor the principle or dor,
trine of State rights or whether thew snh- |,
scribe to that other doctrine which has re- 1,
ceiyed the approval of the God of battle
namely, that
WE ARE A NATION.
lAprlause Examine the sroup,an+s |