The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-12

speech at Chicago, March 20.
l believe the Republican party is pledged
protection of American Industries aud American
labor. believe that in so far as our native in
ventive genius, which seems to have no limit
our productive forces, can supply the American
market, We ought to keep 1t for ourselves And
yet this new captain on the bridge seems to con-
Rratulate himself on the fact that the VOYAGE 10
still prosperous. Notwithstanding the change OF
commanders; who seems to forget that the rea-
son that The voyage is still prosperous IL because
the course Of the ship was marked out before he
went on the bridge and the rudder tied down
he has attempted to take new direction since
he has been in command. with q view of chang
ing the sailing course of the old craft but il has
seemed to me that ne has made the mistake of
installing the fashlight OF some British light
house for the light of day.
Speech at Danville, Ind. Nov. %, 1857.
/ believe the principle of the protection of
American industry is well established and we'll
defended By the PRINCIPLES of political economy
and by the duties of patriotism. There are ono
or two things that 10 some respects are working
against it. and 10 this abominable aud nm
American system which 10 recently developed,
called trusts. This thing il running too far. Il
IL un-American; it is unpatfiotic. in my judg-
ment. and you will notice that those who are at
hind these facts and use them rs the ground OF
their assault. We must find some way to stop
such combinations
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Speech at Chicago. March 20 1888
am one Of those uninstructed political econ
omists that have an impression that some things
may be too cheap; that cannot find myself in
full sympathy with this demand for cheaper
coats. which seems to me necessarily to involve
q cheaper man and woman under the coat
believe it. il true to-day that we have many
things in this country that are too cheap, be-
cause whenever it is proved that the man or
woman VINO produces any ~ ticls cannot get
decent living out OF it, then it 10 too cheap.
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Speech at Indianapolis. Dec. 70. 1857.
The simple fact is. gentlemen. many things
are made and sold now too cheap, for hold il to
be true that whenever tho market price 10 90
low that the man the woman who makes IL
cannot get fair Twin. out of the making Of IT,
it is too low. And think our workin emen will
wake up to the fact that reduction in their
wages. which every candid advocate OF free
trade or revenue reform admits. must come
with the adoption of his theorjes-a reduction
variously estimated at from 10 70 % Der csnt.-is
poorly compensated by the cheaper coat he is
promised. This bull-in the chinA-shop sort Of
work that our Democratic friends want to make
of the tariff will not do.
Silver and the Currency
General Harrisons views on the silver oues-
ton, written by himself in 1885, while still ia
the Senate:
have never believed that cheap money. in the
sense of deprecated money, was desirable. I have
always thought and said that the interest of the
laborng and farming classes especislly was in the
line of stable. par currency. The silver question
may be presented in divers forms am . bimetsl
list by my strong convictions think silver should
be preserved coin metal but it IL very apparent
that the ratio between silver and gold Is ont
of joint and that something ought be done to cor.
rect this inequality.
Disfrsn chisemeut Of Voters.
Speech at Detroit. Feb. -. 1883.
Why rs il to-day that We have leeislatiou
threatening the industries of this country; why
il il that the parslyzing shadow of free trade
falls upon the manufacturers and upon the
homes OF our iaboring classssl II 10 because the
laboring vote in the Southern States il sup
pressed.
Speech ct Danvflle. Ind. Sov. q, 1857.
do not believe thsrs has bean written IN thu
history Of any ciziized nation more abomi
nable. cruel, wrstched page than that which de-
scribes the treatment Of the poor blacks 10 the
| South since those States passed under Demo
cratic control Why are they not ailowsd "a
| votef Because thew want 20 vote she Rspuoltc,
"a ticket In the last presidential election. and
| this one 20 como. orr Democrats opponent!
| count with absolute certainty upon one hundred
| and hfty-thres ELECTORAL votes from the South,
i whom say again there II net = man. act fool
| who does not know that u every qualified ttoct
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