Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29

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placing wool on the free list.
The Hon. w. III. Ford, of Mich
igan, continued the elaboration of
tariff reform. His eloquence is strong
and rapid, and well represents the
grand and growing Democratic
Northwest. He pictured the shams
and cheats practiced by the Republic
can party; he laid bare their false
doctrines, with trenchant anecdotes
and witty jokes; and illustrated
clearly how the consumer pays the
tariff tax, and how the farmer, who
has no protection; must pay all
classes. That the manufacturers are
given the bonus on all work done by
the sweat of the poor mans brow,
but labor has no protection, same as
hog is protected to be used to give
food and fortune to protector; and
that labor is seeing the truth and
joining our party. He favored a
great tariff reduction and prophesied
that Michigan would go Democratic
if the Mills bill were passed. He
said the administration of Pres ident
Cleveland had united the country,
and given lease of unknown years
to the party 'of the people, by the
people and for the people," and that
the powerful West was rising up to
follow the banner of Democracy.
+ At the conclusion of the after
noon meeting the distinguished speak
ers and 4 number of other invited
guests repaired to the beautiful sub
urban residence of Col. r. p. Chew,
where they were sumptuously enter
tanned with an elegant dinner, dis
pensed with genuine old Virginia
hospitality. At 8 P. NJ. speaking
was resumed at the courthouse, an
immense assemblage being present.
The next orator was the Hon. j.
NJ. Allen, of Mississippi, who came
with laurels fresh from the great tar
iff debate. His is the Southern ora
tory, smooth, rich and sympathetic.
He enumerated in ringing periods,
the injustice, the wanton cruelty, and
the selfish greed practiced by the
Republican party in its efforts to re-
tain control of a government it stole
from the people. His jokes and hui
merous stories were apt, and in their
quaint figures he gave very effec-
tive calculation of the fallacics of
protection. He is in perfect harmo-
ny with President Cleveland, and
argued in favor of the Democratic
tariff bill; and he was sure that I'M
der the reform of the war tax, and
the removal of the surplus revenue,
the South, the main agricultural belt,
would really be new South come to
claim its own again. He denied that
there was in the South a single senti
ment false to the Union or opposed
to General Grants dying prayer of
Let there be peace" The strength
of our government lies in the pros
perity of the agriculturalist, the en-
ergy, thrift and economy of the tiller
of the soil. Unless the many toilers
are protected by government the few
millionaires of the nobler tariff will
rush our Republic to a decline and
fall. And that there is no salvation
for the people, except in our party
springing naturally from the people,
and always shielding the people from
heartless power.
Our own gifted Senator, Hon. j.
E. Kenna, was next introduced
Long prominent in the councils that
have shaped the policies of his party,
he drew with master hand the pic
ture of the true character, justice
and permanence Of Democratic prin
ciples. The powerful flights of his
spirited eloquence evoked compar-
ison with the craftsmanship of Web
ster. He knew the people would not
yield their prerogative of ruling this
country as the only kings and po-
tentates sanctioned by Democracy
Glass Legislation and the tyrannops
war tariff had Frustrated three
fourths of the country's laborers had
stolen the substance of their liveli-
hood, and built up the defiant pro-
tected monopolies. Too much praise
could not be showered upon our
leader, President Cleveland. The
convention at st. Louis would be a
ratification of the edicts of the peo-
pie in all sections of this vast
country, and for the first time Pres
ident would be nominated by accla-
nation. The Democratic party was
being augmented by steady stream
of Cleveland men," and that in
sured our success by an enlarged ma
jority. He invoked the testimony
of the Republicans themselves TO
prove the mischievous and ruinous