The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-11-01
The Dollar a Day" SANDER.

If anything further was needed 10 brand
the Islander that Is being circulated about
Gen. Harrison in regard to woEkin gmen.
by Democratic speakers and writers. is
the following speech OF Gen. Harrison OIL
| the 25th. inst. at indianapolis. to dee
CATION of workingmen, ought TO do it..
But it is doubtful whether the papers and
speakers which have been guilty of the
offense of circulating the falsehood, will
have the moral courage to do an act of
| justice 10y publishing what Gen. Harrison
himself says in relation to 1t. Here it is !:
| Mr. Nc Daniels and N.Y. Friends-I have seen
| during this busy summer many earnest and
demonstrative Assem- blages OF nv fellow citi-
have listened to many add resses, full
of the kindest expressions toward me person.
ally; bat among them all none have been more
| grateful 10 me, none have more deeply touch ed
me than this great assem- hlage of tile working
men OF Indiana and these kind words when
| have been addressed in Your behalf.
| Great cheering.) There are lessons why Ih.s
| should ne So that will readily occur 10 your
| minds and 10 some of which Mr.. McDan iels
has alluced. Eariy in this campaign certain
people, claiming To speak for the IaporIng iuaIl
| but really in the employ of lhe Democratic
campaign managers, promulgated through the
| newspaper press, and by ca III palgn publications.
| that were not given the open endorsement OF
| the Democratic campaign managers. out were
| their auspices, number OF false and scandal
Gus stories relating to my attitude wards
| organized labor. Great and prolonged cheer-
ing) The purpose of all these rles was to
poison the minds OF the workIngmen against
the candidate OF the party that stands III this
campaign for the principle of protection to
American labor. Great cheeri. e l have
only once In all the add resses have made TO
my fellow citizens alluded these malicious
and scandalous stores, but now. and the
presence of THIS great gathering of working
men, do pronounce them to be utterly false
I'm m tn and
banners, which continued for several mlnutes)
The story thatI ever said that 81 d day
enough Tor a wOrkingman. with all its accom-
paniments and appendages-(a voice. 81 anew
IL "a lie lis not a perversion of anything L
said. IL is a false Gre lion. (EnJnusiasulc
cheeIing.) 1 will not follow III detail this long
catalogue OF campaign ISLANDERS. but will only
add that it is equally false that any where or at
any time ever spoke diSparagngy vi my fel-
low citizens OF Irish Ma witty or descent Many
of the N are now enrolling themselves on the
side Of the prot. ct1on OF American labor This
created the necessity for the stony. (CneerS) [
want to say again that those who pitch a cam
paiyn upou so low q level greatly und-restl-
mate the Intelligence, the sense of decency and
the love of fair play of line American people.
prolonged cheering
said to ..ne of the first de legations that WIS.,
il ed me that this was contest OF great pr1nei.
pies; that it would be fought ont on the high
plane of truth, and not III the swamps of SLAM
der and CeIamaton. (Great cheering). Those
who will encamp their army i'll swamp will
heights. (Uheers) The Republican party
STANDS TO-DAY as the bulwark and defense Of
the wage earnerS OF this country against COM
petition which may reduce American wages
even below the standard they falsely impnte
to my suggestions. (Cheers.) There are two
very plain facts that have often stated-and
others more fore. bly, than I-that it seemed to
me should be conclusive with the wage earners
of America. The policy of the Democratic
party-the revision of our tariff laws as indt-
Gated by the Democratic party, a revenue only
tariff or progressive free trade-means a vast
ionged cheers Is there a man here dun as
not TO know that this means diminished work
in our American shops. (Cries of ono" No"
and cheers
If some one says that labor is not fully en-
ployed now, do you hope it will be more fully
employ ed when you h we transferred one third
of the work done in our shops to foreign work
shops? (Cries of mo, no. If some one tells
me that labor is not sufficiently rewa rded here
does he nope to have its rewards increased by
striking down our protective duties and com.
peliing oar worklngmen to compete with the
underpaid labor OF Europe? (Che.rs.) con-
clune by saving hat less ork and lower wages
principles advocated by the democratic party.
| (CheeIs And now you viii excuse further
speech from me. (CrieS of 'fo on } Now will
you allow me again out of a full heart to thank
YOU TOR this cordial tender of your confidence
and IT specI. felt that in return | could not
omit to say what have SAID. not because you
needed 10 ne assured i my ffiendliness, but in
SANDER could not shake. l have not thought
it in good taste to make any personal reference
in my public addresses. II any one thinks it
necessary thai comparison should be nsti-
tuted between the stand OF the two great
pa rales as to their friend1iness to the reforms
de rhanded by organized labor / must leave
others to make III n n -