Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-22
IN LOVE WITH CLEVELAND.
Tho Tariff Reformers Pass Resolu.
tions to That Effect.
AS A DEMOCRATIC AUXILIARY.
The Way an indiana Member seems
To Regard the LCaguc-A trcc
Trade Manufacturer
speaks.


CntCkGo, Feb. Eli Special Telegram 70
TuE BEE. Tho great doings of yesterday
afternoon and evening We're the theme of
conversation before the rarln Reform con-
vCntion was called to order of Chairman
Morton this morning. The absolute free
traders were in high feather on account OF
the great debate they had had and the moral
victory attained by the advocacy by their
clear cut principles, while the tariff reforms
ors were ubilnnt because they had actually
beaten the radicals, So everybody was feel
ing pretty good.
The other sections of the report OF the
committee on resolutions were accepted, and
on the discussion of the appointment of q
committee of nine to effect practical propa.
gandism, Foster, of Indiana, made speech
which showed that he regarded the couven-
ton as an assistant democratic party, which
should help the regular organization TO carry
the state at the next presidential election.
He talked about "blOcks of five" and OF
how I'VE were not beaten at the last cleo
tion.n and he was heartily applauded
Mr.. Bawkcr of New York said that the APP
pointmcnt of this committee was Il text for
the discussion of the best means of propa-
gandism in "A conference, which was practi-
cally what the committee was "Wo
gained more from the discussion yes
terday afternoon than from the practi-
cal results. 1t was worth coming here to
hear it.. So we shall bc the gamers If we can
hear why it is that the western farmers did
not do what was expected of them. | shah,
later on give little sketch of cur experience
in the east
Give it now! Nowr We're the cries all
over the house.
at would not he courteous in me to speak
until we learn the relations of this league TO
other bodlcs.h
Mr.. Bawkcr then offered the following res-
olutions, which We're loudly appaudcd:
Va l'lnNr.InnR
brave, manly and statcsmanlikc course in
making tariff reform the issuc before the
people. We see in the increased popular
majority which that issue won for him and
in the increase of his vote in the industrial
ccnters assurance of the early triumph of
the peoples cause, and we pledge ourselves
to increasing agitation until that triumph is
won'" They were adopted by rising. vote.
Read Gordon, of New Jersey, SAID he rep
resented only himself, not Gn organization,
but he was n protected manufacturer who
was the "absolutest" kind of free trader.
He declared that free trade was the best for
all fruit Gamers, and the reason why n pro-
tective tariff on canned fruit was demanded
was because the sugar, tin plate, paper ma
chnery, nails and so on, were all made too
costly by the tariff on those articles, which
were raw materials in the production OF
canned fruit. SO in spite of the fact that labor
cost less per gallon of product in this coun-
try than anywhere else in the world, thus,
in sclf-dcfcnse, there must be absolute pro-
lection or absolute free trade. A compromise
was destructive to the Gamers So that to-
day it was argued by many fruit preserving
companies that it was impossible to do busi-
ness without adultoraton. He lnstanccd in
durable diseases caused by the sulphuric acid
in glucose, which the tariff forced on the
people instead of cane sugar-naturally
cheaper, but made unnaturally expensive by
the duty-and wood spirits, which kill Off
the men who work in varnish factories, be-
cause the protective internal revenue on
grain spirits makes that best solvent of
mastic unnaturaly dearer than the wood
spirits. Thus the protective tariff sacrifices
human life as we'll as robs the people of
their earnings.
Mr. M. M. Holiness of Boston, followed
Mr.. Gordon in an address on "the tariff
blight in New Englands industries" He
set the convention into wild storm of ap-
plause.
The banquet at the Palmer house tonight
closes the convention with the traditional
blaze of glory.