The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-22
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AMERICAN NEWS REPORTED OVER
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CLOSING PROCEEDINGS or TIE
TARIFF REFORN CONTENTION
SENATOR KtNNA NEGLECTED fN
WEST NiRCfNfA.
General Harrison Preparing FOR His TIP
20 Washington The Inaugural Party
desperate ana BIoody Array
-Gcucrai Hews,
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CuICA0o. February 2l-At to-day
session of the Tariff Reform COnvcn-
fion George !. Brine. Of The Chicago
Board oi Trade, spoke as length upon
The influence of restriction bv foreign
ani domestic legislation upon the ag-
riCultural interests of the country.
lie emphasized the importance of for
eirn outlets. and alluding go the embargo
placed ou meat products by the various
I1r0pCan governments said that this
country could not very wen ask them 10
abandon this policy as long as our doors
were closed to them Should Great
Britain adopt the policy of protection by
retaliation, The farmers of this country
would Doe ruined in short order.
COMMITTEE ON PERMANENT ofGANfzA-
TION
The convention approved as the mem
l3ers of the permanent committee on
organization and propaganda, Horace
Nh.tc of The Kew York RrunRg P0st
Hon David A Wells. of Connecticut
Ex-Governor j Sterling Morton. Of Ne
brlska. Hon Eugene Wilson, of Mime
sofa Franklin Mc\ cagh, OF illinois;
Hon J. Q Smith. OF Ohio; Byron Stout,
of Michigan; J. w. Judd. Massachu
scus. and Samuel j. Morse, Indiana.
This committed was instructed 90 issue
literature specially addressed to farmers
upon THE tmiH question, and io give Il
the widest circulation I'm the o-rlcultural
districts and was also authorized t0 cau
another convention at its discretion.
MRS. MARION TODD,
of Michigan. representing the WOnIcn's
Reform League. spoke briefly. She de-
nounced Senator sherman position Oh
the Chinese question, and his advocacy
0f thc bili for encouraging emigration,
and said. afh0ugh Dee did not get what
De wanicd-ths Prc,idency-thc people
had just about as good one now
REV. UCoH 'pENrECOar,
of Brooklyn. who was the concluding
speaker made tho most eloquent address
of the entire convention He said that
although The single tax men or free
traders had not bad things altogether
their own way, they would rc-
turn home without hcarlburning, ready
10 work hand in hand with the
revenue rei0rmers 20 down the devil OF
protection Tariff he said, was but a
superstition. q fetish la olden times,
when 70 man defed fetish, and was not
instantly struck dead, 10 was taken as
indication that us power had gone
Grover Cleveland had bowed down ia a
measure TO the fetish of protection when
Ac said that we must retain some pOr-
ti0n- of the protective tariff. but at the
same time be bad the courage TO walk
into the temple before the w0rshipers,
and san the fetish in the face Loud
and prolonged applause
Although not stricken dead lie was de-
feated Dv The fetish worshippeTs; at the
same time. if anybody thought he was
dead politically they were greatly mis-
taken Renewed apploasel The con-
yeuti0n had added kick % the slap.
and if the Tariff Reform League, taking
courage. would cnIench iis doctrines
iu the minds of the people
10 would soon realize that Cleveland
slap waa The beginning of the end of the
protection iallacy Withthis speech the
convention came 90 close. Tonight "a
majority of the delegates attended
banquet AZ the Palmer House, at which
j Sterling Morton. Rev DR. Pentecost,
Eugene W Nilson anj y R. B0Wker re-
spondc3 90 toasis