Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-11-01

Moline.
The democrats of South Rock Island
nad the biggest meeting that has ever
been held on any occasion in tie town.
ship last night. 1t was entirely informal.
too. II was not announced be forehand
by striking posters or heralded by bands
of music A number of representative
democrats of the place had announced
that meeting would be cal ed of the
democrats of the township to talk over
campaign issues. and when tn ; tine ar
rived for the meeting the hall was crowd
ed to Overlooking. Mr. Geo. NJ Lukens
was invited TO preside, and Mr.. Ben
L. Cable, the next Congressman from the
Eleventh district. being present, as were
a number other Rock Island citizens. was
called upon for speech. Res ponding to
the invitation MIR. Cable talked for half
an hour. devoting himself chiefly to the
tariff, thorough understand ing of the
practical effect of which he m .de plain
to his hearers, and he not only showed
himself to be clesr and forcitle speaker.
but evince@ his own sound knowledge of
and judgment upon matters which per
tain so deeply to the peoples interests.
de took up the article of tin-plate, and
showed the utter falsity o. the claim
made by Congressman Cannon, of this
state, that the outrageously exhorbitant
tax which was 10 be imposed upon the
people of this country with reference to
this article was necessary In The interests
OF American industries. Cannon had
held. Mr.. Cable said, that The tin-plste
industry If fostered by the protection"
specified in the Mckinley bill, would
give employment to $50. 900 men, while
Mckinley himself had claimed that it
would give employment 10 50,00O-a
slight discrepancy as between these two
giants of the protective idea-but that
did not matter. of course. But coming
down to actual facts, Mr.. Cable showed
that the total number OF men now EN-,
ployed in the tin>plate factories which
supply the world WAS So 600 and to sup
ply the United States, which is only a
third of the world, the lea At number of
men that could possibly he employed
would be soma slight difference as
compared with Cannon's estimate of 15O,-
900, or even McKinley's estimate. which
was 100, COO less-snd vet to uphold the
Mckinley idea of giving employment to
5000 men. the whole people of this coun-
try were to be taxed $1,000, 900 per an
mum. MIR. Cables pointed and compre-
hensiye way of putting his argument
brought forth great dem onstrstion OF
approval
Touching upon the reciprocity ques-
ton, Mr.. Cable asserted that il was a
scheme brought forward BY Blaine to dis
tract the minds and attention of the peo
pie from the iniquities of the Mckinley
tariff bill The speaker in very few
words showed the sbsurdity of the claims
OF Blaine that the reciprocity plan would
open up the markets of South American
states to the farmers of the United States
by showing in convincing manner that
the South American countries were pro.
ducing more than they could consume
annually, and were anxious TO export
thar 20 ha NJ ha
farmer
Mr.. Cable, in CONCLUSION, spoke of hav-
ing earlier in the campaign written q let
ter IN which he had stated his views on
vsrions subjects of national interest He
had always thought until the present cam
| psign that his word would be accepted
| wherever 1t was presented in support Of
| his opinions, but for the mere purpose of
! political effect it had beer peddled about
with great diligence and celebrity that be
was not sincere in his statement with re-
gard to fsvoring the Henuepin canal He
desired to say with all the earnestness at
his command that if elected to congress
he would labor faithful 7, diligently and
with all the ability he possessed to secure
adequate appropriations 20 carry rapidly
on the work of the Henuepin canal, which
he regarded as OF so much importance, not
only to the western states. but to the en-
tire country. The sudie nee received this
pledge, sustaining as it simply did Mr. Ca
ble's past uttersnces on his project and
branding all contrary presentations as
lies. with great enthusiasm. the speaker
retiring amid applause that shook the
building.
Hon. E W. Hurst followed with an
able speech on the tariff question and
the meeting adjourned with the best of
good feeling prevailing.
BARROW AT MOLINE
Hon. c. 5. Dsrrow, of Chicago. spoke
in Peals hall, Moline last night, to a
large audience, composed chiefly of men
employed in the shops of that city, as
well as those who were present from Rock
Island The speech vas mainly argu-
mentative except towards the close when
words of enthusiasm re placed those of the
hardest matter of fact. Every sentence
was attentively listened to and the sp-
plause was frequent
This district, said NJ. barrow. has not
had representative for some years. Ii
has man who draws q salary as suct
but i n no sense is b. representative
and no one knows it better than himself
He knows. too. il be knows anything
that the Mckinley bill was cheat and 6
fraud of the grossest kind but he wa.
told to vote for il and he did so. In thi:
way he misrepresented the people who
sent him there and who expected bette
at his hands. And yet Gest without pre-
tence of excuse voted for the McKinle'
hill-thst crowning work of infamy-
from which not penny of benefit come