Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-10-26

for his family and goes back home.
Laughter That is a mysterious process
and very difficult to understand, yet l
am sure Brazil and all the South American
States understood it the moment it was
mentioned.
Il believe we will make very favorable
arrangement to trade with South America.
Take country ike venezuela, OF large
area, but small population, not more than
two and half to three millions. They
bring US Sl0,400O00 worth of products.
But how much of that is taxed do yOu
suppose at the Custom-hous Only S., COO.
Every cent of that except $4,000 escapes
taxation. We send them a good many |
things, but we do not sent them one shil-
iing's worth that is not taxed by them.
That is not fair. They admit that it is not |
fair, and they are glad and willing to right |
the matter, and place US on reciprocal |
ground that will be to the prosperity OF
this country and the prosperity OF the |
other, because trade that is so one-sided as
that cannot be continued forever.
when reciprocity was first suggested, |
the free-traders all, or nearly all, approved |
of il. At that time they thought it would |
divide the protectionists in Congress, and |
thew urged very earnestly as long as they |
thought there would some divisions |
long as they concurred that it was divid- |
ing line that might obstruct the protec-
tionists Just es soon as the free-treders
found reciprocity could not be used to al.
vide the Republican party, they were all
against it Icheers], every one of them;
and now they are repudiating it and telling
you what humbug it is, and how little
value there is in it, and how small results
there will be to the people of this country
from it. 1t is not wise tor the free-traders
to proclaim its failure at present. We are
given a year in which to try it. Let us
wait a year and see what can be done.
[Cheers.l
81 am not here to boast of it. ! am here
to condemn the course of the free traders,
who, as long as it promised TO divide the
protectionists, were in favor of 1t, but who
are set against it the moment they find that
the protectionists will not divide [Cheers.
Your duty, gentlemen, if may suggest
il, is to elect a protectionist to Congress.
ICheers and cries of I'VE will.'1 That is
your interest; that is the interest of every
district in the country, and l appeal TO
this district because of the interest at your
doorsill and fireside. l appeal to every
man in Starke county, and in the three
other counties that make up the district,
But you have special reason; this very
great distinction to any man, distinction
| to district represented, and distinction
to the man himself, TO be placed at the
head of the Committee of Ways and
Means, and to lead the House of Repre-
sentatives. [Cheers That is where
| Thaddeus Stevens stood for the
last eight years of his life; that
is where that great citizen of Ohio,
lately deceased General Robert c.
Schenck, stood for six years, and that is
where William Mckinley now stands.
[Uproarious cheering And Iappeal both
do 10
back again, that he may be useful, not
merely to this district. not to his State
alone, but to the people of the United
States" [Cheers.l
At one time during the speech the peo
pie in the gallery, alarmed by cracking
sound, began to make for the exit, ahd
there was nearly a panic. Mr.. Blaine and
Minister Phelps, however, succeeded in re-
assuring them and all returned to their
seats.
Mr.. Blaine, after this address, went to a
meeting at the Academy of Music and
spoke very briefly. The party left this
evening for Chicago.
SENATOR SHERMAN AT PITTsBURG.
PIrrsBuRG, October 25th.-Four thou
sand people gathered at the City Hall to-
night to listen to an address by Senator
John Sherman on the issues of the cam
Sherman said: There can really be but
two great parties. There are sometimes
people who think they are little better
than their neighbors, go off to roost by
themselves on some side issue, and call
themselves third party. | have had more
experience in political life than some of
my hearers. and Inever saw any good come
out of third party yet. We are all Re
publicans, or all Democrats, in the general
meaning of the term, because we are all in
favor of a form of government in which
all powers rest with the people. There
fore, these names do not signify anything.
We must judge of the parties precisely as
we would Judge of the men. Of the two
parties that now stand before the people of
| the country, one is like heaven and the
other like hades. Laughter and cheers.]
sin 1888 the people of the United States
trusted the Republicans with their political
| power. Now the first power was the power
| to appoint officers of this great Government
of ours; and that power, instead of being a
strength to any party, is a weakness, and
upon that basis nearly all public men who
fall in public life by the wayside fall by the
exercise Of patronage.
II say to you now, if / had power l
would not allow member of Congress to
recommend any man for any office what
ever. Cheers. / would take from your
political agents all the power that is in
vested in them by common custom, not by
law. / would take from them all that
power, and l would not even allow the
members of Congress to recommend Post
masters, because it is an element of weak
ness
In conclusion, the Senator said: "In
1860, in the good old Democratic times.
our currency was the meanest ever devised
by man, and would not pass from one part
of the country to another. Now our
money travels all over the world. Then
we were a third class power, jeered and
laughed at and when the war commenced
the Government was tottering to its founda-
ton, and the eyes of all European coun-
tries were watching the last days of the
great Republic. Now, thank God
thanks to the Union soldiers, thanks
to the American people-this country of
ours has risen far above and beyond ell
fears of this kind, and now the people of
all these empires and kingdoms are look
ing eagerly and anxiously for the good
time coming when they can copy our in.
situations and enjoy republics as we do in
this country. Then the days of empires
and kingdoms will have passed and gone,
and then the government of the people for
the people and by the people will inure
forever upon the earth. prolonged ap
plause.
GOVERNOR HILL IN WEST VIRGINIA.
HARRIsBURe (Pa.), October 25th.-Gov-
ernor Hill addressed large crowds at many
points in West Virginia from the train to-
day. This evening he spoke to a large
audience in the opera house here, and left
later for New York.
WADE HAMPToS's POSITION.
COLUMBIA Is. CO., October 25th,-General
Wade Hampton says be will vote for the |
Tillman ticket, but declines to make any |
speeches.
SPEAKER REED.
ROCKFORD (Ill.), October 25th.-The city |
is alive with Republicans from all over the |
northern part of the State to hear Speaker |
Reed. He arrived at noon. At O'Clock |
mass meeting was held on the fair grounds, |
Reed delivering the principal address. |
Later he left for Rock Island, where he will
speak tonight.
RUINED REPUTATION.
"A Stockbroker Confesses to Forging Sig
natures to Bank Checks.
BRocKToN Mass, October 25.h.-Charles
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