The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-10-23

| years ago your town was Of such a pnpulh'
tiOn, Then there was Protective tariff
II was Increased sineethen, Look atyour
town they say, You have had tlilA prolee'
live tariff all this while, Look how your
town las prORpered and Increased ln pop
uaton, ahould like 10 know what lie
Protective tariff has got 20 do with the in
crease la population, loud lRughlefj
| l do not propose 10 follow up that argu'
ment but you can take almost any other
/ thing and prove II tho same way,
| therefore submit 10 your candid IudR-
ment that this argument which you have
| heard la the past aud which you will hear
many times probably this campaign ID
not ~ all founded upon any substantial
thing, II adds nothing 10 ihe great queA'
ton which 10 before ua, Then again they
say this tarlf has Increased the wages
OF lab0ring men, Lot me toll you
why We have better wages IN this country.
They are more intelligent 40 a rule, There
may DO exceptions, but this IN the general
rule, They have facilities here for own
Ing their own houses, They have a right
here ~ hold public pOhitlonh, They take
an Interest In public affairs, aud they are
part OF the great body polite 10 a great
or extent than they are Tor those govern,
menie across the water. II 10 because Of
your intelligence, workingmen, because
of your industry because OF
your greater thrift, and because OF the
beneiicenee OF our free Institutions, that
you workingmen are better wOrltmen than
those aerosa tho water-and not because
OF the tariit (Applauae,l
Lot mo toll you another thing which has
Increased your wages, ana II IN not be-
cause OF tariff or any political party, You
| know what has caused II, Wages have
been Increased, not because demanda
have been conceded 0heerfully by many
manufacturers, but because ot your labor
organizations which you have maintained
and kept loud applhuae,l Aud IN nine
cases out OF ten, aud you vii bear me out
Ia thlh statement, your labor orghnlzas
tlona, which are good thing when prop.
orly conducted, with Judgment, with dis.
erection, conducted with good sense and
tact, they are beneficial. They have been
maintained, usually, Ia spite OF tho ~.
forta OF the very class Of men that are TO.
day shouting In favor OF high protective
tariff. (Cheera.)
am not without some statistics upon
this question, Five years ago the labor
oommlahloner OF the State Of New York
sent out n circular 70 tho manufacturers OF
the State asking them 20 MI II out and
give their judgment ae 10 what was the
true reason for the Increase OF wages In
this country Replies were received from
nearly all the manufacturers OF the great
State Of New York. Five percent OF these
men said, In tholr opinion II was because
OF the tarlf Ninoty-ilye por cent OF those
mon made replies that the Increase OF the
wages Of the worllngmen had been 10y
reason Of their trade and labor orgRnlEa-
tlona. loud Npplauael.
II Ia tariff 10 In the interest OF higher
wagoa what do We see to-day. lIory.
whcro prices are advancing for all the
neceasarioa OF lifo and many mnrrrAictur-
cd articles. | should like 20 have .aomo
ono point 10 single Instance whose wages
have been Increased since the date OF tho
passage Of this Mckinley bill. (Applnuao.)
! have looked In vain In the newspapers
10 ind whore thoro In single factory that
haa Increased the wages
There are many men, manufacturers,
workingmon aud all, who believe with ua
upon this subject. Everywhere there are
manufacturers who are aiding ua, because
they say tholr interests are with ua 10 u
great extent. This Ia q question simply
OF the people against aolf interests.
/ want 10 now pass from this subject,
leaving the subject OF tariff with you. Tho
campaign Of education has been In pro-
gross, my friends, and h working out ta
own salvation In this country. People
understand II bottor now than two years
ago, and all the aophlstry Of the pct adyo.
catOs OF favored interests cannot change
the Views OF the people upon this sub.
joot.
want 10 call your attention now 10 one
or two things that have been done In the |
last Congress, that should stir every Dom. |
ocrat up 10 renewed oxortion In behalf of |
his party. Congress- assembled with only |
three Republican majority, II was aoon |
reinforced by i've Representatives from |
the now Republican States, II wasa ma-
Ioriiy not sufficient for tho Republican |
party, They saw they could not handle |
the Legislation well, 80 they innugurnted u |
scheme as foul as was over concoctod In |
this country for tho purpose OF ofincrOasing |
that majority. What did they doP Dom-
ocratic representatives, whose names |
need not read 20 you, wero oustod from
their seats, mon elected by largo najorl.
ties, and their places given 20 their Re
publican friends. (Crics OF shame0 | |
work should bo robukcd, II mon honestly |
and fairly elected must give way for the
purpose OF allowing q party 10 subservo
its own end,
Az said In the outset they have sought 10
increase their power I'm other ways. They |
the Republican territory Wyom.
ing with only 10000 population. Thcy
Idaho which has only $1,000 pop.
ulation, not third enough To constitute
single congressional distrlct. Thoy re-
ioctcd New Mexico because Il was Demo.
cratic, although II is lil,S02, moro than
both OF these Republican territories put
together (Applauso.) There In no OK.
cuse for such conduct, There must be
some principle upon which 70 conduct the
affairs of this country. Now | tell you,
my friends, this was done TO serve tho dcs.
pcrate purpose OF desperate party.
For throe long months Congress was
kept In session and conducted without any
rules whatever, but the presiding officer
says that he would administer II accord
Ing 10 the general rules OF parliamentary
law. He violated nearly all the principles
1f parliamentary law. What further did
The House OF Representatives. pass--and
that IL the great issue In this campaign.
Il ls a question OF whether the general
government Is going TO take possession
)f the elections OF our country -wheth-
Or they, are going 10 appoint feds
oral officials, federal judges, election
supervisors who are 10 conduct your cleo
ion and they do that, II Is proposed by
what is known as the, Force Bill, and the
certificate Of the governors OF your state
ire TO have no weight and these certif-
,ates Of federal officials appointed by fed.
'rhl hepuDllCuu luuRCt, uTo NooNtrTluo ull
your state officials, and those certificates
ire to be prima face evidence. Tho sem
,te refused to pass this bill The house
passed Il. II is the great question of the
lour, the question as TO whether there are
% beany rights left To the people OF the
l do not believe, my friends.
hat the verdict OF the people will ho re-
,orded In the coming elections In favor OF
his bill. think that thereis nothing loft
)ut for the people OF this country TO rise
ip and say; I'VE want no federal inter-
(Applause).
The exct SO FOR this course, they say IL
hat there IL not fair election in the esouth,
Now, visited the south year ago, and
with the people, white and
black and learned from the colorcd
people there that they are hnppy. II they
10 not vote In many instances, II Is be-
,ause OF their own voluntary action,
Their children attend separate scbools