Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-21
THE PARTY OF THE PEOPLE.
1t Protects Alike the Fa rmer and tho
I.abo rcr.

VIII T. Gurlcy ofOmaha opened his ad.
dress as follows:
"In November, SIS, the state OF Ne ebraska
gave Benjamin Harrison, the republican can.
didatc for president, 5000 majority over
Grover Cleveland. The campaign of 1854,
when the republican party met with tenn
porary defeat under the leadership of tn at
superb American, James G. Blaine, was ono
of individual SANDER and falsehood, of Wtup-
GRAFTON bitter and personal. The conflict OF
lSSS was conflict which dwarfcd all per.
SOD alities, the voice of the slandcrer W as
heard no longer in the land, and the two
great political organizations in the struggle
for national supremacy Waged n conflict OF
ideas Benj Harrison was elected, be.
cause he stood before the people as the cN-
ponent of a great system and his election was
vindication Of that system by the Amcri-
can people protection to American indus.
tries.
''And yet there are those who have tho
hardhood to say that d, ,OO citizens of Ne.
braska, enrolled as republicans in lSSS, who
worked and voted for Harrison and protcc-
ton TO American Industries, will refuse 10
follow the repubh lean tandard in the han ds
Of Lucius u. Richards, but will enter the
camp and become the followers of Powers,
Boyd and Paine. ldon't believe it,"
The spealcrthcn proceeded TO read COM
ments from the British press upon the Nc
Kincy bill. In one of the English TRADE
journals this sgnitiCent paragraph was found:
llt lnCTt;lStu NulN Ol 1 Ct1lI per pOuflu,
proposed on tim plate isca rrIed- the occupa-
tionOf three -tOuTths of those engaged in tho
in plate tradCwill he gone, and our manu-
fac turcrs and their workme II hey ontinue
In the Dasiness, must employ thci irCapital and
eXpcric nee on the Othe side Of the Atlantic
"We should bcarin mind that a very large
per cent of every duty imposed upon foreign
articles and commodities is tariff upOu for
eiEn labor, a restriction upon the pauper
labor of Europe, n barrier, between the i'll
paid wOlkingman of Britain, and the pros
porous mechanic ofAmerica, bulwark be-
tween tie scrfS Of Russia and the agricul-
turaists of the great west.
10 Illustrate. Here is carved oalfcn
table. Follow it backif you please to the
home where it was born, and then accom-
pany IL step by step through its transforms
ton, YOnder stands the oak, monarch of the
forest. 1t is hewn down by the hands Of
labOr the Sons of toll hack its tremendous
trunks into logs, other laboreIs by the aid
| of horses and wagons drag these logs to the
mill, there by the assistance of machinery,
gu ided by the hand an d brain of skilled labor,
the logs are sawed, and oak planks are taken
to the planning mills. From thence they 20
into the han DIS of the joners and carvers, and
bye and bye, the massive table, "a thing Of
beauty ana q Joy forcvcrn is before our
eyes How much of the cost of that table
hink YOU is in the labor! The greater part
by far, and if we placed duty on oalxen
| tables, wouldn't it be "a tariff on foreign
la Dor and prOtc con Of the home labor ex-
pended in the making of the table IN Anler-
icao
The speaker then proceeded to discuss the
advantage derivedby the Anne rican farmer
from the duty on wheat, The Amcri can
farmer can even now with difficulty COM
pete in foreign market with the agriculture
alists of India and Russia, Farm labor in
India, Europe an d En- gland if much cheaper
THAI in Amc RIGA. The wheat crop in India,
Russia and Italy is continually increasing,
and as aeon SEQ uence the demand for Ameri-
| can wheat in foreign markets is correspond
| ingly dimi nishing. The American farmer
| must protect his home market from the en-
| croach ment of foreign competitors, who un-
| less he is projected, by reason oftheir cheap
| la Dor, will be able TO undersell him in his
| own home. The mechanics, arti sans and
manufacturers of America make the homo
| market for the farmer.
Statistics were then read showing that
| Canada eX XpOrted annually to this country
| S25,OO0, 900 worth of agricultural products,
| which Canadian auth critics admit cannot be
exported should the Mckinley bill become a
| law: which simply means S25,OOOOOO an
| nually to the American farmer by reason OF
| the increased consumption OF the homo
| market,
The speaker dwelt at length upon the ef-
| feet of free trade in Ireland and cited nuns
| erOus Irish leaders and historians as to the
ruin and destru ction brought upon the Irish
| people by Englands cOercive measure of free
| trade.
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| party against the field or rather the field
against the republican party. Democrats,
| alliance party men and prohi bltionists all
| have their guns levelled in the same direc-
| tiOn, all hunting the Same game And if
| there are any epublicans here tonigh who
| have thou ght seriously Of voting for the
candidates on the alliance or prohibition
| ticket, want to take them into my conf.
| dence here and now, ana tell them poll tical
| secret, democratic secret. The dem % rats
| 6On'f N pn publi can NToinS for IlOVH
| Throughout this state they don't expect to.
| But if they can get repu bicans TO vote the
alliance ticket or the prohibition ticket that
is just what they want, because they say
that every vote taken from the republican
ticket, no matter whether it goes L
| Boyd, increases the democratic strength
| Rene ember this you men OF tn g farmers ALI
ance who are republicans, remember this,
You gentlemen who can vote fory your amend
ment without forsakng your party Com
pare that party record with the record of dc
| mOcracy. Take the two platforms and com
| pare them in the light of history
| The speaker discussed at length the per
sonnel of the tickets, state and congressional
| The fallacy and absurdity Of the position
taken by Powers and his colleagues on tn,
| question of government loans was exposed
| and after discussing the local situation II
Gage county the speaker closed with thes'
| words;
| We have heard it stated that "the old re
publican ship is leaking ow.n No Mol
''We know what master laid thy keel
What workman wrought thy ribs OF steel
| Who made each mast, and sail, and rope,
What anvils rang what hammers beat,
In what forge and what heat
We're shaped the anchors Of thy hope
Fear not each sudden sound and shock,
'Tis but the wave and not the rock,
'Iis but the tapping Of a SAIL
And not a rent made by the gale,
In spite of rocks and tempests roar,
In spite of false lights on the shore,
Sail on Nor fear TO breast the sea,
Our hearts, our hopes are all with thee
Our hearts, our hopes our prayers, our tears
| Our faith triumphant o. er ou fears,
| Are all with theel Are all with thee" #