Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-07-03

Col. Taylor was declared the nominee
of the Convention amid deafening
cheers. AS is customary the nomination
was made unanimous. Col. Taylor was
then called for, and being brought into
the hall, delivered sound speech, giving
an account of his stewardship, and
thanking the Convention for the honor
reconferred. Among other things he
said:
In the first place instead of less tariff
we should have more tariff; instead of
less protection we should have more pro-
lection; instead of a revenue tariff we
should have a protection tariff high
enough and strong enough to protect
every American product - everything
that Is grown or produced on American
soil. The Secretary of Agriculture has
recently shown that we imported last year
not less than S240,000.OO0 worth of agri-
cultural products which we ought to pro-
duce, and which we would produce if
agricultural products were amply and
adequately protected.
We are importing into the United
States more than One-half of the wool
we consume, and to this extent we are
rObbing the American farmer, and send
ing vast sums of money out of the
country. We are importing annually
over 100000 pounds of carpet wool,
every pound of which ought to be pro-
duced in the United States. The farmers
should demand that carpet wool should
pay as much duty as other wool, allowing,
perhaps, small rebate for the first few
years. five had in this country 100000
long wooled mutton sheep, as we would
have if carpet wool had as much protect
ion as other wool, we would produce all
the carpet wool we consume, and would
supply our markets with abundance of
the best mutton in the world If the
price of wool in this country was 35c per
pound instead of 30 it would give an
impetus to business, and a degree of
prosperity would be felt in every house
and at every fireside between the oceans
Do you know chat &c pound on wool
would increase the value of the annual
crop in this district over 100000, and
would add to the value of the sheep in
the district more than 81 100000? This is
what &c pound on wool would do for the
five counties in this Congressional Dis
trict, while the increase would never be
felt or known in the price of clothing.
He declared in favor of free coinage
for American silver but not for the
silver of the world, in favor of limited
immigration, and pensioning every sol
dier who wore the blue In conclusion
he said:
Among the things which l expect this
Congress to do at an early day is to pass
a Federal election law. | believe that it
is the duty of the government to see that
every American citizen, black or white,
North or South, can vote as he pleases,
and have that vote fairly counted, whether
the election be State, county or munic-
ipal election. This is what it means to
be an American citizen. But this is not
the kind of an election law which we
propose to pass. We simply propose to
enact law which will protect us against
fraud and perjury in Congressional and
Presidential elections. We propose for
the present to let the South make and
enforce its own laws for State, county
and municipal purposes, but when ma
jority of Congress is to be determined, or
when the election of a President is to
be determined by violence, fraud, and
perjury, we propose to call halt and to
insist that these elections, which affect
the whole country, shall be fair and
honest. The time has come when we
will have this or we will have something
else. The flag of this country will go up
or the Republic will go down. This ma
ton will not permit the men who were
defeated in war to conquer in peace
AT the close of Col. Taylor's address,
John M. Cooke was brought out by loud
calls. Mr.. Cooke congratulated Col Tay-
lor on his nomination, and accepted his
defeat in very graceful manner. He
urged the 18th District to unite in giving
rousing majority this fall, exhorting
them that the Republican party de-
mands it as rebuke to the unfair and
partisan manner in which the Demo
cratic Legislature ripped open establish
ed customs. His speech was frequently
interrupted by applause.
Resolutions were passed affirming the
Conventions devotion to the principles
of the party, indorsing President Har-
rison's administration, and approving the
course of the present ConDress