The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-10-29
t'Vr's's Campbell
Opens The Cam
paign atCan-
ton.
i Powerful Speech that
Should be Carefully
Read by Every
Voter.

'uTEe Democratic State Committee has sent
sRe here to formally open the campaign OF 1890.
1presume they selected this place because
-9hsy thought it the citadel, the storm center,
thu Sighting ground in this campaign and with
true Democratic instinct they went right into
the heat OF the battle at the start They look
&c the importance OF the campaign. Every cam
faign is important to the candidates. Ihave
been candidate myself SO often that am 9
good witness upon that score.
But this campaign is important to the people,
and to none SO important as to the people OF
the Sixteenth Congressional District of Ohio.
What will happen here in November, is mat
ter OF interest not to the people of Stark Coun-
IA only; Dot to the people Of this district only
not to the people Of this State only; not to the
people of this country only-but it is Of import
1nce to the whole commercial world, because
here we propose to try the issue whether in this
Republic we have abandoned the idea of Gov
ernment 'of the people, by the people and for
the people" and substitute for it a Government
Of monopoly, by monopoly and for monopoly;
and that is
QUESTION OF INTEREST
Far beyond the confines Of this country. For
the very reason that your present Representa-
tive In Congress is the exponent of an idea, for
the reason that he has ability and character and
culture and influence, for that reason he is pow
erful for harm to the people who delve in the
soil and mines, and work at the forges and
1athes, and pay the taxes. [Cheers.1
You are confronted with the same old fight
chat has been going on since the foundation Of
this Government The Democratic party is oc-
cupying the same ground that it has occupied
for almost 100 years.
It began as the party Of the people. It stood
fer the rights OF the people. 1t has been close
20 the hearts Of the people, and has been feeling
she pulse Of the people ever since And it has
&een many rises and as many falls of political
parties that did not stand for the rights of the
people. [Applause]
do not intend to recount them; suffice to say
shat, with all the wealth and power grown out
OF franchises and nonopolies and legislation
with which the Republican party is fortified,
the Democratic party will see it follow in the
same procession and laid in the same old grave
yard. IApp1ause.J
The only question is whether we Will begin
the obsequies now or wait till 1892. Laughter
1t may be as well perhaps to begin burying
few of them this year, as to learn the under
taking business thoroughly. (Cheers and
isughter1
said in regard to the course of parties opposed
to the Democratic party, nothing that better
illustrates their history than
THE TARIFF DUTIES.
In the early days, when they didn't have
great exponents Of the tariff as they have now;
when George Washington, James Madison and
q few more gentlemen had not conceived the
gEories of protection as it is now preached;
when they laid the first tariff upon imports In
this country they thought an average duty of
II per cent. was pretty large and they sort Of
aGpologized to the people for laying such heavy
duty Upon imports A few years later, when the
Whig party arose, and the doctrine of Clay and
Che early leaders was promulgated to the peo-
pie they laid very little higher duties than that,
and put it squarely upon the ground that 1t
should continue but few years in order to fos-
Ter infant industries. am not especially an
o,
Epace with the Democratic party some times
because had tender heart about some OF the
infants we were trying to raise on the bottle in
fhfs country. [Laughter.1
BUT THOSE INFANTS
Have, some Of then, grown to be eighty and nine
ky years old. They have had more protection
nom time TO time. Some of them are protected
from I0j to lbs per cent, and as fond as am of
fittle.children. as delighted as would be- po-
titicany speaking to dandle an infant on my
knee, L think an infant of that age ought to be-
gin to nurse me. fLaughterl
And some of these infants that are pouring or
threatening to pour their money into the Six
aeenth Congressional District and to send
their speakers and power, have grown up six
.aett high. They propose to get out of the cradle
and kick out of the house, and it is about
time to st roclring the cradle for those sensi-
tive infants After we got over the stage of
Erofeciing infant industries things went along
pEetty well. The tariff began to be reduced
4nd before war we had got down to very low
SaTif, and for several years neither party both
cred themselves about the tariff in their plat
forms But the war came on, and we had to
raise money, and we raised part of it by tariff,
and, when the war closed although
We had raised untold millions of money, and had
10 keep hundreds of thousands of men in the
Held for four years. and put down the greatest
war OF history, we had only raised our tariff
duties TO the height of 40 per cent That was
IA kfrvI,uya Tow ~, n
But bless your honest souls we had onlv
started in then. Webad not really got good and
ready to lay tariff when the war was over.
When We had put down the rebellion; when we
were
REDUCING INSTEAD OF INCREASING
Our expenses, then we began to lay tariffs. and
at the present time Tor yesterday before the
great panacea for all evil had been passed and
signed at Washington we had reached point
where we were paying 40 per cent, 9 per cent
more than the great tariff after the war, per
cent more twenty-five years after the war was
ever, in an era of profound peace; and it ought
20 be, and was only two years ago, an era of de-
sreasing expenses. lApplause.1
am sorry I can not boast about the decrease
N expenses in the last two years. but in spite
= all this there went upon the statute books |
yesterday, signed by the President a bill |
whfca is especially interesting to the citizens |
of Canton, because that new infant is named for |!
a very distinguished citizen OF your town
1t is the Mckinley bill and it has increased, or
proposes to increase. and will increase, tariff |
duties to q point estimated by those who are |
most expertin figures and details to be 57h per |
cent, 17ts per cent higher than the tariff that |
was imposed upon US to carry on the war |
From y. per cent, the tariff of Washington, we
have reached 571a per cent, the tariff of Nc |
Kiney- and if it goes at this rate, where will
we be in
ANOTHER CENTURY OF FTARIFF-MAKINGi
= In thirty years have increased the tariff |
duties more than 30 per cent. At that rate, in |
u century we would increase them another 100 |
per cent, and upon the theory that more tariff |
makes more prosperity and more wealth, would |
rot we be a prosperous country in 100 years
from nowf We we're all born too soon my fell
Row citizens. to see the great fruition of that
day. daughter ana applause.l
@e poor, ign@-ant Democrats never did IN