Telegram-herald., 1890-10-10
At HIBERAIAN HALL
J. =. Mcbride aad =. Il. Mcveigh
Addressed > Large Au6leAce.
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large audience assembled Al
the A. - II hall l4s1 evening to hsten -
Thomas N. aeNegh of Detos aud
James Z. McBrae OF thls eity GA tue
issues u the campaign fsosa Repabli-
can standpoint
fhoeas Bais8. Chairman u the
meet.ng, introduced SIR McBsiee, who
vas heartily welcomed by the ASSEMBLY,.
Mr.. Mcbride sAid, a sm pleased 70 see
50 many well khown faces here tals
evening and especially those who
know are OF different political opinions
from myself. shall not offend you nor
ridicuis you for your opinions, bat
snaii say some things 10 you that want
you take home with you and think over
carefully before YOU east your ballot IA
Tins campaign. TINS Is all l ssk Of you.
l have been 4 resident OF Grand
Rapids and praetlcing attorney here
for many years and now for the first
time in my life stand before you as
the Republican candidate for the office
| Of prosecuting attorney.
The policy Of the two parties Is widely
different and the people are deeply in
terested because Il touches upon
finance. just as soon as you touch a
mans pocket or his pecuniary interest
you command his attention. The party
| policy is considered OF most importance
where the election of men 10 govern
ment positions IS concerned, but II does
not cut so important figure IN the
| local election. It matters very little 20
/ you whether the next prosecuting at
/ torney OF Kent county : free trader
or a .prOtectonist. What YOU want IS
service. You want a man OF expert
ence. one who understands his business
and one who viii do MS duty. The
greater part of you here are personally
acquainted with me, and many OF you
! have come to me from Ilme TO time Tor
| legal advice. All | ask of you is to con-
slider the requirements OF the office for
which / am a candidate, and If you be-
! lieve that my opponent will discharge
Its duties better than / can do, vote for
HIM BY all means"
When ] came 10 Grand Rapids eigh-
| teen years ago, an Irish Republican
was as great a curiosity Is white
! blackbird. | remember that there were
Just four of Us, John Clancy, John
| Mclntyre, boot and shoe merchant
| named Mcclure and myself. There are
many Of US now, and the change has
been brought about by comparative
| study OF the two parties.
The tariff Is, IN reality, dead issue,
| but you viii always find that the Demo
| cratic party IN the past has been fight
| ing over dead issues, 3pd 1t will con-
| tInue to do SO IN the future.
"A short time ago & circular was Is
! sued by Foster, Stevens 4 Co., of this
city, explaining 10 the pubic that as
| the Mckinley bill was about to pass,
they would, therefore, be obliged to
raise the price of hardware. This cir
| cular Is most remarkable one for TINS
reason: The tariff upon each and
every article of hardware, except TIN
plates, Is lower now than it was before
the passage of the Mckinley bill"
The speaker then went on to enumer-
ate the most common articles of hard
ware, giving the old and the present
tariff rates.
why then do they raise the price of
! hardware?
at is not because of the tariff, but
because combination of dealers
has been formed, and they propose to
make a big speculation and lay the
cause of the advance IN prices to the
| Mckinley bill.
Eggs have been selling for 16 and II
cents dozen. The Mckinley bill puts
a tariff of cents dozen upon all
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claim the tariff is taxon the consumer
and is simply added 10 the natural price
OF the article, then eggs ought to have
taken a big jump IN price. You will
find upon inqulrlng that the price Is
not changed. Without taxing the con-
| sumner the poultry raisers of these United
States can afford to breed more fowls
because the market is their own and
outside competition is placed at dis
advantage.
'It Is the same way with wheat,
fifteen million dollars worth Of which
WAS shipped into TINS country from
Canada last year. The Democratic
party says that the tariff helps only the
manufacturers, that 1t does not affect
products. They say that 70 IS over pro-
ducton that keeps the prices of pro-
duce down. IL this vast amount of
foreign wheat is shut out, viii it not
leave q market for so much more wheat
grown on our own sOil2
The Republican policy is TO admit
every article free that can not be profit
ably produced N this country, and TO
protect and encourage every branch
OF American labor"
He then took up the article OF tin,
the only article of hardware upon
which the tariff is raised, and inquired
why II was that the price ls immediate
~ raised on all tin ware when the
tarih does not 20 into effect until next
July, nearly year hence.
/ He cited the immediate effect of the
bili IN the commencement OF a NAM
moth TN industry by British gold"
Anything that viii bring British gold,
or any other gold 20 this country, to
be invested IN American industry and
give employment and homes TO Ameri-
can woTkmen. y g. be commended and
heartily supported.
"Ihe fruits Of D tree can not be known
until it has had a chsnce TO grow. give
the Mckinley bill a chance, and see
what it will DO for TINS Nation. then II
% does not DO the good Is "a expected 90
do, The people vii rise IN their might
sud condemn both it and the party that
I formulated 6.
Thomas ~. NcNeirh vas then intro