The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-08-28

carved out, Ihen followed the Thnillllhf
attack on the Legislature for alleged ger
rymanderlnR, After allnding 70 the Inn
porlanoe OF the approaching election, pc
beRan o catalogue OF the deeda of lhe
House First he upheld the change In the
rules whereby the Speaker counts quo
rum, lle alluded "a Mr., Reed, as the
"eouraReonR statesman from Maine,n lilo
endorsed President Harrla0n, He said
"iio far aa the House OF Representatives
10 concerned, the party pledges OF lhth are
no longer professions, but Q complete ful'
fillmenti no longer promise, but % per-
fOrmanoe-not a pledge but has been
kept, no. a purpose but which has been
lle then endorsed 10 tho full extent tho
Force bill, which the House passed, and an.
gued aa Senator Hoar did, that II iR an anti
force bill 10 prevent ballot box Htuiilng,
His illusions 10 the tariff being the most
important, they are printed verbatim
Another purpose wedeolared In Chicago,
another pledge We made 10 the people, 10
REVISE THE TARIFF
on tho lines Of protection. Howl Let me
recall the platfOrmj Ny such reyihon
as " III tend TO check lmporta OF such ar
tiolea as are produced by our people, the
production OF which gives employment 10
our labor, and release from Import duty
those articles OF foreign production (ex-
cept luxuries) the like OF which cannot he
produced NJ hOme,n No one quehtlona
hut that the House has kept that pledge Ia
every respect In the bill which II sent 10
Senate Of the United States, II has low.
cred the duties when they were In the In
tereat OF tho people, and II has had the
courage TO raise them, when 20 do 80 was
10 inaugurate or promote great Industries,
and enlarge the field OF employment for
American mon aud women, II any doubt
ever existed that the House tariff bill was
a piece OF American legislation for the
benefit Of the American people,
and In the line OF the country'a largest
prosperity, that doubt must have long.
alnce been removed by the manifestations
OF oppoaltlon which have come from the
leading and competing nations OF the
world. We said In our platform OF lsaa,
1--WE are unoompromlalngly In favor Of
the American system OF protection. We
protest against ita destruction aa proposed
by President Cleveland and his party.
They serve the interests Of Europe, We
will support the iniereata OF Amerlca,h
We have given Legislative sanction 10 this
the House with fidelity ofpurpoae which
even our enemlea will not question, The
public meetings which have been
HELD IN ENGLAND
and the exhibitions OF temper which have
been Witnessed Ia some OF lts great man-
ufaollrlng contera and In the parliament
tary bodies OF other nations, protesting
against our proposed tariff hill, must have
convinced the most ignorant or Incredu.
loua that our foreign rivals regard the bill,
not In the interests OF Europe, but In the
interests OF America, They see nothing
IN II but dimlnutlon OF their
American trade and corresponding gain
10 our own producers, or course Il does
not please other nntlona, II was not fran.
cd after that fashion; the Mills bill did.
President Cleveland'a free trade moaaag-
% received only acclamatlona OF praise
from the nations Of the world our bill re-
cOly6h from them only condemnation and
bitter donunciatlon. That IN the precise
difference, II was not made TO please
other nations, II was framed for the poo-
plo OF tho United States ~ a defonso 10
their induatrleni aa security 10 thoir In.
toroata and investments, M protection
10 tho labor Of their hands, and aa safe
guard 10 tho happy homes of American
workmen, II II shall bo enacted into law
venture tho prediction, which will bo
fully verified, and which thoughtful mon
everywhere will confirm, whom declare
that II will bring 10 this country u pros
pority unparalleled In our own hibtory
and unrivallod In the
HISTORY or THE WORLD.
And lot me assure you tho bill will be-
come u law. A Republican Senate will
pass II, and n Republican President will
put upon II his seal OF approval na soon Na
II shall reach him, and another great
pledge OF the Republican party will have
been kept and fulfilled
Tho passage OF tho Customs Admnlalra.
tive bin, tho Torrey bankruptcy bill, the
original package bill, nntl-lottory bill,
compound lard bill, agricultural college
donation bill, tho admission OF new states,
the antitrust bill, and tho forfeiture OF
unoarned lands were soverally endorsed.
ABOUT THE SOLDIERS,
Here 10 verbatim his sole alluslon 10
pensions!
form, that wO would do juallco 10 the sol
diors, that we would bind up their wounds,
that we would care for the widows and
Orphans, That pledge, too has beon filled,
not by the House alone, but by the Senate
and President, and the disability bill,
which ia tho most liberal measure over
passed by Legislative body,
Is NOW a LAW,
and undor its Just aud generous proyia.
ions hundreds OF thousands OF disabled
soldiers, their widows and orphan chill
dron will bo placed upon tho ponhion.roll.n
We mndo another pledge, "that the Re-
publican party ia In favor OF the use OF
both gold and silver as money! that the
ono should not bo diacrmlnntcd against,
but that both should b0 equal and alike
recognized by the Government. That
pledge has boon kept, The Congress OF
tho United States has passed n law which
uiillzoa every ounce OF tho silver product
OF the United States, and even more util-
iEos II for money and turns II into the
channels OF trade and avenues OF buslnoaB
and as result silver ia nearer parity with
gold today than II has boon In tho last llf-
toon years. by this law wo not only
INCREASE THE CIRCULATING MEDIUM
OF tho country, but wo have made that
circulating medium absolutely snfo, maxi
ing all tho money In the country inter
chnng0nbfo with gold and silver and re-
doomAblo In either or both OF these mot
oils. Not single Democrat voted for the
silver bill, II pnssod IN spite OF Demo-
cratic opposilion, Tho Democrats had
tho Hou,o OF Representatives and the
Presidency for four yoars and did nothing
for silver but 10 discredlt II. Ciovoand's
frat act was 10 demand the suspension Of
tho coinage OF the silver dollar, We
pledged tho restoration OF silver 10 its
true and ancient relation In our monetary
aystem and II has been dono. When
Cleveland won't out Of Office tho silver
dollar was worth but seyonly-ono conts,
Our legislation has brought IL up TO 99M
cents, Our three hundred and sixty nd.
lions OF silver dollars, measured by the
worlds standard wore worth S2B0,dO0,O0O
thon; they are now worth $3.50, 100000, or
sixty six millions moro than under Glove
lands manage, an enhanced value 10 the
people OF SG6,000,0O0.
He thon alluded 10 the Treasury admin
istration In paying tho national debt.
Since the advent into power Of this nd-
tho average purchase OF
bonds has boon 81, S,200,000 monthly, while
during the preceding administration no
bonds OF tho Government were bought
from the ath day OF March, 1895, 10 the 3d
dnv ~ Au0ttal 1897 Tho dobt WINS roduo.