Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-10-15

the war broke out-hardly old enough TO
hire substitute. Mr.. Lodge then spoke
about the silver certificate controversy-be-
tween himself in particular and several
prominent Democratic orators In general.
He claimed that they had deliberately
misrepresented him aud put words In his
mouth that he had never uttered. He laid
much stress upon the difference between
silver certificates and treasury notes, and
claimed 10 have driven the opposition
speakers into corner on this subject.
j. Russell Soley was the next speaker,
and he announced that he was not present
TO make a campaign speech. His remarks
were confined TO certain measures OF the
present federal administration.
Speaker Reed Came Next
and after general remarks on Governor
Russell's New York speech he passed to the
silver question aud discussed it In very
much the same way as Mr. Lodge has
done in recent speeches.
In relation to the subject Of American
commerce being driven from the seas Mr.
Reed said
IL Is true our foreign marine has dwindled
from 2,J00,0OO tons In 1851 to less than l,OO,ON
today. This Is not a matter for outcry IL Is
matter for examination. To begin with, l
suppose our ships must take as much money
as the ships of foreign nations, for our cap
tains must be as bright as any. They can
certainly make no more. Why II IL, then,
that our ships diminish and theirs increasef
IL must be that foreign nations are contcnted
with the profits they get, and our people arc
not.
But the foreigner would not be contented
with the profits Of tho sea IL he could do better
ashore. On the other hand, our people would
be contented with tho sea profts IL the shore
profits were not better. In other words, the
foreigner stays In tho business because he can
not do better ashore. and our people go out OF
II because they can do better ashore.
When see great corporations In this coun-
try, maintaining directly or Indirectly, steam-
ship lines which pay no dividend simply be-
cause their general business requires 1t, have
always felt that this nation might take a les
son and help our shipping In the furtherance
Of our general business. We Republicans have
always been ready to aid eur shipping. The
only remedy Democracy ever offered 10 TO dis
mantle our shipyards and buy our ships
abroad? IL we cannot run our ships to profit
which we already havo, how shall we run
those we buy?
wish TO close with few practical suggee-
tions. Ever since have been In public life
the Democracy have been clamoring for reyi-
sion of the tariff. There has never been mo-
ment of time when they were ready to leave
the business of the country free from their at
tacks We have revised the tariff twice under
their clamor, and they seem worse and more
unhappy than ever before. Every man who
hears me knows that no tariff for revenue only
Is possible without the greatest pn. lie change
In this country, its sentiment an. is houses
Of legislation. How would 10 do to try short
period of not revising the tariff
III the Democracy would give less of its time
TO prophecy, which never gets fulfilled, and
more time to observation of what is before
their faces, this country would have more
peace and their orators would do more real
service 10 the people.