Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-10-16
A. L. MORRISON TALKS.
The Eloquent Champion of Protection
In Ohio.

To the Editor of the New Mexican.
ATHENS, Ohio, Oct. II, 1S91.-A sligb
idea of the progress of the campaign
which is now at white heat in Ohio, might
be of interest to your readers. The state
is being canvassed in every direction by
speakers and meetings are being held in
every village and at every cross roads
Prominent among the Democratic orators
is Roger Quarles Mills, of Texarkana
Tex, who, much to the disgust of his
friends, speaks out boldly in favor of free
trade, including of course Gree WOOL
right among the wool growers who think
the duty is already too low on that pro-
duct. In Columbus the heroic Roger said
that goods of all kinds would soon be as
cheap in America as in any part of the
world and that wages would soon be as
| low here as in any part of the world.
What do our New Mexico working men
think of that? Cleveland, Campbell and
their imitators think just as he does, but
they have not the courage to say so as he
does. Thus while the Democrats are very
weary of Roger we are delighted with
him.
Thirty thousand people assembled at
Ada to hear the debate between Mckinley
and Campbell. When introducing our
champion, the Democratic chairman tore
the meeting to tatters by introducing him
as Governor Mckinley. Of course every
one will view the speeches to suit himself,
but the feeling here is that Campbell's
closing speech was unworthy of the man
and the OCCASION it was undignified to
the last degree. In his attempts at
witticisms he lost the chance to reply
to the majors mastery argument and
before he began to reply to Mr.. McKin-
ley's argument (f he intended to reply
his time was up and the thoughtful part
of his audience was disappointed.
l have thus far spoken twice in Column
bus and once at Radnor, Urbana, Mount
Vernon Hudson and Lebanon. At
Mount Vernon l was much pleased to
know that it was there that the sanity
Archbishop Lamy officiated as priest be-
fore he was sent to New Mexico / was
IN the church he built and the house he
lived in and l need hardly say that his
memory is fondly cherished by all classes
of people there.
My meetings were all largely at
tended, but the best was at Leba-
non, which is lovely town surround
ed by the richest farming land in
Ohio. Our meeting was in one of the
handsomest opera houses ever saw and
it was packed solid with men and women
at,least 1900. AS | was the
only speaker l had all the time wanted.
| had spoken about an hour and three
quarters when | happened to name Mr.. |
at once there was little cheer
from several parts Of the house. waited
a moment and then said, hardly know
how to take that cheer. From the very
same spots the cheer came again. 1 then
said, Oh yes, know how to take it now,
and again came the cheer. A gentleman
then whispered to me, these young fell
LEWIS are students in college here. | |
spoke out and said, don't care whether
they are students or laborers, will teach
hem something they very evidently have
not studied at school. then said, which
10 you boys prefer, Washington or Cleve-
land ? and promptly came back the reply,
Cleveland. looked around the house
and exclaimed: "My God, is it possible
that here in Ohio, l find men who openly
declare that they prefer Grover Cleveland
10 the Godiike, immortal Father of his
Country. have never yet known Demo-
rat or Republican who did not prefer