Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-10-16

Washington to any other mortal man, but
at last have found them in Ohio. So
you prefer Cleveland to Washington, do
your" A very faint cheer came back and
| repeated the question. This time the
cheer had dwindled down to one person
who sat right in front of me, who looked
around in dazed way when he found
himself alone. Then cheer came from
the Republicans which made the roof
ring again. But | continued, "now boys
will give you little historical lesson
Cleveland says that protection is robbery
and ergo that protectionists are robbers,
now Washington, Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe, Hamilton and Jackson were all
protectionists and therefore are robbers.
"Now here is good place to cheer
Cleveland. Why don't you cheer him.
Come let lis hear you. Show that you
have the courage of your convictions, 4"
but no cheer came. Then | continued,
'my good friends, you must not judge the
poor lads too hastily, as we say in the
mountains. They only went off at half
cock. They don't want to cheer any
more, and they didn't" l then asked if
any of them had refused to buy sugar at
reduced prices because the prices had
been reduced by the Mckinley bill. In
staotly an elegantly dressed young man
arose and said, 1--WE would rather have
the duty taken off dry goods" Before
he had time to sit down | pulled a yard
of printed calico from my pocket and
held it up. l thought that audience would
go into commissions. They roared and
screamed and laughed and cheered like
crazy people. After while 1 quietly
asked, "now, my dear sir can you tell me
what is the duty (Which is so very op.
pressive on YOU on this yard of calico ?"
He said he would answer when l got
through, but | insisted eff this Guty is
so very oppressive you ought to know
how much 1t is. Here Is the Mckinley
bill, will you find it for YOURSELF" No
answer came. then read from the law
that the duty was (is) cents. Now my
young friend if you don't know what the
duty is can you tell me what the price of
the article ISL" No reply, but from an.
ether part of the house a voice said 81
cents" "Right first time," said l. "Now
one more question and l have done with
you my young seeker after knowledge
Cleveland (no cheer says that the value
of any protected article is the price in
Europe with the American duty added
thereto. Will you kindly tell US when
the duty on this article is cents and the
price is cents what is the value in
Europe to which the duty is edded?"
Everybody looked toward the free
trader, but he sat mum. | concluded:
sit is not anything is it? Why even a
student ought to know that if you take
tour from four nothing remains. Now 60
to school again and learn at least little
good manners. Good bye, sir" He
never asked to reply. l was told after
the meeting that the interrupters were
a lot of students from the south who came
up to 20 to school. A crowd of splendid
young fellows got around me on the stage
to shake hands and to inform me that
they too were students, but that they
were Ohio boys and protectionists and l
must not think that even one Ohio boy
interrupted Inc. A gentleman who sat
by my dry goods friend said that the
southern boys who sat around him began
% chaf him (my dry goods friend) before
ae left the hall, and think he won't hear
he last of that yard of dry goods for some
line. The only question now is, how
much will McKinley's majority be? The
Alliance calamity shriekers are beC oming
mailer by degrees and beautifully less.
IF course nothing is certain until the
'otes are counted, but no Democrat will
pct even on Campbell. AdIos.
A. L. MORRISON.