New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-28

MCANs SHOULD ELECT THEIR TICKET.
tBr TELEGRAPH 10 THE TRIBUNE
Springfield, Ohio, oct Eek Speaker Feed has
been on the stump In Ohio only two days. but he
has had already fair taste Of the zest as well as
OF the rgor' Of the present canvass. After speaking
yesterday afternoon ut Canton and last night Mt
Portsmouth. he called ont OF bed at O'Clock
this morning TO catch train for this CITY, and he
arrived here only after hours OF hard travel
The spirit Of the meeting here and it, enthusiastic
cordially did much, however to compensate the
eXspcaker for the hardshps OF his itinerary. There
was great interest In Springfield to see and hear
the exCzar,' whose bril- ant AMI handling
of public measures In the last House OF Representatives
has won the admiration and affection Of the salwart
Republcanism which nourishes in this section Of the
state 50 notwithstanding the autness Of varous local
arrangements and the entire unsutaby Of the day for
outdoor speaking, the county fair grounds were well
filled when the gallant Reed appeared, and his talk OF
forty minutes was received with warm appreciation and
hearty applause. Springfield is the home Of General
j. Warren keifer, the Speaker OF the XLVIIth Con
gress. The two were well acquainted in Washington.
and the Maine statesman his arrival naturally be
the guest Of General Keer who presided in the
afternoon the meeting nc spoke for ten min
introducing Reed, criucising state
ments in recent speech made here by Mr.. Mills and
then eulogzing in glowing terms the achievements Of
the Speaker OF the List Congress The meeting should
in Ohio tenacious OF rer arrangements and so both
speaker and audience suffered. There were perhaps
1000 people on hand, however. who were determined
to brave out the weather and hear the speech.
T ex.speaker began with his Characteristic drawland
quiet sarcasm. After reading a number OF Demo
cratic speeches made recently in Ohio, he said he ex
peoted coming into The state to see deserted and
desolae fields and pinched and starving population.
lie surprised to find that the people of Ohio
about prosperous in appearance any he had ever
seen in his own Congress district. To general
prosperity, and have that prosperity widely distributed
We're he continued, the chief principles OF the Re-
publican party. They were the aims and, at the
time, the results Of the protective policy and
the speaker maintained that there had been greater
prosperity and a better distribution Of 1t in this
country in the years the protective policy has been
continuously In force than In any other period OF
American history. The wages Of workingmen were on
the average so per cent higher than they in
1850, while every dollar would buy 20 per cent
now than it would then: investigation in NEW
England town, "not by wicket Prot,ctonists, but by
the righteous people who edit The New York Evening
Post whose every shot virtue has hit the bulseye
for years. had shown that wages had advanced
80 per cent, while the chief articles Of consumption
| 20 per cent cheaper.
The tariff, Mr.. Reed explained was simply Barrier
set up through taxation against the competition Of
cheap labor in Europe TO enable this country TO do
| far as possible It's own work. 1t was tax that had
the effect to give the largest opportunity to American
labor and capital, and paid into the Treasury
much by the manufacturers abroad by tho consumer
here. Talking about the benefits from the Mckinley
| tariff he said that among them the largest
volume Of foreign trade yet recorded in single year.
with the largest balance in favor Of the United states.
He said that all the benefits of the law could not
| be expected 10 be felt at The result Of the
last election had a disastrous effect on trade and
industry Of the country. "Why" said the exSpeaker,
the last election drove more dollars ont Of the
country than tbs Of the Democratic party will
| ever be worth"
The orator was getting chilled and hoarse and wanted
to stop, but the crowd urged him TO go lie closed
with urgent appeal 70 the voters OF Ohio 10 elect
| Major Mckinley. "You should have full Republican
| vote" he said, and a large Republican majority
The Democrats have platform they don't like; their
candidate / suppose, they do like. NaUghter). You
| have platform OF which you proud and can
didate who credit not only TO you but 10 the whole
| country. Honor him he has honOred you and
| show 10 the world by the vote you give him that
Ohio is still in the front ranks Of the faithful.
| loud applause
| Mr. Reed spoke this evening In Troy, Miami County
! Tomorrow he Will be at Marysville and Delaware.
Ex-Governor Foraker addressed large and enthu-
siastic meeting In the City Hall here tonight Major
\ Mckinley made three speeches to-day. at Fremont,
Sandusky and Toledo. AT all three cities he had big
| and cordial meetings