The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-03

The first gun Of tho Democratic cam.
paign in Roanoke was fired last night.
At o'clock the Central Democratic Club
assembled at its halls on Salem avenue
and preceded by the magnificent. Ma
chine Works Band, escorted the orators
of the day to the Opera House, which
was filed to its utmost capacity. Hon.
James. w. Marshall, the Democratic
nominee for Congress from the Ninth
district, was introduced by Thos. w.
Miller in short, terse and appropriate
address and substantially spoke as fol-
lows:
my fellow citizens, am no stranger
to most OF you and in again appearing
before you 1 feel that I am among
friends. 1t has been my singular good
fortune to represent for number OF
years the territory of which your city
forms part, in the senate of the State,
and it is with feelings of pride and
pleasure that recall that was one to
assist In satisfactory solution Of the
problem Of our State debt, in the pass.
age OF a law which, If administered &C.
cording to its spirit, will convert our
oyster beds into source of ever increas-
ing revenue, and in the passage of
railway law that is equitable and lust to
all.
"In this position 1 have striven to
discharge the duties devolved upon me
as faithfully and as couscienclously as I
shall strive to discharge tn ose
OF a new relation, if the
people of my district see fit to entrust
10 ME the sacred duty of representing
In ha nxyf ~
States. There is no grander spectacle
under the sun than $4,000, 900 people
proceeding quietly to the election OF
chief executive.
we are now upon the eve of such a
choice. There are before US four candi-
dates from which to choose, but without
disrespect to any party l say the choice
is confined to two. The battle is be-.
tween the two old parties, the Demo.
cratic and the Republican. Never be-
fore in the history of this country have
we approached the crisis that now con-
fronts us. The struggle is not for
party supremacy alone but for exist
ence, for II the Republican party elects
its President and the lower House of
Congress the power of Democracy ia
broken forever. There are three
counts upon which I wish to arraipn tho
Republican party.
First, it has been and Is the apostle of
protection. Under that protection it
has increased the cost of necessaries
and decreased the price OF our commod.
tiles that we have for sale. In Virginia
you hear the cry that there is no market
for our produce, and what is true of Vir-
GINA is also true of the other States.
But, says our friend Republican, this
may BIO so, but protection prevents the
0iminNti0n N r,rioo ~ lah
this be true l ask why this discomfort,
why the Farmers Alliance, why these
labor unions and why the strikes that
have recently converted this country,
aim ost every one of which has it's incep-
ton In protest against the reduction
of wages?
"The origin of the tariff dates almost
back to the incipiency of our govern
ment. Under the administration of
Washington 1T was solely for the pur.
pose OF protec ting infant industries and
averaged from l6 to II per cent. During
the war of 1919 it was increased. In
1888, in 1916 and again in 1861 it was in
creased. From the time of Washington
to that OF Lincoln it had grown from II
to 40 per cent, but always with reason
for the increase. The last raise was
under the Mckinley act, which, without
tho plea OF protecting infant industries,
without the excuse of war, WAS raised
from AZ to go per cent
why this increase, the inquiring
mind will ask. l will tell you. The Re-
publican leaders went to the manufac-
turer and told him that If he would ad-
vance money for the campaign so as to
elect President and Congress, that a
tariff law would be enacted the provis-
ions of which would enable him to reap
ten dollars for every one given. The
bargain was struck, the money paid,
and the law passed. Money is again
needed.
Another bargain is to be made be-
tween that party and the manufacturer,
and If Harrison and the lower! house
are gained watch out for another ise of
20 per cent. in the tariff. The ..gisla-
ton of the Republican party is in the
interest of the capitalist and again the
many.
SECONDLY, that party is the avowcd
champion of the force bill. Blaine's de.
feat was attributable to the fact that he
opposed 1t; Morton was dropped from
the ticket because he opposed it, and
Reid was placed on it because he favored
it. In Reds opening speech ne de-
clared for it and sought to arraign (se
North against the South. This meaFlra
is one of pains and pen alties. It's cham
pions declare that under it's provisions
they will make their own returns and
do their own counting. The second ar.
ticIe OF the bill declares thatin elections
there shall be the utmost vigilance, and
every proceeding shall be closely scru-
tinized. Yes, and when that is done
you will be pulverized.
Senator Teller declared it the most
monstrous and dangerous measure ever
attempted to be foisted upon the Ameri-