St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-02
TALKED To HOLSTERS.
Gen. Adlai E. Stevenson Delivers
a Ringing Address at Vim
cennes, Ind.
Protection Shown to Rob the
Many for the Benefit Of
the Few.

WINcENNEs, Ind. Sept. 1.-The
Democrats of Indiana had their OPP
portunity of meeting Candidate Adlai
E. Stevenson today, the OCCASION
being a reception at the Grand
hotel this afternoon. Several thou
sand persons flied through the
parlors of the hotel and shook
the hand of the distinguished 1llinOlsan,
and the reception continued until din
ner time. In the afternoon there was
an outdoor mass meeting, which was
addressed by Mr.. Stevenson, Senator
Voorhees,, Claude Matthews, Democratic
candidate for governor; J. E. Lamb, and
several other Indiana politicians.
Hon. j. Mason Black. speaker of the
Indiana house of representatives, called
the aSsemblage to oader and intro
duced as chairman Hon. Isaac p.
Gray. Mr.. Gray was enthusiastically
greeted. He made a brief speech
which took we'll with the audience.
1t was directed chiefly to discussion of
the tariff question from the Democratic
standpoint. At the conclusion of his
speech he introduced as the first speaker
Gen. Stevenson. Gen. Stevenson went
to the front of the platform and was
greeted with cheers.
Gen. StevenSon'S speech was not of
great length, occupying in tue delivery
but little more than half all hour. He
began by paying high tribute to
the Cleveland administration, which
he described as economical, honest
and devoid of scandalous appointments
to office. To this record he contrasted
that of the present administration,
which, he said. by its protiigacy and
recklessneSs had brought the national
treasury to the verge of bank
ruptcy with denct OF S14,000,000. The
speaker then discussed the tariff queS-
ton briefly: by the Walker law of
1876" he SAID, 1.-The tariff was re-
duced to the lowest minimum of the
necessaries of life. The Walker
tariff law was Democratic measure
The Democratic secretary of the treas
ury. That law provided, first, that the
tariff should be so levied as to produce
the lowest tariff for revenue DOS
sible. Second, that the highest
rate of tax should be upon the luXuries
of life. Third, that the lowest rate of
taxation should be upon the necessarieS
of life, and fourth, that 1T should so
operate as to affect equally all classes
in all sections of our common country.
That was Democratic doctrine. and it is
Democratic doctrine now. [Applause.l
by act of Republican congresses
tariff taxes were increased, not reduced,
year after until they reached the aver
age of AZ per cent. which was the
average at the time of the pass
age of the Mckinley law. The.
Republicans said that the tariff should.
be revised by its friends. It's friends
did revise it in the passage of the Nc,
Kinley bill by which the tariff;
taxes upon all articles that are
used by all of the people of this country
is largely increased. The speakers
argued that neither the farmer nor the
mechanic are benefited by the mainten-
ance of a high tariff. Whatever benefit
came from high tariff came to the
capitalists and none to the people who
work for them. The only effect of a
high tariff on wages was to reduce the
purchasing power of wages. |