Morning journal and courier., 1892-10-03
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argest torch light PROFESSIONS and mass ;
meetings. of the season was the occasion
# this unprecedented burst of republican
enthusiasm. The torch light procession
,ame first and the line of its march was
ablaze with lights and red FIRE. The
Second Regiment band led the procession,
followed by the Merwin Phalanx under
Captain Hamilton, the Harrison and Reid
club of West Haven, a delegation from
the Colored Young Mems Republican
club, the Young Mems Republican club,
IF. B. Farnsworth, president), and dele
cation from the Merwin Legion forming
the rear guard. When the procession ar
rived at the Hyperion a large audience
was found waiting for them and the meet
ing began Immediately with selection by
the Second Regiment band, led by Fred
Guilford. The second feature of the |
meeting was solo by James NJ Howarth,
leader of the Young Mems Republican |
Glee club, entitled "Protection Bells"
The chorus was by the glee club. This
selection was enthusiastically encored.
After this the band rendered another selec-
rion and while the music was in progress
General S. E. Merwin, Dean Francis Way
land and James Bishop escorted ,ex-Con-
gresham Roswell G.. Horr of Michigan,
the speaker of the evening, to the stage
amid prolonged applause.
Mr.. James Bishop introduced the chair
man of the meeting, Dean Francis Way
land, who spoke as follows:
''Ladies and Gentlemen:--Thisi is said to
be an educational campaign. And whya
Isn't it to mean protection to the tobacco
growers of Connecticut as we'll as to the
sugar growers of Alabamsa Then shall
not the campaign be an honest discussion
of honest political principles, decided by
| way only.
81 now have the honor to introduce to
you the Hon. Roswell G.. Horr of Michi-
gan. He doesn't spell his name the same
| way as the eminent senator from Massa-
chusetts, but he marches to the same mu-
| sic, and you will hear music from him af-
ter we have listened to the Glee club"
| The Glee club then sang the stirring
campaign song, "Good-Bye, Old Grover,
Good Bye"
Mr.. Horr then spoke as follows: "Ladies
and Gentlemen,-I purpose to discuss be-
fore you this evening some OF the questions
about which the people of the United
States are divided. In such discussion 1
will speak from the standpoint of q re-
publican because am republican. The
republican party stands to the principle of
enacting laws to help the people of the
United States.
"There is no such thing as free trade
nation on earth. England every year col
lects 100000 900 in duties. Now you
can't make democrat so happy as when
you call him reformer. Ny thought goes
back to the great reformers of the
church like Martin Luther and Johr
. Calvin. But speaking of reformers, an
confused when you compare Grover Cleve
land with Martin Luther. Laughter 81
+ l will call him free trader instead, 90 a
. to distinguish him from the other reform
. ers.
r "Great Britain collects her revenue o,
articles which she does not produce. 1t /
: against the law to raise hill of tobacco i,
England. Yet from tobacco alone Englan'
gets over half her revenue. Who was
that paid the $23 100000 tax on tea il
Great Britain last year? The laboring pee
pie.
t "But what we cay is to put articles tina
we can't produce here on the free list an,
those we can produce on the tariff list
It Thus when we found we could not max
sugar enough here we put it on the fire.
# list. If you levy duty on an article 20
can't produce here that duty is paid b
l
cles on the free list.
: "They say that duties build up fe,
= manufacturers. But we will see fou
things follow if duty is placed on thing
we produce in this country. First.-W
l. will bnild up new Industries. Second. W
l. will keep large amount of money in tn
United States. Third-We enable tn
people of the United States to get bette
10 wages than any other people on the glob'
81 81 IS %tav,o
here if wages are better there, and wh
4 don't they go back if that is 500 Once
while, however, man comes over
Y. the steerage and goes back in the cabi1
Hired girlp, many of them, save up enoug
= money from their wages to send on to the
- brothers and sweethearts In the old worlt
Every man knows he will be better o
III here than in any other land, so he CONF
here.
i. Fourthly-we always cheaper maj
:. ufactured articles for the consumer
- a duty is levied on goods that we ca
lg manufacture Men tell me that collet
professors write free trade books and a
of free traders. 1t is easy enough to theoriz
h. but we must meet facts. live in sta
w where 1000, 900 barrels of salt were pr
x dueed the e, past year LIN In 1850 IL -,
To- barrel of salt. We were the
y paying So so per barrel for salt, but So
; didn't advance in price when the duty W
cy put on. But in 1868 it was $1.4O and
es 1872 81 30 Now we sell salt at SO cen
per barrel and the barrel is worth 20 cent
! so we get 80 cents for the salt. while Il
~ duty is SO cents. Does that look like pa
OF ing higher price for goods because ia
e. if has been placed upon them? Hardwa
is has been cheapened by manufacturing her
paid $1.40 for moving blade when
L Hoa =,
Id day to get the money back. I bought o.
IL this year for rs cents, and neighb
rs' told me that he got one for go cent
=. Wire nails in 1888 cost Sc per key.
''s levied duty of 81 keg on them. Tn
ought to have advanced to $40 key a
st eording to the free traders theory. but
~ statistics of June 81 We made last ye
:, 4, 114,OO0 kegs of wire nails, and we 81
'"i them for 81. IS key. Until I was vot
ne I don't remember using plate that did,
have the English emblem of the lion a,
croekery sells for half the price it used I
~ We made last year $50, 900, 900 worth
et silk goods, and by their manufacture 20(
to 600 people have been supported.
In 1851 I bought suit of clothes for 5
and can now duplicate it for $40 here or
Do any city in the United States. rememb
1y what paid for the suit because I taug
be school at $1S per month and board
he round" to get the money for it.
eff you can buy anything in Englal
cheaper than here it is simply question
m the wages taken out of the bone and sine
lis of the laboring mani want to keep the p
,st of the laboring people good here.
- The speaker then turned the attenti'
10 of his audience to the duty on tin plat
Mt and told them that the finest tin pla
factory in the world was that of Summe
r Brothers in brooklyn, all Of whom a
-. democrats, and yet the senior partner
~ the firm is going to vote the republic
es. ticket this fall. The speaker also touch
on upon the reciprocity plank, the stand
aa- party had always taken in reference
pensioning soldiers who stood by the Q
'c- flag during the war, and the other issue
state banks.
TO- In closing Mr.. Horr said: ''Send Kello
,+a to Congress, where he naturally belong
-, and elect the whole ticket through.
g. order to do this let every man organi
1e- himself into a committee of one to work
Ter the party. Meet every democrat that
open to conviction and persuade him
the right, but above all, see to it that eve
republican casts his vote for his party
on the 9Th day of November"
m More music came after the speech, a
-. then the meeting dispersed. Mr.. He