The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-25
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THE FIELDERS OUT.
Enthusiastic Mass Meeting at Oak
land Rink Last Night.

lery and adorned the walls. Almost the
entire day was passed by John H. Jacobus
and jeremiah Maher in making this
Arabian Nights transformation and their
efforts were more than successful. Flags.
streamers and evergreens were every
where and the huge stage was
| completely buried in red, white and
blue. Artistically draped in the
back OF 1t was the American flag. TO the
| right of the stage was magnificent
crayon of George b. Fielder, and upon
Were autographs of Grover Cleveland.
| Adlai E. Stevenson and Judge Werts.
All these efforts to please were
made in behalf of the George B.
| Fielder Guard. which held under
| its auspices the largest Democratic
| demonstration during tne campaign. Be-
fore the hall was filed the Guards fell in
to line and marched down Newark ave-
nue. TO meet the speakers. The Guards
| looked well in their quiet uniform of silk
hats and dark clothes and gloves, and the
marching of Company B under Lieuten-
ant Curtis was very frequently applauded.
| THE MEETING.
| When Werner Bruins, President of the
George B. Fielder Guards. called the
| meeting to order, there were upon the
| stage:-Judge John Kenny, ex-Commis-
| sioner Elias p. Roberts, MortZ Hammer
schlag, Street Superintendent Philip
| Tumulty. John Fl. Jacobus Patrick Con-
don, Jacob B. Ginocchio, John P. Noonan,
| William Keyes. Lamp Inspector Anthony
| ConK. ex-Alderman Michael Reardon, DIR.
| John Nevin and Charles Austin.
| Mr.. Bruins made few remarks and
then introduced George B. Fielder as the
permanent Chairman. The Register re-
man, after q few brief Introductory
words, formally introduced Boyd Win
| chester of Kentucky. The fitness of the
| name to represent the State at once at
| tracted the attention of the audience,
| and Mr.. Winchester received volley OF
applause. de evidently appreciated the
| welcome. for he said:-
| "Fellow Democrats, I thank you for
| this kind reception. / did not want you
| to make me feel like stranger tonight,
| for l am comrade of yours in the strug-
| gle being made by our party. There is
no better and DO wiser gov overnment in the
| world than that of self-government. In
| q letter Jefferson said so to Washington.
| 1t is the very soul of our grand system of
| government. and if any citizen deserves
| contempt it is he who de-
| ciares that he cares nothing
about the political parties who shape
this government The Democratic party
has presented you this year with policy
| which 1t intends to carry out. aud it will
| present you with a Chief Magistrate on
| the 4th of March who may be relied on to
| keep its pledges. Today the two great
| parties are divided on the policies OF JEFF
| ferson and Hamilton and you ali know
that Jefferson did not favor centraIiza-
| tfon of government and that Hamilton
| did Hamilton was the disciple of Fed
eralisln and that means a tariff to enrich
the individuals and corruption and
extravagance.
DIRECT FROM HAMILTON
''The Mckinley bill is direct Sc
quence from the doctrines of Alexander
Hamilton. In 1890 it became q law and
the Democratic platform has denounced
it. The bill Is the worst infection the
Republican party ever imposed upon this
country.
Alexander Hamilton. the father
Protection. who advocated that policy in
1871, would De amazed il he were here to-
day. He would not recognize his eco
nomic ideas in the notorious Mckinley
bill. Even the good and generous Re-
publicans who always act in the interest
of monopolists, now say, Perhaps there
should be revision OF the bill.' Let me
tell you. gentlemen, do not be blind
folded. Ii there is 10 be revision of the
McKinly bill by the Republicans it will
be but to drive the screws deeper
In 1861 when the Republicans placed
war taxes upon the manufacturer,
Mr.. Morrill, said to the party you must
| dlSO give IL tOulC, iOE UH0 pGOpk0 WiJt not
stand it, We now find that twenty-seven
years after tine war was finished ana the
exigencies for unjust or exorhitant taxa
tion have disappeared. the taxes remain
"There is much talk about pauper labor
in this country. That is bosh, for there
is general level of wages because of
competition"
A PENNSYLVANIA EXPERT.
After denouncing the Force bill the
speaker gave way to john l., Butler of
Pennsylvania, who was for five years
| connected with the Bureau of Labor
| Statistics. Mr.. Butler made a
purely labor ossws5 speech and md II noE1 doing
bill in it's effect on workiuRmen. He
| said:-"My experience is that the
tariff does not project the workinRman
| and was never intended to. AS an evil
dence of this would ask, did the Knights
of Labor ever send a delegation TO Wash
ington asking for tariff bill? AT no
time have the labor people in this country
done this but they have asked Congress
to pass other bills, such as prohibiting
laws in egard to immigration and the
Republican party has constantly refused
to grant their request.
''Has it come TO this, that the Repub-
lican party divides the people of this
country into classes? I want to ask of
you. did any of you before 1860 ever hear
of some or our people being cIassed as a
Labor party and of laws being passed for
Labor people either good or evil2"
FIGURES THAT SPEAR
"Oply four or five per cent. Of the peo-
pie are benefited by the Mckinley bill.
Let us look at some of the items which
Republicans claim were passed in
the interest of the .Iaboring class
Knowing that working people in
dulge in the luxury of cashmere the duty
has been reduced to % per cent. but on
corduroy it is ia per cent. Silk velvet,
which all laboring men's wives wear. is
for their benefit only taxed as it originally
was, while cotton velvet has been taxed
100 per cent, Six Innings have
not been taxed by Mckinley.
but alpaca carries burden
of 66 per cent. on it. Flannel sheets
warking men have no use for them-are
taxed 100 per cent, and uncut diamonds.
which are greatly needed by laborers, are
free. Wool has been taxed 100 per cent,
but for the benefit of The working
people snails have been admitted free
to this country. In his regard for the
working people Mckinley admits fish and
acorns free, but tom mbstones demand a
tax of 80 per cent. To offset this, Nc
Kinley admits leeches free These in
sects are of mdch more use to the work
ing people than wool las you all know.
''The tax on glass turnblers is only 1S0
per cent, and on woollep stockings it Is
but 120 per cent, but workiugmeu may
Iejoite for birds may be imported with
out tax. Looking glasses are taxed 1SO
per cent, for working people have no use
for them. but turtles are not taxed. Weall
know that The average workingman en-