Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-10-07
Reid at Boston.

Music hall and Faneuil-halls in Boston
were both filled to overfowing last Tues
day night when the Republicans ratified
their stats and national nominations with
ringing speeches by Hon. Whitelaw Reid,
Gov. Mckinley, Lieut.. Gov. Halle and
Hon. Roger wolcott, the two latter being
the nominees for governor and lieut.. gov
srnor respectively.
As soon as the doors Of Music hall were
opened there was . rush for seats and many
who came later were thankful even to find
standing room. Hon. w. z. Barrett pre-
sided and was fanked by large number
oflesding men of the party seated upon
the platform.
After short Introductory speech Hon.
Whitelaw Reid was presented as the first
speaker of the evening. As he stepped
forward he was given most fattering re-
ception BY the large audience, which was
quick to note the sharp points of his ad-
dress, and bestowed frequent applause.
Nr. Reid, AFTER thanking those present
for the magnificent reception, in part
said:
'Up to last Tuesday the Democrats
wanted to reverse the whole revenue poll :
cy Of the government since 1861 by change
from the American idea, protective tariff,
TO the modern English idea, tariff for
revenue only. That would mean q shock
to business and disaster to labor that
would exceed any thing this generation
has seen.
"They wanted to reverse the fiscal poll
cy Of the government since 1861 by sband.
oning again part of the national preroga-
tive ofissuing money-breaking down the
best currency this continent ever saw, the
nationsl bank notes, to substitute for 1t the
worst, state notes and shinplasters. That
would mean shock to all banking and ex-
changes and an inconvenience and con
slant loss to every citizen; that would be-
long to semibarbarous period, and not to
Q civilized ono.
"0ur opponents denounce as O sham the
reciprocity treaties by which we secured
new markets for our products in Central
America. South America and Europe in re-
turn for the free admission of sugar. coffee
and tea to your breakfast tables. That
means, unless their profession of principle
is Itself sham, the closing again of those
new markets and high revenue tariff
again on sugar, coffee and tea. There is
no need to 60 further in enumerating the
changes they threaten. Enough isas good
ss feast; and that is the sort Of feast to
which they invite you.
but something has happened. Since
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and almost on the run. The letter of ac-
ceptance discloses q figure which our abo-
riginal friends Of the far West would des-
cribe as "Big- -Man-Afraido Of. His Platform
and the party gazes in perplexity and
alarm on q candidate who accepts its NOM
ination, but has not shown either the can
dor to accept or the courage to repudiate
its principles.
"But he does tell us that tariff reform is
still his purpose. That ia to say, the bus.
mess Of the country must have no peace;
everything must be once more unsettled,
and the whole tariff must be turned over
again TO be tinkered by q congress Of that
party which at Chicago declared by nearly
two-thirds msjority for the English as
against the American system, and pro-
nounced protection unconstitutional.
"He tries to quiet alarm by saying free
trade Ia impossible. Certainly England
says the same thing, and maintains most
rigidly jnst the sort of tariff Mr.. Cleye-
lands platform demands tariff for reve
nue. only. In vain is the net spread in the
sight Of any bird. No qualifications or
omissions, or vague generalities and assur-
anee of harmless intentions, can blind the
eyes of votors to the fact that, however
much Mr.. Cleveland may regret it. as an
honorable man he is bound hand and foot
TO the platform of his party at Chicago,
Just as all the world knows that he is to-
day bound to the car of triumphant Tam
many Of New York.