Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-10-08
CALLAHAN AND FoLLETT.
Talk to Democrats on the State Issue al
 the Tariff

The auditorium was we'll filled last evening when Chairman Hynes of the democratic town committee stepped on the stage and announced that the Hon John l.. Sake had been chosen to pre- side at the meeting. MT Sake made some figurative remarks to his fellow democrats whom the many other draw ing attractions in the city had failed to draw from the meeting, and introduced the Hon David Callahan of New Haven, as the man whom the democrats had chosen to preside over the independent house which they had to form in Hart ford at the last legislature.
 Mir Callahan said: "We are on the eve of fight-no use calling it by any milder term-and it is going to be a | fight to the finish. It is a fight, too, m end; at least the democrats of Connecti- cut have, because we have to get a ma iority over all the other parties put to- | gether, and that Is one of the things which we want to change in Connecti- cut The prohibition party does not amount to much, but it gives the demo- crats great deal of trouble, because we have to get out an extra democratic vote to offset that party. We have no time to waste on prohibitionists or re- publicans. We want to talk to demo- crats. We have democrats enough in l the state to overcome all opposition if we can only get them to vote. We elected Judge Morris and his associates on the state ticket, but the good and honest and honorable republicans would not let them have their offices. When the returns came into the house, and | the republicans always considered that only the face of the returns should be considered, they would not touch them | tInu hat hn fc were all elected. They passed resolu- tions taking the constitutional power of the house away and placing it in the hands of committee. No amount of protesting would avail anything. They had about seventeen more votes than we did in the house and so they deliber- ately stole the offices"
 Mir Callahan went into the details of the workings of the last legislature. | making special points on the creation of the legislative day to last until the re- \ publicans had completed their steal, and the rewards which Messrs Judson and Clark received for the part they per | formed. The speaker made an eloquent plea for the constitutional convention, showing the necessity for making \ changes in the constitution to meet the | demands of advanced civilization, and progress, and so that the man receiving g ! SnOulU have the office.
 The advisability of electing county commissioners by vote of the people ! was shown. "This body of commits sioners is composed of twenty-four re- publicans and they have more power than the governor of the state in many instances. They are not amenable to ! the people. You cannot vote against them if they do wrongs They can say to ' NtI, lo k0 c. cense: If you will not vote the repub- lican ticket you cannot have a license
 We want to change this law, and if we
 have votes enough in the next legisla \ ture we will do it.
 The speaker then told of the great de- sire which the republican party had to
 protect workingmen, and the periodical returning of that desire every four years. He showed how tariffs did not effect wages, but that they were de
 pendent on the laws of supply and de-
 mand. He urged every democrat to
 vote the entire ticket and to be sure to get his friends and neighbors to vote, as ! we want all the strength of the party to
 accomplish the work that is before us.
 Chairman Sake then introduced Con- gressman Follett of Ohio. The speaker
 congratulated the party who had as a candidate a man who was nominated by |
 nation politicians had nothing to dc
 with. A candidate of whom no man
 need feel ashamed, a candidate who is drawing to the party such men as
 Gresham and McVeagh, a candidate
 who in 'S7 sent to congress a message
 which caused his defeat, nevertheless,
 who did not hesitate to do his duty to
 the people. "Four years ago." con-
 tinued the speaker, ''the people did not ho inh divide the parties. The republicans said if Cleveland were elected he would
 pay the rebel war debt and return the
 negro to slavery. There is not a re- publican in the union to-day that would give such a reason for MT Cleveland's defeat, because the people know better.
 The manufacturers tell you to vote for
 Harrison, because then your wages will
 be increased, and if you vote for MT Cleveland your wages will be decreased I-why, if they believed what they say,
 they would vote for Clevelond them
 selves. The talk you hear of protection to American workmen is not sincere, and in fact is not necessary, as they
 would have you understand it. The only protection which the American l workingmen need is protection from the pauper labor of Europe, and that is entirely free. Leave the pauper labor at home and workmen can take care of themselves. The HungarIans have been
 brought here to take the place of work ingmen who have dared to ask that a proportionate part of the products of
 their labor should be given them and not turned into the pockets of em-
 ployes:
 'iThis campaign is indeed contest of
 the masses against the classes. In the
 race for life democrats believe that the weak should not be driven to the wall,
 They believe that the minute a man
 can earn money and earn It quickly, he
 should not have protection laws made
 for him by the government" The
 tariffs are plastering the fair lands of
 the west, the great agricultural states
 with mortgages, and those states are
 rapidly passing into the hands of the
 money lenders. Republicans say that
 consumers do not pay the duty, but the
 people are beginning to believe differ.
 ently. They see things cheaper across the