Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-26
cans would expert ence in November.
Sympathy for tho President.

| This morning, SAID the speaker
''the grim spectre from beS oud the rivel
visitt the White House. and Mrs. Har'
rsoH. the beloved wife of President HAr.
| rison, is no more. The American people,
| regardless of party. extend to the be-
reaved husband their heartfelt sympathy
in his SORROW Let us tonight shed with
him a tear DER her who is no more. In
few days the nations executive will
pay tine last sad rites to the one that lie
gone, and turn as We do now to take up
the duties of the present" The speaker
then said that he did not come as an Of
fce feeker, he was not now seeking the
suffrsges OF the people. and as far as he
now knew, never would. He said he
came to discuss the issues of the present
political strife. Democracy's principles
meant equal rights and equal privileges
to all, apd WAS opposed to the advance
ment Of one section at the expense of an
other
A False Cry of Free Trade.
IT is the same old story Of SsS. said
MIR. Scott, when the republicans after
Cievelaua's message. raised a false cry of
free trade. Cleveland was discharged
and the Law making power was put in
the hands of the republican party.
They had promised revision of the
tariff and passed the Mckinley bill. They
did revise it, but did not RI duce
it, hut on the other hsnd
forced ,ariff duries up" The spesker
then men,icns d bow The republican nar
~ had said that democracy was des in
'SS and of the landslide of two years ago
and of what lively corpse it was show
ing itself to be this campaign He spoke
of the $40 OOO coo that Grover Cleve-
land had saved the nation by economy
ard OF the reckless expar diture Of the
republican party in attempting to get rid OF
the surplus for fear the people would
realize the extor ION it vas practicing bv
its high tariff system
The Consumer Bearing the Burden.
Mr. Scott then in an ahl. msDu.r dis
cussed the tariff on lumber. wo'l and
other articles showing c"rclusively by
his apt illustrations how the poor man
pays exhorbitant prices and the American
manufacturer fills his pockets as a re ult.
He commended that the system OF tariff.
which. however, should be as :he demo
cratic party says. for revenue only, ought
70 be regulated 80 that the heaviest nur-
den sho.ld fall on the rich m-n. who is
best able to bear it. In other words the
democratic party would have the high
duties on the luxu IL and the low duties
on the necess.ries of Efe. e then
quoted the d ference in the Mckinley
schedule a nd added: Suppose we take
a diamond. for instance. or what nee
is il other than IT'S intrinsic value? It
slit.ers on the hand of q lady or sparkles
in the shirt front of a u'an. Why not
tax it three or four hundred per cent
of it's value and m Ike it worth rich
mans while TO ~esr ? That's the way
10 rsise the money 20 carry on the ex
pepse of the government
How she Foreigner Pays the Tax.
Mr. Scott then owrlt at some length
on the fall-cy of the argument presented
by the republican orators that The for
elgner pay the tex He quo'e from Nc
kiniey's speech 1T the hiiLnes polls con
vcutlon when that gentleman ssiG that
a way mad been found 10 have the tors
eigner psy the running expenses of this
government. "A man VITO viii, not 81,
port himself" said the speaker. rs
either u beggar or n thief, and Mr. Nc
K,nley W uld have thi 5 government pos.
as either a pauper or pirate" In quick
succession the speaker presented n~t'
dc zen indisputabie arguments, fully co
vincng his audience of the ougabno +
the silly statements that the tariff g
paid by the map on the other side of
water.
Touched on Pauper Labor.
In connection with the Tariff I-sua Mr..
Scott took occ 4sion 10 speak br:' Il : on
the labor question. Almost n the same
moment" sal ne "!hat Mckinney was Ut
tering his famous statement that the tar
IF Was d Ding its own talking the agon
ICED cries from the pauper iaborers at
Homestead roll, across this great cont
neDi to give him back the lie They told
the worSingman that it would iil his diu-
ner bucket, but ins,rsd II has doubieG
the price of the pail 2 He also taIked
the farmers on how the tariff aft ed
them. cay ing that the scheme 10 Wall up
the country ard make our people IT. d.
among the mselves was on a par with the
story about the cd farmer who said ina:
bis sons we're all smart boys snd that on
rainy days they often went out into the
baru and sonnet lines made as high as S25
and $50 day, swapping horses with one
another.
Vote the Ticket Straight.
In closing his address Mr.. Scott eau,
toned his hearers 10 yD'e the democra IL
ticket straight, aud not forget three votes
for Joseph Il Mulligan, whom he suoke
of in the highest terms He also com-
plimented hen, on having as able man
as Nj McEniry. q candidate fer states
attorney, and tee meeting closed with
three rousing cheers proposed for Multi
gan by g. w Tomlinson, and like
com pl,men, to NJ. J. McEniry and he
speaker.
Mr.. SCOTS speech was listened to with
uoahafed interest ard WAS fir: onently