Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-04

stories to illustrate his points, which
were laughingly received. He endeav'
ored to show that the foreign manufac'
turer paid the tariff tax. and not the
resident consumer of the United States.
He claimed that the tax was paid by
the foreign manufacturer for the privi-
lege Of trading in the markets Of the
United States.
As an example OF the benefcient duty
of $28 ton on steel rails, Mr.. Williams
cited the fact that $500, 600 tons of steel
rails were manufactured in this country
in 1890. He did not refer to the
Homestead strike, though; nor to An
drew Carnegie and his haronial castle in
Scotland. He also referred to the va
rious other institutions and fortunes
and industries that he claimed pro-
tective tariff had built up.
Then Mr.. Williams took up the
Mckinley bill, which he said had been
30 shamelessly lied about by Democratic
speakers and Democratic editors. He
said that the only article which the
Mckinley bill had raised the cost OF was
pearl tons-three-fourths of cent q
dozen. swell, that may be true" said
the speaker, "but if Democrats do not
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buttons, let them use safety pins" This
remark was received with great laughter
and applause. He told how the Nc.
Kinley bill was drafted by the ways
and means committee of the house of
representatives after four months OF
deliberation. 1t was not McKinley's
work but the labor of seven members of
that committee-the ablest men in the
country. He claimed that the McKin-
leyltes had not promised to raise wages
but only to maintain them at the high
rate that then prevailed. This the law
had done and no one could say that it
had not, and speak the truth.
Uncle Billy" next entered into a
labored defense of the many iniquities
the Mckinley bill imposes, which make
the formation of grant trusts and COM
bnes possible. He had figures with
him which he quoted literally. Every
step of progress and improvement that
had been made in the country in the
last ten years was due to high tariff.
"The Mckinley tariff" said Mr.. Will
liams, sis the grandest tariff bill that
was ever passed by any congress.
Then he tried to show how the working
men got grand benefit out of the tariff
tax. He cited savings bank statements
OF deposits to prove it. Labor, he said,
got seventy per cent. OF the benefit de-
rived fiom the tariff. He went into de-
tails and figures to show that the work-
ingmen of this country were enormously
rich. He referred to the statement Of
Bank Examiner Dunsmoor, to show that
the workingmen OF California had many
millions saved up-enough to buy the
counties of Los Angeles, San Bernar-
dino, San Diego and Orange at their as
sessed value. The amount he said was
1924, 100000.
In closing, Mr.. Williams defended
the sugar bounty, which, he said, was
Godsend. The laboring men, if they
voted for Cleveland, voted to reduce
their wages one-half and to place them
selves on level with the pauper labor
of Europe.
The Hon. William Williams was
formerly member of congress. He is
an old stump speaker and an orator
whose ability is general recognized
throughout the west. He has an easy,
friendly style about him that is quite
taking, and is a good story teller. The
only dry parts of his speech are where
he gets into quoting figures from dryer
statistical reports. The crowd last
night was both pleased and entertained
with his remarks.
THE AFFAIR WAS A FAILURE.
&But, take it all in all, the opening Re-
publican rally of the campaign was
decidedly tame affair. There was
noticeable lack of enthusiasm, and the
few men who joined the PROCESSION that
paraded the streets were entitled to,
and received the sympathy of the thous-
ands of spectators who lined Spring
street as the sickly throng passed
do pn that highway bearing few
stray torches. The most inspiring sight
of it all was the enormous red sash of
the grand marshal-E. w. Kinsey. He
loomed up at the head of the line like
cavalier of the fifteenth century, and
looked very fine. The questions asked
on every hand last evening we're: What
is the matter with the Republicans
Were the primaries too much for them
Where is the court house ring and its
strikers? Where are those 1867 Repub-
licans who voted in the Second ward
Friday? How about those $40 Repub-
lican votes that showed up in the Sew
enth ward ballot box? Certainly this
does not indicate any very great upris-
ing of Republicanism? And so they
talked. The opening of the Republican
campaign was failure.