St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-09-08
Annifiumal Tnral 4rms-
THE REPUBLICAN RALLY.

The republican rally at Music Hall
on Thursday evening last may be
set down as one of the important
political events in this section of the
state. The audience was large and
interested one and the speakers were
greeted with frequent expressions of
approval during the evening.
The ST. Johnsbury band added zest
to the affair by a selection outside
the hall, and two more stirring pieces
inside Just before the speaking began.
The Mahogany Quartette sang three
times, and their happy rendering of
the lively campaign songs took the
audience by storm and brought out
decided encores
The appearance of Senator Morrill,
and Col. Clarke, accompanied by
Col Fairbanks and Congressman
Grout, was the signal for hearty
round of applause. Col. Fairbanks
presided, and after song by the
uuartette he said: "a little more
than year ago we were honored by
a visit from our president, and to-
night we are again honored by the
presence of one whom we respect and
love-" Quoting then verse from
Whittier as a tribute to Vermont's
honored senator, he introduced the
latter. Senator Morrill, was given a
genuine ovation as he rose, the ap-
plause continuing for some time.
The speaker was contending with
severe cold, and his voice was so low
al times as scarcely to be heard across
the hall; but he was closely listened
to and his words of wisdom were
fully appreciated. coming as they did
from one who has had so extended
an experience in legislative and
political fields.
SENATOR MORRILL'S SPEECH.
Senator Morrill, said he had come
mainly to show respect for the cause
of republicanism, and not to make
an extended speech, for his physical
condition forbade that.
Coming up here on the cars that
day the sena tor had overheard a
conversation that convinced him
that the people hereabouts did not
really need any teaching on the tariff
subject. One man was telling an
other that if he would come up to
ST. Johnsbury he would find man
who would tell him that 80 years
ago he had to work for SO cents a
day and it took him 80 days to get
enough to buy coat, but now by
working four days he can earn
enough to buy better coat; and
"such fact as that ought to knock
the nonsense all out of him.
The senator said that the difference
between the republican and demo-
cratic parties was that for the last
generation the latter had shown a
wonderful alacrity in always being
in the wrong. He then touched brief
1y upon the tariff, the election bill
and the silver question. He called
attention to the inventive genius and
general enterprise that exist in this
country, and said we ought to, and
shall, continue to make our mark
among the nations in wealth, learn
ing and other lines of progress. In
the earlier days there was no diff
ference between the parties on the
question of tariff. Referring to the
recent movement by the democrats
in behalf of a tariff for revenue only,
he said such an act would change the
prosperity Of the whole country
Contrasting the prosperity of the
North with the condition of
things in the South, he said every
man and woman in the North is a
worker, and that means accumula-
ton of wealth.
AS to the election bill, Senator
Morrill, said it was simply to give
the house an opportunity to be elect
ed fairly, and to submit to the
courts any question of law. There
was nothing unfair about the bill,
and it ought to have been passed.
1t is a subterfuge on the part of
democracy to make this bill an issue,
for it was killed before in the senate,
and would probably meet the same
fate there again.
He said it was subterfuge for the
democrats to talk about negro
supremacy in the South. since in II
out of the 1 5 states there is major
ity of whites. He said it was not
fair that South Carolina should have
representatives in the house and
Vermont 2-thus giving a South
Carolina man 312 times the political
power that a Vermonter has. He