The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1892-06-11


own. [Applausel. The Democratic party
believes In direct taxation, that Is in tax
Ing ourselves, but we don't believe In that
principle so long as we can find anybody
else TO tax, Our protective tariff not only
does everything which q revenue tariff
Is doing, raising all needed revenue,
but protective tariff does
more. A protective tariff encourages and
stimulates American industries and gives
the widest possibilities to American genius
and American effort. Does anybody know
what tariff reform isi No, no, and laugh
teri and that Is to be the platform OF our
political opponents this year What does it
meant You say study Grover Cleveland's
utterances. From the first one he made in
New York, when he said ne did not
know anything about the tariff, un-
I'll his last one in Rhode Island, you
come away ignorant and uniformed as to
what tariff reform means. Since the war
there have been three tariff reform bills
proposed by Democratic leaders, none Of
them alike, neither of them with the same
free list neither of them with the same
tariff llst, neither Of them with the same
rates Of duty, but all made by the Demo-
cratic party upon the same principle to
symbolic and present tariff reform. You
may go to Mills, you may go to Springer,
and you will find they differ totally; but
you NAV ITO the bousc of representatives
at Washington wnlcn waSN elected
distinctively upon what they call tariff
reform issue, with the two-thirds majority
in the house, and what do you fnda They
pass three bills. Let me nam them: First.
free tin plate, leaving sheet steel, from
which 1t Is made, tarifed; that is, the fin
ished product free and the raw material
bearing o duty. Second, free wool to the
manufacturer and tariffed cloth to the con-
sumer Third, free cotton ties to the cot
ton states and tarined hoop iron to all the
rast ~ tho or That Ia fhai,. idaa NJ
tariff reform.
The Battle for Protection.
Gentlemen Of the convention, how do you
like it7 This contest that we enter upon is
for the maintenance of protection and
reciprocity [Applause] and l want TO say
here that there Is not line in that tariff
bill that Is not American; there is not a
passage that Is not patriotic; there is
not page that does not represent
true Americanism and the highest
possibilities of American citizenship.
fGreat applausel We are to declare our
selves upon other questions here to-day.
We are to declare ourselves upon the ques-
tion of free ballot and fair count Ap-
plause]. No platform should ever be made
that does not reiterate that great
constitutional guarantee; no Re-
publican speech should ever be made that
does not insist firmly and resolutely that
the great constitutional guaranty shall be
living birthright, not cold formality Of
constitutional enactment, but living
thing, which the poorest and humblest may
confidently enjoy and which the richest
and most powerful dare not deny.
Applause. We can well leave to
the committee on resolutions the
| duty Of making a platform that shall rep
resent the best thoughts and the best ideas
and the best wisdom of the Republican
party. When we go out of this convention
upon true Republican platform, we go
| out marching to victory, no matter what
| name may carry the banner. [Great ap.
| plause.
Calls for Fred Douglass, the colored
orator, ELECTED simply bow of ac-
acknowledgements.
Henry Bingham of Pennsylvania
presented the report of the rules COM
mittee and it was adopted by acclama-
| ton.
| The Days Work Completed.
| Ex-Governor Foraker arose in re
| sponse to the call for the committee OF
resolutions and requested further tim,
to consider the resolutions. An exten
sion of time was granted and the rol
of states was called for the names o
the new national committeeman.
| When Iowa was called and the re
election of Clarkson, the Blaine leader
was announced, cheer after cheer fol
lowed from the Blaine delegates.
similar demonstration greeted tn,
report of the names of j. II. Manley o
Maine and William Malone of Vir
ginia, and when Missouri was calleC
and William Warner presented th'
name of Richard c. Kerens, th'
Harrison delegates made a granC
counter-demonstra
Various resolutions and petitions