The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-14
DEMOCRATS AWAKE.
Enthusiastic, Meeting Last
Night at the Grove
Street Headquarters.
TARIFF AND The COAL BILL.
The Truth Regarding Both
Laid Before the
People.
STATE COMMITTEE WORK.
a Conference With the Liquor
Interest-Weak Republic
can Nominee.
TARIFF AND The COAL BILL.
STATE COMMITTEE WORK.

A rousing ratification meeting was
held last night under the auspices OF the
Executive Committee of the Democratic
County COMMITTEES at headquarters, No.
$40 Grove street. The long hall was
packed to.sverfowing.there being at least
500 people present. The meeting was an
unusually demonstrative one. The cam
paign issues were discussed in an able
manner by Joseph P. Mullin, mechani-
cal engineer OF Arlington. who has made
a special study of the fraudulent intrica-
cies of the Mckinley bill, aud Ex-senator
w. D. Edwards. who has studied it from
practical standpoint, The meeting was
presided over by School Director Benja-
min +. Garrison.
THE TIN PLATE FRAUD.
Mr.. Multin was the first speaker. He
was received with much applause. "We
are tola,n said he, "that the tariff is tax
paid by the foreigner for access TO the
American market. Now. the Standard
OIL Company for instance is one OF the
largest consumers of ten in America. 1t
Imports vast quantities. much of which
Is used in its export trade. Duties are
paid on every pound of tin the Company
brings into the United States; but the
Mckinley bill provides that the duty col
lected uDon the tin sent out OF the coun-
try shall be Refunded, except one per
cent. which is retained by the govern
ment, Under this draw back clause. the
Standard Oh Company has received back
in single year SI,500. 600 originally paid
In duties upon tin used In Its export
trade. Nov, If the tariff tax is paid by
the foreigner, will cur protectionist friend
tell us by what right the rich Standard
Oil Company is given the 81. SOC, 900 year
from the United States Treasurys
'There is practically no tin plate man.
ufactured in this country. notwithstand-
ing McKinley's assertion that tn ere are
today twenty.eight tin plate industries
here. He knows that the American tin
plate is myth, fraudulent myth, and
that all the tin plate that goes into the
making of tin goods for domestic and
trade uses is imported. On this article
of SIC, ,577, lis, and the purchasers of din
ner pals, kitchen pans and roofing mate
rial and canned goods paid the tax, with
the added profits of importer. wholesaler
and manufacturer.
GLASS AND WOOD.
In the same manner Mr.. Mullin at
tao xed McKinley's protection of he glass
ware manufacturers. I'm 1884," said he,
''the Government collected a tax of
$4.582, ,220 on glassware. The duty was
raised from 4S per cent to h0 per cent.
and table glass was raised 60 per cent
uCRtu16y WOulU nave us u6ileVe LAaL Lue
foreigner gave us glass and paid bonus
of 5H and 10 per cent. BESIDES" The
clause concerning woollen materials was
dealt with in the same manner. Con
sistenoy is a Jewell" said Mr.. Mullin.
'sbut what is a jewel to an issue, when
the issue is necessity ana hard to f1nd?"
In conclusion. the speaker condemned
the bill as an engine of oppression, a
badge OF servitude and national humll-
iation."
A CAMPAIGN OF THOUGHT.
Ex-senator Edwards was next intro
dueed. He said he was glad to see at last
the Democracy of Hudson getting In line
and evincing disposition to make this
an active campaign. He called particular
attention to the fact that within the past
three months the nation had passed
through one of the extraordinary erochs
of American history; the mem RS of both
parties had apparently manifested lack
of interest in political affairs: the day of
brass bands aud torch light aud political
parades was about over. The people were
thinking aud making up their minds, it
was the calm that precedes the storm.
He prophesiea that the next election
would develop one of the greatest politi-
cal surpl tses the nation had ever seen.
The people were waking up and were
about to give expression OF their feelings.
The Presidential candidates OF
both parties had already held
the office of Pfesidens of the
United States. Both were men under
whose care the country was compara-
i1veiy safe. 1t was not question of men
therefore, IN thespresent iuncture; it was
a question of great Underlying principles
Tue Democratic party had It's shortcom-
Jugs but The rock bottom principle on
which it was founded was the favoring
OF government OF the people by the
people aud for the people
One of the OraafPSt nnaGkinua in
balance was as to whether the people
should submit to a tariff for protection
on tariff for revenue. Protection had
been carried to such an extent that it was
now Cry of the masses as against the
classes. the manufacturer against the
consumer. The speaker argued that the
Democratic party had always shown it,
self in favor of the masses.
AN UNANSWERED CHALLENGE.
Every night from Democratic platforms
in this State and others. challenges had
been made for the production of labor
ing man whose wages had been increased
under the operation of the Mckinley bill
None had been produced. It was impos-
siDle to enrich a nation by taking money
from the pocket of one man and placing
1t in the pocket of another when the
Mckinley 3Ill was made operative" said
MIR. Edwards. "the Republican leaders
predicted that prosperity would shine
upon Us as nation, in fact. that the
millennium was about to dawn upon the
United States. But when the
farmer went 10 the hardware
store to purchase his farming
utensils and the frugal housewife went
to the store to purchase household goods
and linens they now found ont VINO paid
the tax The result was that political
cyclone swept this country aud no party
in the history Of the country had ever
had such majority in the House of
Representatives as the Democratic party
has at present
1.-The claim of The Republican party
thai the foreigners pay the tax is not
true. We. the common people, have
found that we pay 1t, when we come 10
l1a1 ,nce it up. The Democracy's belief
is, the least governed are the best gov
ernud. the least taxed the best taxed. lib
erLy not license' -
THE COAL BILL.
Mr.. Edwards allusfon to the candi-
dscies of Judge Werts for Governor, Ed
wari T. McDonaid for Congress aud
Judge Daily for State Senator drew forth
rua uahuslastlc applause. As TO Judge
Welts, the speaker declared that his
fame was coextensiEe with the State; it