New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-25
INCIDENTS IN HARLEM.
REPUBJIOANS MAKING A WINNING fl0Hi-
MANY MEETINGS HELD-GERMANS
INTERESTED

brought before the pubic ~ uN ''c-
after blow has been aimed at the a a,,,, ,r,,h
demoraI,zed Democracy In this part OF the Guy WIN
s,,ch effectiveness and In such rapi1 successor" '
the enemy has been completely be"hne'cu , ~
publican campaign opened WIFI so'ho -, ,.
blows which were surprising even 10 '"o w
horses and they were so nara ona' 'no ,, 49,
onedent,v nrediced that they could not possibly DC
-. - 80 IN this they have found themselves 70
-a,v mistaken scarcely do they recover from the
r.c,s a, one "knock down. than they ma the"-
solves confronted by another, anu now 'o""u '"0
cIose Of the fight the Republicans are raining pio"S
tb,ck and fast, and with astonishing ehec"NohesS'
The skill with which Republican maSs-meetlngs nave
been arranged In different parts OF Harlem Is one "a
IN. most noticeable features Of the campaign. Inc
sneakers have been adapted TO the audiences Wheh
,hs Democratic managers imported Mr.. BrecKnrdee
20 make a ." tariff reform" address before Harlem
audience the Republicans promptly brough' lor"aiu
number OF able speakers on the protective tArH anu
fhe manner in which they dissect the Drgadler IT,
marks on the tariff is truly refreshing. Ihey nave
q way OF taking the statesman fron 'he oou'ii a' InS
word, and strange to say they insist upon his own
INSTRUMENTATION of his arguments. the result being
TRIAL and complete discontinue of the southerher'
rxIudre John L. Wheeler. who appeared before lhe
Harlem public on Friday night with his lecture y"
,be tariff Illustrated with stereopticon views, com
pleteE annihilated the arguments 81 MT. bicen'u70
with fac that could not be contrcverted
Brechinndge attacked the interest Of the American
ror,tns people in Harlem, spoke AT Republican mass
meetings I'm many parts OF Harlem, and leit the Deuo
.,ate fallacy of tariff reform In a pitable phshc'
Colonel W. J. Parkinson, in his address peioro 'no
harlem Republic,n Club on Wednesday night gave
, clear and concise handling Of the position OIL Tue
Democratic party in the present campaign mr.
20 tried to make out that all the Democracy
wanted was tariff reform" in the interest Of the WORK
,ncman and everybody else. Eut Colonel PARKINSON
ronclusivey showed that the policy OF the Deno
cratic party was to benefit the southern plah'er ae
the expense of the American worknamen Oh uc
North lie said For years past the Democratic
party has haggled and dubbed, backed ana nneu III
Its efforts TO avoid the fundamental principle OF us
tenets namely, Flee Trade; trying TO blind the eyes
Of many of its adherens to the CRY of 'tanh REFORM
moderate protection and what not apparently ahx-
ious to adopt every thing as maKeshnt 10 capture
votes until after the election But this yeai at is
convention in Chicago, all disguise was thrown OIL
and true to the convictions Of Its leaders AT least !.
has proclaimed to the people Of this country lte real
position. The convention decided upon Free Trade
platform pure and simple and made as its standard
bearer the author of that famous message OF four years
ago. and the present advocae Of the principle grover
Cleveland. There is not word, not syllable IN
Its declarations Of principles bearing directly on the
welfare Of labor the workinsmen OF the country.
Not only is It demanded that Free Trade shall rule but
dustry which jefferson favored and Jackson voted
for is declared to be unconstitutional But this Is no
new doctrine either for the Democlauc party OF 'he
country. The experiment has been made. and the re
suit Of this tariff for revenue only business Is July
understood by the people Of this country
History repeated itself in this direction several
times before 1861, and always with dire results to
the industry and business interests Of the United
states as many people in New-York and elsewhere
today can testify. From 1S46 TO 1861 the last e4-
pertinent made by our people with the system vi
free trade or tariff for only which tie Demo
cratic party wants, are years winch, 1or uepIes-
sion of business hardship to the workngmen OF the
country and poor prices for farm products, should
be sufficient last any sane man heume anu
the country forever. farmers were rottng
In the fields for want Of market, good cows were
selling al "a EACH sheep for 81 and 81 whlie HOGS
were given away. There was no demand ior lar'h
labor ~ any price. Mechanics were without employ
neut and business stagnant, the result oeing e
awful panic Of 81 when thousands upon thousands OF
mr. bnsiness men went the wall and the country was
flooded with millions OF dollars OF debt so that when
the Republican party came into power In lool ah
American bond could not be hoated IN the "arhe's
OF the world, except at about 80 cents Oh ooiar'
These are historical facts. and the question 49, DO
Won want any more OF 1t? II you vote the Demo
cratic ticket and If the party is successful You VIII
have it. for they are pledged TO the thing that
will hiring II about namely, to destroy our protective
duty and TO invite foreign markets to compete Win
our home industries
Another cause of alarm among the Democrats Is
the way In which the Irish, the German and the
colored voters are fockng TO or remaining stead
fast by the Republican standard bearers in this cam
no,gn The ID, mocratic managers had counted on
large accession of these classes Of people
Rut never before have the cOlorCd voters remained
60 true TO the Republican party and never before
have SO many Irishmen publicly avowed their in
tenton to vote the Republican ticket while the num-
her OF Cuban Italian, Franco American, Polish and
bohemian citizens who have avowed their intention
Of supporting the Republican candidates is unpreoe-
dentsd.
That the Germans solid for American Pro
lection is seen by the enthusiasm and number of
their organizations that have sprung into existence
in Harlem during the present campaign. At the
weekly meeting OF the German American Re
publican Club CT Harlem held Friday night at its
headquarters, No. !, 015 Third ave-, exAherman Fred
erck Sigrist voiced the sentiment Of the German voters
In the following words The keynote of this campaign
is Protection 10 home industries and home labor
against pure and unadulteraed Free Trade. My
address will be brief and especially directed 70 the
wage earners present this evening many Of whom
Knights Of Labor. All Of you arc members of organ
lied bodies OF labor and your motto il Contract labor
and pauper labor curse 70 free and honest labor
in the United States well a standing menace 10
organized labor piincipes-eight hours and fair
snd just reward for an honest days work. Well.
then II the Democrats In Albany and In every
legislature pronounce home convict labor and paupcr
labor injurious to home labor interests wncn the
cheapest Of them paid but twenty-five cents "A
day. how could this same party be called a friend
Of the laboring man when it proposes to expose the
American labOring TO the competition OF the
pauper and convict labor Of Europe would be the
case If the protective tariff done away with
II the devil is Satan in Albany in the form Of home
convict labor and pauIsr labor competing with honest
American fee labor how he be less a devil
when he is embodied in the Democratic platform at
Chicago in the form of Free Trade plank which
proposes to expose the American laborer TO compel-
ton with the prison labor and paupcr labor Of
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