St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-04
Chicago Iroquois Club Has a
Grand Closing Demon
Stration.
The Auditorium Hall Packed
From Floor to Roof With
Democrats.
Congressman Wilt am Sprin-
ger Acts as Chairman Of
the Meeting.
The Moral Side Of the Tariff
the Subject OF a Mas
terly Address.

SIiCAGU, NOb. o. NC 1IDQuOlS CluU,
the leading Democratic organization of
Chicago, held a great demonstration at
the Auditorium tonight. 1t was the
biggest event of the kind which the
club has held in four years. The de-
mand for tickets of admission was
numerous, and by noon the secretary of
the club was compelled to refuse many
applicants. as he had already given out
cards to all the vast hall could accom-
m0date.
Early in the evening attachments Of
the club members were sent to the
hotels where the speakers of the even
ing were, and, with much music and
enthusiasm and many torches and Justly
lunged expressions of Democratic
faith, they escorted them to the club
house on Monroe street, where
the club was gathered in force
and, with ranks strengthened by dele
cations from other Democratic organiza-
tons, the line of march was taken up
for the Auditorium. The parade was
large, fully 1900 men being in line. In
the Auditorium the stage, which was
tastefully
Decorated With Flags
and strips Of bright colored bunting,
was crowded with representative Demo-
Gratis of the city and state at large, while
the hall in front of it was packed from
the first floor to the roof with men loyal
to Cleveland and Stevenson. At $3.50
o'clock Adlai L. Ewing, president of the
IrOuuois club, introduced as chairman
OF the evening Congressman William
Springer, who spoke as follows:
"rhe question of protection and of tar
if reform is generally discussed as
mere matter of political economy. We
discuss the effect of protection on the
wages OF labor and the prices OF con-
sumable commodities, on the growth Of
manufactures and OH the development
Of agriculture and mining. 1t is looked
upon as mere question of dollars and
cents and of business. While this view
Of the subject is important, and must
not be neglected, there is another aspect
of the case which must not be over
looked. 1t is q question of morals. as
well as of markets. 1t Is question of
right, as well as of riches. A question
of promoting honesty in government,
as we'll as Of developing
National Resources
st is said by its friends that the Nc
Kinley bill does its own talking. But
what does it say to the farmers of the
country? 1t says to them that they need
protection-tnat is, a higher price for the
products of the farm than they can get
in the open markets of the world. The
bill then proposes, in case the Repub-
lican party is kept In power, to give
them 25 cents more buShel for their
: wheat than they could otherwise get.
Last year they raised 6ll.000,000
bushels, and 25 cents on this amount
would aggregate S152,000,000 on this
one years crop. 1t also proposes
to give the farmers Is cents
a bushel more for the corn they
raise, Last year the corn crop
amounted to over 2,000.0000O0 bushels,
and on this account the bonus offered
amounts to S309.000,000. The bill also
offers on oats and buckwheat Is cents a
Dushel; on barley. 80; on potatoes, rs;
on rye. 10; on hay. 81 pound. and OH
tobacco 25 cents pound. These rates
on all the articles named on last years
productions would aggregate $1,000, 000,-
900. On live stock, at the rates proposed
in the bill, the bonus amounts TO
81, 200, 000,O00 On wool the bill
Offers Far More
than they could otherwise get, and OIL
last years clip the bonus would amount
to $31 100000
"All these duties on agricultural
products are imposed, not to get revenue
for the government. for the revenue
realized is insignificant, but to get votes
for the Republican party. On bitumin-
Gus coal the offer is Is cents ton, or
ST. 900, 900 on last years production. On
lumber the offer is S33, 100000, estimated
on the production of the census year Of
1890. The sugar bounty of two cents
pound OH the sugar produced last year
amounts to Sl0,0O0.00O. and the manu-
facturers are offered many millions, but
actually receive bonus each year of
$3.50, 900. All these increased rates
offered to the producers of the country
by the Mckinley bill aggregate over
$4,000, 100000 every year. And this is
what the Mckinley bill says to the pro-
.ducers of the country:
elf you will vote the Republican
ticket and keep the Republican party
in power, that party will secure to you
every year SIS, 900, 100000 more for your
products than you could otherwise GET
ssThe Bribe offered
is gigantic in its proportions, and, it
would seem, quite sufficient to ac-
complish the object held in view
namely, the perpetuation of the Repub-
lican party in power. The leaders of
that party evidently act upon the idea
that every man has his price, and II
enough is offered, and in the right way,
the bride will be taken.
But how Is this stupendous bride to
the farmers of the country to be paid?
The farmers do not realize one cent on
q
them. The price Of everything they
raise is fixed in Liverpool. In fact they
care paid off in worthless wildcat cur
rency-in Mckinley bills. But the
/ failure to keep the promise does not
mitigate the enormity Of the crime. The
Mckinley bill offers the amounts have
indicated, and its advocates do not hest
| tate to affirm on the stump and in the
press that the increased price proposed
in the bill is realized. And many farm
ers believe the promise is kept, and
thus go OIL blindly and ignorantly Vot-
ing the Republican ticket from year to
year. But growing knowledge OF the
/ failure of the promise, and
Quickened Conscience
as to the immortality of the transaction
have caused many thousands of them to
repudiate the party OF false promises
and criminal practices, and at the cleo
| lion next Tuesday they will vote for
L Cleveland and Stevenson aud for genu-
zine tariff reform.
ITO the manufacturers of the country
the offer of increased prices for their
product made in the Mckinley act has
in the main been kept. 1t is an open
secret that four years ago the benefi-
Charles of the tariff subscribed millions of
dollars to the campaign fund Of the Re-
publican party, and it Is well known that
several hundred thousand dollars Of this
fund was Used to corrupt the ballot box
in Indiana. And at this time the news
papers inform us that the large sums of
money are being subscribed by the Re-
publicans to aid the national and state
committees of the Republican party in
the work of furthering their interests at
the ballot box.
1.-The protective policy has prevailed