The Portland daily press., 1892-06-09

lean IfeSlQe, the American family, the
American girl and the American boy, and
the highest possibilities of American citi-
zenship. [Applause.]
I'VE propose to raise our money to
pay public expenses by taxing the pro-
ducts of other nations, rather than by
taxing the products of our own. APP
plause.l The Democratic party believe
in direct taxation; that is, in taxing our
selve. 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 a revenue tariff is
doing-raising all needed revenues-but
as a protective tariff it does more. A
protective tariff encourages and stimu-
American industries and gives the widest
possibilities to American genius and
American effort.
docs anyone know what tariff reform
is? No, no-and laughter] And that is
to be the platform of our political oppo-
nents this year. What does it mean?
You may study President Cleveland S
utterances, from the first one he made
in New York when he said he did not
know anything about the tariff. till his
last one in Rhode Island and you come
away ignorant and uninformed as to
what tariff reform means. Since the
W VoA oAO4O l0NO OCCu UlllOC SICdU Uehllu
reform bills passed by Democratic
leaders, none of them alike and
none of them with the same free list;
none of them with the same rates of
duty, but all made by the Democratic
party upon the same principle, to SYM
bolize and represent tariff reform. You
may go to Mills, you may go to Springer,
and you will find they differ totally; but
you may go to the House of Representa-
Iives at Washington, which was elected
distinctively upon what they call a tariff
reform issue, with two-thirds majority in
the House, and what do you fnde They
pass three bills. Let me name them:
First-Free tin plate; leaving sheet steel,
from which it is made, fairfield. That is
the finished product free and the raw
material bearing duty. Second-Free
wool to the manufacturer and tariffed
cloth to the consumer. Third-Free cot
ton ties to the cotton states and fairfield
hoop iron to all the rest of the states.
That is their idea of tariff reform.
Gentlemen of the convention, how do
you like it? This contest that we enter
upon is for the maintenance of protec-
ton and reciprocity [applause], and
want to say here that there is
not line in that tariff bill that
is not American; there is not passage
that is not patriotic; there is not a page
that does not represent true American
ism and the highest possibilities of
American citizenship. Great ap-
plause.
s'We are to declare ourselves upon
other questions here today. We are to
declare ourselves upon the questions
of a free ballot and a fair count. Ap-
plause.] No platform should ever be
made that does not reiterate that great
constitutional guarantee. No Republi-
can speech should ever be made that
does not insist firmly and resolutely that
that great constitutional guaranty shall
be living birthright; not a cold formal
ity of constitutional enactment. but liv-
ing thing which the poorest and hum
blest may confidently enjoy, and which
the richest and most powerful dare not
deny. Applause
'We can well leave to the commit
tee on resolutions the duty of making a
platform that shall represent the best
thoughts and the best ideas and the best
wisdom of the Republican party. When
we go out of this convention upon a true
Republican platform, we go out march
ing to victory, no matter what name may
carry the banner. Great applause. -
At the conclusion of the speech, Fred
Douglass stood for several minutes be-
fore the audience swinging his white hat
round his head, silent but conspicuous
addition to the demonstration in pro-
gress. The crowd turned it's attention
to him and he was brought forward by
Chairman Mckinley but simply bowed
and then retreated. A man with a
camera in the aisle caught picture of
the famous ex-slave as he stood on the
platforms edge.
An unrestrained delegate named Fink
from Wisconsin, jumped upon a chair
and shouted for three cheers for McKin-
ley. These were given with a will and
then, without further exhibition of en-
thusiasm, the convention switched itself
again upon the main track for business.
Handsome Harry Bingham, the always
well dressed and popular Philadelphia
Republican, read the report Of the COM
mittee on rules. When Ire emphasized
the endorsement of the rules of the 51st
Congress by stating that they would be
adopted by this convention, the crowd
saw the point at once and cheered hearth
ly in approval of
The Ex-Speaker's Vindfcation.
Mr.. Reed was nightly tickled by this
incident. The rules are, in all essential
particulars, the same as were adopted by
the previous convention and were pre-
pared by II: H. Smith, ex-journal clerk
of the house. Mr.. Smith is valuable
assistant on the stage to the presiding
officer.
The various delegations then named
the national committeeman. The an
nouncement of Clarkson's reappoint-
ment was the signal for fresh outburst
of applause for the popular chairman,
and Gov Foraker, when he arose to an
nounce Ohio's choice, received well
with a happy smile. Ex-Representative
McComas of Maryland, who seemed to
have a remarkably large number of
friends ont here from his home and