The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-18
who pressed an unwanted S. bill upon
him.
"why did you do thatS" asked his
com paniou.

who pressed an unwanted IS bill upon
him.
"why did you do thats" asked his
companion.
"Weli," said the ex-Confederate, az
know the man probably didn't need IT,
but that is the frat Yankee i ever saw
trimmed up to suit me-" Mr.. Hayes
thought Democracy would trim up the
tariff To suit the ex-rebels If ever they
got the Senate and President as well as
the House.
lie paid attention TO the state bank
issue and predicted that the business pub
lie would not trust the country's finances
to party protesting such principles.
Col. Daniel X. Ballou was introduced
after the music of coins jingling into the
hats of two sturdy collectors had been
heard, making cosy lining To the treas
ury OF the club. H. began by declaring
that the ordinary routine Of government
would 20 forward well enough under
either Cleveland or Harrison; the diver
gence would come along the line OF two
or three great issues, first OF these being
the declaration of the Democrats in con-
vention assembled that Republican pro-
lection was u fraud. Protection, Col.
Ballou said, was no new idea nor was IL
of Republican invention or origin. On
the contrary, the second act passed by the
first congress of the United States was
protective tariff. This is "a rather late
day for the Democrats TO claim tnat the
tarin is unconstitutional.
Col. Ballou, referring 10 the Democratic
attacks upon tue Republican party as an
aggregation OF capitalists, deprecated the
abuse of the rich men. Men of wealth.
ne said. stand side by side with poor men
In citizenship as during the war they
stood side by side with poor men in the
ranks of our armies. RHODE ISLAND
owes n great debt OF gratitude To William
Sprague, who poured out his wealth 80
literally to aid the Union cause during
the war lie referred to the enormous
wages paid to Homestead workingmea
ana To the attempts made by Senator
Palmer and others TO represent the labor
troubles there as due 10 the Mckinley
tariff. A more dishonest plea was never
made. Speaking Of the tin industry, he
said that in 1889 there was practically
none. in this country. Twenty months
ago there were five factories. last August
there were 70, and probably by this time
the number In operation must be still
larger. Col. Ballou quoted from the
NEws' summary published yesterday OF
the census reports showing the growth OF
the output OIL wooiens to have been 6l
per cent. since 1880. He also referred TO
the pearl button factories which, in
1853, produced only S500.00O worth
OF product per year, while to-day
the product is 81, 100000 or 81, 900 coo, EN-
ploying the labor OF 1900 men, and
scored Congressman Lapnam who had
recently attacked the ariff AS the means
by which wealthy manufacturers were
directing the streams of taxation to their
own pockets This statement Col. Bal
lou denounced as absurd. Three eighths
of the revenue are derived from liquors
and tobacco; two eighths more from silks
aud the liner textiles which cannot be
classed as necessities. There are no iu-
dications in PROVIDENCE or in RHODE
ISLAND, of the distress caused by the
tariff. Democratic pretenses upon this
point are u fraud and sham. A walk
upon the streets of this city would any
day be an object lesson of disproof.
At the close of the speech making light
refreshments were passed around.
Oh, IT was a great meeting altogether.