The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03
FOURTH EDITION



Democratic Ratification Meeting.
The Democratic Ratification meet.
Ing held at Fourth and king streets
last Saturday evening was well at
tended. Notwithstanding the fact that
cold wind was blowing. which stirred
up binding clouds of dust. Shortly
before tho meeting convened tho
Tenth Ward Democratic Club, headed
by the First Regiment Band, marched
up Market street TO the room OF the
Young Mems Democratic Club. and
escorted that body to the meeting.
The meeting was called to order
about O'Clock by Willard salisbury.
who introduced General j. Parke Pos.
| ties as the president. Upon taking the
chair he made II brief address and
closed by Introducing Hon. Thomas +.
Bayard as the first speaker.
| He was greeted with prolonged
cheers, and when they subsidized he adj
dressed the audience as My fellow
citizens. my neighbors and my
friends" He said that it always was O
pleasure for him to advocate the truth
OF sound and Just government among
men, and there was no place where II
gave him greater pleasure to speak
than right here at home. The first
duty OF a citizen IL a sincere and &C
tive support OF the laws under which
we live.
He did not intend to discuss who
shall fill the offices, but to discuss the
principles of legislation. He favored
special favors to none, but equal rights
to all, and he was certain that 1t was
the wish OF the Democratic party to
perpetuate the nation.
The strength or the country is the
freedom of each man in it. This Is the
American idea Of craftsmanship, but
4, III 10. In nh
Ell lawful money for the dealings oil
the American people. The Democrat
ic party has declared in most emphat-
ic voice that the standard measure Is
equal and honest for ali manner oil
people. 1t declared at Chicago that
the United States nor any state should
issue any dollar MOI equal to the best
dollar.
He opposed the tariff and said that
since 1875 the Democratic party had
been discussing The doctrine OF taxa
ton. ..5....
Tho government should be support
ed with taxes and families with pri'
vate Industries II n tax ID laid fot
revenue IT must DO laid in such a way
thai 1t will produce revenue. Ii we
tax wisely we must not overtax. We
must tax only as we may require. I'M
portation creates and induces eXporta-
ton. This brings back shipping to
the high sens. Then farming will be
restored and manufacturers Will be
busy. .a. .-...
He declared that farming was In
such condition that tire Is not n
farmer that he could find, who wants
his son to follow the business, and al
legged that the Republican party was
responsible for tins condition OF af-
fairs Ho also claimed that the Re.
publlcaus had taxed American COM
nercs from the sea. but still they tell
us that little more tax Will bring II
back again.
Tho principle of tariff is for revenue.
| If we lay tax for revenue, we can as
certain in the first place how much we
want If We lind tax is too much we
| can abate II, and If it is not enough
we can Increase it. When a tax Is laid
for protection, who 10 the judgoy Who
can tell whom a man IL efficiently
protected. A tax for protection Is laid
fGr private ends.
Tho highest wages paid in tho United
States arc paid to the men in occupa-
lions which arc not protected. Not
more than iiye per cent OF the occupa
tioHs are advanced by high tariff. II
the tarilf had nothing to do with the
! collision at Homestead 1t Is certain
| the tariff could not prevent 1t. Is il
not time that the tariff Is laid i'll tho
interest OF the workingmnn? High tar
III prevents foreign competition, I'm
| portation, and expectation. 1t creates
trustsand limits the amount of pro
duct and the output of product.
lilo ciaiined that the taril on these
| foreign Industries crushed them In
their own countries, and sent the
work men here to compete with Amer,
lean labor. Tho Mckinley bill. in his
estimation, assisted tho rich and
crushed the poor.
When MIR layard closed. Senator
Gray was introduced and received
with cheers.
lie Logan his address by saying tina
President Cleveland'S four years IL
office illustrated that public Office ia
public trust, lie said thut Mckinley
is conscientious man but he IL u
fanatic on protection. There Is no
connection between the tariff anG
wages. The gentlemen who wrote til,
tariff laws say we must have high tnl
on certain things because We canno
compete with the piuper labor o
Europe. II wages nre 80 high hov
does protection increase them?
He has listened to Mckinley with re
SD ct, but had not found him omnis
cient. The Minneapolis platform is
f"treot from the Republican positio
OF four Years ago, In 1890, the AmGri
taril aud gave Mckinley and the 10
lowers such a blow that when the
went to Minneapolis they favored
tariff which Will cover The difference
between the cost of labor here am
abroad. The difference between tll
cost of steel rails manufactured b
Carnegie and those made in Europe
$3.50 but under tile Mckinley bill I'll
tax on steel rails Is 1880. The Tux
money put into the pockets of til
manufacturers Wages here are NJ
higher than they are abroad. He wisl
ed they we're Wages do not depou
r on the tariff. We do not want Aie
: protective tariff.
: Tits burden to tic leo2lc. To sa
! that Ma4rs depend on Ia, ga protection
: an abpm 'nable II. Wages were hiS
: before projection WAS SHOWN. PROT.
, tim II cans TO pass the lat aud ask Il
wutkinguan to chip in. Protection
tn'qnitons Its iuiquity is written in IL
blood OF the work ngtHcn ut Homes tea
Brief addresses wcTn n e o del ivcred l.
Il, !. Norton and j.. Irwin Handy ant
. wlich the meeting adjourned viii
. cheers for the entire ticnrt.
/, Sam Cert cut Plug, is the leadin