Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29
NATIONAL ISSUES
A MONSTER MEETING AND A GRAND
OVATION.
Ex-senator spooner Opens the Campaign
In Milwaukee by Magnihcient
M speech.

Colonel John 2. spooner opened the
evening, September IA, at the West Side
Turner hall. The audience which greeted
the distinguished candidate tor governor,
was one OF the largest and most enthusi-
astic ever seen in Milwaukee. Hundreds
who went to the hall hoping to hear the
being able to gain admission on account of
the vast throng.
The following are the remarks Of Col
onei Spooner ON national issues:
MR.. sPooNER's SPEECH.
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen
In my short and not very eventful public
life, you have made me we'll accustomed 10
warm and generous Milwaukee welcomes,
but upon my word the one which you ac-
cord me tonight abashes me. do not
take IL as a compliment to me, but L take
1t as compliment to the Republican party,
whose standard-bearer for the state L
happen at this time 10 be; and for the
party and for myself as its representative,
make graceful acknowledgment. 1 re-
greet TO come before you tonight in an
environment which mas rendered IL impoS-
sible for me ~ prepare in an orderly way
what ought to be said to such an audience;
but as am to come again to Milwaukee
before this campaign ends, / am told, /
shall talk to you tonight in quiet, fair
way, IL 1 can, upon issues which divide
the parties in this campaign. i say shall
talk to you in fair way, because long,
long ago / ceased to talk either of issues or
men in an unfair way. Applause. |
When Garfield was despatched with mud,
when in 1884 the mil of SANDER was set
up on the grave OF James &. Blaine'S
child [applause,l l vowed that whatever
the future might have tor me in the way Of
campaign service, personal politics / was
dnno with onnlanca
leave that to the tumble bugs of politics.
Laughter and applause.l
THE ISSUE WELL DEFINED.
To my mind this is crisis in the history
Of this country, in the history of its people /;
1t is not the first, of course, and doubtless
not the most important 1t was a crisis
when our fathers won its independence 1t
was q crisis when they ordained the Union
and formed the constitution; iG was a
crisis when Andrew Jackson crushed dis
Sentl0n in South Carolina /; II was crisis
when under the leadership OF Lincoln and
Grant and Logan and Sherman and their
compatriOtS, including Benjamin Harrison
of Indiana lgreat applause, the Union was
preserved, purified and made perpetual.
To-day the conflict is no less bitter. The
issue is no less marked, and the result, II
seems TO me, is of Infinite Importance to
this people.
The protective system of the United
States is challenged by the Democratic
party of the country to mortal combat.
Under which flag I? You must take sides !;
you must marshal under the flag of Wash
ington. of jefferson, of Adams, of Monroe,
of jackson of Lincoln and the long line of
protection presidents, or you must take
your place under the tree trade flag which
is now flung to the breeze, undisguised by
the National Democratic party as it calls
itself lApplause.l
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public policy inaugurated and carried for
ward since 1860, tending to the upbuildlng
OF our people, to the preservation of the
Union, to the restoration of the state, TO
the maintenance of our credit, that has not
been considered and denounced as uncon-
stitutional by the Democratic party. zap
plause.l They thought you remember,
that it was unconstitutional to coerce a
state. They were mistaken ABOUT that.
They thought 1t was unconstitutional to is
sue greenbacks, they were mistaken about
that. They thought it was unconstituti-
onal to suspend the writ of habeas corpus !;
they were mistaken about that They
thought it was unconstitutional for Abra-
ham Lincoln, God bless his memory for
ever [great applausel, to issue the enamel
patton proclamation. They were mistaken
about that. Great applause.l They
thought the reconstruction acts were un-
constitutional. and they were mistaken
unconstitutional, but they were mistaken
about that. Laughter and applause.l He
has just been reelected. Applause
They thought the sugar bounty was uncon-
stitutional, and they were mistaken about
that. They thought reciprocity was I'M
constitutional, and they were mistaken
about that. [Applause.l They thought
the gerrymander was constitutional. and
they were mistaken about that. Great
applause.l So l have sort of lost faith in
the Democratic party as constitutional
expounder. Laughter and applause.l
might If had time, and you the pa
tience, read what Thomas Jefferson said in
favor of the protective system. Again,
again, and again he declared it, in terms
that come ringing down the years as the
utteranceS OF q man who was a patriot.
The Democrats of to-day never weary of
talking of their loya to Thomas Jeffer-
son. AS rode along from the PlanklntOn
house to this hall 1 saw banner and upon
it was Inscribed Jefferson club" Well,
the Democratic party on this question of
protection is loyal to Jefferson, but it is
loyalty to Jefferson Davis, not to Thomas
Jefferson. Applause.
A Voice-"That is right"
HAs.vINDIcATED ITSELF.
Now dare say here tonight that il ever
a piece of legislation enacted by the con-
gress of the United States has vindicated
itself, it Is the Mckinley law. Applause.
You were told in 1890 that it would check
imports. You we're told in 1890 that II
raised the average duty to go per cent. lou
were told it raised the duty far above the
average duty during the days and years OF
the war. You were told that il would
check our export trade, for people would
not buy of us il we didn't buy of them
All these statements were made in 1891
about the Mckinley law. Let me give you
only little statistical information upon
that subject as it comes to US to-day from
the Treasury department
The balance of trade in our favor, that
is, the amount of money other nations paid
to us over and above what we paid to them
was $3.50, 225,92l as against $50, H7 ,922 the
previous year. The free imports that came
in under this law were Sl61, B7S, 523 (; the
dutiable imports, the taxed imports, 1915,
6S5,062. Fifty-five per cent. of all the i'm
portatlOns INTO the United States this veal
came In free of duty, and Al per cent. anC
S7-100 came in dutiable. Mr. Carlisle est
mated-and have no doubt he was honest
In it, for he is fair man in debate, and 3
very able man-that the average duty
unoer the Mckinley law would be 90 pei
cent when the truth Is, as demonstrated
that the average duty applied to the fire.,
and the dutiable list Is only 20 and frac
ton per cent. and the average duty up
pied only to the dutiable list is 40 pc
cent Applause. Take either, and it i
lower than any other tariff we have eve
had in the United States, including tin