Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-05

| sho wing the utter nonsense of the plan
of protecting gigantic trusts and monopo-
lies. He then said it was n sad thing to
! be compelled to stand up today before an
| audience in the state of Illinois and
argue tdat the tariff was not paid by the
| foreigner. but that it was necessary to
| meet the arguments presented by the OPP
position. and he followed this statement
with a number Of very convincing argu-
ments on that question which no doubt
fully convinced his hearers Of the folly of
| the claims that the American consumer is
not obliged to psy the duties levied by
the government on imported articles. In
! this connection he also SPOKE OF the I'M
just provision of the NICK ;nley bill which
enables the manufacturer here in the
United states to sell the products OF his
factory which s7e lad, from imported
raw materials cheaper to foreigner than
to the citizen here
He Presents Amdavits.
The speaker mex; touched on the rels-
tons Of capital and labor and compared
the wages of this country with some of
those in Europe and giving the reasons
for the difference. He cOntrasted the
wages of free trade England with those of
China the highest protected country on
the gloJe. and then spoke of the different
wages paid in different states in this
country according to the density of pop
ulation. giving as the reason the one
cited in his text-Judge Gcesham's letter
the old law of supply and demand.
Here he again brough, up the subject of
the Warsaw wooden mills ana read two
aftidavits from persons employed there
showing conclusively that the charges he
made in his speech in Moiiue were true
and that he had not in the least distorted
the facts. Following is a copy of one
of the sffidsvits:
STATE OF ILLINOIS. !
| HANCOCK COUNTY,
Robert L4pslev being duly swown,
says that he is 25 years old and that dur
ing the year 1892 he worked in the War
saw Wooden Mills at Warsaw, Hancock
county, Illinois, and received rs cents a
day for his work. He further states that
he has a brother who is now working in
said mill for rs cents a day. and that he
is over 20 years of age. He also states
that he knows that during the last year
William Niemeyer. DAME! Tyrrell. John
Flsck. James Busch, Ellsworth Barker,
Willard Straight and others have worked
in said mill for rs ceuts per day and that
they are ali over 81 wears OF age.
ROBERT LAPsLEY.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this first day of November, 1892
GEORGE ?. WALLER,
Notary Public.
Il submit it to your judgment" said
the speaker, "whether / lie or whether
do" He said he would leave his case in
the hands of the lsbor;ng people of the
district and would be satisfied with the
decision whatever that m ht be. After
speaking on the issues in this district a,
some length he closed his address.
MI. MoEniry Speaks.
NJ. J. McEniry was then introduced
, and made q brief but ringing speech iu
which he reviewed the acts OF the demo
cratic party during its four years in
! CGATSc OI suc uhliOudi dAhIss duu III q
clear and concise manner explained the
position of Grover Cleveland and his
. party GA the currency question and
showed up the fallacy of the bagaboo
about wildcat money. He then touched
briefly on the campaign on the state and
the school question and predicted demo-
CT attic success all along the line on Tues.
dsy next.
The remarks of both speakers were
to the point and often brought forth the
enthusiastic applause of the large crowd
present.
Political Points
Hon. E. W Hurst addressed fine
meeting at Reynolds last night on the
issues of the campaign.
The democrats are to have a grand
rally at Coal Valley tonight. The Stew
enson club and number of other demo-
Gratis will go out on special train on the
Peoria road. leaving Rock Island ct 2
o'clock. The speakers are to be Hon.
Charles Durham, of Geneseo, and Viii.
liam McEniry and L. c. Blanding. OF
Rock Island.
The democratic county committee has
, arranged to receive election returns q,
the Rock Island house Tuesday night, and
the Stevenson club has made similar ar
engagements for the reception OF the re-
turns at Turner hall. both by special wire
direct.
: the republicans had meeting at Cor