St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-01

their homes. on their farms, the people
for years back have been studying THIS
question and have made up their minds
how they will vote. There is not a
single argument which has been adj
vanced i'll this campaign by protee7
zionist orator that has not been
refuted repeatedly by RepuD-
lican orators during the past ten
years. The rank and file of the RepuD-
American citizens; and they are fer
tariff reform. Four years ago Mr.. Nell
son voted tor the Mills bill, which re-
duced the tariff rate from AZ per cent to-
AZ per cent. Two years ago the PLATFORM
Of the Republican party of Minnesota
contained tariff reform plank which
was drawn by Gordon Z. Cole,
and it was as radical as any
Democrat has advanced during this
campaign. And now the Republican
party stands on platform founded on
the Mckinley bill, which increased the
tariff rate from AZ per cent TO 60 per
cent. Three years ago Gov. Merriani
delivered an address 10 the farmers OF
Minnesota which was radically Demos
cratic OH this question" The speaker
referred to how the leading Republican,
papers of the country, notably the
Pioneer Press, had advocated tariff
reform. He also recalled how
every Republican candidate for conE
greSS four years ago, pledged their con-
StituentS that if elected he would work
and vote for the Compromised tariff
reform, and how when they went to,
Washington they were whipped into
line by Thomas Reed and Mckinley,
who were keeping their promise to
Eastern money mOnarcnS that a high
protective tariff bill should be passed to
remunerate them for the immense
amount of money
They Had Contributed
to the Republican campaign fund.-.
Every Republican congressman, except
Nelson, voted for that bill. ''The Demo-
cratic leaders Of the East" said he,
"are now for tariff reform, the Repub-
lican leaders of the East are not. Not
a Republican sent TO congress from
Minnesota would be able to give the
people any relief in this great matters;
the Democrats sent there could. He.
recalled the fact that the only men who
are discussing the tariff question boldly
in Minnesota are the orators imported
from the East.
a great manufacturer down East, he
said, asked one of his men to vote the
Republican ticket. for he said that if
Democrats won it would result in re-.
ducing his (the employers wages. The
employee said he didn't believe that
story, for if he (the enplOyer) thought,
Democratic success would reduce his.
employees wages from Sl.50 to Sf.25i
a day, he (the employer would
certainly vote the Democratic
ticket. So it is with these high
protection advocates; they never
advocate protection on the ground that
it is a good thing for the manufacturer;
they do it all for the good of the poor
working man. This is the only time the
Republican party has ever been on the
defensive. and on the run. The reason
is because the chairman of the Demo
cratic state committee is a man who
knows how to charge upon their works.
He has got them on the run. and We'll
help him to keep them on the run.
Senator Davis voted in the United
States senate to put binding Irvine on
the free list. Yin his recent speech at
the Metropolitan opera house in ST.
Paul he spoke of a high protective tariff
as being replete with the spirit of
American principles. If L have any
idea of what American principles mean,
it is equal rights to all, and special
rights to none. The. protective tariff
system is based upon exemption TO
privileged classes. believe that the
American principles mean free field
for all. | believe that this country is
able to compete with any country in
the world. If these great industries
were compelled to stand alone, believe
that the merchant marine of this eOun-
try would soon be the
. Greatest i'm the World
instead of being the scorn of the world.
| believe that our beef, mutton and pork
would be taken to- South Amer
lea instead of being barred from that
continent. But one country in all the
history of the world had logical pro-
tective tariff, and that was China. But
the men OF war of Great Britain bat
tered down their wall; and since then
no country in the world has made such
rapid strides in advance.
Judge Nethaway. the popular candi-
date tor attorney general, followed Gov.
Lawler III a speech that was admirable
in every respect. The eloquent Still
water man was probably never seen to
better advantage than in his mastery
review and analysis of the vicious effects
of so-called protection on the welfare of
the men who toll in the shops, factories
and general manufacturing establish
ments of the land Having made a
special study of insidious tariff taxation
as it affects the workers of
the land, Judge Nethaway has
drawn from his Investigations
such lessons that he IS enabled to lay
bare, in all its shame and folly, the
hypocrisy and hollowness of the Re-
publican claim that Mckinley's crime
against natural laws was committed for
the benefit of the laboring man.
The audience listened with GREATNESS
attention, without any sign of impa-
thence or firing, closely following TIL e
speakers line of thought, the men and
women present listened to Judge Meth
eway's able presentation of convincing
realities. At the close of his peroration
there was a moments pause, then such
a thunder of appreciation that must
surely have made the speaker feel that
his effort had been well made, and that
the seed had fallen on fruitful ground.