Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-15

Capt. {. p. Allen Delivers a
Magnificent Speech
IN The LINCOLN CLUB ROOMS
The Ex-CongTessaan From the Second
A.de SOUND Spesch-ChssTs for
the Speaker aad Case.

Ex-Coagressmsn &. P. Allen Of
Ypsll4ntl faced large sadisacs in the
Llacoln clue r00ms on Pearl street last
evening. The crowd Vas allow Ia as
sembLng and It WAS S:l5 O'Clock be-
fore Colonel Sellers ca led the meeting
70 order. II was a good natured crowd
aud Captain AiLen Was eheered and APP
plauded, a. the telling points OF MS Ad-
dress we're seat home. furng the
time that the audience vas assembling.
Al invitation Was extended for persons
10 come forward and join the club As
q resalt the roll of tho club was
Augmented by nifty new names- The
Hon. NJ. ). CROSBY Was called to the
chair and introduced the speaker, re-
ferring 70 him as one OF the aolest re-
presen ,atves Michigan has ever had IN
the national congress. Captain Allen
said;
Il have been taking in the county
where they are not converted. l take
n that mere IN the city you have all
made up your minds as TO how you
will vote tins fall. IL there are any
for little time 20 torment them before
their time. In this great government
where every mans vote counts-uni-ss
be - counted ouI-we should be care
tul 10 know what We are doing when
election day comes. some men vote a
ticket because they nave card ontheir
shoulder labeled democrat" but 10 Is
not a sufficient reason for the way TO
vote. Ii follows that no man should
vote carelessly. He should look be-
You'd the men and look AZ the probable
acts OF the men who are 70 be elected.
4 hope you Will vote the republican
ticket THIS fall, not becsuse | like TO
see the republican party win = victory,
but because what Il advocates - better
than what the other parties advocate
Democratic Inertia.
The strength of the democratic party
is IN Us inertia, its inactivity. Ii breads
3 contest. The deeds of the fathers
are good enough for democrat lt 10
4 necessary EVIL. We shall have q DEM
ocrzilc party until tae morn of the mil
lenium, when all SIN viii pass away.
No democrat can point back for
thirty-five years and see one principal
advocated by the democratic party
that mas been right. There is great
deal of difference between Q democrat
and the democratic party. When the
democratic party declared IN 1854 that
the war was failure, thou-
sands of them left the party
and voted for Abraham Lin
cola. The individual democrat has
principles, but the party-well, what
mas IL done in this district? IL has
swallowed peoples party candidate.
You ought TO reoGke your party, good
democrats, by voting the straight re-
publican ticket. If you vote for the
republican party you Will vote Tor your
own best interests
The subject of the tariff is fairly
upon It's merits IN this campaign. The
democratic party has evaded the real
issue in former campaigns. Now IL Is
fairly placed on platform that advO-
Gates free trade. pure and simple. The
platform states that the republican
tariff is fraud and unconstitutional.
and that tariff for revenue only Is
Toe only tariff that can be levied con-
stitution2ily. They quoted the con-
federate constitution on the tariff
question, and this plank IN the demo
cratic platform will be shot TO death by
a million ballots az the confederate
constitution was shot TO death by
million loyal bullets.
To Protect Home M.rkess-
The republican party has promised
70 keep the American market where IL
4. Tue market consumes more than
any other market in the world. liz isa
great market because Il pays FOR what
u consumes. The republican party
avs We snail reserve this market for
our own people tirst.
The democrats tell US the tariff ia
rmnons; that IL - aiding the manufac-
tursrs 10 TIE damage of the laborers.
Now, suppose anything should hap
pen TO make manufacturing
POORLY paying place TO have
money invested. What happens The
capitalist can take MS money and be-
come banker or eau 90 abroad. But
what is TO become of that army of
w0rkmen who assemble about the gates
OF these factories with their pals which
are ches per now than ever beforeR
We bad a low tariff for twenty years
in thls country, and Il ed TO the COM
plets Bankruptcy of the country. At
thaf time the shelves Of all our stores
we're stocked with foreign goods, and
the Ships OF the ocean were laden with
a stock Of goods made by the cheap
labor Of Europe. The result VAS that
sOme Of the large cities had to set up
soup houses ~ keep the laborers from
starving. James Buchanan, then ores
ideut OF the United States. called at
tention TO the state of idleuess of the
lzborsrs and the closed doors of the
manufactures in very strong language.
The lsborers of this country are bet
ter paid than ever before. There Are
more comfortable homes in the United
states ts.isy than ever before. The
Iaborer's home today Is better than the