Morning journal and courier., 1892-10-28
GENERAL BEAVERS SPEECH.

he Ex-Governor of Pennsylvania 7
on tho Issues of the
Rousing Republican
Rally at the Hyperion-General
Il. s. Greeley the Presiding Omcer.
The Hyperion was again last evening ,
lied with enthusiastic republicans who
ad assembled to hear Ex-Governor Beaver
{ Pennsylvania discourse on the issues of
his campaign as viewed by the republican
arty.
The meeting opened at 8 o'clock with
eversl selections by the glee club and the
after which James Bishop, chair
nan of the republican state committee, in
reduced General E. S. Greeley as the pre-
riding officer of the meeting. He spoke as |
follows:
"Among those who took part in the late
war we're a good many New Haven boys,
and among those New Haven boys was one
who is here tonight as your presiding Off
Ger. take great pleasure in introducing
to you as the presiding officer of your
meeting General E. S. Greeley"
General Greeley then in few sympa-
thetic words spoke of the bereavement at
the White house, and proceeded with
brief and complimentary remarks present.
mingled applause. General Beaver spoke
as follows:
Ladies' and Gentlemen: The allusion
which has been made to the great affection
of the president of the United States re-
called to my mind little incident which
very strongly points out tho tender rela-
lions which existed between the president
and Mrs. Harrison. One Sunday hap
pened to be in Indianapolis, and not wish
ing to trouble President Harrison, know
ing how he was overrun with COM
pany, I asked the hotel clerk for
the church which President Harrison
did not attend. he directed me
wrong, however, and I got to the church
which the president did attend. Some one
told him was there and after the service
he invited me to dinner. While we were
sitting in the library before dinner, Mrs.
Harrison came bustling in, saying: "Ben,
Ben. button up your coat and come out in
the kitchen to shake hands with an old
colored woman, who says she won't go
down to Tennessee until she has shaken
hands with you" And SO he did. The
very naturalness of the act before an en-
tire stranger showed the devotion which
Mrs. Harrison had for the president and
the loving obedience which he rendered to
her. And if more husbands were obedient
to their wives there would be little doubt
of the result of the election this fall.
While I was student in college we
studded about the universal brotherhood
of mankind. Now..I believe in the universal
brotherhood of mankind. believe every
man is my neighbor, yet I think that my
boy is more to me than my neighbours, and
my wife more to me than my neighbours.
And while I believe in the universal
brotherhood of mankind, also believe
that God has divided mankind into fami-
lie and into nations, which are really only
big families. And it is to our interest to
| look out for our own families first. There.
| fore I cannot acknowledge the promise Of
| our democratic friends who say, that be-
cause all men are brothers we should lool
out for the workmen of England as much
ence to our own. The premise is untrue
| therefore the conclusion ia false.
| You can see that am going to talk tariff
to you. What is tariff? The word mean
schedule list. And this schedule is
list of duties on imported goods, which
come here in such quantities and at sucl
prices that our workmen are forced Il
work for lower wages, or would be If
were not for the Mckinley bill. And thi
the democratic party of to-day calls IN
constitutional.
If either Grover Cleveland or David B
Hill were nominated and elected presi
dent either of them would start on tn
road toward success with 1873 electora
votes assured him from the southern states
Do you notice do not include all tn
southern states in that category. We ar
going to carry some of them this ime
Mark my words, which are, of course,
prediction. The solid south will be broke
at this election! We mean to re-elec
President Harrison without either New
York or Indiana; although we expect t.
carry both of them. Great applause
have said that this question of protection
is home question. It comes to ever
American home and hearth. Where els
in the world than in America do you fin
the mechanics enjoying all the comforts O
told to endorse free trade and that protee
Garner to comfortably support his famil
is unconstitutional. Well T know GU
opponents say that it is not the tariff ths
does make American wage earners' home
happy. Well2 Did the ordinary wag
earners live that way under the Wake
tariff of '46? Well! should think mo-
When James Buchanan, toward the clos
of his administration. Issued a proclaim,
ton for fasting and prayer what was til
burden of his proclamation It was tbs
the country was suffering; that the wac
work with no chance for obtaining worl
And yet there are people who say that tt
| country was prosperous under the tart
, of '46.
A great many men come around talkir
about free raw material. There is no sue
l thing as raw material. In Pennsylvan
t | we have nearly all the bituminous coal
the world, and yet great part of the co
of the bituminous ceal is the cost of r
. moving it from the ground and transpor
ing it to the market. Pig iron is wort
h. | only 25 cents per ton in the ground, y
I when it flows out the mouth of the smell
ing furnace it is worth from $11 to 81
the price, in great part, of the Drawn
: man that has been expended on it. Y
I | they talk about free raw material. The
q is no such thing as free raw material. I'll
final result of all protection is to cheape
D all things One of the best illustrations
9 this fact is the history of the developmel
of the caustic tile industry in this countr
In 1878 put down some caustic tile in
room in my house and paid 81. 80 per squa
foot. In 1880 some gentlemen fro
? GAINESVILLE o., and indianapolis, Ind, CO.
Q ceived the idea of making caustic tile fro
- material they had near at hand. The
went to the committee of ways and meal
at Washington and said that if they won
r put duty of 20 per cent ad valorem {
r oaustic tiles they could manufacture tho
!, tiles in this country and manufacture the
better and said that in two years the pric
would be cheaper. Mr.. Kelley was at tn
time chairman of that committee and
drew up bill which passed the senate ar
met the approval of the president. Insit
r of two years they were manufacture
tiles. The English manufacturers imm
I diately put their prices down to cruz
out the new American industry. Fl
GAINESVILLE people did the same. This ha
= pened several times until at last the Ne
. York agent of the English company wei
}, to the agent of the GAINESVILLE compa1
q and said: 'Let us fix on a price whit
shall be uniform and not continually Gu
i ting each others throat" America hi
i outgeneraled England. And she had dol
it by the assistance of the protective ia
+ if. Applause Now you can get can
: tic tiles for $50 per square foot.
a So If anyone should ask me how I W
!, going to vote this fall would answer
am going to vote for my family-for II
we'll being and it's best interests. Al
. that would be the republican ticket fro
top to bottom. Great applause.
:. The speaker was many times loudly q
plauded. The meeting closed with q Sol
by the glee club, which was finely give
!. The club outdid itself last evening and
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