The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-01
wBURRlLLVILLE RALLIES.
Republicans at Pascoag and Harris.
Vile Hold Forth.
PROTECTION AND SOUND MONEY
The Principles OF the Republican Party as
Laid Down Last Night by Hon. ID. Hall
Rice, Gov. Ladd. Senator Aldrich and
Others.

~ WAS burrlllVllle turn ldSC night.
They rallied at Pascoag and Harrisville
and sounded the battle cry of protection
and an honest dollar, which is TO be a
synonym for victory at the polls ne t
Wednesday. In Pascoag the rally was
held in Music Hall aud at Harrisville
they held forth at Thayer's Hall. Both
halls were crowded, and in each instance
it was a representative gathering of work.
ingmen. Did they enthuse9 Well,
rather, especially when any mention was
made Of the party leaders. sue as Blaine,
Harrison. Nc Kinlsv"and Aldrich.
At Harrisville the meeting was pre-
sided o yer by the Hon. Edward l.. Gan
non candidate for State Senator from
Burrillville. The speakers were Gov.
Laid, Senator Aldrich. the Hon. Charles
A. Wilson and the Hon. Edward Fitzwil-
liam.
order by Lawyer Edward II. Lovejoy.
The Hon. David Hall Rice of Massachu-
sets was the first speaker. He said
Rhode Island would do what is right in
the coming election.
What are you voting for? The Demo-
cratic party is irrevocably committed to
free trade and free silver coinage. On the
other hand the Republican party is for
protection to American industries and
sound finance. You are to choose between
them.
These representatives of the Democratic
party who come into this State from the
West and South tell you that they are not
for free trade nor free silver. II "a man
should join the Mormons and take unto
himself five wives and then tell you tina
he was not in favor of Polygamy he would
be in exactly the same position as
these men who come to this State and
tell you that they and the Democratic
party are not In favor of free trade and
free silver. When the Mckinley bill pro-
posed to take the tariff of sugar because
we did not produce enough of IL in this
country to effect the market, the Demo
Gratis in Congress were against it to n
man.
give our tin plate manufacturers in this
country n chance The Democrats yelled
robbery, but they failed 20 say anything
about the fact that this tariff on tin
established an industry which will give
scr, 100000 in wages. The Mckinley bill
put the highest duties on high priced
goods which the laborer does not buy,
aud the Democratic Springer bill recently
introduced in Congress proposes to a
of the tariff on these luxuries.
We have the grandest market in the
world and by protection we give TO our
home manufacturers the first chance at
this market. When We lay the goods on
the counter for sale, the American can
buy them because he has the money which
| Protection has made it, possible for him TO
earn.
| This little State of Rhode Island manu-
features have rs much wooden goods to-
day as the whole country did in 1860 be-
fore American labor was protected.
Protection has. two great mottos (;
| American wages for American labor and
American market for American goods.
Mr.. Rice asked that the voters return to
the Senate. the man who is TO the Senate
has been what Mckinley has been to the
National House, Senator Aldrich.
Gov. Ladd's Speech.
Gov. Ladd was next introduced. He
spoke briefly of the free silver bill and Of
the effect IL would nave on the people of
thisc country if IL became "A law, that the
man who has saved up u little fortune
would he paid back, not dollar for dollar,
but a coin that would be worth 6S cents
In gold.
been realized from the Mckinley bill
throughout the country. He said in clos
ing: Eve are on the eve of an election
which is In a sense a national election.
The country is looking at MS. The ticket
must be elected next Wednesday. We
want you TO eject the Senator and Repre-
sentative whom you nave nominat ed, for
IL is they who will vote for the United
States Senator. You must return Mr..
Aldrich, and in order 20 do so YOU must |
come out and vote next Wednesday"
Hon. Charles a. Wilson came next. He
dwelt upon the necessity of good govern
ment and asked what the Democratic !
party had ever done to command a single
vote.
Senator Aldrich.
Senator Nelson w. Aldrich received n
rousing ovation when he was introduced.
He said the United States Senate was at
present slightly Republican. IL n Demo-
crat IL sent from BEode Island the chances
are that in the next Congress the Senate
will be Democratic. or the tariff he said
that free trade wool means free woolens. |
Make wool free, what thenp IL it costs 10
cents per pound in England 20
work that wool into yarn IL would
cost ~ cents 10 do the same thing
here, because wages are higher IN this
country, so that in order to bring the
price OF yarn down 10 a level with that OF /
England and Belgium the cost OF the
whole manufacturing plant must be re-
duced TO begin with. aud then the wages
of the workmen must be cut down. |
That's what putting wool on the free list
means.
I'VE wiu." he said, have no trouble in
electing our State and Assembly ticket il
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