The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-10-16
PORTLAND DAILY PRESS MONDAY MORNING. OCTOBER &c. 1898

fiuenced and controlled by popular feel
ing. Let it be once understood that the
people of the United States are thorough
ly, decidedly and fixedly against the
proposition, and it is possible that even
the one hundred majority in. the House
OF Representatives may be overcome. but
if not,
THE ONE MAJORITY IN THE SEN
ATE CAN BE.
(Applause.)s Now, then the opportunity
and duty seem to be pretty plain and
clear, provided you are convinced and
mean to stay and have thisquestion dis
posed Of. If you are, show it by such
vote.for Major Mckinley as will make
his heart glad. (Applause.) The man
who invented the last tariff is your can
didate for governor; the man who in
vented the last Democratic platform is
their candidate. Now, that platform
said thatRepu blioan protection should be
wiped out. But their men believe in
protection, hut you can record your vote
squarely, to that the people of this
country land their representatives can
definitely understand what you mean.
I had sent to me today a couple of
Democratic pamphlets, with a request to
read. but they are too long. One con-
tanned extracts from the observations of
the various members of Congress,
Another contained good many articles
was requested to read them, but
LIFE IS TOO SHORT,
and these pamphlets are pretty long, but
/ take advantage to answer one of them.
4. $500, .oxe Nfo;o,, NEoKsn1au ic
right in saying that the foreigner pays
the tax, why do you say that the taxing
of the tax off of sugar was relief to the
people?n Now to an ignorant man that
is a poser. Probably to large number
of Democrats this contains the whole
matter in nut shell. Now Major Nc
all the taxes. What he said was, that
on any.goods which competed with our
own they paid the taxes, but Oh purely
revenue tax the consumer paid it. Now
may be there are great many men hav-
ing different views upon who pays the
taxes. I won't believe that in all cases
the foreigner pays the taxes, even in COM
petition, but do believe that in the great
majority of cases he does pay them, and
in the other cases he pays the larger.por-
tion of them, and the part that is paid is
repaid to us by the establishment OF the
splendid manufactures and Institutions
in our own country,
BUT A REVENUE TAX,
one ON sugar, one on tea, one on coffee,
every cent OF it would be paid by the
citizen himself, because there is no COM
petition on the part of the people of this
country to drive it down, for the sugar
production of this country is SO inferior
in amount to that which is produced
abroad, that it is possible to have that
effect.
: But as practical example of what I
am talking about, friend of mine came
to me during the passage of the tariff bill
in 1885. He was an importer OF crockery,
He said, "Don't for heavens sake raise
the tariff on crockery; if you do you will
drive..me outsof the business He was
close friend of mine, and was moved to
look into it, which did, but 1 voted for
an increased tax A year afterward that
man came to me and said, what you
said is true. My people have cut the
prices in two to meet the American COM
petition, and today / can sell you their
product cheaper than l could when /
was talking to you in Washington. Now
that practical example is
WORTH MORE TO ME i
than all the theories you can put into a
pamphlet. Among the astounding things
we had brought before us was the ad-
vocacy of tin plate by the Democracy, of
pearl buttons by another Democrat, and
in every case where a Democrat looked
into particular case of his own district
he found that protection was SUI itabl for
tn EN- and blessing to his own people;
and if they would look around little
more they would find all those things
are for the advantage of the people.
Now, just a few words more, because
first time. Perhaps some other Ohio
audience will suffer more in the future.
l AM not here tonight as a prophet of
evil. On the contrary. believe in the
greatness of this country am not sure,
however, that this generation, if it goes
on, will recover from the effect of even
this little taste of Democratic policy, but
am sure that the people of the United
States will go on prospecting and to pros
per, because | believe that they have that
good sense which will enable them to
rectify their error. I believe there will
be Democrats enough, taught by the
result of this last election, to
TURN FROM THEIR EVIL WAYS
anu sGaHu up loF tnS prosperity anu
progress of the United States. Zap
plause) My friends, this country is I'M
conquerable; it is magnificent in it's
standing, in its greatness and its power.
came on ly yesterday from scene that
made my heart proud. On the shores of
Lake Michigan has arisen stately city,
beautiful like land of dream. All the
grandeur of poetry and song stands
created in mimic marble. On the shore
of the lagoons, washed by the peaceful
waters Of Lake Michigan, is outlined all
the greatest of architecture of the past,
and all the hope Of the future. Two
days ago saw in these courts and palaces
thronging multitude, a quarter of the
number Of the whole people whom
George Washington led to victory a
tn ousand miles away, and hundred
years ago, and as gaze upon that multis
tude, decent, well ordered, clothed in
richer raiment than the Senators of
Rome, thought was looking upon the
march of human progress and dreamed
of those rival cities which will raise
themselves on spots now unknown be-,
yond the mighty Missouri, part and par
eel of the magnificent country which will
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