Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-11-25

| we ned last out good times we nave the
same men and the same money, the same
| machinery, the same markets this year
that we had LAST but we have q new man.
agemsnt. We have the same people, with
the same pluck and the same persever.
anoe, and the same Manufacturing plants,
but the people last year voted for change
i of policy, policy which prevailed before
the war, q policy which had not been in
| operation since the war, which was not
In operation during the war, which old
policy Is untitled to our present condi-
i tons
eff full and free expression could be
had, there is scarcely state In the union
which would record its majority vote in
favor of free trade, or purely revenue
| tariff. / am firm In the conviction that
the prepondering sentiment of the country
| Is for protective tariH-was in '92 and is
| now. The verdict of last year was not
against the protective system, and If the
party In power 80 interprets 1t 1t Will do 1t
| at its own peril as party, and at the peril
of the vast invested interests of the coun-
try. There Is not q state, If its real senti-
ment could be had to-day, but would ad-
wise congress to keep its hands of the
presen. tariff and leave any revision which
experience may prove to be necessary to
the friends of the protective system; not q
democratic representative from an indus
trial state who, If he would voice the true
sentiment of his constituents to day, but
would vote against the proposed raid upon
our industries.
ut Ia not fair to assume, for 1t Ia not
true, that every democrat who contributed
to give the control of the government to
the party now in power WAS or is In favor
of free trade. Many such gave their votes
this year to the party which upholds pro-
lection and will continue to do 30 30 long
as the system is threatened. There were
those last year who thought they were in
favor of free trade, have got rid of the de-
fusion and would be glad, If they had the
power, to recall their votes, while there are
many THOUSANDS more who gave their votes
to the party In power upon other and
different questions, quite independent of
the tariff
"Whst would be more welcome to the
business interests of the country, to the
wage workers of the country and every
true American interest, than the assurance
that this congress would adjourn without
meddiing with our industrial lsgislationi
What sigh of relief would be felt in every
part of the country. What confidence
would be created, what vitalizing force
would be infused into every department of
human activity, what cheer would enter
the homes of laborI Such an assurance
would bring glad tidings of great joy to
the millions of American homes whose oc-
cupants see the winter coming, the savings
of years going or gone and no work or
wages in sight.
ga free trade congress Is a fearful menace
to the industrial interests of the country.
Business is now waiting on the uncertainty
of the congress soon to convene, or, to be
more exact, upon the certainty of un-
friendly legislation when it does convene,
and while business Ia waiting the laborsr
is waiting outside with nothing to do. I
sound the note of warning here tonight
wish it might reach every corner of the
country, that every reduction of the tariff
will be followed by reduction of wages,
that every cut in the tariff rates will be
by cut in the wage rates.
"The effect of the proposed tariff legisla-
ton, whether intended or not, is an unerr-
ing blow at labor, which will be instantly
felt in the home of every operative In the
United States. The threat of 1t has already
been felt. The friends of protection should
not now falter. The fight is only begun.
If temporarily lost 1t Is not to be given up.
Courage was never more needed and
never more expected by the people from
their representatives than now. 1t is the
demand of the hour and the requirement
)I tue SITUATION. Inc tlnkererS OF the
Tariff should be thwarted, they should
be opposed at every step in their
program of destruction. Republicans
and democrats who believe in the
protective system in congress and
out of congress should stand together
IN resisting every effort to weaken or de-
stroy 1t. If 1t Ia at last to be accomplished
let none of the responsibility rest upon us.
In time like the present, with idle men
and idle mills, platforms to the rear and
theories to the winds, the voice of parti-
,anship should have no place in our coun-
voice of patriotism alone should
be heard.
LET there be no yielding of principle,
40 compromises which shall despoil our
and degrade our labor. Let us
be Americans. and may the congress soon
to assemble show itself as genuinely Amer
can as the great body of the people which
It represents"
During the governors speech he was
frequently Interrupted with applause and
At his best periods he was cheered to the
,cho. When he concluded he was again
greeted with great demonstration of en-
,husiasm. The next speaker was Hon.
Thomas B. Reed of Maine. His reception
was even more enthusiastic than that &C.
corded Governor Mckinley, the cheers and |
applause continuing for several minutes.