Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-10-19
The Next Governor Given A
Cordial Welcome by Audu-
bon County.
AN I'M m { N Sc MEETING
Everybody Charmed by the Eioquenee
of the Brilliant Young Candidate.
IOWA WILL 81 40. 900 REPUBLICAN,.

Tuesday night will remain mem.
orable in the history of political events
in Audubon county. 1t was the oc
casion of the presence and address of
the Hon. Frank ID. Jackson, the repub-
lican candidate, and it was made by the
voluntary action of the people the best
meeting ever held in the county.
During the day the vigorous candi-
date had held meetings in Griswold and
Atlantic, and he came to Audubon ut
5:l5 where he was met by the martial
band and 100 citizens, who went out
from the stores and offices and work.
shops, and from the fields, to tender
cordial reception to the man who is
electrifying the people of Iowa with his
eloquence in expounding the truths of
republicanism and business principles
in government. This self organized
committee escorted Mr.. Jackson to the
Park ho.el, where all who desired were
presented and given cordial, vigorous
hand-shakc characteristic of this splen-
did man.
1t was Chicago Day. Worlds. Fair
crowd that assembled at the court
house in the evening The appointed
opening hour was 1880, but long before
that time every seat, every inch OF
standing room in the hall was occupied,
while the crowd was packed in the
vestibule and half way down the stairs
like sardines in box, and hundreds
were turned away. Many stood In the
stairway until they could get glimpse
of Jackson, then they would pass out
and make room for others bent upon
the same object, but through 1t all the
jam of humanity continued good natur.
ed and withal orderly. 1t was spon-
taneous tribute Of the people to man
who Is making q campaign unparalleled
in Iowa history and who, despite the
malignity of demoralized and dis.
couraged opposition Is winning favor
and votes every day. 1t was splendid
tribute to the vigorous and courageous,
eloquent and brilliant Frank ID. Jack
son. And better than all the rest is
the fact that the people went away
charmed and delighted with the man
and his mastery presentation of re.
publicanism. Those who came his
friends and sympathizers went away
his advocates and supporters. 1t was
a grand and successful meeting, glo.
rious and inspiring How little of its
spirit of enthusiasm the type can i'm
part, we know full well, and we can on.
ly indicate the trend of his argument:
Mr.. Jackson opened his address with
an eloquent and inspiring tribute to
the American flag, under whose folds
the people have lived IN prosperity un.
precedented in the worlds history, and
for its perpetuity in unbroken splendor
the best blood of the nation has been
shed, 1t was a nonpartisan tribute in
which every citizen could participate
and crafty his spirit of national pride.
In arguing the republican policy of
protection, Mr.. Jackson made a local
application that illustrated the truths
OF trade very plainly. He represented
Audubon as the home nation and the
town of Algona as the foreign point.
The council of Audubon with q thous,
and laborers passed Mckinley reso
luton, placing a tariff upon imports
from Algona sufficient to make the
cost of such goods by
half-paid labor equal to the cost o those
manufactured by the well paid labor
here, and sufficient to make the 80 steer
raised in Mexico of equal value to the
steer raised here. The mechanics and
farmers Of Audubon under this prac.
tice prospered handsomely. But in
1892 the dry goods box free trader ap.
preached the mechanic and farmer of
Audubon with argument to show that
he was robbed by the infamous tariff,
and that IL it we're abolished no would
| buy all the necessities much cheaper
because Of the fact that the Algona
manufacturer would come in and sell
his product at Q price less the
tariff. In an evil hour the prosperous
people consented to the fallacy, voted
for it, and there was indeed an era OF
cheap produce and cheap goods, But
what Of the ability Of the Audubon
populace to buy? The Algona goods
came in and were cheap, but the thous-
and men engaged in manufacture in
Audubon were out of employment, the
mills were stopped; they went to farm
ing and there was no market for their
produce because everybody was EN-.
gagged in raising sufficient and more
for their own needs. The foreign mer.
chant came in, sold cheap for q time,
but when he had displaced all competi-
ton he raised the prices higher than
ever before, with the result that the
formerly protected and prosperous
community was ruined by the sophistry |
and delusion known as free trade |
This argument was elaborated in Jack.
sons own lucid style so that " was
plain to all, and he cited it as an illus
tration of the effect of the present
democratic policy upon this nation and
quoted a democratic SENATOR Black
burn, who said that there are now two
million skilled taborers out Of employ
ment, to prove the assertion. He had
been in Muscatine, Davenport and OF
tumwa, in Iowa, and found the fac
tories there running with force reduced
from 20 to 30 per cent. Che practical
effect of this theory has been sufficient