The record-union., 1894-11-05

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and advantageous 10 the people, it is the
part OF wisdom. it is the duty of any cam
| dldate or OF any party TO refer TO that
| past and to ask the people TO judge the
future by the past. The fact that the
Democracy this year refused to discuss
National questions, and asked the people
to listen only to a discussion of State
matters. OF itself is enough to condemn
| their tariff legislation; of itself is
/ enough 10 condemn them as national
party; OF itself is enough to call upon
every taxpayer to vote against that party
this year and to vote in favor of electing
| republicans to Office once more in the
State and Nation. [Applause.l
Another thing call your attention to,
and that is TO the action of the Demo-
cratic United States Senators with refer
ence to this Wilson tariff bill. We have
a right to speak of that bill. because it is
| tne only piece OF legislation that the
| Democratic Congress has given us. And
the action OF the leaders of the Demo-
cratic party in the United States Senate
showed conclusively to every thinking
man that they really believe in the doc.
trine enunciated by the Republican
party OF protection to American indus
tries; for every United States Senator
who could obtained protection for the in
| terestS OF his particular locality and of
his particular State, and said he would not
vote for the Wilson bill unless the inter-
ests of his State were protected by that
bill.
/ cannot, in the time allotted me to-
| night, call your attention to all the mat
! terS which illustrate the truth of the
proposition that the Democratic Senators
| proved the truth OF Republican doctrine.
L will call your attention TO but one. You
| all know that MIR. Murphy Is a United
States Senator from Troy, New York.
You all know that in the city of Troy
| there is built up large business engaged
| In the manufacture OF collars and cuffs,
giving employment to some thousands OF
people, and you all know that MIR.
| Murphy demanded of the Democratic
party in Congress that they should pro-
tect that tindustry-Ihat they should give
him tariff which would protect the COL
lars and cuffs manufactured in New
\ 1ork-and you all know that the Demo-
cratic party bowed the knee to the claim
of Mr.. Murphy and protected his particu-
lar industry, and thus showed that they
were in favor of the Republican doctrine
OF protection to American industries,
while Mr.. Murphy, after he had obtained
protection for the collars and cuffs that he
wore, was perfectly willing that the bal
ance of the shirt should go to the dogs
and be used as it pleased the free trade
theorists. Great applause. You will
lind 1t this line of conduct everywhere.
They sought to protect their own inter-
ests; they sought to protect their own in
dustrles; they sought to protect their own
State. And, in so doing, they proved the
truth OF the Republican principle of pro-
lection, and they, unwittingly, furnished
us with the strongest argument in its be-
half
But there is one other matter that l
want to call your attention to, as estab-
fishing, beyond preadventure, the abso-
lutte weakness of this Wilson tariff bill
which has been introduced by the Demo-
cratic party, which has been indorsed by
the Democracy of this State and which
was voted tor by Mr.. Caminetti, the pres
ent representative in Congress from this
district. You all know that, in every
city of any size in tie United States, there
are representative bodies of the inhabit-
ants Of that city, sometimes called a Board
of Trade, sometimes called Chamber of
| Commerce, and that that representative
body meets and passes resolutions in
favor Of this or that matter which will
benefit the people of the locality or of the
nation; that they give banquets to dis
tinguished Americans who have deserved
well of their country.
! ask any man, L ask any woman here
present, l ask any child here present,
who has read the papers and kept watch
of events, if there has been any repre-
sentative body of men, outside OF Demo-
cratic Suite Convention, in the United
States, that has indorsed the Wilson tariff
| bill or givbn a banquet 10 Its author. 90
to the Chamber of Commerce in New
Orleans, where cotton is King, and
Democracy rules triumphant: go to the
Board of Trade of Baltimore, where man
ufactures enlist and prosper and where
| Democracy is in full power; go to the
city Of New York, where they have
Board OF Trade and Chamber of Com
merce, where gold is King and where
Democracy rules triumphant through
Tammany; go to the city of Chicago,
where corn is King and where Democracy
rules the people owing to It's alliance with
the Socialists; go to the city OF Boston,
where Democracy rules at times often
under the shadow of Fanueuil Hail; go to
the city of phia-always Repub-
lican, thank God-fOr there they meet
beneath the shadow of the Liberty Bell,
immortalized by the deeds OF the men of
'76. Great applause and cheers. Go TO
any city in the East, or the West, or the
South, or the North, all over this broad
domain of ours, and find me one Cham
ber OF Commerce, find me one Board of
Trade, that has dared to say one word III
favor OF William l.. Wilson or his tariff
bill. You search the record III vain.
[Applause,
But he has been banqueted. A Cham
ber of Commerce has given him ban
Quet and passed eulOgistic resolutions:
but it was not IN America. 1t was re-
served for a Cham ber OF Commercei in Lon
don, England, our natural business COM
petitor and rival; for Cham ber OF Conn
merce COMPOSED OF British merchants
British manufacturers and British busi-
ness men, to give a banquet to William
l.. Wilson and TO pass encomiums upon
him. Not because he was the author OF a
law that benefited America, but because
he was the author of law that benefited
England.
, Are you Americans? Do you believe
in the country either of your birth or
your adoption? DO you recognize the
motto, which should be inscribed upon
the heart of every citizen OF this grand
, republic of ours: "Our country always
right, but our country right or wrong. )"
Loud cheers and great applause.l Do
| you believe IN standing by your own
/ country? Do you believe that what is
good for the other countries is not good
: for America? DO you believe i'll prac-
ticing that which will benefit your own
: land? Ii SO, vote against the party
which has passed a tariff bill that is
praised only by the enemies of our
America and not by the friends and the
lovers of our country. Applause and
cheers.
l And that, to my mind, is a conclusive
! and an unanswerable argument against
all the claims made by the Democracy in
? favor of their bill. If you have a fight
with man (which God forbid) and while
you are lighting him and doing your
level best to hold yourself from total de-
feat, some man comes along, stands by
your side and praises your enemy anu
says, What good fighter he isl What
a beautiful blow he struck you in the
D chest! What beautiful kick be gave
, you! What magnificent pugilist he is.
and how envy him his strength and
G abiiityv would not you feel as though
that man was against you, and would not