The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-13
SPEECH BY CULLOM
ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN
OPENED BY THE SENATOR.
Macvcagh's Questions answered and
of the Country-MckinIey Tarin.

ROBINSON, H., Sept. 12.-The Repub-
lican campaign in Illinois was formally
opened here to-day with the first big rally
held under the auspices OF the Republican
State central committee. At the request
of the Republicans of this county Senator
Shelby NJ. Cullom was assigned By the COM
mittee as the speaker OF the day. and de-
livered his first speech since his return
from Washington. The Republicans OF
southern Illinois are exceedingly enthusi-
astic ana they turned out in such large
numbers and with such A display of enthu-
siasm as TO render the rally one of the
most successful ever held in this section
OF the state. Mr.. Cullom proceeded 10 an
swer the questions asked him by the DEM
ocratic candidate for United States Sena-
tor. Franklin MacVeagh. in the latter's re-
cent speech at Springfield. Senator Cullom
ridiculed Mr.. MacVeagh's comparisons of
the Republican and Democratic parties TO
the political parties of England. and said
that. while Mr.. MacVeagh appears TO be
thoroughly English in his political ideas
and associations. he does not appear TO be
any more exact in his statements about
English politics than in those regarding
American politics. He spoke at length on
the tariff and the currency. concluding with
OH lluCu VI MI. . PCAiclOA
policy and a criticism of Mr.. MacVeagh's
alleged aSperSionS on Gen. John A. Logan.
As to the inquiry whether the Mckinney
law would be re-enacted by the Repub-
lican party IL ii is restored TO power, Sen
ator Cullom said his prediction was that
the Mckinley bill would not be ~re-enacted
in its entirety. The reasons he gave for
this prediction were that the law had been
in force four years when repealed and I'M
doubleday would have been revised by the
Republicans had they continued in power,
in accordance with their policy in the past,
when the changing condition or
or other reasons showed TINS TO be neces-
sary. He had no hesitation in declaring,
however, that when the Republican party
returns TO power and enacts a new tariff
law it would be drawn in accordance with
the policy of protection to American indus
tries and American wage workers he
would advise that the first step taken by
the Republicans when they revised the
tariff would be to consider the propriety
of reducing the duties upon the fifty-one
articles on which the new Democratic law
in the Mckinley law. He would be anx-
ious to discover why these duties had been
raised by a party which denounced the al
legged high rates OF the Mckinley "roober
tariff" and he called upon Mr.. MacVeagh
to explain why the duties upon these arti-
cles had been increased.
Toward the close of his address Mr.. Gull
lom said: "Fellow-citizens, allow me a
word or two now in regard TO the financial
condition of the country in 1892, when the
Republican party went out of power. The
wealth of the country increased from &c.
15s, Gle, 06S in 1860 TO $62, $40. 00O, 600 in 1890. The
capital invested in manufactures in 1890
had increased to 5000, 900. 00. The wages
earned by employees In manufacturing in
1890 aggregated S1,22l, 170, asa, and the value
OF the product was 81, SEQ, 2S6, S37. Wages in
creased greatly in the aggregate between
1880 and 1890. and in this period they made
the vast increase of more than Al per cent.
per capita
'In 1892 the value of our exports amount
ed to l,030, 000, 600 and exceeded our imports
by the sum of $500, 100000. showing that the
Republican protective policy has continu~
ally built up and enlarged our foreign CON-
merce, instead of closing against us the
markets of the world, as claimed by the
free-traders.
I'm 1891 the amount of deposits in the
savings banks of the country aggregated
the sum OF ], 623. 079. 7i9, and nearly all of it
belonged to the artisans, mechanics and
other laboring men of the country.
the close Of President Harrison's adj
ministration the interest-bearing debt Of
the Nation amounted to 1856, 039, go. 1t had
been reduced under the Republican policy
from something over s., 500. COZ, 600 in 1865 TO
that sum- Cleveland came into Office in
1893 with a Democratic Congress to support
him, and on July 1. 1894. the public debt
ha0 increased to $685., 04l, $40, an increase of
more than s50,00o.0Q0. Ard If the Demo-
cratic policy continues as heretofore the
interest-bearing debt of the Nation will be
increased by the sum Of from $50. 600, 600 to
500, 000. 900 before we get rid of Democracy
in March, 1897