The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-02
ADDRESSBY SENATOR PLATT
REPUBLICAN RALLY AT WEST HA-
 YE1 LAST EVENING.

Bagging Industry-Wilsop Toasted and
 Feted by British Free Traders.
 A large audience of the republicans of Orange listened to an excellent speech by United States Senator orville H. Piatt at the town hall at West Ha-
 ven last evening. The officers of the
 meeting were as follows: a
 President. Hon. s. J. Bryant; vice presidents, ID. c. Russell. J. Graham. P. B. Clapk. s. B. Woodruff. w. w.
 Ward, I. A. Kelsey, W. M. Andrew. H. D. Sutton, Sheldon Alling, Joseph Andrew. W. c. Russell, D. s. Thomp- son. D. Shepherd, c. w. Warner. w. A. Main, E. J. Crawford, H. E. Net tleton. A. F. Wood. H. B. Gorham, J. c. Clark, H. P. Wheeler, J. c. Coe, J. p. Mar; secretaries, c. w. Clark, C.. D. Graham, A. F. Lowe. E. E. Pardee, F. c. Woodruff, c. W. Hoffman, B.. M. filling, E. L. Clark, R. W. French and A. E. Pond.
 MT. Bryant in opening, the meeting made some interesting remarks, in which he said that the three main Issues wer ethe tariff, currency and municipal reform. In introducing MT. Platt he told story for which he said ex-Governor Bulkeley was authority. A Massachusetts senator when asked hv fha hnHu ha ont fiYOa to vote intelligently on all the bills that came before the senate. Well" !" he answered. "any bill that comes from a committee of which MT. Platt Is a member I vote for without fur thur Investigation"
 After a selection by the Samedi Banjo club, MT. Platt spoke. His ad- dress was in the main, as follows:
 T think there was never a cam paign when talking was so little neces- sary. The people have thought this matter out and all that Is left to do is to register their votes next Tues day.
 "Now the democratic party have been in full control of this government TUT IWO ycdlS. hCA . io AO Aoh5SA 0Ay of charging anything to misrule and mismanage- ment. And now the times are out of joint. We are in business trouble. But the democrats say that we are suffering the evil effects of republican and that the democratic legislation at last accomplished with much travail and difficult is going in some marvellous way to work the sal vation of the country.
 "The democracy hate to face the real issues.- When you. talk about national issues they immediately turn the subject off on to state issues-the need of constitutional convention, the charges Comptroller Staub has made against MT. 0lney and the ter rible organiza tion called the A. F. A.
 1.-Two years ago the democrats told us thatsthArepubliean -Rarty r had out; lived it's sshsef fhlness. Now we have had specimen of their legislation, we return the compliment by saying that the democratic party hns not yet begun it's usefulness. (Applauseo I
 "At first the democrats said that if that awful Sherman bill was re- pealed all would be well with the finances of the country. But when .hey found that it didn't heal the disease. then they for the first time said that it was all owing to the Me- Kinley bill.
 "Two years ago tonight this coun- ,ry had never been in 8 more pros ,erous condition. Now what IS the crucial test of prosperity? IS It not , condition of affairs when everyone hat wants work can get 1t and at lying wages? I thing so. And that vas the. condition of affairs throughout he country under republican rue. The election of Grover Cleveland as ,resident of the United States on the .ighth day of November. lSsS marked he beginning of these times oi troupie md distress, don't blame the demo- ratic bankers and financiers for lock- ng up their money in New York They new what was coming and why II vas coming.
 tIf you will read history you will find hat there have been. five periods dur ng which the policy of free trade has and that there have been four periods during which protection has prevailed. Under free trade we have al- ways been plunged into debt, financial ,anic and bankruptcy. It is a fact that | annot be denied or gainsaid. On the oth- F hand, under protection there has al- ways been prosperity. Business has al- | gays been in good condition, and this | ariff matter is a very simple matter. l resolves itself right ln1o 1his, that if | ve buy manufactured things abroad we l .eep the laborers of France or England l usY If we manufacture our goods at 1 onne the working people of our own ountry find employment. Two years go there were a good many false | rophets abroad in the land, who called l lack white; the bitter sweet and the 1rong right. The democratic orators nd press were these false prophets, and hey beguiled-I hate to use that harsh 1ord, cheated--the people into believing | nd even 2 greater prosperity would F Dll0W if that horrible tariff could be E one away with. In the olden times they polk the false prophets without the city nd stoned them to death. I do not ask ou to do that, but see that they do not ct a change again to put their false neories Into operation A party that ools you once is 2 rascaily party, but if
 party fools you twice you are a fool. AppIadse.) VIII any democratic news aper claim or prstend 10 claim that 1 ne prosperity of the coutry Is I nything like that under the good, old avs of protection? (Appfause,)