The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-01

city was the next speaker. He spoke of
 the history of the republican party
 from the time of It's inception. He
 showed the opposition of the democracy
 to measures highly important to the
 prosperity of the country.
 Attorney William H. Elyv Htins
 troduoed by the chairman, -'~
 Two years ago." he saiS rs
 ity of the voters of the ( ct
 elected democrat tor d
 in congress. He went
 his salary. Bu 1. single vot~ h'' " in the ir. .. s gressional distr
 l MT. Ely ret ,g question and | the communj-
 also the ans,
 publican pap.ss pi,Lu conclusively that the as. a MT. Pigott. MT. Ely was followed by the speaksR of the evening, the Hon. N. D. sperry. l Hon. N. D. Sperry spoke in part as l follows: "Tlhe matter of political economy Is being taught in the schools of to-day and the young men of to-day are trying to grasp the issues. They are struggling for anying that will ex- plain it. Now suppose that this was ladies' fair with an executive com- | mittee. We select men to represent us in congress. They are our execu-
 tive committee. The most vital point
 in discussion in the ladies' commit tee is generally the admisssion fee.
 That admission fee is the tariff. The congress of United States says that the countries across the waters cannot send their goods here without paying a tariff. -, 'Ts there anything wrong about that. Do you want them to have our market for nothing? Congress for thirty years has been aware that the countries across the water produce goods by cheap labor. If you do let the foreign goods come here untaxed you do this: You let, for instance, ten millions of dollars worth of goods into this country free and thereby you have ten millions of dollars worth of goods Jess to be made by American workingmen at American wages. "A democratic friend of mine said that before the bill of perfidy and dishonor' was passed we haven't had any tariff bill I asked him if he had ever been farmers boy. If he had he must have remembered sometime or other when the hay had been cut and ready to be garnered in cloud was descred in the northwest. That hay had to be garnered in before thd storm burst. s
 "So 1t was with the American mers cantile world. Bach merchant saw that when the democratic storm was about to burst that he must garner. He would not manufacture at a high price, what he would have to sell al a much lower price. Business stagna, tion followed and there you have tha cause of the hard times.
 T say that the government that will legislate for the people on the other side Is not fit to govern this country.
 "I went into the place of business of a democrG sic friend of mine in New Haven. He Is the owner of one of the largest Establishments where dry goods are sold in that city. I asked him if. the price of goods was higher .or lower now than in the f1fties. He answered me that prices were from 30 to 35 per cent. lower. Now, how in Ethe name of common sense do you call it robber tariff.
 T guarantee if you give me your suffrage. and I am elected that wlll devote my attention to the best of my ability to the protection of American industry to the interests of our work. ingmen."
 MT. Sperry was closely listened to during the whole of his speech and was frequently interrupted by ap. plause. t,
 The vice presidents of the meeting were O. A. Marvin, ]. Dickerman, M Conway, A. 2. Downes and c. N Brown. . ~