The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-11-23

nor Gno OeuHUe, ana ali we Can w
let the country try the results OF Cne
folly of 1892. it is a poor prospect, but
it is all there is. l hate to say tnIs;
wish it were not SO, and that we hau
such possession of the government as
would enable us to at once deVlSe SUI
remedies as the country needs. Duo VIZ
constitution of this country was 50 nav
that the will of the people muse oSU Uniio
fixed before it can be effective. "nne
in the long run this may be wisest;,, JUST
now it seems great misfortune; lle[1
are compensaJions, however. we snaii
have two wears to look over this slCua-
ton. SO as to do the best we can When
our time has fully come. 30 Ial NY wo
have done all that lay in our power lns
bad work cannot go Oh, even IL Ihe soou
work cannot commence. we nave re-
moved one uncertainty, that OF the fu-
ture. the uncertainty OF possible cnahge,
but the uncertainty of the present. still
ramains What the German bill means
for the industries of this country.we nave
vet to see. That it favors CANADA, ana
gives it at least five millions OIL dollars
yearly, we already know. ina6 ~ ue-
stroys sheep husbandry is all too Bile
That many small woole manufactures
must 90 under, seems unavoidable, and
that wages must come nearer the Euro
mean standard seems inevitable. But
this need not last more than three years
if the American people are steadfast and
wise and determined.
This country is in favor OF the doctrine
of protection, largely in favor OF 1T.
Everything shows this, and no man,
whose brains are not suffering from re-
cent conclusion from the heels, can think
otherwise.
In the 45th Congress, Democratic by
seventeen majority, Fernando Woods
bill was defeated, without even the
ceremony of discussion of items in the
committee of the whole. In the 4Sth
Congress, Dmocratic by seventy-eight
majority, MIR. Morrison's bill had its
enacting clause stricken out, most
humiliating failure. When Mr.. Cleve-
land, for private personal and pol1tlcal
reasons, threw into the scale the whole
organization of the Democratic party,
be was defeated before the people at the
first opportunity. II anybody beleVes
dorsed by the electionepf 1899, ne has no
fellowship with the president or the
Chairman of Ways and Means. for
neither of them dared to even attempt TO
carry it out. 1t may be that. at the last
election, hard times caused some IRA
tlonal voting. 1t may be that dlsgusG az
the utter inefficiency OF the democracy
fact remains that the overwhelming
victory we have had was victory FOR
protectiop as the firm faith of the Amerl-
can people.
How. then, can we utilize this victory,
make it permanent and give to- this
country areturn of the prosperity OF past
times? There is only one way. We must
educate the people OF this country up 70
the full measure of wisdom in this mat
ter, or rather the people must educate
themselves. And there never was bet
ter opportunity. Mems minds are now
receptive. In the last two years they
ave seen the folly of all this fippant
talk about "Tariff taxation" Free raw
material, y Markets of the world" and
| all tine other catchwords whlcn exnl9 l5
| the wisdom of the parrot and the de-
claimer instead of the wisdom OF the
statesman. They realize In general way
| that there is soundness in that universal
| instinct whereby each country demands
| that it's people shall have the first chance
| to do their own work, and that every BODY
who is willing to labor shall have en-
ployment at fair wages.
What we need now is not general pelleI
| in our doctrines. We need teaching
which comes from practical results. We
| need distribution of the facts. When
| say to you that protection will cheaper
goods and make better goods, you may
| yield assent, but it may not be light
| ing faith. But when show, by facts
and figures, that ground glass, for ex,
ample, though raised an hundred per
| cent. by the Mckinley tariff, has reached
| almost the same price as before, and the
consumer gets American glass worth
| twenty per cent. more, and every Inch
of it made by American labor, show
! something which is an ever present an
swer to all the theories of the world.
! Hardly one of the audience now address
would fail to give a like example within
his own knowledge. Truth has to be
taught. Lies find their own way. Ii
weeds grow where should be the waving
| grain, it is because it is easier for the
| weeds to grow. Free Trade captivates
| mems minds, because it can be put into
| a phrase. The real world cannot be put
into phrase. All the volumes on earth
| have not vet contained it. Truth does
| not fly aboutike a butterfly, ready to be
caught in net. Truth is at the bottom
of the well, and the bucket goes often
down before it fetches 1t.
During the next two years, this coun-
try needs the help of every. man who has
the slightest morsel of truth ii his pos
session. Why do l insist upon thls7 Be
| cause the stream cannot rise higher than
the source. If we had an absolute des
potic monarch could we hope for laws
| which would be better than he knew!
| Who is our ruler? The sovereign people
of the United Safes, more despotic than
| any monarch that ever sat upon throne
| How IS it possible to have laws more
sensible than the people are?
But hardly ought to have touched
upon this theme, for there is not time tt
elaborate it. Let what l have sale
stand as a subject for little thought
and let us come back to where we started
from.
We have had mighty victory, thu
greatest in the history of our country
It was won, not by our organization
but by our principles. But great as GU
victory is. there is a greater which W.
must win. By our wisdom, moderation
and good sense, we must SO govern thl
country that the great questions of TIN
next six years may have as noble a solu
ton as the great questions of their da.
had at the hands of those great Repu b
licans who preserved the Union, uphelt
the honor Of the nation, and gave tn
people thirty years of peace, prosperit.
and progress.
Colonel Albert Clarke, secretary of tn
cIub. read a telegram received toda
from Governor William Mckinley of Co
lum bus, Ohio:
aImportant public business alon
keens me from the Home Market Clul
BANQUET this year. 1t would give M
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