The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-24

Ine IecI Ihat tne,re rs ~ genera renucton
the duties we're under the Mckinley bii. You You
have not forgotten the fact that we placed wool
lican manufacturer In any part Of this broad
land make anyobj ection 70 that boon in his behalf
feet one and while in some particulars il should
be corrected, It is so safe. SO prudent, conser
right TO point TO Il and say that he Is obliged to
reduce the wages Of his workingmen in order to
say that in reference to every manufactured
article in that bill not placed upon the free list
sent the difference in wages paid between this
and other countries IN SO iar as the cost OF cages
manufacture has ever asked. '' '"' "' ""'
We have done some other things in this bill.
, have eliminated the obnoxious payment OF
rns p S psoI se 9Sr frey Yes Tth on
! the payment of b6unties from common treas
ury 70 the sugar producers of the South. We
money from the Nations" treasury fTsS Z TO pay
R the Of ss any r hsn
In the maiu the bill has been constructed in the
all we had hoped for, nor all we had anticipated
but at least II Is long step in the right drec.
duties on from wool, wool would Immediately
decline in price That has not been the result of
Ea sS an R
the price of wool here recently Why, our Re
publican friends in the Mckinley bill raised the
duty on wool for the purpose of doing something
to subserve the interests of the farmers of the
country, The consequence was wool imme-
that than 1t had been in the history OF the coun-
try before; And now we place slight duty on
price of sugar would go higher. On the
trary, 1t Is now trihc cheaper than before.
the utter futiiity Of attempting TO regulate
prices ~ articles by act OF Congress: 1t cannot
iuiurp for "A while hut the end pttrpa
will be controlled and ought to lie controlled.
by the great law Of supply and demand, and not
When we gave the control OF this Govcrnment
TO Harrison in 1850 there was an pvcrhowing
treasury Of a hundred millions of dollars. and
when that Administration turned back In
1893 TO MIR. Cleveland there was substantially IA
ease. the germs Of IT. had been planted long be.
fore we obtained power. and 1t was because of
that that the financial panic came. They say
that we had ruined the ship.
My. the plain truth Of u was that our Re-
ship. They had looted the. Treasury. they had
pulled down and dishonOred its flag, they had
straight for the rocks OF financial disaster and
then turned II over to u.s. and now say: See |
w r.na, m, naN Z, dnr democrats hahe made
and improper tariff, legislation that the panic |
ensured last year; and has continued portion OF |
the time until this year.
PROSPEROUS TIMES RETURNING. |
What has been the effect since the Democrats |
repealed these two bilsI The signs of the times |
SHOW returning prosperity on every IanN Man |
ufacturers are resuming their work all over the
country. have here before me "a statement Of |
the number OF men employed in the mills and
state. and there are to-day some $3.50 more men
employed In he manufactures Of the county OF
Chautauqua than there were one year ago.
Money Is becoming easier: our workiugmen
are finding employment better than before, and
! am here to say that, in my humble Judgment
In the near future we shall have the old pros
porous Democratic times once more.
Vow. a word to the business men OF Brooklyn.
What have you to gain by sMappinR horses |
while crossing, a stream? We shall have the ex.
yet to come What have you to gain by giving
the control of the Senate of the United States
,ff q Epu
You cannot re-enact the Mckinley bill. and
am m here to express my belief that the Mckinley
bill Will never be re-enacted in this country |
again. Ion can stir up the tariff question. you
can have the Republicans attempt to do some
thing. you can disturb the business OF the coun-
try, but you cannot accomplish anything practi-
cal. What the country needs is industrial and
cLEvELAND's ADMINISTRATIONS.
. II is not necessary that should enter into any
defence Of the, Administration of President
uleveiana believe there Is not one OF us that
Stevenson in power in 1893; His Administration
has been able. honest, and economical and It
will compare fayoraby with that OF any OF his
predecessors in the history OF the Government.
Neither need say word in defence OF the
he past ten or twelve years in Democratic
hands; nor a word for the psinstaking. hard
well i. Flower. lA,pplause.1
! know Of no good reason why the people of
nent in the hands of the Republican party. l
submit TO you that you have "A faithful and hon
Est administration OF public affairs.
HIS ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOMINATION.
Fellow citizens. l said at the outset Of nv
that had hoped that might address
you this fall as have nearly every fall. without
having been candidate for public ONCE before
iou. You know the circumstances under which |
he Saratoga Convention assembled.
You know that certain gentlemen whom we |
would have delighted to honor with the Demo- q
ratio nomination declined to accept the post as
igned TO them. You recolleot the circum-
rship in this campaign tCheering.l
need not assure my friends here or elsewhere
hat IL was a task did not desire to assume |
lad given seven OF the best years OF my life 10 !
he service OF the state Government, and did
ot believe that there were any further honors '
l was content to keep my seat in the Senate of ,
he United states, with which the people q the :
night be OF more service there than in any
ther post OF honor. and | was content thus to
but there seemed TO be an emergency pre- =
ented When other men had declined and the
. OF some service in this campaign, and my
forts might possibIy contribute % stem h
eemed TO have set il over the country try. r.
nd recollectinG that when in the days OF its b
nd had received those honors, | did not feel that
should decline 20 lead II IN the hour of its h
LOUD. continued CneerS. e
Personally my friends, am largely indiffer- II
Mt TO the result OF this election. want TO re- I,
lind you that il is much your contest as a
line. IL will be your victory IL we win. and
OF mine. II will be our common defeat IL we
Ise.
| have no words OF unkindness To express for
nose gentlemen who think that they cannot II
or conscientiousy support me in
MS campaign. lean only say that II that be their
CELEBRATE judgment have no malice toward
lem. p
! simply hope that they can their way to =,
lppOrt my honored associates the ticket VI
Iessrs. Lockwood and Brown. / know little OF u
our local situation here, and am perhaps not d,
lmpetent 10 advise. =,
! simply suggest this that trust that every CO
hing possible will be done 10 effect local union ca
pom your members OF Assembly and your Com pi
and wherever else IL Is possible OF
nong men who profess 10 be Democrats. b'
II there must be a division upon my own al
anne let IL be so, but let us have union wher- ci
FER can upon every other Democratic cam "
date that may be presented for the suffrages Il
the people. n
II is an hour for the sinking OF personal pref
Ices. IL is a time which tries men souls II | ci
SITS the true Democracy OF men. Much is at p
AXE in this contest-the control OF our State 10