The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-10-24

company, the pioneer makers OF
coke iron in Tennessee. He never
owned a dollar of stock in the
Roane Iron company. He never
had dollar interest in the store,
but was a mere employee of the
company. When the good Gov.
.Turney said he had issued scrip,
redeemable at his store, he had, un-
intentionally no doubt, falsi6ed the
record. The governor did not
know anything about business and
would not know 2 rolling mill from
a church if he met it in the road.
The speaker challenged any man
to say that he had ever been i'm
moral, drunken or unclean.
The Democracy Had Tried
to get some poor old man out at
the Confederate home to perjure
himself to help machine democracy
to swear that he had worked for
Evans and had to sue him to get
his money. He never was sued in
his life. If they would produce
aay evidence of this he would give
any charitable institution Col. Till
man or Capt. Ryman might name
$Ioo.
But they said he had voted for
the Mckinley bill and a high tariff.
He had, and he had never seen
cause to regret it. He believed it
was best to protect American man
ufacturers and American labor.
They said Evans was an enemy of
the south because he voted for a
duty on cotton ties. The year be-
fore this duty was imposed cotton
ties were nearly all imported and
cost $I.33 a bundle; the year after
this duty was imposed every cotton
tie used in America was made in
America, and they sold at 76 and
rs cents bale. The rapid devel-
opment of the tin plate and plate
glass industries was due to the
Mckinley bill, as was the wonder
full growth of the pottery industry.
Just after the passage of the Nc
Kinley bill, at East Liverpool, o.,
he saw six or eight thousand work
ers in the potteries, happy and con-
tented. In the fall of 1893 twenty
seven potteries were idle, because
The Manufacturers Were Fearful
of what the democrats would do,
and men and women out of en-
ployment. When the duty of 4
cents pound was put on steel
wire nails they were selling at S
cents pound and none were made
in this country. Now thousands
of men were engaged in this indus.
try and steel wire nails sold at "a
cents a pound. The democratic
party could destroy but it could not
create. A new and great feature
was introduced by the Mckinley
bill, that of reciprocity. This was
the idea of that prince of statemen
James 6. Blaine. Tremendous
cheering Under reciprocity, du'
ties on American exports were re-
duced or abolished and our foreign
trade increased enormously. The
democratic party had repudiated
all the contracts of the republican
party with foreign nations and de-
stroyed the reputation of this coun'
try. The democratic party had
never gotten into power that tie,
did not destroy prosperity. Even
in the old days it was so, and every
time the wings regained power
prosperity was restored. So with
the republican party. During the
administration of Harrison the
credit of this country was at it,
highest point. The democratic
party
Had Violated Every Promis,
they had even made to the people
but they still stood up and said
"Thank the Lord | am a demo
GRAFT" Two years ago the people
were enjoying the ambrosia o
democratic expectation now they
are gnawing the corn cobs Of
democratic reality. The demo
cratic party destroyed industry
made thousands of workmen idle
and reduced their wages. Show q
happy, contented people and yo,
would always find workmen wei
paid. The blast furnaces of Ten
nessee were standing idle, ant
hundreds of thousands of dollar
r, were idle, and thousands of mel
were idle because the people wet,
afraid CT the democratic party
And yet right here in this city tn,
democratic papers kept on sayin.
,, that business was looking up. A
! the Irishman said: "Faith, how
can it help looking up when it's OIL
the fiat, of Its back" Every maj
, should think of these things
should think of them seriously
. The democratic party got int
! power in 1892 by false pretenses
! it promised the East gold, the Yves