The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-10-20


sound of his voice was a signal for
more huzzahs; flags waved; hats
were thrown in the air; a demon
stration of most profound enthusi-
asm followed, and his entire ad-
dress Of the afternoon. which was
cut short by rain, was frequently
punctuated by tremendous applause.
He said:
This is the largest meeting /
ever confronted in West Virginia
and as | gaze out upon you | am
made to realize that rain makes
Democrats" He did not construe
their presence as personal compli
ment. but that they had come as
representing, with him, a great
cause.
Il am here" he went on, 40 give
record of what the Democratic
party has done, and | appesl to the
Democrats of West Virginia and
Pennsylvania 10 go or with the
work.
After referring 10 tue storm pan
ie that had gathered under the Har
rison administration, be told how
that administration bad fooled the
people about the surplus. The
prepared two statements about the
surplus, one t. hide ihe fatness
thereof and nue 10 hide its leanness.
But what we want is not so much
light taxes as markets for our man
ufactured products. -
what advantage is there in rails
/ ing wheat if nobody wants it?' con
tinued he "If you have cattle on all
the hills of Mouongalia county.
what benefit will it be to you if you
haven't the markets in which 10
sell them2 You must enter the
markets and get what they will give
you. The agriculturists of this
country can produce twice as much
farm products as the country needs
and they should have the markets
for them. No one can tell how much
damage has been done by protection
in destroying industry and shutting
US out from markets.
"A week ago yesterday | was toss
ing on the sea in gale on the banks
of Newfoundland, and | watched the
brave Gloucester fishermen trying
to weather the gale in their little
smacks. | thought of the laws that
had banished our flag fiom the sea,
and / also thought that under prop.
er laws those gallant Gloucester
fishermen would carry the Ameri
can flag of commerce and transpor
tation to the uttermost point where
the sea rolls. They tell US we are
great fools If we give up home mark
cts for foreign markets. | would
like to ask who is going to give up
the home markets? What we want
is the foreign markets in addition
to the home markets"
For 90 minutes he then INDUCED
in an exposition of facts and figures
to prove the fallaey of the protec
ton idea, as well as the hope of the
masses of the people, not the classes
for a return of general prosperity
which is in a reform of the tarif,one
step in that direction already having
been taken.
Talk about protection being for
the benefit of the laboring man and
securing MIN higher wages, when
protection confines him to the home
market and robs him of half of the
opportunity of employment. Years
ago Mr.. Gladstonemade the proph
ecy that industrial supremacy
might soon pass away from England
TO some other nation that surpassed
her in its resources, and in enter
prise, and in the business intelli-
gence of its people We have the
fundamental principles to bring that
supremacy.
ITO rob a man of the fruits of his
labor by unjust taxation is robbery
indeed, but to deprive man of the
opportunity of toiling, whereby be
may secure the fruits of his labor
is still worse robbery and so far as
you. fellow citizens, are concerned
this question of the tariff has be-
come not so much question OF tax
alton, because YOU could stand up
under taxation, as question OF
markets wherein you are to sell that
which you produce, whether upon
your farms or in your factories. We
have reached that stage in the de
velopment of our country when we
are compelled to have larger and
freer markets for our surplus pro
ducts and such markets through for
eign trade are only the safety valves
for the health and the prosperity OF
the American laborer in the field
in the factory. Fellow citizens, | do
not believe that there has been in
this country; l doubt if there has
been in any self governing country
such an uprising of the people as
we have seen during the ST uggle OF
the last ten years against our pres
ent system of federal taxation. 1t
has been wonderful; it has been an
inspiring popular revolution. With
its persistent effort, with it's undying
courage, in defeat as well as in vic
tory; with its enthusiasm, with it's
patriotic ardor, and | might aim ost
say heroism, it has been a most no.
table public revolution, and / for one
do not believe it is to cease until the
results secured are fully measured
up to the ardor and the enthusiasm
of the people.
"On,the one side lie good govern
ment, honest, economical government
freed industry, large and expanding
markets for the products of Ameri-
can labor, and a general dawning of
and era of national individual pros
perity. On the other side lie cor
rupt government, fettered and i'm
prisoned industry, limitation by law
on the markets in which we are to
sell, and limitations by law for the
amount which we can profitably
produce. Those are the two systems
now at issue before the American
people, and as l have said before,
giving a somewhat local application
to what | am going to say to day,
the question for the people of Jefer
son county is more markets for
wheat and for the mechanics, more
10 arkets for manufactured goods.
If there is one thing to which |
gave more attention than another
during my brief absence FROM this
country, it was the condition of the
wheat market of the old world.
When | inquired why it was that
! wheat has gone down to n nrice