New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-02
THE CASE PLAINLY STATED.
DEMOCRATIC FALLACIES EXPOSED BY
JUDGE JOHN ROONEY.

woRKINGMEN CHEER FOR MKINLEY AND no.
BART AND RATIFY THE NOMINATIONS
| A rousing meeting of the Protective League of
Kings County was held at Mugges Hall. No 4o'
Bridge-st., last night The hall was crowded
| with workingmen. who hailed every mention OF
Mckinley and Hobart with enthusiastic cheers.
| The president Of the League. Judge John Rooney.
occupied the chair, and spoke to the resolutions
These were presented by Secretary J. G. Curtin.
| They as follows:
Whereas. The people Of the United States have
been reduced TO a condition of distress unknown 10
the history OF the country as result W me s az,
| rection OF free trade to meet Grover Cleveland
During the thirty Yea 2i the 'aTn rU
ri, ,uated more wealth than during the preceding
Whereas This wealth the result Of protection
to American labor and American industries, wnic me-
gigantic known in history 10 successful issue
was based on the honor OF the Government; ana me
Republican party always maintained that honor py
paying the obliga tons of the Government IN nOhesl
Whereas it is the purpose of the Republican party
In the future. In the past TO maintain that stand
ard of honest money; therefore. be II .,o
That the the knfs OF hs
d0 "s5 wa aos OF of 9aS for
| Vice-Presidcnt Of the United States
The resolutions were adopted amid cheers, and
| then Judge Rooney made a bitter arraignmehl
OF the Democratic party in general. in the course
| Of which he said:
THEY WANTED A CHANGE.
In 1892 Cleveland ard his party came TO power
| borne the OF an overwhelming majority
The air full of cries for change Though the
working classes were getting twice the wages that
| ric
housed ana possessed of better educational anu so
cial advantages than the same class IN any 9tne ONE,
country they. too joined In the false cdnor tdui;
journeyng 10 Damascus breathing threatenings am
hate gaa,ls Christians in no fercer MOOD man
Of the peop.e" ana smlte the "robber barons. The
shacklcs OF trade to be torn away and COM
houses , cried q some Of the neuraied reformers
Send all free-traie traitors to rear exclaimed
drowned by the pernicious clamor of these revolu-
A schoolInaster from Yves: Virginia, with quill
behind his ard the Presidential rod in his hand,
Was made chairman Of the Ways and Means Com
mittee ard commissioned to frame tariff bill which
mus; necessarily be either efficient and practical or
destructive Though only two yeaN before ne had
declared that the vast coal interests in his STAT
iorty Of his party basely surrendered ther convlc
President, and took their posi:on in the
A panic was precpitated which had no parallel in
it's extent of wreck and ruin Values shrunk to
cia houses went into bankruptcy; railroads were
forced into the hands Of receivers The gross EARN
dollars in one month. Wages were cut down where
they we're not wiped out Mills and factor1es wmere
ter time. The revenues of the Government fell of.
and deficit of from fifty to seventy-ive millions
confronted the architects or rum
HOW THE TARIFF WAS DODGED
While the Mckinley bill that was vehemently de-
nounced by the Democratic free traders. was In
operation there was sufficient revenues to defray the
expenses OF the Government and sufficient surplus
TO meet necessary contingencies Yet the Nc
Kinley tariff never had free scope. ana its full re,
suits could be estimated during the brief period
of rs operation. The knowledge on the part OF I'M
porters and business men. tat high protective
tariff along certain lines was about TO become
law. induced them to import an abundant supply OF
goods before its passage, and the result was that
the great importing houses were stocked to repie-
ton with all kinds OF products that would have
been affected by the new measure Hence. during
the period of the operation Of the Mckinley tariff
The Volume of mportat.ons was reduced vastly be-
low its normal quantity. In addition to tbs, the
tration declared their intention of repeating the
Mckinley act and framing tariff measure. not
for TIE purpose OF raising revenue. as announce
in Their platform but as first and decisive step IN
the direction of free trade. Again. importers and
business saw an opportunity TO evade the
THE QUESTION OF WAGES.
The financial question in which the producing
masses Of the country really and vitality inter
ested Is the of their weekly wages. And this
question is determined solely by the tariff. Restore
the tariff so that the revenues of the Government
will be sufficient defray the expenditures and to
meet the necessary appropriations required for the
completion of the Navy, the construction of coast
fortfcatio and such internal improvements as the
interests of the country demand Under the system
Of protection to American industry and labor the
balance Of trade was always in our favor. And now
all the Nation needs to resume It's FORMER pospei!
is "A return the policy OF protection Ihen tne
balance Of trade will again be revived labor VIII De
employed and the money question VIII settle Itself
In addition 10 this the workingmen and producers
must and will insist that he tariff be protective
along all lines OF industry
FREE-SILvER HERESY EXPOSED.
Turning to the silver question, he said:
restoration OF prosperity is to be found in the free
coinage of silver cheap money. Ihey PROBES, 10
increas money by making sixteen ounces OF silver
eoual 10 an ounce Of gold while the latter Is rear
worth thirty ounces of silver all the woriu ontr.
well make sixteen ounces Of lead or mud equal 70
an ounce Of gold. while the rest OF the WORM P'aces
a different value each commodity ,- o,,
This Is simply device or a SET OF scneihliIs POI.
,,c,ans 10 hoodw,nk the workingman In oIder, 10
cnnainue the process Of robb.ng him. as ne mas
tent with deriving him OF his .abor throush tht,r
free-trade poicy they would now pay MN Ioi .iie
i,,,e left OF II In debased coin dollar tnat
viii ni,rchase Atty cents worth OF value iout the
iter their condemnation OF the false and ruihous
nojcv of the Democratic party by e.ectirg WIN an
,,nnrsce1ented majority that exponent anu chaii,
MON of American Industry, American ehtrpTSt anu
american finance. Governor Mchihiey' vi Oi'io
The conclusion Of Judge Rooncy's speech was
rece;ved with three cheers for Mckinley ana
Hobart.
~trCu-pS FOR THE TICKET