New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-12
THE NEWS. OF BROOKLYN.

yer; never were opposed to silver During ell the
tire tire amount Of silver dollars coined was only
$1,000 and yet our party nay sb IN order ,,s to E1se
hundred and cdd millions Of dollara in silver silver bull ,Sn,
h Sd net CHECK ana the fall Silver
law which was improperly called the sherman i sr
coinage If it had no, been for the passage of tina,
law. free coinage would have been passed; ana
will coin ha n dollar as Dollar # they viii only
call IT half dollar it will be honest enough bn, TO
impose upon the people half dollar called dollar
Is an absurdity.
AN EFFORT TO HELP THE DEMOCRATS.
i wish to say something about the future. There
PISSED at the last session bill called the Dingley
bill 1t was not Republican measure 1t was n
measure to help out the Democrats and give them
enough money to carry on the operations Of the
Government. It was not a bill that wise men would
pronounce the best that they could frame. but
they had control over the whole matter But IL
revenue Of the Government some ssoooo,OCo or $40.
100000 year. That bill could easily be taken up.
and believe that in the next session the Dingley
bill will be taken up. improved and amended and
passed and become law. so that from ne be
money enough to carry the Adminssiraion
without issuing bonds. (Cheersl when this A ,.
stead of boldly declaring the fac. that the law
they had passed was totally insufficient for reve-
They took :thc gold. boarded In the treasury to
maintain the resumption Of SPECIE payment IT. ana ina
vacuum They call that craftsmanship. 1t was an
act of extreme folly. Applausel
REPUBLICAN POLICY FOREsHADOwED.
express the confident opinion which probably Will
surprise you that at this session the Republicans VIII
have the power of taking up the bill before Mckinley
is into office and will enable him to avoid any
increase of the current debt If were In his place
would not pay dollar for any appropriation ex-
a' maae by n w I" h
ne P mspfd or by e x @ Is
proportion that Is entirely pcrmiSsVe. not m1nud-
tory The Secretary of the Treasury or the President
when the money is not In the Treasury, and II Grover
Clevelands ADMINISTRATION had done that or even Sn
accumulation OF the public debt. ApplauseI
WHAT PROTECTION MEANS.
The principal controversy in regard to our other
now laws is to the extent and object of protec-
ton The Democrats try to claim that protection n
not SO. The principal benefit derived from protec-
is ' no other place where labor is more honorable
than In the United States Of America. (Applause.l
degraded in any respect by being compelled TO live
wages that are not sufficient to support them In
The explanation Of the votes of many Western
farmers has been that protection has not been ex
got to the interests of the farmer we do the
insm of U degree Of a"a sD
up manufactures in our country and we want ths
the artisan must work side by side and all protective
laws must be fairly and impartiay distributed among
n
next Republican Congress when It meets. want 10
POSTPONE any revision OF the tariff laws except 10
Supply the wants Of the Government. TO the time
when kindly and heartily look over this ques-
ton Of protective tariff.
Mr.. WOODRUFF'S SPEECH.
Timothy L. Woodruff, the Lieutenant-Govern-
or-elect was then introduced. and was enthusi-
astically received. Mr.. Woodruff said in part:
Public administration Is too frequently character
ICED by slackness which arouses the just anger or
the people and hurts their civic pride This. how
ever has not been true Of the government OF Brook
Ign In the last three years Too often. however 90
our politicians promise mucn and perform little.
This reflection urges TO submit to you that the
time has in the tremendously important AFFAIRS
to achieve much for others as in private busi-
ness Of our strive to work out for ourselves.
For four long years OF commercial paralysis we
have listened to the sinister threats against our
most fundamental Institutions. and have seen the
attempts Of brazen anarchy 10 revive what consul
suppress which there sprung up In 1861 ali over the
land Union League clubs Ike this for the preScrNa-
ton of the Union. Brought into existence to pre-
serve the Union against the effort 10 disrupt II.
they have lived and multiplied TO save us In ls~
from the hand of the repudiating and sociallstlc
plunderer. We can never be too gratefui 10 these
associations Of loyal and courageous men VINO
have made il possible for TO meet tonight under
one flag to confer together and rejoice together at
our Nations glorious deverance from It's most In
sidous enemies
Mayor Wurster Of Brooklyn: Mayor Strong
OF New-York: Colonel Fred d. Grant Judges
| elect Maddox and Goodrich and others also
made addresses