The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-08-05

thu results of its legislation, and we have
d right to ask whether the party has full
filled its pledges to the people. This ii
the first issu of the campaign"
Mr.. McK inney then proceeded to ar
raign the Mckinley administration
charging it with having violated every
pledge upon which 1t won votes in the
campaign of two years ago. The repre-
sentation made then was that there
would be no attempt to restore the tariff
rates in vogue under the Mckinley bill,
but the first thing the President did after
he took his seat was to call an extra ses'
sion of Congress, and a bill worse than
the Mckinley bill was passed. In ia
classes of articles the Dingley law
assessed greater duties than the McKin,
ley bill. The Mckinley bill was said to
| be bill to reduce revenue, and the
Dingley bill was enacted for the prime
purpose of increasing the revenue. He
asked: How can two bills, drawn on
the same lines, be at once and the same
| time revenue reduoer and a revenue
producer? The deficit under the McKin'
ley bill was $40, 900, 900 and the secretary
of the treasury had made preparation te
| issue bonds before Harrison went out oil
po wer. Under the Dingley law, there hat
| been deficit about equal to that under
the Mckinley law.
| The Wilson.law was called a free trade
| law, by the Republican party, yet it pro-
duced more revenue than the Dingley
law, and in its last year of existence
there was deficiency of only 81 5000, GOO.
The purpose of the Dingley law was te
increase revenue, foster manufacturing
and protect American labor. 1t has
failed in the first, has not succeeded in
the second, and labor in New England
never has had so bad year since the re.
bellion.
| How does protection protect the laboreri
First, by increasing the cost of what he
consumes. Is that protection? Second,
by increasing the cost of raw material to
the manufacturer. Does that enable him
to pay higher wages to the worsingmani
He compared the wages OF American
and European workmen and said that
while day earnings are much greater
in the United States, than in Europe,
the labor cost of producing a dollar
worth of goods is much less than in Eu-
rope. 4e4S
The Republican party never gives these
facts, said he, and ask the Republican
party to answer this question: Have
VICES bean increased or reduced under
the Dingley Iaw9 Have labor and pro-
tscted industries more or less days labor
and pay in the first year OF the Dlnlgey
law than under the Wilson law.
| The motto of the last Republican CAM
paign was Protection and Reciprocity.
Protection means the curtailing OF trade
with foreign countries Reciprocity is
absolutely free trade. In which does the
Republican party believer .n~
The Republican party promised to get
the country out of difficulty on the tinan-
cial question, and how has it kept its
promiseP Referring to state issues. he
should charge the Republican party with
hypocris in tho enforcement of the pro-
hiEitory law. He said 240 men in Port
land hold liquor sellers tax receipts.
and 81 in the county of York. He said
the taxable property in the state has beer
greatly increased and no reduction in
taxes has been made.
In conclusion he said: "'Let us unite
against the common enemy, and fight fol
victory. There is evidence all over the
country that the Democrats are settling
their differences, preparatory to the cam
paign of 1900. When the assembled wis
dom of the party shall then formulate {
platform of principles, whatever they
may be, and whomeyer the candidate. VIZ
will all be united in their support, as
against the Republican party, which has
been rscreant 70 it's trusts and we believe
we will. gain the confidence of the
people"