The herald., 1898-11-06

lures of the Wilson bill were ascrbed to the
fact that the south had outgrown the doc
trine of free trade, SO much, in fact, that
Cleveland had refused to sign the bill which
no longer conformed to the fundamental
principles OF his administration. The want,
the penury the bankruptcy of the last days
of Cleveland's term OF office, were Cue to
the tariff changes, which reduced by $780,
100000 the receipts of the farmers from the
sale of farm products.
Another result of the Cleveland admins
tration was the bond issue, by means of
which Pierpont Morgan in one hour had
made $2l .000, 900, or more than 400, 900 men
could earn by hard labor in year. To
rejuvenate the land and make such things
impossible was the mission of the Repub-
lican party.
EXPANSION AND TRADE.
Annexation of Hawaii, the, overthrow of
Spanish power in the Philippines and the
impending ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF China We're
giving new ideas of geography. The indie
fatigable industry of Americans was over
coming foreign competition, cutlery selling
in Sheffield at a profit in opposition to the
manufactures of that city, textiles of Ameri-
can weave selling in England, and American
manufacturers were looking out to the far
east for new outlets of trade. These ex-
pansive influences were reasons why the Re-
publican party should be kept in power.
Russia's good offices during the civil war,
which could not be paid for openly, had been
paid ostensibN by the payment Of $1,000
900 for Alaska. Alaska was in reality free
gift. The $7,000,000 was paid in fact to
offset Russia's expenditure in sending Its
war vessels to Boston and New York and
other ports of America when their presence
there during the civil war was needed to
prevent foreign Intervention from which
grave dangers threatened.
MAGUIRE! MAGUIKE!! MAGUlRE!!!
Reverting to the single tax belief OF Judge
Maguire, the speaker referred to the lntnn-
ste relations existing between the Demo
cratic candidate tor governor and the late
Henry George, and denounced him Tor not
making the single tax an issue OF the cam
palgn. Ihe SILVER question:, too, had re-
ceived no notice from the Democratic nom
inee. He had led the Populists around by
the whisbers and the Sllver Republicans
believing i'll the ratio or IT. to l. had no basis
for their belief that Mcguire would advance
their favorite theory. Mcguire had no
more show OF election than the clawless cat
in the pit OF perdition.
MIR. Knight, during his speech, took occa-
sion to pay handsome compliment to Judge
Van Dyke, whose problty was everywhere
recognized. He SAID that Judge Van Dyke
paid hlm the first money he ever earned
when selling papers, a barefoot boy, up at
Eureka, the judge then being the owner OF
the leading paper OF Humboldt county. lie
appealed to Judge Van Dyke to bear him
out in the statement that Judge Van Fleet
had not been guilty of rendering decision
while on the supreme bench which could
be fairly used against him, Notwithstanding
all that had been said to his disadvantage
with relation thereto. In closing, he called
upon all true Republicans, whether in the
party or drifting OFF to Silver Republican
ism, to vote for Henry I. Gage for governor
OF the state, predicting amid storm of APP
pause his overwhelming victory.
The colored glee club rendered another
selection and the meeting was adjourned
with three cheers and tiger for Knight
followed by three more for Gage for gov
ernor. George Washington Hawkins, the
colored second hand dealer, came out to the
front of the platform, and, waving ban
dana, shouted fidelity to Republicansm
thus turning to buresque the last act of the
meeting.
AT the conclusion of the public meeting
the Columbia club rendered reception
to MIR. Knight, and the Americus club was
also, by special invitation, the participant of
the courtesies of the club.