The record-union., 1899-07-05

ket,' and this was secured by legisla-
tive enactments under which the prod
ucts of the manufacturers of other
countries were kept out Of the United
States, and foreign competition was
thus driven away. and the home mar
ket' secured. We paid for this con-
cession to the favorite classes, but the
Republican advocates said that the
consumer paid the tax; that we were
wrong; that foreign manufacturers
paid the tax And majority of the
daily newspaper press of the Union
sustained this contention, and cried
down the Democratic argument. But
when the practical question came home
to the newspaper people and the paper
trust, fostered by an unjust tariff,
raised the price of printing paper So
to $40 a ton, they pretty soon dis
covered who paid the tax, and 157 daily
newspapers in all sections of the Union
demanded free paper and free wood
pulp, because the tariff on these ar
ticles was, as they said, a six-million-
dollar tax on intelligence. Hence, the
newspapers Joined the cry, Bust the
Trusts
The tariff has driven out the for
eign competition, the trust has de-
stroyed home competition, and SO we
are at the mercy of the combines. They
have lowered the price of the raw ma
and raised the price Of the finished
product. They have become the only
purchasers and the only seller
Among the other speakers were Jas.
d. Richardson, of Tennessee; Norman
e. Mack, of Buffalo; Thomas F. Ora
dy. of this city; James ". Ridgeway,
of Brooklyn; William E. Gourley, of
New Jersey; M. CASTOR, of Pennsyl-
vania, and Cevy Holman, of Virginia.
General Joseph Wheeler regretted his
absence in the following letter:
II regret very much that l cannot be
present at the anniversary of your So
ciety, whose existence is cOequal with
that Of our Government. When your
ancient society was formed we We're
the young, struggling and, as regarded
by the world, weak nation. We now
stand among the first powers of the
world, and we can truly say this young
nation whose existence commenced lit
tie more than a century ago, has exer-
cised an influence in the cause of civ
ilization. progress and humanity. such
as has not been done by any other ma
ton since the beginning Of the history
of man. JOSEPH WHEELER"
Ex-Governor ]. s. Hogg, of Texas,
was responsible for the sensation Of
the day. I'VE Democrats will go to
the next convention he said, "advo-
eating as before the unlimited coinage
of silver and gold at the ratio of Id
to l."
There was loud cheering at this. Ex-
Governor Hogg said Democrats in 1900
would denounce trusts, favor the in
come tax. granting of Cuban indie
pendence and the construction and
maintenance of the Nicaragua Canal,
and denounce Imperialism and govern
ment by injunction.
With these principles we will go
into battle, confident of victory" he
declared. But we want the support Of
Tammany, the greatest Of all local po-
litical organizations. And, above all,
we want to go into the fight under the
leadership of William J. Bryan"
AS Ex-Governor Hogg uttered the
name of Mr.. Bryan, the cheering was
deafening, and continued. During q
slight lull somebody proposed cheer
for Van Wyck, but the crowd failed
to take it up.
Senator Thomas F. Grady made a
stormy attack on the State Civil Serv-
ice Commission and upon the examina-
ton questions set by it.
There was the usual musical pro-
gram by the Sixty-ninth Regiment
Band and the Tammany Hall Glec
Club.
The following cable dispatch from
Richard Croker, who is in London, was
read:
Congratulations on the glorious
Fourth, the day we celebrate. My
heart is with you always. Let US re-
joice over the coming triumph, De-
mocracy and the peoples rights
The New York Celtic Society, the en-
ployes of the Metropolitan Street Rail-
way, the New York Letter Carriers
Association and many other organiza-
lions held picnics near the city.
About seventy marines and sailors of
the United States cruiser Brooklyn took
a train for Plainfeld. N. j., in the
morning to participate in the Fourth of
July celebration at that place.
The casualties had begun as early as
8 O'Clock in the morning, when John
Heman, II years old. shot himself with
pistol, and was taken to hospital