The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-09


has such club, we'll and able to keep
Michigan in the republican column.
congratulate the club that it has Michi-
gan. congratulate the speakers pres
ent upon being able to talk to you.
PROTECTION is FIXED.
when the mariner has been tossed
upon the sea for days he naturally takes
advantage of the first rays of the sun to
ascertain his true course. So said
Daniel Webster.
Later statesman availed himself of
the same idea when he said as he took
his feet for the first time on the floors of
the halls of congress: Where are we
at?'
In national campaign it is moi out
of place to discuss What and How
Much We Have Determined We
ought to. Republicanlsm is something
more than squabble for office. There
have been and are issues in national
campaign For one thing we have de-
termined, and for all time, that our
market shall be protected. (Applause.)
We have determined that our own in
dustries shall be fostered. We have de-
termined that the American markets
are primarily for the American people,
and we will make all the advantageous
treaties that we can, all the reciprocal
arrangements that we can, for holding
our markets, unless we can make ad-
vantageous terms by releasing them.
II doubt if we will ever be called
upon to make as many tariff campaigns
as we have. | doubt if the opportunity
will ever occur again to enact free trade
laws. doubt it free trade campaign
will ever again be placed before the
American people. The last free trade
law enacted by the democratic party
had so many protective features that
the president and the leader of the
democratic party refused to aflix his
signature to it, but let it become law
without that signature.
A REMEDY FOR TRUSTS.
1.-The country is now facing an issue
which the democrats claim involves
trusts. wish something had been de-
termined upon this question. But there
hasn't been. Both political parties
have declared against trusts and have
declared all monopolies bad, but
neither party has declared remedy for
this evil. 1t is easier to draw a plat |
form than a statute. (Laughter.)
81 hoped that Ohio or Iowa would |
present remedy, but they haven't |
lone so. 1t reminds me of bad boy |
who used to live in our town and ran
with my brother. He told my brother !
hat my mother had consumption, that |
my father had the smallpox, that my
sister had the yellow fever, that my
brother himself had typhoid, and so
talked that my brother
was forced to believe that his whole
family was going to die. Then the bad
BOY ran away and left my brother there.
found him in tears. Laughter.) A
nan who can't diagnose a case further
han to say the patient is sick, ought to
'etire from the practice of medicine
Il don't believe we will get an issue
n the next campaign unless someone
indsa remedy for the trusts and
But personally l think
he money question an issue, but with
egard to that we have determined
ONE things already. We have de-
that when dollar is men,
Toned it means 20 and one-eighth grains
f gold, or some kind of currency that
5ill pass therefor on demand
That international bimetallism is
ot an impossibility l am not unmind-
I'll, because the senate currency bill
ontains clause that the law shall in
o way increase the difficulties of
imetallism. don't think there is any
ecessity to increase them. infer the
enators know that and are banking
pom the good sound sense of this and
)reign countries.
ENGLAND's ANSWER.
II remember we had commission
ppointed to see If any international
greement could not be made. The
commission went to France. France
hid she would talk 1t over, providing
ermany and England would talk it
YER. Germany said she would discuss
if France and England would. Eng
md said:
"My ships are on the seas. My fac
'ries are all running. My business
len all have more than they can do.
Iy laboring men are all employed.
our ships are tied to your wharves.
on have turned your business men
ut. You have sent your labor to your
Imshouses by simply talking bimetal-
SIN. You can't talk it in our land. 1t
only about a six.days journey across