The Yale expositor., 1900-10-19
Democratic Rally.

AS announced in our last issue the
| Democratic rally and campaign OPEN
ing in Yale took place at Central Hall
last Monday night. 1t was held under
the auspices of the Yale Bryan Club,
and was presided over by VIM. Andreae,
the president of the Club. The hall
was well filled and during the first
speech every seat was occupied. A.
marked feature of the attendance was
the large proportion of ladies present.
Owing to the fact that the speakers did
not arrive until the last train from
Port Huron, it was fully $50 ere the
meeting opened. This naturally caused
the exercises to continue until a late
hour.
The first speaker introduced by the
Clubs president was the Hon. A. f..
Chadwick, of Port Huron. Mr.. Chad
wick is an old-time democrat and was
we'll fitted to handle the plank in the
democratic platform which denounces
the policy of protection to American
industry and American labor. He was
unlike many democratic speakers now
on the stump throwing a fog around
the real purposes of Bryan and the
present democratic leaders. And so
Chadwick waded into the tariff ques-
this question was a repetition of those
of 1892. The claim was then made just
as made by Mr.. Chadwick that the
protective tariff is robber of the peo-
Pile; that they are foolish to elect repre-
sentatives to enact protective tariff
laws; that the salvation of the people
lies in changing the policy of the
government and electing democrats.
Mr.. Chadwick's argument was we'll
made from democratic standpoint,
but he forgot to tell his hearers about
the paraliZation of business and the
ruin of American commerce and in
dustries when his party came into
power in 1892 to 1896, and enacted the
Wilson tariff law. He forgot to ex-
plain that he and other democratic
speakers made the same argument for
a change then as he does now. He for
got to show that by changing the re-
publican policy of protection then to
the democratic policy that he now adj
vocates that prices of farm products
were made lower; that factories were
closed; that the employees therein were
no longer enabled to purchase the farm
products.
With Mr.. Chadwick as a speaker we
find no fault and as should be he was
accorded a respectful hearing by re-
publicans and democrats alike, but it
may be set down for a certainty that
our people have had their lesson in the
change made in 1892 and are not ready
to follow his advice and give the dem
ocratic leaders in Congress another
chance at the change of tariff policy.
Mr.. Stockwells address was also well
received. He is a speaker of consider
able ability and was shrewd enough to
use the time allotted him to undertake
to show the republicans present that
the machine" should be set down upon
good and hard In his stirring oratory,
however, he neglected to explain why
he, democratic speaker, working for
the election of the democratic, ticket is
so deeply interested in the woes of the
dear republicans. In fact it is made
very apparent that there is well de-
fined understanding between certain
republicans in some portions of the
county and a few candidates on the
democratic ticket. The plan of both is
to jump onto the machine" for the
purpose of electing democrats.
We can compliment the local demo-
Gratis on having an orderly and success
full meeting but republicans are not to
be bamboozled by the arguments pre-
sented.