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Urges the Necessity Of Every Repub-
lican Duty and Predicts a Great
Victory for Good Government.
MR.. GROWERS LABOR RECORD
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
kOKOMO, Ind, Nov. 3.-The Republican
campaign was closed here tonight by Sem
ator Charles w. Fairbanks. 1t was a bril-
liant and enthusiastic ending of a series
of eloquent and effective addresses by the
senior senator. Owing to missed connec-
tions Mr.. Fairbanks did not arrive in the
city until nearly o'clock, but the crowd
waited patiently. The opera house was
crowded to its utmost capacity and hun
dreds were unable to secure seats.
c. c. Shirley presided and introduced the
speaker. The speech was pitched on the
high plane of patriotism and conscientious
duty. The senator's plea for continu-
ance of Republican domination and pros
perity was clean cut and convincing. I'm
1895, said Mr.. Fairbanks, when the DEM
ocrats came into power. with it's closing of
factories and the erection of souphouses In
their places, / happened to be in Europe.
At Perth. Scotland, 1 saw what had been
large mill, fallen into decay from dis
use. This mill had been reopened a few
weeks before and a large addition had
been made to 1t, and the thousands of op-
erativeS were at work. / saw the same
thing at Manchester and In Paris Being
interested and seeing hundreds of loads
shipped away L inquired their destinat ton.
10 america. they told me. At that mo-
ment there was three million idle men in
America-factory operatives out of employ
ment through the whitening influence of
the Wilson tariff bill. witnessing this spec
tacle i exclaimed: My God This is a
great crime against my country and
will devote my life to righting this great
wrong"
Democratic tariff legislation cost the coun-
try more money than the late civil war
and the Spanish war combined. This loss
of eighteen hundred million dollars does
not represent all the loss caused by Demo-
cratic Disrule. The Democrats have much
to say about the trusts, though Ii is not
on record that they ever did anything to
remedy the evils complained of. 1t is not
true that the tariff fosters trusts If this
were true the trusts would manufacture
or produce goods that are protected by a
tariff. Trusts are almost, If not quite
equally represented in products that are on
the free list. England is a free-trade coun-
try, yet trusts exist in England to a
greater extent than in America. with its
protective tariff. Great the trusts may
be. they are a small faction compared TO
the power of the government. and can be
controlled. If the present laws cannot
reach the evils Of the trusts the Repub-
lican party can be depended on to enact
supplemental amendments that will eradi-
cate all evils The bad ones will be dealt
with, but the party does not propose a
wholesale and indiscriminate destruction
of our splendid industrial system as the
proper remedy"
Mr.. Fairbanks denounced the attacks
made for political effect on the American
soldier in the Philippines and paid a glow
ing tribute to the soldiers who were to
the farthermost parts of the earth to de-
fend and uphold the American flag. He
elogized Mckinley. the martyr President
and lauded his successor. Theodore Roose-
velt In closing he declared that the Re-
publicans would win great victory at the
polls tomorrow, mot because we want to
win. but because We ought to win.
Seated on the platform with him was
the reception committee, including c. C..
Shirley, John E. Moore. j. F. Elliott. j. A.
Kautz, r. l.. Williamson. John w. Cooper,
c. A Dehaven, S. F. Harness and Milton
Garrigus. The speech was received with
rupted with tremendous cheering.