The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-27
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and to say. Both parties loved their
country and both were ready to go
onto the field of battle and die for
it If necessary. They differed only
on the policies best for the country.
Differences were not settled at Wash
ington, but at the polls and therefore
it was proper that the people should
meet and discuss all questions and
to study issues.
The speaker next referred to pro-
lection and spoke of the great bene-
fit it had proved to the people. Then
he spoke of the platform adopted
when Lincoln was nominated. The
mention of Lincoln's name evoked
great applause.
After a graceful tribute to the mem
r of the martyred president, Mr..
Fairbanks again took up his theme.
The democratic party challenged the
protective tariff and called it robbery
and demanded a reduction in duties.
II was an old declaration and an old
issue raised by the democrats. Forty
years ago the party had begun it's
warfare against the protective tariff.
Every campaign since then had been
fought by the democrats on this issue.
In 1892 the democrats had come into
power and their notion Of a tariff was
put into effect. The fight made was
on the repeal Of the Mckinley bill.
The speaker then read from Stats
tics showing the great reduction made
during the years that interviewed be-
tween Cleveland's last election and
1896 in the value and number OF
sheep, as showing one of the effects
Of a democratic tariff. Getting nearer
home he read figures as they showed
the effects of practical free trade on
the flockmasters of Montana. In 1895
the sheep in the state were worth
only $4,227, 900, as against 1884 900
with the opening of the year 1904.
This, he thought, should be accepted
as evidence of the baneful effects of
a democratic tariff as compared with
the beneficent effects of a protective
tariff given the country by the repub.
lican party.
Appeal was made to the democrats
to overcome prejudice and bias and
perience had taught us what to ex.
pect from each party. Both had been
tried and the people remembered the
results.
The. national banking system, the
resumption of specie payment ant
the establishment of a sound basis fol
the nations currency were achieve
ments of the republican party. Eacf
had been bitterly opposed by the
democratic party. The wisdom of al
had been demonstrated, SO had thu
wisdom of the republican policy O
a tariff. Illustrative of the effects thu
Wilson bill had had the speaker toll
OF a visit he made to England TOWARD
the close of Cleveland's last admins
tration. There he found factories
running full blast in the production Q
wares for export to the United States
At the same time that the opera
tives of Manchester and other manu-
featuring centers of England had al
the work they wanted, millions o
American working men were in en-
III fo-oo1T Sl1o,onec 81 ~, NV ~ %houn noy,r
PEELED to subsist on public charity
For this the democrats had been re
sponsible. "Of course they expecte
no such results" said the speaker
"but they accrued, and now u demo
cratic friends ask us to make tn
same mistake again. But shall W
once more relegate the protectiv
policy and again throw the nation
gates wide open to the foreign pro
ducers and close u W fax
tories he asked. The protectiv
policy of the republican party wa
n of the established principles {
the country and pitied was to be tn
man who for no other reason tina
blind p~artisanship and prejudic
voted t. remove it and replace
with free trade.
Reciprocity as advocated by M
Kinley was then. taken up and tn
speaker showed that in urging it tn
late president did not do 20 in viol'
ton of the principles of p%rotectiO
to which he was committed. He wa
as firm a believer in protection whe
he made the speech now so frequent
quoted by the democrats as he We
at any time during his public caree
Reciprocity as urged by Mckinley ws