Connecticut western news., 1908-10-29

puiar among the people of our village. MT. Hart is to be congratulated and If the best wishes of an entire community count for ought, Mrs. Hart will eujoy long and happy life. A number of our young people gave the bride and groom morning" late Saturday night, caus- ing the sheriff" to produce the cigars.
 HON. k. J. HILLS SPEECH.
 Hon. Ebenezer J. Hill of South Nor walk, republican candidate for United ! States representative from this district addressed fairly large audience at the Casino last Saturday night on the issues of the campaign. MT. Hill is very in- tering speaker and presented his argu- ments in such Q manner as to arouse some of the party enthusiasm which this year has been somewhat lacking. The stage was decorated with the American flag and pictures of Taft and Sherman. Some characteristic campaign songs were rendered by Messrs. Gillette, Wood ward and Barnum. after which MT. Hill was introduced to the people by few we'll chosen words from Willard Baker, and spoke in part as follows:
 II wish to thank the people of Sharon for the unfaiing welcome always given me. tending to show that I possess no small share of their confidence. I do not confine my thanks to the Republi- can party as 1 have reason to believe I have at least few friends and support CTS among Sharon Democrats do not believe ill personalities in politics no matter which party indulges therein, but wish to say few words regarding MT. Lilley, your candidate for Governor. MT. Lilley may have erred in judg- ment. I have been in Washington longer and am perhaps wiser as to Washington methods. I would be un- worthy of your trust in me If advised And sincerely believe in the purity of mind and integrity of purpose of Mir. Lilley i'll offering his resolution. Of the New England members of Congress 16 present and voting, of which three were Democrats the vote was II for Lilley and 5 against him. It shows how he is regarded by those who know him. I strongly commend him to you and hope to see him elected Governor of your, state. Ninety per cent of all government expenses are practically agreed to by both parties, ninety five per cent of all legislation is also about unanimous, and yet on some questions the two parties are fundamentally diff ferent. As witness the tariff question. ! Governments have three ways of rais- ing money. Internal revenve, export tax and import tax. The Constitution of the United States forbids an export tax. Both parties are in accord as to the in- ternal revenue tax, but on the import tax differ widely. The Republican party divide imports into two classes. one class consisting of what is produced here, and the other class consisting of that which is not, One class is taxed sufficiently to bring the cost up to the cost of the American producer, the other class comes ill absolutely free. No country i'll the world has absolute free trade. Great Britain has what is called free trade, and why? Her small area cannot raise crops enough to support her population, nor produce raw material enough to supply her extensive manu- featuring interests. Our position is en- tirely different. Great Britain main tains her undisputed commercial suprem- acy by draining her colonies. She is nursing an already developed system, we are developing one. Free trade means cutting the wages of our mechan- ics for the benefit of foreign manufac- turers. To pass to the currency question, irredeemable note issues, as advocated by Bryan are wholly and radically wrong. There is no safe way but the gold-reserve basis of payment of notes
 No country has ever made a success of irredeemable currency. France tried it and failed. Only salvation for paper money is redemption, which is likewise mans only salvation. MT. Bryan s plan of assessing banks to insure the stockholders sounds good, but is not. Sounds like insurance but is really rob- bery. Really means that depositors in sound banks should pay the losses of depositors in unsound banks, and wonld tend to demoralize banking. Bank de- posits are not an asset of the bank but Q liability and this scheme to guarantee them is the most dangerous fallacy ever put before the American people. Yet of 72 banking bills introduced last winter, 27 favor it. MT. Hill gave brief ac- count of MT. Taft's life, and qualifica- tions for the office of President He gave vivid description of improvements in the Philliplne Islands due to MT. Taft's governorship. Said these islands cost at present seven cents per year to each person in the United States and