New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-11-04
LYCEUM is PACKED;
REPUBLICAN RALLY
Bulkeley aDd Blackwell Argue for
Protective Tariff

Never has larger or more enthusi-
a~tlc republican rally been held in
this city than the one at the Lyceum
theater last evening when former
United States Congressman governor
and Hartford mayor, the Honorable
&c. Buckley addressed the assem-
bIage on the campaign issues as did
professor Charles M. Blackwell OF
ale and State Treasurer T.. S. Cham
perla1n. Local candidates sat on the
stage and former Councilman Harry
Earton presided The theater's inter-
lor was profusely decorated with the
Nat1Cral colors and enthusiasm was
JIG. so large was the attendance
that the interested audience filled all
available standing room and surged
into the outside Hobbies.
Favors High Tariff.
Mr.. Buckley was the leading
speaker of the evening and the fact
that this was his only campaign
speech of the year shows to what an
extent the old gentleman favored the
: Hardware City. Mr.. Buckley told
his listeners that he cast his first vote
for the martyred president, Abraham
Lincoln, and has cast each successive
vote for the republican nominee be-
cause that party stands first and last
for protection of American industries
and American rights. He reviewed
briefly his own service in the United
States senate when he assisted in put
ting through several of the great tar
~lft bills of the age and said that Up to
about TOO years ago this country was
chiefly an agricultural nation. Since
the passage of the protective tariff
-
necticut in proportion. has grown in
leaps and bounds as manufacturing
center of the universe. If the country
is to have continued prosperity dur
ing the next four years the republi-
can party must be returned to power
on November 7, was Mr.. Bulkeley's
warning. He referred to the great
prosperity of the past two years and
blamed it entirely on the foreign war,
declaring that when that war ends
The millions Of soldiers return to their
homes to again build up their coun-
tries and manufactures the American
producer will again be confronted
with the serious proposition Of I'M
Successfully competing with foreign
labor unless protected by the repub-
lican tariff.
MI. Buckley did not overlook the
Mexican situation, which resulted in
himself sending his two sons to the
border last June. He remarked that
the president is said to have kept US
out of war, yet it is said that the
country has had a constructive war
With the little southern neighbor. He
recalled how the American forces
marched inc the city Of Vera Cruz
ard then walked right out again. He
also told Of recently receiving cou-
pie Of letters posted 'Somewhere in
Mexico and in this connection asked
whether the soldiers across the border
are waiting for Villa to tell them to
80 north, for Carranza to give them
such orders, or are they waiting fro
the president Of the United States to
tell them to haul down the American
flag and leave behind them q, story
Of Americans slain and the national
colors insultcd. The peace confer
ence at New London was not forgot
ten by the Hartford man who re
marked how the Mexican and Amer1-
can confcrees sat in New London and
later took a little trip to Atlantlc
City and soon may go to washington
where the honor Of the United States