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Mr, Cleveland, in his messaKejf®*' which I sincerely honor him, has challenged the protected industries of the counti-y ti fight of extermination ; the fight is to death—S enator V est TO a S t . L o n s D em ocratic C lttb . Uni0n We demand the reduction of letter post- ge to one cent per a rATiONAL P latform . TOL.XVI. No 230 A PLEASANT SURPRISE port JBRVI8, ORANGB COUNTT, N. V., MONDIY EVENING, OCTOBER 1, 1888 FB ICS TERBB OBNTB THE BAPTIST CONGREGATION EN TERTAIN MR. AND MRS. HAKE. The Rev. and Mrs. C.A. Hare are Tendered a Farewell Surprise Tea-Party by Their Baptist Friends—They are Enthusiasti cally Eulogized and Presented with Elegant Tokens—The ]Bemarks. A more beautiful and impressive scene it would be extremely diflacult for the imagination to portray, than that wit nessed last Saturday evening at the resi dence of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Gray on Delaware street. The occasion was a fare well teaparty tendered to the Rev. and Mrs. C. A. Hare, by the members of the Baptist churcli and congregation of this The affair had been so skillfully con trived that it had not reached the pastor’s ears, and was therefore a complete sur prise, he presuming that they were ac cepting an invitation to spend a quiet evening alone with their host and family. Soon after the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Hare, companies of his congregation called, and continued to come, until the spacious house was filled to overflowing. At 9 o’clock room was made in one of the parlors for a number of exquisite presents, and the company was called to order by Mr. Edward Gray, who intro duced Wilton Bennet esq,, as the speaker of the evening. Mr. Bennet arose and in his pleasing manner addressed the retiring pastor as follows: I have to-night the pleasure of rei senting a body of your friends who have gathered in this impromptu informal manner to inform you that the voice and AN INEBRIATED YOtTTH Mistakes a Cart Horse for His Best Girl An Amusing Performance. A ridiculous, though somewhat amusing performance, was witnessed by a number ot people who gathered around a love- | sickish looking youth on the comer of Pike and Front streets Saturday afternoon. This not very promising young man showed indisputable evidence of having imbibed somewhat heavily of “ muddle- brains’’ and he had mistaken a very do- mestic cart horse that stood near the side walk for his best girl. He saluted his supposed fair one in a manner becoming a dude, and approach ing She object of his mistaken vision,with an uncertain step, he rudely embraced and lavished upon her, a shower of his Sunday-evening pet names, which were poorly appreciated by the confused ani mal, which showed a distaste for second handed drinks, and the fiery end of a cigar stump that he held between his teeth. Becoming weary of the witless, I wayward lover, it jerked from his em brace, and he, supposing that his hoped- to-he mother-in-law’s daughter had “ soured” on him, turned toward the de pot muttering, “ Oh! Susan quit your fooling and give your love to me.” Could this, or other young men, see themselves, when intoxicated, as others see them, a single exhibition would doubtless be a valuable temperance lecture. A MINIATURE ITALY SOME CURIOUS SIGHTSEERS VISIT THE ITABIAN COBONY. Rapid Progi-es8 in Grading foi' the Track Extension—The “ Dagos ” Enjoying Their Sunday Iieisnre—We Acknowl edge our Fondness for Maccaroni. Readers of the U nion are aware that the Erie company are having their switching facilities at this station considerably in creased by the construction of side tracks to extend from a point just west of Brox’s glass factory at Germantown,as far as the Sparrowbush crossing, possibly further. There will be eight additional tracks of a mile or more in length. sentiment of the church ; presided over J this village, a accord with you d with y and your good work and to extend to you our heartfelt and earnest wishes for your future success, happi- and welfare. is unnecessary for me to recapitulate success you have met with in your forts to promote the holy and sacred cause you have adopted. It is enough to say that you have fought the good fight, you have waged the battle bravely and I challenge one honest, earn- t, conscientious Christian who truth- illy speaks the sentiments of his heart to say otherwise. You, are surrounded by your friends and admir ers, who represent your church in this village, and we are here to extend the hand of fellowship and brotherhood, and wish you and your estimable wife a life long happiness and a future crowned with the lanrelB which your fidelity, faithful ness and honest merit will surely win. Now, my dear sir, as a slight token of our love, respect and esteem, allow me to present to you and your helpmeet this col lection o f gifts, and we hope, when away from Port Jervis, and you sit in this chair ;ed in thou^t o u ^ t and sti .. your mind wert to this'spot and that engaged in th will sometimes reve pleasant memories o f this occasion will cheer and comfort you, and you tain yourself with the idea, 1 am to think I had such royal friends Jervis in my hours of darkness ai sity, and I thank God they rallied to my supports unshaken and undivided. And when your eye shall meet this silver gift, a token of beauty and purity, may it soothe your recollection with the happy thought ; this gift, though simple in itself, is a bond and covenant of everlasting friendship between myself and ft my good friends in Port Jervis. W e regret and deplore, my dea yourself and wife are obliged s< part from US audit is the only thought that mars the complete happiness o f this ' ■' ■ 8 not forget these words doeth ail things i: years, with their L^troubles and tribula- r locks, let burden o f unf ( tions shall silv , treasure the memories inculcated by your ichings. luver your precious teachin 1 dearly neet, itted ____ ^ ______ , __________ - ge to again clasp hands, may our meeting and reunion be a glorious and eternal one, be yondnd thee shiningining river, wherehere allll mayay baskk yo th sh river, w a m bas in the sunlight of that Great Preserve and forget, in the beautiful melody o f Heaven’s choir, earth’s sorrows, griefs and miseries. londed for himself and A grand Republican rally will be held D the Rink, this village,Wednesday even ing. Col. Clark E. Carr of Illinois and Hon. Samnel Morris of Troy, N. Y., will speak. FERSONAB. Mr. A. Simon of Dover, N. J., is visit ing at the rraidence of H. Schfransky, Front street. M iss Nellie Tampane of Middlet'jwn, who has been visiting in town, returned home yesterday. Mr. S. Burnett and daughter of New York city spent Sunday with his brother, L. Burnett of Pike street. Miss Mamie Oohalen of Goshen, who has been visiting Miss Katie Gillen, re turned home yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles W olf and daugh ter Hattie of Middletown, spent Sunday with Mrs. Aaron Samuels. Mrs. A. Z. Westervelt of Hoboken, N. J., formerly of Port Jervis, is visiting at the residence of J. H. Wells on Washing ton avenue. Engineer Alfred Billman and wife of Matamoras left this morning for Jersey City and Brooklyn, where they will spend a week with friends and relatives. Dr. Prank Monroe o f New York city has been spending a few days in town among his old friends. He is son ®f Rev. J. A. Monroe who was formerly pastor of the M. E. church o f this place. Dr. and Mrs. H. L, Coit of Newark, spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Irving Elston. The Doctor is a son of Rev. John Coit, who was pastor of the M, E. church of this place 22 years^ a^o. MIDDXETOWN WINS AT OftENNIS. Messrs. Ed. Perret and James Cook went to Middletown Saturday afternoon and played a friendly game of tennis with Messrs. Fellows and Reeve. 'The Port Jervis boys were beaten by this score: 7-5, 4-6, 4-6, 8-10. The games were de cidedly close and were quite largely at tended. Messrs. Perret and Cook were treated very handsomely by the Middle- town players. — your grocer does not sell it, he does not display enterprise and you should patronize one who considers your welfare by selling Tulip soap, —New stock of ladies’ muslin under wear at G. Ury’s at very low prices. Mr. Hare respi wife in the following words: My friends,! am reminded this momen of the words o f Charles Lamb, who,when ;eded inn a similarmilar positionosition to thathat in Who sells “White Satin?” E lesires to sell the very ] plac i a si p to t which I now find myself, could simply e plam that he was too full fcr utierance. My wife and I were invited here to tea, and you may imagine our surprise, when MIXED FICKBES TO-NIGHT. you filled. thof i.y pleasant lose whom I have iptized, those whc ! are completely are those whom 1 have ive, in whose houses I have pleasant hours. I see here - --------------- those I have red ones I have He rivets the attention rcely t 1 of t a more verss Iv S . Contmued on Fourth page. Fxotectiou vs. free trade will be dis cussed by Col. Clark E. Carr of Illinois and Hon. Samnel Morris of Troy, N. Y., at the Rink, this Village, Wednesday evening. 3t of genius. The pe culiar combination of characters which go make the cast is well chosen. Each marks biTn a humorist ;erestto the end, lori of g )n of char to make the cast is well chosen, part is well filled, especially Hiram Brown, inclined to he fast, Deacon Jordan, in clined to be mean, and Lncinda Sniggins, inclined to be married. Those who want to laugh and enjoy themselves will receive an evening’s pleasure in witnessing Mixed ” a Mondi Knit Underwear, Blankets, Flannels, etc Childrens’ underwear from 16 cents up; also children’s red underwear. Ladies and gents goods from 35 cents up. We gain in the n BARGAINS FOR 30 DAYS. cents up. are ^ a in in the market with those cele- Orange St., one on Broad S brated white blankets that we sold hun- Prpnt St., one on Jersey Ave., dreds o f pairs of during the past three St. and one on Elizabeth St. years. Also white, red, gray, blue and J no . L. B onnell plaid flannels in twilled and plain at H. ----- — --------- C. Cunningham, corner Pike street and But a few decorated toilets sets for f 3.- Orange Square. 98 left at Hoagland’s Crockery house. The work of leveling and grading, pre paratory to the laying of tracks, is being actively prosecuted under the supervision Of the JTolan Bros., to whom the contract was awarded by the company some time ago. As previously stated in the columns of the U nion , a long tramway has been constructed, extending from the high grounds hack of Germantown for half a mile Westward, which is extended in both directions as the work of grading pro gresses. This IS supplemented by small side tracks. These are made necessary by the wide swath of 100 feet, which is being cut away for the 8 additional tracks con templated. Over these tracks small dirt- dumps are hauled which carry the dirt from the high ground to the hollows fur ther westward. The motive power is sup plied by a small dummy engine. A large force of Italian laborers are new engaged in digging away the elevated ground just in the rear of the large barn belonging to the estate of Charles Buckley deceased. Two U nion representatives, accom panied by a prominent and successful merchant o f the town, paid a visit to the scene of operations yesterday, and they found that the work of grading had made rapid progress. The dummy engine was standing upon a small culvert and engi neer Albert Reeder was busily at work clearing out the flues and putting it in condition to begin work early Monday morning. About ^ of the high ground back of Buckley’s barn had been cut away, and at the present rate o t progress, it will not be long before everything is in readi ness for the laying o f track. About 100 Italian laborers are em ployed by the Nolan Bros., and these were found to be enjoying themselves in the high grove which adjoins the Erie track on the north side. They were scattered about the grove in picturesque groups, engaged in a variety of occupa tions. Some o f them in innocent recrea tion, and others in tne various avocations which the simple wants of this small colony render necessary. The spectacle of these people thus engaged was acadian in its simplicity ; and would furnish a fit- ting theme for the pen o f a Longfellow. Sunday was evidently their wash day, for every clump of bushes within sight bore its burden of cleanly washed garments, which had been spread out to dry. As cleanliness is next to godliness we suppose no one will be captious enough to quarrel with these hard working “ dagos ’’for em ploying their only leisure in cultivating this virtue. We could have pardoned them had they carried it a point further and applied to their own persons some of the soap and water which had been be stowed so liberally upon their garments, for it is an incontestable fact that these people were ditty. But perhaps we exact too much. The finer shades of Christian virtue can hardly be expected of these hard working, poorly paid Italians. They live in this grove, a small colony by themselves, apart from the world, and all conversation is carried on in their own dulcet tongue. It is a miniature Italy. Their dealings with the outside world are carried on through the medium o f an in terpreter, who is their financial agent, banker, and the intermediary through whom they deal with the contractors. He furnishes their supplies, and in a gen eral way looks after the various wants of the colony. Some of the younger and more frivolous members of the community wire playing a game which very much resembles the game of “ cat,” in vogue among school hoys a number of years ago. They seemed to derive immense enjoyment from this simple recreation, and the onlookers ap parently enjoyed it quite as much as those who were playing. As we witnessed their simple enjoyment it did not even occur to US that this was a suitable field for mis sionary enterprise. The community were divided up in groups and the majority were engaged in makitiig the necessary preparations for the midday meal. Maccaroni and a soup made from boiling bones and scraps of meat, seemed to constitute the bill of fare. In strolling about the grounds wo en countered a pair of chums in front of a small hut, one of whom was mending clothea As we approached he greeted us in English, inquiring, “ Do yon like maccaroni?” wliereupon the polyglot of our deputation making a severe requisi tion on his linguistic resources, replied, tSignor.\ but this single phrase ex hausted our stock of Italian and our amia ble friend seemed to have reached the end of his rope. All further conversation of necessity ceased. The other fellow was down on his knees kneading dough, whether for the purpose of making maccaroni or bread' we were unable to ascertain. We stood silently watching him for some time, all of us trying to solve the same problem, how the dough remained so white -when the fellow’s bands were so black and dirty, a conundrum which we were finally compelled so abandon as an unsolu ble mystery. Further on we encountered another busy group, who were writing letters to wives, friends and sweethearts in sunny The impression derived from a visit to the colony is that a very high de gree of happiness and contentment prevail among these simple people, and we doubt whether the more highly favored people of our own land, have more real enjoyment. Protection va. free trade will be diB- cugaed by CoL Clark E. Carr of Illinois and t. Samnel Morris of Troy, N. Y., a t the Rink, this village, Wednesday evening. WRECK AT^ACKAWAXEN. One Eastern Bound Train Collides with Another Witliin the Yard Ximits. A serious wreck occurred at Lacka- waxen about 11 o’clock Saturday night in the following manner * ^Conductor Vandevoort’s east bound loaded train was standing on the main track, while the trainmen were supplying the coal pockets at that station with coal. The rear of this train was standing on the bridge which is Within the yard limits. In accordance with one of the rules of the Brie which says “ it is necessary to pro tect the rear end of a train while stand ing within the yard limits,” conductor Vandervoort did not send back his flag- While the trainmen were busy doing some switching, conductor Crawford’s east-bound train, with engine 593, D. L. Smith engineer, rounded the curve at a high rate of speed, and before it could be Signaled, crashed into the rear of Vander- voort’s train, knocking the caboose anil last car into the river and badly wrecking several other cars. Fortunately none of the trainmen hap pened to be in the caboose at the time or the result might have been more serious. The wreckers from this village were called and cleared the wreck. HIS FAREWEBt SERMON. Affecting Discourse of the Rev. C. A. Hare at the Baptist Church. The Baptist church was filled last night with an expectant audience, to hear Rev. C. A. Hare’s last sermon before his de parture for his new field of labor. His sermon was prefaced by saying that it was customary for farewell sermons to ANOTHER GRAND RALLY be preached at the close of a pastorate, and doubtless many have con.e to-night expecting such a discourse, but I have been preaching farewell sermons for the past two months, or since it was decided that this pastorate should terminate with this day. , ‘The subjects of these sermons have been to urge steadfastness and reliance upon God. And now, I wish to express my heartfelt appreciation of the kindness shown by you to myself and wife during our sojourn in your midst.’’ Then turning to 1st John 4:16 he read the text, “ God is love.” The discourse was delivered in bis usual able manner, and was a continua- tionof the great theme, “ Steadfastness and reliance upon God,\ showing that love was not only an attribute of the Di vine Being, but that He was very love it self.” We were created in the image of God, and in this respect still retain our likeness, that we continually desire to be stow benefits unabatmgly upon the ob jects of our affections. Man is the ob ject of God’s love and it is his desire to bestow himself upon us. “Let us retain his image, and be that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God and God in him, and when we shall see him we shall be like him.” Every day is a little life and our whole life is but a day repeated. 'Tis not best to suffer pain for even one little day, when one application of Warner’s Log Cabin Extract will drive it quick away. Noth ing better for external or internal appli cation. REPUBBICAN CBDB. will 11 mem- F. B. Where can I buy “ White Satin ?” If your Grocer does not keep it go to Horn- beck & BonneH’s,who have the agency for it Always ask for and insist on having “ White Satin \ thus insure getting the very best Flour made. AT THE KINK ON WEDNESDAY EVENING NEXT. Col. Carr of Illinois and tlie Hon. Samuel Morris of Troy the Speakers—Tlie Tariff Issue to Be Under Discussion—Itish- meu Invited to Come Out and Hear Mr. Morris. Another grand rally will occur at the rink on '.Wednesday evening, Oct. 3d, on which occasion the people of Port Jervis will have the opportunity of listening to two of the best public speakers of the day. Col. Clark E. Carr of Illinois, who speaks at the Cooper Institute Monday nighf, and who makes a forcible presenta tion of the tariff question, will be present, also Hon. Samuel Morris of Troy, N. Y. Four years ago Mr. Morris made a grand speech at Port Jervis. His inimitable wit and humor are remembered by 'all who then listened to him. He strikes sledge hammer blows at the^free trade fallacies, and he especially desires to talk to his fellow Irishmen and all workmen, upon the tariff question. Do not fail to be pres ent at this meeting. A grand Republican rally will be held Samuel Morris of Troy, N. Y., will Col. Clark E. Carr of Xlliu READ BBAINB’S SPEECH. The Protection System Justified on the Authority of Jefferson. We commend the speech delivered by the Hon. James 6 . Blaine at the Polo grounds on Saturday last to the attentive consideration of Democrats as well Republicans. Particularly do we urge upon Democrats the importance of a care ful study o f the facts of this great speech before they commit the folly of recording a vote in favor of free trade and against the protective system. A full report of this speech will be found in the New York Tribune of ye ter- (Jay’s date, and because it is a M l verba tim report we prefer it to the reports of other metropolitan journals. Mr. Blaine recounts the history of tariff legislation in the United States, refuting the preposterous Democratic doctrine that protection duties are unconstitutional by the authority of the very men who framed the constitution. The portion of this speech which deals with the opinion and official acts of Thomas Jefferson on this question will especially interest Democrats. It is conclusively shown by quoted ex tracts from Jefferson’s messages to Con gress, that he not only favored the laying of protection duties, but that he did not regard with dread the accumulation of a surplus in the treasury. Such a surplus existed in his time, and instead of advo cating a reduction of duties he recom mended its expenditure in public works. What willthe revenue tariff cranks of the Democracy say to these utterances of the great exemplar o f American Denioc- BUIBDING AND BOAN. The following officers were elected by the Orange County Building and Loan Association No. 3 at their meeting held Saturday night. For President, Stephen Short; Vice President, James Porritt ; Treasurer, Wm. H. Nearpass ; Secretary, Thos. H. Branch ; Directors, Wm. H. Crane, Chas. Cuimingham, Jacob May, Geo. W. Thayer, Edw. O. Bierne, Peter Croghan, Linn Edsall, J. H. Shorroeb, John Duley ; Auditors, Wm. H. Crane, Geo. E. Branch, Edw. C. Bierne ; Trus tees, A. VanEtten, jr., James Creegan, James Porritt BANNER RAISING. The Republicans of Matamoras will raise a Harrison and Morton banner to morrow n ight Speeches by L. E. Carr and H. B. Fullerton. All Republicans are invited to attend. —The dirtiest men in the world are made the cleanest by using Tulip soap. —The Deerpark Coal and Lumber com pany is selling the bes.t quality of Car- What is “White Satin?” It is positively the Best Brand of Flour in the market Manufactured at the ^taract Mills, Min neapolis, Minnesota. - $1.75, $2.00, $3.50, $8.00 are my prices of ladies’ patent leather tip button shoes, of good wearing kid, Kadel’s 100 Pike street. —Those needing fall jackets will do well to call at G. Dry’s and examine his GREENE GETS THE NOMINATION. John KInsila Asain Baid on tbe Shelf by the Democracy. M iddletown , Oct. 1.—The convention for the nomination of a Democratic can didate for member of Assembly took place to-day. The candidates were G. W. Greene of Goshen, Frank Buckley of Wallkill and John Kinsila of Deerpark. John A. Wallace of Wallkill was elected Chairman and John Kelley of Deerpark, 13ecretary. An informal ballot showed 34 votes for Greene, 16 for Kinsila and 13 for Buck- ley. A formal ballot was then taken with this result: Greene 31, Kinsila 17, Buckley 14. It will thus be seen that the convention at Middletown have again ignored the claims of Deerpark to this nomination and the long and faithful party services of Mr. Kinsila have been of no avail. Against all precedent in the gface of the^past protest of Deerpark Democrats Mr. Geo. W. Greene of Goghen is once more put in nomination. We shall be aur- priaed if the repeated insults inflicted upon Deerpark do not finally result in a holt. Republican rally at the Rink, Wednes day evening;. Col. Clark B. Carr of IIB- nois and Hon. Samnel Morris of Troy, N. Y„ will orate. WITH PEN AND SCISSORS. Items of a More or Bess Bocal Nature Con densed for tblB Column. —PoE S ale — Penney’s Union House Enquire o f the proprietor, Isaac Penney. -s27dl5t. -Instantaneous photographs of tbe firemen’s parade for sale at Lundelius photo studio.—dtf. -All members of Delaware Hose Co, are requested to meet at the Young Men’s Republican club room this evening at 8.30 o’clock for drill, with uniform coat.- and caps. By order of Foreman. —The regular monthly meeting of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Railroad Y. M. C. A. will be held in the parlors of tbt Reformed Church at four o’clock to-moi - row afternoon. A large attendance is draired, as there is special work to be brought before the meeting. -While the attendance was small at the Y. M. 0. A. rooms yesterday, a splendid service was enjoyed, and one young man decided to change his life fot the better. The association is progressinji finely. Eight new voluntary members have united with it during the past week. The class in penmanship now has 13 names and the class in music has 17 names. Both classes commence next MIXED FICKBES TO-NIGHT. One of the best entertainments ever given in this village will be seen to-night at the Opera house. The American ec centric comedian J. B. Polk will appear in conjunction with a first-class dramatic company in the laughable comedy creation of “ Mixed Pickles,” which creates a coe - tinuous roar of laughter from the rise to the fall of the curtain. All who wish to have a good laugh should not fail to visit the Opera house this evening, HAD HIS EXAMINATION. The examination of John Skiimer charged with assault in the second degree took place before Judge Allertoa this morning. After hearing all the testimony in the case the Judge cecided to hold him to answer the charge of assault in the third degree. His trial will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 9th, Wilton Benett ap peared for the defendant and H. B, Ful lerton for the complainant. DIED IN NEW YORK. John Howard, aged 14 years, the oldest son of Michael Howard a former well known resident of Bfetamoras, died at the home o f his parents in New York city, Friday evening after an illness of but a few days duration. He was a very bright boy and his parents feel their loss very deeply. His remains were brought to this village this morning on train One and were interred in St. Mary’s cemetery. A WRECK^NTHE YARD. A slight wreck occurred about 50 feet above the Pike street crossing in the yard in this village Saturday evening, caused by a misplaced switch. Pour cars left the track. The crossing was blocked for over 30 minutes, and pedestrians were compelled to walk some distance down the track to get across. -The miners throughout the entire coal regions of Pennsylvania all use Tulip soap—unmistakable proof that it is good —Bluestone for sidewalks and curbs. Contracts made by Geo. W. Hoagland. For Sale—Clean good naying business, up-town, and one down-town. J no . L. B onnem . AN INDIGNANT TOILER FOURS HOT SHOT INTO THE FREE TRADE RANKS, Some Plain Bansuage From - a Working man—He Serves Notice on the Democ racy that Free Trade Wont go Down. 'Tfie Gazette Excoriated. The following pdmmunication was handed us by a foreign born American citizen who has resided in Port Jervis for ‘ ^ many years. Always heretofore a Demo- crat he hits some heavy blows at the free trade Democracy: M ister E ditor : The following edi torial appeared in Monday night’s Q (m tU , in the first column: Look at our own town of Port Jervis id ask yourself who obtains the highest price for their labor and the most con stant employment. The carpenters, blacksmiths, masons, machinists in the Erie shops, men running on the road, etc., make higher wages than the men in. Holden’S saw factory, protected by a duty of 30 per cent, and yet they are not pro tected in any way. They have, however, to pay a duty on almost everything they buy, including their clhthes, shoes, hats and caps, and many articles consumed as food in their homes. If this duty was ’ ’ ■ ■ could live much more c^aply, save mme money, and $130,000,- people^ whom it belongs and^l^°°^ in the U. S. Treasury. The moj in circulation the better are the times- up le more money lenty o f money means i nd plenty ot work means ] a stringency of the money market mean: an army of men out of employment j tramps by the thousands to be cared by the few. \We ask the Gazette “ what are you giv« ing us ?” in seeking to array one class of workingmen against another. 'We have had too much experience in the brother hoods and other associations to be influ enced by such rot. The Gazette's argu- ment is that as we railroad men are get ting better wages than the men in the factories, we ought to vote to take away the protection from these factories—^let them shut up shop—and that by starving out the factory men we could live cheaper and thus save more money. The wicked selfishness of this thing is awful in it self—amazing. My motto is, “ The in jury o f one is the concern of all.” But what an argument. Just look at it I We are asked to believe that if we destroy aU American competition we can buy Eng lish goods cheaper! As if we didn’t know that competition cheapens every thing. We are asked to believe that a surplus of $130,000,000 that the English man has to pay us for the privilege of bringing his wares to our market to com pete with us had better be given back to him, and that we do without that contri bution to our taxes—^pay it all ourselves. TJiat is if exactly. The Gazette wants us to have no surplus, but to let the English man keep his duty money so that we can have the blessed privilege of taking our money to England to buy English goods, and then we’ll have more money here and more work. Plenty of money means plenty of work, and plenty of work means high wages. Are we fodh? or was the Gazette drunk ? Do we not know that this is just what would make a scarcity of money and a scarcity of work ? How can we make money plenty in our own country by sending it to Eng land? Tell me now. How can we make work plenty here by having that work done in England ? Tell me that. How can we keep up our own wages by throwing thousands of our feUowmen out of employment to compete with us for our Places? Would not our wages be lower instead of higher in that case ? Thousands of men out of employmeht with starving families whom they love looking to them for bread—wouldn’t they all be after our places? Wouldn’t they? No sir, we will have none of this free trade. Such arguments insult our intelli gence and their heartlessness insult our sense of honor. Isay, “ damn tbe man who will go against his own country any way. Mr. Editor, we are not fools. There is no politics in this question. It is hard common sense business every time, and you can bet your life we mean business too—Democrats and Republicans we pro pose to down this free trade heresy so that it will stay down and so that no party, Democratic or Republican, will ever dare suggest it again. British gold and official assessments cannot save it. Money cannot buy us. Protection for the workmen of Amer ica is what we want and we are going to have it too. Repnblican rally at the Rink, Wednes- evening. Col. Clark E. Carr of lUi- and Hon. Samnel Morris of Troy, N. Y., will orate, Clark E . Carr of Illi- ■Are you weak and weary, overworked and tired? Hood’s Sarsaparilla is just the medicine to purify your blood and give you strength. —^The “ Puritan” ham is fast taking the lead over all competitors. Try thenv?\
