The Second Gun Fired

Mouday was a model September day and Mxm afler the sim had stink to rest in his flowery western couch, the sweet strains of inusic stealiiif; thrOUKh t lic. qulet evenlng ihadetofour beautlfu] city aiiÈiouiiccd that anothcr event in 18881 Qampelgn for "Tlppecanoe and Morton too" was upon us. The rink bcgan to lili up early, and vcry poon ttandlng room only, beomine the rule. lint thoie who had amembled to listen to our eloquent and able representativo at Washington, Capt. E. P. Allen, trere soon Informed that he had been detained too loi í in his public debate on the issues of the day wiih lus Opponent Wilhirii Stearns at Britton, Lenawee i'onnty, to be al'lc to Catcfa thi' train for Ann Arbor. Oonseqnentl; Hou. A. J. Sawyer had hutu reqnestod to make a few remarka to those auembied. The crowd remained ciuietly seated and Mr. Sawyer bood proved hiinself full wortliy of their confidente. The fbllowing brief lyBopth glvei bul a faint idea of the power 1' HIS ÏIËMAKKS. He began by statlng the embarassment he always feit when requlred ti mke a posltlon Ihat had been expaetad to be tllled by someone else, and ;i f 1 1 ¦ r eXprOaalDS hls hnpe of SL-elDg Capt. Allen heie before the close of the riimpalgn, warraed up to the subject by reforriog lus aiulienee back to those gloomy laya at the close of the rebelllon, wheu the country had sunk so deeply into debt and discredlt, when so many of the II ves of her mostsumiy yeomanry hal been sacrlñced upon its altar, and ludustriat progress had been so oom pleloly rulued that H reamad lmposslble lor her to rise agaln. Yet those who had gutded her safely through Ihe desperate war had at Kamu time been framlng those sllent laws that only showed thelr real power after the cannou's mouth had been sllenced, and started the nailon on a new era of prosperity. And under what condltlons had lt been done? Whotly under those laws that compelled the foreigner to pay for the privilege of dlsposing of hls wares to our peoplo tlms protectlug home labor agalnst fbrelgn pauper oompetllion and at the sanie time placing the natiou on a flrm Mnancial basis. J. T.Jacobs hnd built avery flne house near his resldence and he was always proud of bei ti K the fellow olllsen of snch a public splrlted man, butwhat would he and the rest of our cominunity thluk lfsome mornlng heRhould lookoot of hls wlndow and see Mr. Jacobs desiroying his beautiful resldence- surely the people would cali bina crazv. But when people are attemptlng todo the saine thing with our grand protective forin of government they are called. slmply- democrats ! President Cleveland' letter of acceptance was 1 hen taken up and dlscussed at length. Kully oiie-half of lt wasdevoled to the terrible surplus in our uatlonal treasury and this was belng used to alarm the people untll their ears fairly rose over thelr head. But In spite of all this howltng and the fact that tli present democratie aduiiulslratlon has held sway for four years, not one elfectlve step has been taken to redace the surplus. Not even the honett debts of our govermnent had been pald. If Mr. Cleveland dldn't know to man age the surplus then lt was time for hlm to step down and out and let those who are capahle of managing lt lor the best interests of the ccmiitry take charge uf lt. Reference was also made to the dlsgraceful nimmer li which the democratie governmeut hai robbed postmastora who were termed "offen sive part isans," of mouey Justly due the:u slmply because it had power lodo so. Tha was democratie Justlce. To reduce the tu.xatlon to lts least possihle unit Is the endeavor of every whole-souled true American citizen ol every creed in poli lies. Hut the means of collectlng the neces sary tai for mafntaining the government 1 the point of dlfference. Whlch was the mos reusonable, to take off the tarilT on artlcles not produced in this country and put lt on tbose that are, or to lmve a "tarlff for reve nue ooly'1 and ass-ss it indiscrlniinately. Mr. Cleveland proposes lo reduce the sur plus not by introiiuclng absolute free trade hut by slmply reduclng thctaritt'. Take hay lor ínstanos, 880,000 tona wereshlpped Ín here Iioin forelgo markets, during the past year nniliT a tarill' of í'J a Ion. Now lappoalni the tarlffbe reduced to -I a ton and me Inevii ;ih]e result, as can be posltlvely preved by tlie pasl records of the custom houses, will b that ttiree limes as niueh hay will be shlppec hereas ander the SJ tarlff, thus Inoreasla theKtirplns' 1 íiisIi:li1 of rédOORlB lt,. W'iiuh not, tnerefore, a blgb tarlff be more elTectlve in reduoina the surplus than a low one. Our country has enmigh resources to sup ply all the needs cif its clll.ens without any outlde help and capltulisls siiould be er ooarsged to luvest thelr money and glve lili"fi i i i , i j i i i i llilili i ill II 11 IDCIIU M I 1 í 1 I I I the sume lie tille frora cternal fear of foreigu pauper labor competltion. Malnlt Itelalmed that everybody ongti to be able to buy and sell wbere they wlsh Jusi as ir there were restriclions upon any American cli tzen f rom dispost ng of hls ware just liow and wliere be pienses, at borne o abroad, nd Únele Sum's familiar form 1 swallow tai 1 coat and rusty plug hat stand ever oversbadowlug bis subjecls and Ín cae of luterference to give warning to kn "Hands offl for be' my boy and Le"8 golu to market !" He Ihen related a very entertalning Btory of litssiiiy in Boston wbere be vlsited an Ín Btltution employlng 2,(00 persons the leas paid of'whom was a niessenger boy wlio re ceived "j cts. a day. He told of hls purchas of a pair of gloves at tbls place for $2, an upon hts return home of meeting a colleg protessor who had bought the same ijuallt and style of goods for only $1.50 when in Eu rope and gavo that as hls reaoa for wanting free trade. For bis own seltlsh Interest b would have American labor grouud down te a level wltli the cheap labor of Kurope. ïb story was well told and splcy. Monopolies, the good effect of home com pelllion and well-pald labor, tb9 n-u lts o free trade for us, protlt-sharlng, etc., were a taken up and ably and interestingly handkd The selnshness and greed of Èngland 1 well shciwu in her oppresslou of Irelan Uan It beexpeoted thal when she will nc help her owu provlnces she will ald foreig countriesï Free trade may be good for Kws land where the few who govern keep lli niasses in lgnorance, bul in the United wtnu itisjustthe reverse. Here the masses rul and puur have every advautage to edu cte themselves and rlse to as high posltlon as the rich. Under the republlcan admlnts tratlon the great West had been opened, tb shackles of slavery broken, educatlon of th miMaea blghly advanced, and even the co ored man had now become well enough edu oated lo vote the democratie ticket. Hels prouil of tha record the república party had made, hoplng always to remal wltbitand that nmny more would do tb sanie. Mr. Sawyer'shighly pleasing and ver; interesting inauner calleil fortli frequen applaue, held tlie Orowd exceptioiuill well and no one could have feit at a ilisappointed in tliei r visit to the rink. Three roaslng cheers for Ben. Harr son, given with a will, closed the meeting C.ipt. Allen was greatly diwropointe n not bcinfr alile to be present, but M Stearns' delay in arrivinr at 15ritto made t impossible to linisli the debal before ö :.'0, thus making ir, too Istet catch a train or to drive thirty miles i timi' for the meeting. We vih further to state that it va ful ly understood by democrats in Ih city Monduy afternoon that Mr. Alle would not be able to meet bis eD(THg ment liere, and that Mr. Stearns lia( givcn Cbem to understand that he wouli prevent it, which fact is dishonorable t Mr. Stearns, who ought to be maní enouírli to be ubovesucli littlo dirty trick A prominent feature of the evenin w:is the Capt. E. 1'. Allen Republican Club of the 3il ward, whicb formed a the Coürieh offlse at about l. o'oloc wlth 7(5 voten lo line, eacli wesrioga red white and blue necktie, and inany o i lutii the white plug campalgn hit, aa marched to the rink hended by tlie band The boys are eiitlinsiastiu aud full of con lldence in ultímate victory. The stage was handsomely Oecoralei with buntinsf and flas, and the speaker' table tapplled wiih beautifu] bonqueU b; Mr. C. 1$. Duvison. 'J'Ih' assertion tha the clcctric light was purposely "out o tune' that niglit, not only at the rink but for the entire nortliein división o the city, was probably untounded.