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19
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September
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1888
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The oomraittee Bppointed by tbe repubüoan coDgreseiooftl convection, to Dotifj Hon. E. P. Allen of bis renomicntioo, retnrncd with tbat gentlemno, wbo Rildreeeed the oonveution and the Rttendftuoe thereon es (ollows: MB. ChAIKMAN, AND OïNTLIMEN OF tïl KirOÜMCiN ÜONVENT1ON - I COUlfl tO ({IVO Q ncouuntof niy itAWSrdahip. Voo aru the representativo of the republioan party of the eeoond cougressionnl district; to jon ha been deleguted the aathority and the doty of Rolecticg a oaudidate for representHtive ia oongrees f rooi tliis dinlrint. That doty yoo br.ve disohirged as jon nuderstood it to bo best. The resnlt of jour work, shonld it be crowned with irie epproval of the peopie, will Urgely, as I fnlly iippreeiate, depend opou n y owu eonduot.. Two yeurs ago the standard oí the repoblioan party iu this ditrit wR8 entroRted to o; hande, and the verdiot of the cocvintion was npproved by the pc-ople. 1 weut to Washington: I have etideavored, po far ns I kucw how, to rppresent this district- not as a repcblioan, not bs a deirocrt, bot as one who, tHkiDH the oath of ofl'ioc, thnt ho would obpy the oonBtitDtion of the United States and disoharge the dntiea of a reireetitative in oongress with the beet of his ability by the help of God. Thut is a broad oth to take, and one who t . kis it, knov.iug tbe value of it, and hppreoiatingitsiiuporiHnce, will ueueseiirily rise with ll-.o reèponeibiütiüé thnt are thrmi pou hun, mui endeavor to represent the people hom he has Bworn to represent in this unniiltikable way. As to my HuoooBèor failnre. it la not for me to epenk; 1 feel nnd know that I hiu uot conacioug by vote or voioe of doint; i.uj . h: dít cbtriiuental tp the interest of thiH n'e:l enncressionnl district. (Applanee. ) If 1 haT. ihen I have made mistakea of tbe hend and not cf nbe heart. I fnlly onderstand the Beeds of ihU !istriot; in msny tenptots, ïi n the most important in the Btftte of Miobixan, and in all reepeets, for intelliRcnoe, and for worth, it will stand thf peer of any oongrespioun! diotriot in the United Statec. ( Applanse. ) It is noiirbr the district that Uiddics rc[ renented, that Garfiell adorued, thau eny congressionftl diatriot in this oountry. ïb people in that and ihis have always in t imi r gencies that oalled tor patriotism and for honor, been fonnd npon theside of the rigbt and the si de of the tlie. This district is largely agrionltpral, nnd yet tliere are many Rnd diversiüöd ioterests here. üur maanfaoturinj; interets ma into the millioas. Thcre is n t in the state of Miohigan, nor :iu wiiere in the United States, tha eame exteut of teicitory uutëide of the uities that has more iievsi-ri t-r.-, ccoro graded nohools, more coIIcko, iu jre raoges. tuore farmers' associatioux, ihuu ihu Seoond district of the tétate of Miobigsu; and it behoovos anyoue, who aspires to repreecut this district ia ongress, to bo capable of reaobing, or risïog aboce riithcr, all eellisii iaterests, and to remeoiber always, even if it is not natural for him, that he stands in the van of a district that reqnires at all times gentility, honeaty, nnd a gentlemauly bearing; beoanse what the representativo does, tfiecta opon his distrtot for weal or for woe. Havmgsaid that inncli, I aowpt, and I accept gladly this tndorseinent at yoac haiids. Had I proven go recreant to tbe trost yoa have repased iu nae.thnf bi. ono sbonld llave naid it is better that we soud some one else ! tbere, I shouM have feit to-day that I hnd xignally fniled ia doiog wi.it I bolieved to bo right and wht youapprovedof. Bntiny ' votoa in oongress, white tluy have beeu npon party hnes where the great fundamental prinoiples underlyin the party were in context, uoy votes in oongress hae been of tbat sort that wicu men and broad d men, and men who have authority, wouM approve of. I have atood not for a aeetion; I have voted uot for sectionahm, bot I have votod for the best interest of the Ainerioao people as I onderstand Ihoae iuterests to lm. (Appluuse. ) I voted nnd streouonely worked 10 havo the direct wu tiu tlnit was levied upun the slate of Michigan repaid to thsfltate. Dnring tbe t'iroes of war the governiueut had to depart f rotn the usual mode of collecting a revenue ly levyingadireot tax npou the people, npou the stateKthe state of Michigan ïasumed half a milüon of JollarB. Timt taz wr.s levied opon all tho states, bat it is uoedlens for me to teil ion tli.it tiouth Carolina, Florida, MissisHippi, and all the other eeceded states were in a coudition that forbade oor enforoement of that hen. And they never did payit; Virginia paíd herí, Küd some of the other Hinten pa'd theirs in part, bat there were eighteea millions of dollar paid by tho loyal norlb regnrdles or party. You mon here who have farm enn yobuck toyoartax reoeipts for 1868, and yon will find thnt they were inoreased by that umuimt; hb long as the seoeded staten dlO not pay tht-ir share of the tax, we feit that n was no more than right tbat what hsd been paid by the northeru statea should be refunded; we had tbe mooey in the treasury; theru was a surplus ihen- there is no surplus now, it has disappeared, aud men will open their eyes to that faot within the cext eixty dnys, that that grand surplus of one hundred and thirly inillion dollars tbat the president peuaks of in biB letter of aoceptance, is gone, f aded away, so tbat there will bc not to cxceed fonrteon iialliou dollars on the tirst day of July next, aooording to tiie estímate of the seoretjry of the treaeury. Now, yon would natarally enppose that I wonld vote to bring that uioney back into tbe state treasory of Michigan: it is oars. 'J'wo pnrtieü agree upon a oertain tbing, bat the oue party fails; the party who bas put np the money is entitled to have it relamed to hitu; that is au argument that ia po plaiu, po liounxt, that no man can dispate it, Bed they do not dispute it. Kvery democrutio meruber of the house f rom the nortb, nnd every democratie member of congrbes f rom tho state of Michigan, vottd with me at tbe ürst to return tbat tax. Bul wbat was done? Wby, the democratie party is m power, ximply aud solely and only beoauae tbe lately eeceded statea are solidly democratie; il it were not for thnt faot, the republioan pirty would bein a majority of two to ono in cougress. But tbe aoueded otates t hat did uot pay tbeir tax callad a demooratia i'aacns, and a drmooratio cauouH ía like a demooratio tiger, a terrible animal; and when that oucuc wr called, it was deetd&l tbat that money Htiould not ba returned, and then everv deuiocrat from the staie of Michigan, aod ulinost every democrat from tbe uorthern state, voted to no.-tain the deadlook whiah for ten dp.ys kept the houre of loprepentatives as ptill uu ihoogli frozen by an iceberg- and wo did nol get the ruoney, and we never will get the uiouuy uulil ooDgiesa beoo:nss republicau in tholower britiob. (.pplause. ) I oast anotber vote- I oast a good mauy that I will uot teil you ubonl- but I oast auother voto that is of interest lo thi bicou.1 iMUgres.-ional dietriot, rfgardlHus of politica or people. I voted upoa tho MiIIh bul. My nauie being uuar the head of the list, I did not wait to see how my demooratio brethren were goicg to vote, I did uot wait tosee how th j leadersof the demoorntioside were Koinfl to voto, but wheu my namo was called. thu lir-t, sticond or third npon tbe list, 1 voted No, Dimn the Mills bil 1. (Applaose.) Tte democratie caucus had decretd that evtry demoorht should vote are upon the Mills bui, andas a reault, every democrat vo!ed aje, t-ioept two or threo, wliou they kutw, when they aduntted, that it wax unfuir, dishonc-st, illogioal and teütional. Is thoro a democrat in the Btate of Michigan who believi-H it right and honest and honorable to put solt i lid lamber aud wool upon the free list, all Michigan product, and lot rico and sugar I remain taxed 08.100 per oent. No, that i ihe 'gestión beforeus. My fruid 8tearn wlio ís nonteeting with uie fcr this hig plnoe, said yeMerday that I relURcd to vot to reduoe the tnriff on sngar twelve por cout Ho was righ'., t.ut íf be had joco o i and nai( tbat when I n faaed to vote to redooethi tnriff on augur twelve par cent., tlmt I di( it when I voted against the entire Mili i bilí, ho would Imve ehown that f rariknefs fo 1 whieh I wonld htve bten very gratefal. W uever voted sept'.rti'ely upon the qaeetion o sagar. We all tried to get theoi to redne pagar, not twelve per ceut. bn tífty per cent, and not a mother' son o f them wonld vote forit. (Applaase. That was the ainendment that we olfored t tho bilí whioh waa rejected by thedenaoera) ic hoose. And yet my brother telU the peo pie that I rtfused to voto to rednce it tw.lv per cent. Certainly I dld. becanse it wr.a in th Mills bilí; acd if 1 had voted for ihat liad voted for every iuiquity in tha bilí. Do you snppose I would do it? No. I am no anxioaa enoagh to be re-eleoted to congress to do a tliia that I believe untnsnly; an when I get po anxioos to bo eleotfcd to cou grePR that I woald be willing to strike at otie of the greatept, if uot tbo greatet. inleres ia this Hgrioa'tnral dietriot, then I hope jou will pee thnt I ptay at home by en immense inajority. I voted againet tbe Mülf. bill beoause it pat wool on the fres list. 1 rep resent a district of farmers; they are knowu bj t ha zoalons advooates of f ree trnde aa "Oreenhorns," and were eo designatrd by the leading pper wliih ík enppo; tiui; the democratie party duricg the iliiciission of the triö biil. Bnt I made np niy mind to one thing, if my people were greenliomp, I ould not be as green as they were, and vote for the Mills bill, for I kne you woald not do it, and put wool upon tho f ree list, whioh sffeots his district. K is i wrong to this distriqt, and no man should go to congress f rom this distriot whoi- in favor of it. Tafce yoor oounty of Lenawee. Yoa lit.ve er did have, in 1884, 166,000 sneep; the average weightof fleeoes shorn tlwtyear whs "j pouods. The pres'dent tells ds thi.t ht tariff is a taxaddedtotheooramodity. There is a tariff of ten oents on wool; the lowe&t, 1 will place it it that. Theoonntyof I euawee sbeared 1,'.'00,000 pounds of wool that year, ai:d if tbe ten oents ia a tnriff added to tho oost, it was in the fariner's bio. it was in bis wool, and to take it off woald be to Uke off jast $120,000 from this oounty of Lenawee. Bat the president, in his letter of aoceptance, saja that a ooauty of iO.COO people, nDder the present wicked law pays $108,000 more taxes than they onght to, and by one strohe, he proposes to take from one ohies of the community, to-wit, the farmers, tlüO.OOO more, thau, he saya, the wholeooanty lopen. No. I aai not in favor of that kind of arithmetio; I am not in favor of tbat kiud of rednotiou. The revenue from wool amouuts to $0,000,000 a year; ttiey wsut to redooe tbe revnnae; the revenae from sugar nmonntsto $12.000,000 ayer. VVhy don't they take it off from sngar? If the object ia to reduce the revenoe, why not lake it cíl uf tugar, whioh bringa $12,000,000 to the treaaory, matead of taking it oS wool wliiob bring ODly $0,000,000? Well, I will tel] you why, I will j:ive jon the renpcn, iitcl if liirre are any demócrata in thi-i hoiii-e. i wnil thom to ponder it. The respon kia! tlieonly renaon is that ugar ia raieeü in LouiKiRuu, wbieh ia a demooratio etate, and the demooratio admini-tratioi. haten to wbat the reprepentativea from democratie atates want. Michigan with hor wool, Iba great northwest, witb ita wool, the noen v.ho keep flocks of aheep, they for the imi-t part reeide in atates that are beyoud all ciiifhtion republioc, from which the demo cat has no hopea whatever; and if nnybody to te i truck in thia worid of atriking, en y friends, it is needleee for me tu teil jou tbat wu hlvfHjs strike onr enemies and not onr friends. Now, tbe (laeation to be voted npon at tlii eleotion. ia not a new one, iry friendt; yenr falliera had tbe same thing to conteud with. It ia coeval with the flge of the govoruroent it.-eif, ayo, and long before that. It wns tbe main thing that produeed llio wr.r of the revolntion, thia very qotstion of a tariff for revenue or proteotion - free trnde or jiroteotion: thia ocu qaoation Imd uiore to do with bringing nbont the rpvolntioaary war thun all otber causea oombined. Wlmt waa the result? Aa eoon aa the federal t-overnment waa etnblished, the second la tti'it waa pot apon the statute book ard igned by George Washington, waa a Iaw (hst entabliahed a proteotive tariff, nod oaed the word proteotion kb wo use it, i nyicg that it waa nf of Hflary for the pnhl'o credit U :-n Uit publio dobt, and to protecT tho mannfr.c turera of thia coantry that we f-houlri levy h dut}, and they did it. 'lhat act of the tirst oongreaa, aanctioned by Washington, - indoraed by all adminiitrationñ that follow cd it, regardleos of party, nntil i'. became oeeeasary, nnder the orders of Divine l'rovidence, for men to take aidea on thp.t great c]oeatinn of human elavery: and (hen the -otith became free trade. So atronnly wa it impregnated with the doctrine, the.t in the confedérate conatitntion of the confedérate 'ftau ¦ of America, a olnnne waa iuperted forbidding forever ihe levyinif of any dutiea for the proteotion of domeuio oooiroerce. Abraham Lincoln, in 1860, witb tint miuiliueea and that courage and tbat erentnepA wbich oonstitnted the man, declored in a few brief worde, 'I am ii. f vor of interral improvementH and the protective turiff " The repnblicnn party to day stand? declHricg the 6Mue thing, and the qneetion to be yotcd ou Ij wbethcr o shall have a tariff which pball be for revenue only, or whetber we ahall have a tariff that ahnll lao protect ihe induatriea FM il labor of tbe United Btatea. Jaboring nu m, ander theproteotive tariflf, havo tocóme into oompetition with otherlaboriDc men in Ihe Uoited State. The laooring man ha to come into onmpeti'.ion with the ohenp psnper labor import ed into thia country, bui it is importud into thia coantry in violation of Kw. Thb Iaw most be ecforced by the extcutive; shall I deolaim againal Mr. Cleveland acd fay thai all tHi pauper labor that has enme into thia riiuntry. and bepu crowded into mir wn and jf hor Kreat labor inirts, causint? stnki-H nnti loc kou Is tbera; 1 thall cay noftachtbing, for Ido uot prupoeetohear falee witaeesHgainfet iny man .r any party. It ie simply fair and honeet and Irut' to Hay trat tlue inipo'tt'fl hibor ha conm in uüitTthM prH(iit hiliiiinistiation like a tlood. H cauifl iu under tho ftdnoinistratioo f Artbor llmost in eqilfil volume, tut in both ciiBee, i:t violttion of the Iaw of the United btates; and it wan done by ir.t'ii who look upon miin ae ihey do npou horeps - to see just how much they can pot pntof tht'ni. lint it ie not t'c fanlt of partiew; it is booaute men who re rieh and oorporationa [IilI are rich will thka their chances: and we are tryinp now, regardleBM of party, in Wttshinjctoo, tu diKfht leiBla(i(m tiial .¦ll Bend IhapaoMi bome, Hi.il Iho iniporter of Iht pwlpeT lu the - ;i-i, ¦- . ' Ipplanse.) Now, theru üianother iliarge. my friend, that yol will be callea upon to meet. ;u:il that ia ttuil the republicaii party haa novor radtteed 1 he riebt. I'he fact is this, for 1 Kliall Dot o into detail with you to-day- that for tho twentytwo years tüHt i)Af-t, it bappnuH that tho hoaflo of rprüfeiiiRlives for elevon years ha boen democratie aud elevon years republi.oap. The total reduotion in t-xation by reuioving it non iniijorted art nuil the interim! ta'ation donng tlm eleven arB of tbe ropublican sdmiliiRtnition vu 1286,000,000. Iteprenented by wlmt!' Takingthe iuty entirely olï of tcaand coffee, and tbe baU unce, for the rros' part, upon the Lrtenu] icvemie taxntion of tho country. 1 Deed not teil you gentlniHn who have ! abit, yean fiiviiiR notes, ïlmt you had to i:ii ¦ '!;i:iiu i ii aotea, lüorigaeH and deeda; thw was internal revenue taxatioD, acd tl p.rí ep cui1e:.s of tRxation t'iat tho republioan party pwepl away. Tlie ilrmocratic pany for the leraoyean that it haa teeu iu i'orw in ho lotr house hiis to pïuiw for its work n total rerlnoüoo of t8,ti.i.Xi. and that is all; and yet they Hay. we hav never rednefd taxation iu.il tliHi we are Daying war laxes to day. i tbe besinniog of thiBaeaeioo. the prwdeot of i ho Dnited Btatee told os thei there waa [ianer of a rin.'incial c ash, that all the material intereetn in tho country were likely tobeijvervhlmed beoanaeof tlr surplus in the treaaury. We i.hked hun why be lul not utw the eurplus lo payttao debts of the nation. There never had li ¦-.) a day, ihere uever had been a montl,. from theiimo that Ijoe aurroadered at Appomat'ox uiitil CLester A. Arlhur leTt the DTMJdeotial i'hair, thert was not n mmth that norue of the honded debt of the United MatBB waa not diechnrijed and paiH. or the tirBt eleven monthf of Ur. CJeralande ndmioietration not adollar paid. 1 pay w askeil him why ha did not taUo the surplus and ray tlis debt thst v..sh ri.awiiiK intere.i-t ; and the president, tiom 1 tn'. iiive to bo a well meaoiog man.aiid wlnn 1 ti'iiw pprfoimllv aud repard hiííhl in man ) !¦ üpects-a pn-m ent who cerer had nny more oi(iorlurjjty oí knowing any more ihanwedn, i " v. :i; nniirt fHvor&bly Bitaal ed - a i r m '!¦¦¦ i, wh. because he never had mooh public experience. did not knowaa mv b men who had moreaaid thii "l-i ws acrisiethai confrontad the aafet) of tbepeople. Hididnot .¦ut to takel hia saooey and pji.v the bonde, and wan'ed oonaresfl to ; baa ing tlnit it Inoughi tliat he had the power, ui.il.-r the prenent Iaw, to py the bonda W'th ihia tur. plus. But it la fiugulw tbiof: the preeirtpi.1 cni-1 i ti. il the Iaw conferriDR upon him t re power to pay "wüs in nr. appropribf lally, it did uot corfor tlmt noCeeaary powi r w hieh hi'ouiiht to havo, nd heilig oonaerratiTe ined to uae it. Uut that priation ar.il that same Iaw ttiat antborieëa him to ti k fheaarplua arid pay t!ie bondp alsr nmneii irj at fifty tKouaanoVdoUaraa year. (Jpon i he one brancli of the Iaw he had grave donnaat 'I 1 Liveno doubt. Uoneet ones; upun thoothor. if lio ever had an. they did not come to the arfi 0. i Api-lauBC ) , lúy fncndi, tlu el ctim will settle for wie Dt qnutr o( a oesinry al leunt, t hu financia -onl:i( f f this government. no aro lold tnft' they are int f re trx'lfrs, tut tl.ey ar. They re f ree trailers aafar aa Michigan is concerned ii lea'. iu mar knvck out olie time liere, ann iinolhor theii' froin bnildilg; and 'till persiRt ron BreiK.t toaring thelmildiDgdowD; but if ou knockont stor.e enouiih. down thebuilding will oom. They have knt'cked out -vool today, and 'theie is nothing to hinder their knocking out woolons to-morrow, and by and by we nhall hav those halcyon dajts that f ree tra.ler dream of, whon everythingthat we want hall bo bnuight to us ready made from aeroM tho ocean, aml in exchange for it, wo wjII i?ive onr raw material; and the min who ir.ake our oixls, ïf they want to riiniinue making thun muet n" wherj tliey ar malte, to-wit, Knriipi'. Wf míj o, We dono believe it; we do nut believo thBt anythiiix thal can be pruduced in tliU cmintry or made in this country; tliobld Come uno rompetitlon wllh labor anjwhareebe in the worldlhat U oheaper I Imii Diira, pi wc insiBt that there shall be a duty left npon rery tbiaf that is bnniKht ipto thi country that we ourselve can raite or ninke, ths shall rrpieuent the difference in the pnce piil for the labor Ihat rock i-ito gooda, in Ihm couniry and an other country upon the face or til globe. 1 o -o doing, we pntct American Labor. In i)rf)t'ctmg labor, we protect the vorv foiiuilaliim f uil thinuein thiscountry, and it is (or jon and me to any whether we ahall eat that which ia raiseil lwre, wearthat which is raistxl hro aud nmke the things jeople want. or whother we shall let oniebiHly else do it outside oor jarisdiotion and beyond our Hsk. Yourvotes will settleit. It is beyond congres; the tiir'it tliBt has beer going on thero for nearly a year ia mpl ;i coilkct of idea; it sa conflict of sjstpin which the people at the coming elecMon n njrt decide for themselyi's. If yon beliof in a tiriff for revenueorly- il you believe it rightto i- njcar mxty-eiglit cents on the dollflc. for tl.-c ia what is done, il the rinnres arecorrect, ¦ it jour wool, which hoH boen improvou at n rcttt oaet of morey aiul of time- if on are i11mi to ,-idmit that in oompetition with the otliiT wool or the world. ihen yon will siiy to. and avery loyal man will abido the deciftion. Ah for mo. 1 iiiupI return to my dutiet; 1 hall n4 be able to talk to the pooplo of thisconnn'flsioral district, I fear, becauKe I know that if a nu is po anxmuH to lio a niember of conrasi that he will lrave lus place there, and electiorsoer for bimaelf here, toat very fact wonld crinvir.ee me at lnBt. tht he wns not üt to b there. (Applaufe.) Hut whilo 1 sin here to-day, I want to hy i,i on that 1 do uot believe in the BIiIIb bill - 1 do not believe in a syfrtem cf tariff reduction fouuded upon uuoh uneqiiHl factors J d ! - lieve that the taritï can bo inodilied in many canee and reducid so as to do do harm to any of ihe industrias of this country, and thorti is whf n 1 Htsnd. If you believe as I do, then your rotei wiil say fit. If you do not, then 1 shall Hay that. m,iitr the terms of the constitution, you having exercised the riht given you, if you defe at me at the polls, I hall know that I am niistakn, aril that tho people, whose right it is, rule. (Applaueo.)

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