Campaign Opened

The republican campaign was opened, on Saturday night lasf, by a vigorous speech from Hon. J. K. Boies. Although the night was rainy, there was a large turn-out and enough enthusiasm was shown to warrant the belief that the republican inajority in this state will be unusually large. Mr. Boies makes no .pretenceof being an orator, but treats the isbuesoftheday from the stand point I of plain, hard common sense. His disI cuesion of the taciff qiesüon was I ularly fair and able. Tlie taníT, said lie, is no recent device, bnt it is as oíd as the governmentitself. Ilegrapliicallytraced its history, showing tlie effect, good or bad, of every ineasure passed during the present century. His treatment of the theoretical and practical sideof the question was scarcely leBS convincing. He Bhovved how the tariff first fosters the industry by shutting out foreign competition and how afterwards American ingenuity comes into play and cheapens the American goods, wlïile, at the same time, their quality constantly improves. He ridiculed the idea that protection had destroyed our foreign trade, for the latter was never so extensivo as it is now. He also showed how foolish ít would be for Americans to give up their home market in the hope of gaining acpess to the very ehadowy and illusive world's market. The charge that protection fosters trusts, he Buccessfully refuted by showing that the greatest monopolies I are in no way dependent upon the tariff. The other issues of the day were ably discuesed by Mr. Boies.