Show DEBATE BETWEEN RAWLINS AND CANNON the anxiously awaited and much talked of public political debate bo be tween ron hon frank J C onnon cannon of ogden the republican nominee minee for dole dele irate asa to congress congre and ron hon J L raw S una of salt lake candidate forthe for the gam ame honors on the democratic ticket occurred in the ogden opera house last jut night before the largest and most moat representative political gathering of its ite kind in the history of this territory upwards upward of 2000 people occupied seats mate in the body of the she house in the boxes and aad galleries ga Herles while between and boo more list eat either upon the stage or stood food behind the wings the occasion aaion was enlivened by the strains of tarring and patriotic music the stage was not act with a beautiful forest and mountain scene on the right near the footlights were ile sized pictures plo turea of cleveland and jefferson and immediately opposite were the likenesses of harrison and cannon 2nd and cannon occupied mats beats near the front of the tage stage and immediately them were such leaders of the two great reat national parlea la utah as were not in other parts of the territory proclaiming the principles of their respective spec tive parties part iea when the curtain went up at 8 bolock cheer after cheer was waa given and for several minutes the hurrahs for cannon and rawlins were deafening H W smith took the floor and after repeated efforts silenced the mighty audience he informed anem that it had bad been specifically agreed upon by the territorial committees to of tile the two parties under whose auspices the debate was to be conducted that the speakers were notto not to be interrupted by applause or cheers but that they be allowed to proceed with their arguments to the end he be trusted that all democrats present would respect that agreement he doubted not that the republicans would do so judge leonard for the republicans made a similar explanation and request according to the rules of the discussion pawling made the opening speech which lasted one hour cannon then followed for au an hour and a half rawlins closing in thirty walnut eL the utmost dignity prevailed during the whole debate which was entirely free from personal per allusions and nd insinuations the off loial sten le report of the discussion oon eon bains about words from which it will be seen men that the following la in a bomp eased H W smith introduced MB who spoke substantially as follows A protective tariff in a republican device the republicans say aay it la is a system whereby they compel the for elgner to pay our tax taxes my eloquent young friend will tell you doubtless how this la is accomplished laor major mo kinley in his bia foresight and wisdom did not provide that the foreigner should pa pay your our local MB as well as national ex benses all of the continental countries except belgium and great britain have protective tariffs tariff it would be quite a draft upon the royal families who we are given to understand are the rich and the well born and who are indeed the tax consuming aristocracy democrats Demo orate are opposed bp opposed posed to the be operations of the republicans P selfishness which purports pur porto to make the for elgner eigner pay our taxes I 1 might quote to you a long along list of articles the tariff on which under the mckinley McK ioley law actually exceeds the original cost of production per cent this excess amounts to many millions of dollars annually and the american people have to pay it and not the foreigner I 1 expect my young friend will tell or try to tell you how bow the foreigner pays our taxes s under the monstrosity st str sity with his bis of many millions a year pays but little if any more tariff than his stableman why because this tariff to is levied principally upon the necessities and not the luxuries of life vociferous applause I 1 hope nay my friends will be kind enough to obey the behests behesta of the chairman and maintain order A proW protective tive tariff in our country originated with alexander hamilton the patron saint of republicanism our industries were merely lilliput lilliputians ians then but eoon boon these infantile enterprises of steel and iron became power ful giants snipping their products to great britain aud elsewhere and were amply able to support themselves with protection which grows upon what it feeds republicans originally said aid they simply wanted the protect ive tariff until infant industries could be firmly tho that way could support without aid from any an Y 1 outside taide source go but republicans in ID th their it enlightened selfishness fall to recognize recognise ise much a time our oar lion iron and steel industries Indu have hare been carried on for more than a hun bun dred years woolen and cotton goods have been manufactured during the most molt ot of our existence an a a nation and till still they survive and have survived and prospered the republican campaign book sets forth that our exports have hare been grossly greatly increased since the enactment of the mckinley Mo Kinley bill it to not true protea creates monopolies monopolies mono polloi form trusts and trusts anuta limit production and thereby Iner increases eases the price to the concu consumer met it operates always in favor of the rich manufacturer and against the poor tradesman where is ia the pauper labor of which we hear so me much the republicans will probably tell you that it lain free trade england edgland but that country pays better wages than her protected neighbors the democrats democrat in their platform declared that republican protection was fraud and so it to is in connecticut the operatives in the woolen mills are paid higher wages than laborers are for similar service in the south and in utah if connecticut can successfully compete with the south and utah why can she not do the same with england the labor cost in england stat show is greater in proportion to its producing capacity than in the united states we are told that english laborers get lower wages than our own this is true but it is also true that they got get less still in protected bl germany ermany why should we not dot pay higher wages in the united states than Is paid in any other part of the world we have a country that Is incalculably rich in its if varied resources for centuries hidden bidden treasures have been garnered within our borders by nature we have a people possessed of marvelous adapts ability and industrious habits the result so far as we are concerned of paying higher wages than other countries could not be otherwise the only way to compare the merits of free trade is to do so by referring to countries similarly situated two such countries exist iu now new south wales and victoria the latter was the more promising of the two she adopted the protective system and her sister later new south wales walea the free trade policy and though she was waa not rich in soil moll and resources her people prospered and became rich while the opposite was the unfortunate lot of victoria we hear beat much about american protection republicans lack originality until 1846 england had protection and republicans copied her methods by instituting protection in the united states this 8 system of so ao called protection originated in spain hundreds hundred of years ago look at her pitiable condition today the custom spread to england and was wag carried on there during the days of barbarism barba riem and religious tests republicans republican have not even originality gina lity harrison Harri aon only echoed the eXpress expression lon of buckingham when he said that a cheap cost coat implied a cheap vase man mckinley too only rep ranted avOld the same fame sentiment when he said a hesp nele and nastiness mess I 1 were synonymous terms in 1856 re platform read d and compare it with their platforms of today under democratic free trade years ago wo len ion mills mille iA reared I 1 industries n dus tries sprang up in all directions i wad aad distinguished writers and political economists pronounced it the golden ora era of prosperity republicans tell ab that they pone possess all of the intelli intelligence genew and that utah is in a white spot on the he map and nd that la Is why it should he be republican protection they say to ie good glod in theory but bad in like the ten which are very tory good in theory but equally bald bad in practice for protection because they say my thou shall not st esile laughter Laught ef reau republicans b can only see aee mill owners in the united states they are always found legislating for trusts and monopolies lt it was the republicans who took away the stamp taxes they got a taste 0 of f blood and like the wild animal are till still hunting for more with which to quench their burning and eternal thirst it to ie no wonder that patriotic republicans are deserting their own party and coming over to the ranks of democracy this nation which by the constitution w was aa designed to be the common weal of all people has become practically the property of private andl individuals vi duals mckinley ii inley did not write the protective clauses of his bill but the agents of gigantic trusts and monster monopolies did cheers and protracted applause it was never the design of those who formed this government that its privileges should be wrested from one cla class and given to another but this has haft been done by the republicans loans it is in a pernicious perversion of the principles which underlie the constitution protection to is a merry go round used for the purpose of robbing peter to pay paul and paul to pay timothy harrlson harrison tells us about our recent reciprocal trade relations with a few little islands he says something about the quinter number of barrels of flour and aad pounds of ef pork we have sold old to lhnn m what about it england laid down her bars to us she wants our sur our lue we are anxious that she should g klus ave aveia it we have nowhere else to send it my friends dont you know that even republicans like free trade so 80 does the smuggler all are smugglers laughter they love it renewed merriment the dandy young man that ORD can smuggle a suit of clothes into the united states will do it in order to escape paying the duty thereon depew would do it they all do it laughter and applause who chos in afraid of free trade voices from the republicans we arel are and from the democrats dem brats it la Is a good thing 11 it brings peace in one hand and prosperity ity in the other no one but a savage would isolate himself and compel himself to produce all he consumed and consume all be produced laughter republicans dont get their principles from running brooks nor their sermons from stones Republica howe home and look at your maps and see lee if protection made this world time was called and mr rawlins took his bia seat amid thunderous applause app lauie and prolonged cheering when the dismond ration was over ever judge leonard took the floor and introduced the HON PRANK J T CANNON as abour our frank 22 the rhe reception that bat he be was given was it a most meet welcome one and as he advanced to the footlights deafening cheers filled the building he said amid la in part yes ten republicans go home and look at your maps and see if it was not by bv protection that this earth was study the laws of attraction and gravitation and see if but for the protection of an all wise creator our earth would not have hare been hurled burled through until it came ame in contact with another planet and been destroyed applause and see too if it were not for the protection of our home industries would not be hurled with lightning like volo velocity olty against the attractive forces of free trade england renewed Bene wod applause A few days ago I 1 was riding on a railway train and Put purposely inquired of the conductor what the platforms at the ends odthe of the cars care were built fori did this sim aim ply for an illustration and he looked at me a moment and aad thep then said they are made for the people to go in on the democrats also build platforms but they seldom go la in on them laughter I 1 was some what surprised tonight as I 1 expected to hear bear some of the real issues of the campaign presented for your consideration la in this I 1 was mista mistaken keDS and although it was not my province to tell you I 1 will take the privilege of doing so they are tariff reciprocity a free ballot and an aa honest count applause the speaker said he had some later ad vices from new south wales and victoria which proved that manufacture log ing establishments la in free trade south bouth wales had bad decreased and those in protected victoria had increased and even new south wales was now adopting protection smugglers Smuggle re robbers all of them but adoring protect tion just the same because they love their country better than pet the theories orlee there are two kinds of tariff he stated and he bad no to foreign people paying our taxes if they wished to do so why not accomplish two results by our tariff collect our revenue anti and protect our manufacturing and agricultural products forty two per cent of our imports come in free in kr 1824 only 6 per percent cent came in england a tariff revenue la Is 60 per cent ours is a little over 21 per cent I 1 had expected a on the ancon of the tariff but has not been mentioned I 1 take it as aa that it it the bhe constitutionality in ig now adra itte i by the democracy of utah which course bourse governs the nation or the tariff was then discussed 1 an ala drew jacksons words were quoted the protection period between 1827 01 n 1888 webster was also quoted w aar 1838 to 1842 free trade existe exis tej J P bea arora for once ence was then made to those vs V from 1842 to 1846 protection existed e ars in every instance of free trade america we have 1 i r dence of depression depress loya and every evi tion period shows great prosperity crotee the speaker araia aai in n 1861 we had bad a protective 1 tarl a and have had it ever since think abi well have it for or another aed 1 thirty two years applause W when helk mille milla bill was pending hi mr r p fox t the J english statesman mada made 6 state stated an 1 showing that under certain DI 4 dit ionis free trade would coxin cox conquer iq J 1 only oregon but tho the united ata until the very shir t worn by la boxers wo would uld wear the livery of om the t MCA chemer ch erter io apply it to yourt elvea spend 1 1101 1 more than a year you receive how soon the sheriff will well oi yu BI ada S 1 Is 1 the tariff to i for revenue out SS the tiff tax england we pay on coffee toa tes antt an the produced at horn home am bomea out aa at 5 the pockets pocket odthe of the poor ot et A tariff for protection te i dlf far we say ay we well III levy a 14 only on en good that we ws dece at home then the baythe hex tax party take said bald tin we plate forella foreland ii f duce it here I 1 instead of hing oan can a carisi anro on sugar augar which was for revenue onist onh awe ai we clotild not produce aou enough 9 h her to make competition injurious wida wo PW a tariff on tin plate A tariff of 2 90 cents a pound was waa pu put t on the WOW realized it was wa a blow at tair their indu indue out and they at once met let to wor work k to deft us ul L i the speaker read a letter from cote co company hardware dealers in tai city tending to show how that there taus h been a continuous going down in in the goods gooda they handled a ince the passage pai flage of the mckinley bill he ahm s quoted from a letter frona from a po I 1 b vania iron firm which laid id mo price of tin had been downward that period 4 in 1876 1875 we manufactured 1000 keg wire nails naili selling belling at 10 cents a POGO the rich and wellborn well born put a tariff four cents a pound on the nails naili tl III cry of |