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Dr. Taknage Discourses on Christ's
Earthly Work.
mhr Ha Chnie the DUctplei It Dlil and
How lie Urged Them to raunch
Oat Scareliliie; the Scriptures
For Mght.
In a Into sermon nt llrooklyn Rev. T.
DoWltt Taimago prcnchcd from Luko
T. 4! "Launch out into tho deep." He
said:
ChrUt, starting on tho campaign of
tho world's conquest, was selecting his
ataff officers. Thoro u-ero plenty of
students with high forchends, und whl to
hands, and intellectual faces, and re
flned tastes in Roma and in Jerusalem.
Christ might have called into tho
apostlcshlp twclvo book worms, or
twclvo rhetoricians, or twelve artists.
Instead, ha takes a group of men who
had never mtulo n speech, never taken a
lesson in belles lettrcs, never been sick
fnoughto make them look delicate
heir hands broad, clumsy and hard
knuckled. Ho chose (Inhcnncn, among
.other reasons, I think, beeuuso they
wcrot physically hardy. Rowing
, make strong arms and stout chest.
Much climbing of ratlines makes
one's head steady. A Galilee tempest
wrejitled men into gymnasts. Tho
opening work of tho church was rough
work. Christ did not want twclvo In
valids hnnglng about Mm, complaining
ull the time liow badly they felt. Ilu
leaves tho delicate students at Jerusa
lem and Homo for their mothors und
aunts to take care of, and goes down to
tho ftcasliofo and out of tho toughest
material makes an apostlcshlp. Thu
inlnlitrypoeds more corporeal vigor
than'uny other class. Fine minds and
pood intentions are important, but
there must bo physical force to back
them. Tho intellectual mill wheel may
Imj well built and tho grist goo.l, but
lhoro must bo enough blood in tho mill
4ruoe to turn tho ouo and to grind tho
oth6r.s . ;
lXoip)iosfl,herin6u,.also, because they
'were used to hard knocks. Tho man
who cannot stand assault is not lit for
tho ministry. It always has been and
always will ,bo rough work; and the
man who at every consuro or carlcatura
Its down to cry had better find somo
other work It Is no place for ecclesi
astical doll babies. A man who cannot
preach because ho has forgottun his
manuscript or lost his spcctncles ought
not to preach at alt. Heaven deliver
, Ihchurcli from. u ministry that preach
in kid gloves and .from sermons in black
morocco cover. These ilshcrraen were
'.rough and ready. They had been in
tho severest of ull colleges. When they
-were knocked over by the main boom of
'the ship thoy entered tho "Sophomore;"
Whet .washed oft by n great wavo they
entered Wo'Junlor;" when floating for
two days, without food or drink, on a
plank, they cairie to tho "Senior;" and
when t last their ship dashed on tho
y'bcithin,.a midnight hurricane they
graduated with the first honor.
My text finds Jesus on shipboard with
-one of theso bronzed men, Simon by
name. This fisherman had been sweep
ing his not in shoal water. "Push out,"
i says Christ; "whatis thouso of hugging
the shore in this boat? Hero Is a lako
twelve miles long and six wide and it
is all' populated, Just waiting for tho
. sweep sof your not r Launch out into
-the deep."
Tho advice that my Lord gave to 81
'tnon is as appropriate for us all in a
taplrituaBenso.. Tho fact is that most
of us are1 jast paddling along tho shore.
IVo are afraid to venture out iuto tho
great deep of God and Christian experi
ence. Wo think that tho boat will bo
upset, or that we cannot "clow tho mlz
xen topsail" and our cowardlco makes
us poor fishermen. I think I hear tho
voice of Christ commanding us as Ho
d(d Simon on that day when bright Gal
ileo sat among tho green hills of Pales
tine like water flashing in an emerald
cap: "Launch out into tho deep."
This dlvlno counsel comes, first, to
till those who aro paddling In tho mar
gin oMIlblo research. My futhor read
tho Bible through throe times after ho
was 'eighty years of ago and without
spectacles, not for the mcro purpose of
.saying no nact ncen through It so often,
hut for his eternal profit John Colby,
tho brother-in-law of Daniel Webster,
learned to read after ho was eighty-four
years of age in order that ho might be
conio acquainted with tho Scriptures.
'Thero is no hook in tho world which
demands so muolv of our atlunliuu us
the lllblo. Yet nine-tenths of Christian
men get no mora than anklo deep.
Thoy think it Is a good sign not to ven
ture too, far. Thoy never ask how or
whyanilif thotfseq somo Christian bo
soming tnqulsltlvo about tho deop things
of God thoy say; "lie careful; you hud
better not go out so far from shore."
My answer is: Tho further you go
from shore tho hotter, It you havo tho
right kind of ship. It you havo mcro
worldly philosophy for tho hulk,
nxd pride for a sail, and self-
conceit for tho helm, tho
first squall will-destroy you. Hut it
you take tho lliblo for your craft tho
farther you go tho better; and if you
have gone 10,0000 furlongs Christ will
Mill command: "Launch out Into tho
deep." Ask somo such question as
"who is God?" and go on for ton years
askng it Ask it at tho gate of every
parable; amidst tho excitement of every
ralrucle; by tho solitariness of every
patriarchal threshing floor; amidst the
wmto races or Bcnnacnerlb's slain
turned up into the moonlight; amidst
the chariots of tho Golden City. Ask
who Jesus Is, and keop on asking it of
every Illble lily, of every raven, of
very star, of every crazed brain cured,
of evory blind man conio to sunlight, of
every coin in a fish's mouth, of every
loaf that got to bo ilvo loaves, of every
wrathful sea- nuoiilcd, of every pulse
.'less arm stretched forth in'graiulatlon;
aisle Itflof ,111 mother, .of Augustus, of
Herod, of tho yrojpjaui)cIun woman,
of tho damsel' that"foke up from tho
death sleep; of Joseph, who hud Him
barled; of the angel posted as sentlnol
IfjHstoBib; of 'the dumb eurth that
ihook, and groaned, and thundered
jirhen lie died.
A missionary in Franc offered n
Illble in an humble dwelling. The man
took It, t jro out a dozen pages nnd with
them began to light his pipe. Koine
years after tho missionary happened in
the same house. Tho family had just
lost their son In tho Crimean war, nnd
his lllblo had been sent back home.
Tho missionary took it up and saw that
it was tho very name lllblo that ho hud
left In tho house and from' which tho
leaves had been torn. Tho dying sol
dier had written on ono of tho leaves of
tho Illble: "Itejcctcd and scoffed nt, but
finally believed in nnd saved." The
lllblo may bo used to light tho pipe of
witticism by some, but for us H Is a
staff in life, a pillow In death und our
Joy for eternity.
Walk nil up nnd down this lllblo do
malnl Try every path. Plunge In nt
thu prophecies, and coino out at the
epistles. Go with tho patriarchs, until
you meet tho evangelists. Kummugo
und ransack, as children who aro not
sullstlcd when they como to u now
house, until they know what is in every
room, and Into what every door opens.
Open every Jewel casket Examine the
skylights. Forever bo asking ques
tions. Put to a higher use than was
Intended tho Orlontal proverb: "Hold
all tho skirts of thy mantto extended
when Heaven is raining gold."
Passing from llonn to Coblentz on
tho Ithlne, tho scenery Is comparatively
tame. Hut from Coble nt?. to Maycnco
it Is enchanting. You sit on deck, nnd
feci that the last flash of beauty must
exhaust thu scene; but In a moment
thero Is a turn of tho river, which cov
ers up the former view with more lux
uriant vineyards, and moro delluut can
lies, and bolder bluffs vine wreathed,
and grapes so rlpj that If the hills bo
touched, thoy would bleed their rich
life away Into tho bowls of Itlugon nnd
Hockhclmer. Hero and there, thero
aro streams of water molting Into tho
river, like Miiallcr Joys swallowed In tho
bosom of a great gladness. And when
night begins to throw Its blncic mantle
over thu shoulder of tho hills und
you are upproaching disembarkation at
the Maycnco, tho lights along tho shofo
fairly bewitch tho sceno with their
beauty, giving ono a thrill thathu feels
but once, yet that lasts him forever.
So tho river of God's word in not n
straight stream, but a winding splendor
at overy turn now wonders to attract,
still ripo vintage pressing to tho brink
und crowded with castles of strength
(Stol zcnfuls and Johanulsbarger as
nothlngcomparcd with tho strong tower
into which the righteous run nnd nrc
saved), and our disembarkation at last
in the evening, amidst tho lights that
gleam from the shore of Heaven. Tho
trouble Is that tho vast majority of
lllblo voyagers stop at Coblcntz, whero
tho chief glories begin.
Tho text Is appropriate to all Chris
tians of shallow experience. Doubts
and fears have in our day been almost
elected to tho parliament of Christian
graces. Somo consider it a bad sign
not to havo any doubts. Doubts and
fears are not signs of health, but festers
nnd carbuncles. You havo a vnluablo
house or farm. It is suggested that the
titlo is not good. You employ counsel.
You havo tho deed examined.' You
search tho record for mortgages, judg
ments and Hens, You are not satisfied
until you have a certificate signed by
tho great seal of tho state, assuring you
that tho title is good. Yet how many
leavo their titlo to Heaven an undecided
matter) Why doyou not go to tho records
and find out? Give yourself no rest,
day nor night, until you can read your
title clear to mansions In the skies.
Christian character Is to como up
to higher standards. Wu have now to
hunt through our library to find one
Robert McChoync, or one Edward Pay
son, or ono Harlan Page. Thu time
will como when ho will find half a
dozen of them sitting in tho samo seat
with us. Tho grace of God can make a
great deal better' man than those I
havo mentioned. Christians seem
afraid thoy will get heterodox by going
too far. They do not believe In Chris
tian perfection. Thero is no danger of
your being perfect for somo tlnns yet
I will keep watch and give you notice
in time if you get too near perfection
for tho safety of your .theology. One-
half of you Christians are simply stuck
in tho mud. Why not cut loose
from everything but God? Giro not
to Him that formal petition made
up of "Os" "O Lord!" this, and "O
Lord!" that When people aro cold and
havo nothing to say to God they strew
their prayer with "O," and "Forovcr
nnd ever, umen," and things to fill up.
Toll God what yon want with tho feel
ing that ho is read' to givo It, and be
llevo that yon will receive, and you
shall have it Shed that old prayer you
havo been making theso ten years. It
is high time that you outgrow it
Throw it aside with your old ledgers
aud your old hats and your old shoes.
Take a review of your present wants,
of your present sins and of your pres
ent blessings. With a sharp blade cut
uwuy your past half-and-half Christian
life, und with new determination and
nnd new plans mid new expectations
launch out into tho deep.
Iho text Is appropriate to all who are
engaRcd in Christian work. Tho church
of God has been fishing along tho shore.
Wo set our net in a good, clean place,
and In sight of a flno chupel, and wo go
.down overy Sunday to Beo if tho fish
havo been wise enough to como into our
net We might learn something from
that boy with his hook nnd line. He
throws his lino from tho bridge; no fish.
He sits down on a log; no fish. Ho stands
in the sunlight and casts his line, but
no fish. Ho'gocs up by the mill dam
and stands behind tho bank where tho
fish cannot see him and he has hardly
dropped his hook before tho cork goes
under. Tha fish como to him ns fast as
ho can throw them ashore. In other
words, in our Christian work, why do
wo not go whero tho fish aro? It is not
so easy to catch souls In ehurchfor
thoy'know that wo aro trying to take
them. If you can throw iyiur lino out
into tho world, whero thoy,nro not ex
pecting you, they will bo captured. Is
it fair to tako men by such' stratagem?
Yes. I would like to cheat 5,000 souls
into tho Kingdom.
Tho whole policy of tho church of
Qod is to be changed. Instead of chiefly
i
looking after tho few who have become
Christians, our chief efforts will bo for
those outside. If after a mun is con
verted he cannot take caro of himself I
nin not going to take caro of bltn. If,
ho thinks that I am going to stand and
pat him on tho back und feed him out
of nn elegant spoon nnd watch him so
ho docs not get Into a draft of worldll
n ess, he is much mistaken. Wo havo
In our churches a great mass (A help
lens, iunno professors who aro doing
nothing for themselves or for others,
who want us to stop and nurse thcinl
-Thoy are so troubled with doubt as to
whether thoy aro Christiana or not
Tho doubt is settled. They aro not
Christians. Tho host wo can do with
these fish is to throw them back into
thu stream and go utter them again
with tho gospel net.
"Go into thu world and preach tha
Gospel," says Christ; into tho factory,
tho ongiuo hobsc, tho club room, into
tho houses of thu sick, Into tho dark
lane, into tho damp cellar, luto tho
cold garret, Into th dismal prison. Let
every man, woman and child know that
Jesus died, and that tho jato of Heaven
Is wide open. With tho lllblo in ono
pocket, nnd tho hymn book in another
pocket, und a loaf of bread under 3'our
arm, launch out luto tho great deep of
this world's wretchedness.
Tho text Is appropriate to all tho tin
forgiven. Every sinner would come to
God if he thought that he might como
just as ho is. People talk ns though
the pardon of (1ml were u narrow river,
like thu Kennebec or tho Thames, and
that their sin draws too much water to
enter It No; it Is not n river, nor a
bay, but a sea. I should like to per
suailo you to launch out Into tho great,
deep sea of God's mercy. I am a mer
chant, 1 havo bought a cargo of spices
in India. I have, through a bill of ex
change, paid for tho whole cargo. You
are a Hhlp cnptaln. I givo you tho
orders and say: "Hrlng mo thoso
spices." You land in India. You go
to tho trader nnd say: "Here nre tho
orders," and you find uverylhlng nil
right You do not stop p pay tho
money yourself. It is not your busi
ness to pay It The arrangements were
iiuido before you started. So Christ
purchases your pardon. Ho puts tho
papers, or tho promises, into your hand,
is it wise to stop und say: "I cannot
pay for my redemption?" Ood docs not
ask you to pay. Helylng on what has
been dono launch out Into tho deep.
Tho Itlblc's promises join hands nnd
tho clrclo they nmlto will compass all
your sins, und nil your temptations, nnd
all your sorrows. Tho round table of
King Arthur and his knights had room
for only thirteen hoadquurters; but the
round table of God's supply is largo
enough for ull tho present inhabitants
of earth and Heaven to sit und for tho
still mightier populations that aro yet
to bo.
Do not sail coastwise along your old
habits und old sins. Keep clear of tho
shore. Go out whero tho water is deep
est O, for tho mldsca of God's mercvi
"lie It known unto you, men and breth
ren, that through this man is prcnchcd
unto you forgiveness of sins." I prench
it with as much confidence to tho
elhty-ycar-old transgressor us to the
mulden. Though your sins wcro blood
red, they shall bo snow white. Tho
moro ragged tho prodigal, tho moro
compassionate tho father. Do you'
say that, you aro too bad? The
high water mark of God's par
don is higher than nil your trans
gressions. "Tho blood of Jesus Christ
cleansoth from nil sin." Do you say
that your heart is hard? Suppose
It were ton times harder. Do you say
that your Iniquity is long continued?
Suppose it were ten times longer. Do
you say that your crimes tiro black?
Supposo that they wero ton times
blacker. Is thoro any Hon that this
Sampson cannot slay? Is thero any
fortress that this Conqueror cannot
take? Is thero uny sin this Redeemer
cannot pardon?
It is said that when Charlemagne's
host was overpowered by tho threo
armies of tho Saracens in the pass of
Honccsvallcs, his warrior, Roland, in
terrible earnestness, seized a trumpet
and blew it with such terrific strength
thut the opposing army reeled back
with terror, but nt tho third blast it
broke in two. I seo your soul fiercely
assailed by all tho powers of earth und
hclL I put the mightier trumpot of tho
Gospel to tny lips and I blow it thrco
times, lilrtst tho first: "Whosoever
will let him come," lilast tho second
"Seek ye tho Lord while IIo may bo
found." Dlust tho third "Now is tho
accepted time; now is tho day of salva
tion." Do not the host of your sins
fall buck? Rut tho trumpet does not,
like that of Roland, break in two. As
it was handed down to us from the lips
of our fathers, wo hand It down to thu
lips of our children, und tell them to
sound It when we nre dead, that all the
generations of men may know that our
Ood Is it pardoning God a sympathotlo
God 11 loving God; and thut moro to
Him than tho nnthems of Heaven, moro
to Him than tho throne on which Ho
sits, moro to Him than aro tho temples
of celestial worship, is tho joy of seeing
tho wandorer putting his hand on tho
door latch of His Father's house. Hear
it, ull yo nations! Urcad for the worst
hunger. Medicine for tho worst sick
ness. Light for tho thickest darkness.
Harbor for tho worst storm.
Dr. Prime, in his book of wonderful
interest entitled "Around tho World."
doscrlbes a tomb in India of marvelous J charged with tho murder of tho colored
architecture. Twenty thousand raon J woman, Mollle McUruder, and son
were tWonty-two yours in erecting that tunced him to bo hanged on Thursday,
and the buildings around it Standing November 24. Tho tnurdor occurred
lu that tomb, if you speak or sing, after in the hollow near tho l'riests of Pnllas
you have ceased you hear the echo com
ing from u height ot 150 fcot It is not
like other echoes. Tho sound is drawn
out in sweet prolongation, as though
tho angels of Ood were chanting on the
wing, now many souts in tno toinu 01
sin wilt uit up tno voice 01 pcnitenco
and prayer? If now they would cry
unto Ood tho eoho would drop from
afar not struok from tho marblu cupola
ot an oarthly mausoleum, but sounding
back from tho warm heart of, unguis
flying with UioUiows, for then Is joy
among the angols ot Ood over One sin
ncr that repent ith.
Father Martin, n Spaniard, was eltot
ed the new general of tno Jcault
CULLOM SPEAKS.
Tho Illinois Sonntor Addreaeos Re
publicans at Kansas Olty.
II DofaniU the I'rntprtlve Hystem Tho
llenrilts or (hn MnKiittev till! to the
l'eoplc Ornrer Cleveland'
rinltloii llldlrillurt.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct 3. Tho re
publican open nlr meeting last night in
the Exposition driving park was an en
thusiastic one. Th", attendance num
bered between 2,500 and .'1,000.
Tho speakers wero Senator Shelby M.
Culloni, of Illinois; Hon. John M. Thurs
ton, of Nebraska; Hon. William Warner
and Hon. Web iter Davis. Senator Cul
loni spoku ns follows:
"1 cnine hero moro for the purpose of becom
ing iicquaiiiiru witn you ami ncumsyourmnt?'
nlllcont city than to delivers not speech. Now I
I como from Illinois, JuU across the Mississippi
river. Wo live side by side. The Interests of
IlltnoU und M ssourt tiro Identical, and what- i
over Is goo.l for tho peoptj of tho one Is good
fnr ilintir-niiliinf tlin nthi-r. u'lion f nw th:t
there Is mi clil.n In public llfo who U thu I
supi-rlor nt llenj.tmln tlarrlsr.'i, tho president
of the Unit- (I States. 1 bollovu wlm I say. Ho
Is tho M'erof :iri7 mm In Intelligence, In cour
age aud In Mtiito-iiintililii
Now, iih to Whllolaw Held When J first ,
went to ttmnnthtnl lioi.soof rnprs-toiitailvcs
Whltolnw ltoldwns acorr'-spandnnt ofti Olncln-
natl piper, and I never Im.iglned that he would
ever bo our c.indldatn for vlco president Ho ,
Illustrates tho poKs.billt.es of our clv.llzitlon
and hits r sen r.-oi.i u poor liny In Ohio to tho
proud position lie now nmiiW , , J
"Now let tss talk about the tirlff When tho
American colonies were In iholr infancy CJrcnt
llrltaln Nought t compel them to nirry every
thing In llrllluli vessels. It thur ,.' iced an e.m
birgo upon their commerce So, my Xrlendi, lq
tno colonial uiy.s wo nee; in tito slru?glo for pro-
tecllon. and fin ill v. after wo irot thromth with I
Orent Ilrltnln, wu began It with tho denncratlo , products by the amount of the tarff or tiny other
pirtv Hut wo pro.wso now to settle It by nil- 'amount, nnd 1 can go further than that, nnd I
ministerial a ilo.it h blaw to freo trade. V6 ny tho higher tho tariff tho lower tho price,
will pm the dovtrluu of protection to American When there wns no tariff prices weio highest of
Industries upon a permanent basis and take It all, nnd If ymt raise tho tariff no that It will bo
out of politics absolutely prohibitory, to that mi foreigner
, "Thodeinocratlopnrtvhas raised a newcry. . could bring nuy thing to bcII hero that we our
After mikln-f an unsiuoustfiil llxlit ailnU tho selves can raise or make, that prices would bo
doctrine of protection to American Industries lower then.
'or many years, they havo now sot up the claim ' "Whenever nn American starts In to manii-
lint n protective tariff Is unconstitutional" fucturo" unythltig thero Is always n Yankee
Thn speaker totd haw Samuel llnnrtall. who "cross tho way untitling hlin, ami when that
was a protectionist, bueceeueil in preventing a
declaration for freo trade In tho democratic na
tional plitform la 18)1, and how Cleveland In
bii brought atom his defeat by lU'Clnrlnx tint
the platform of 1SJ1, rightly tnterprutud, meant
freo trade.
In regard to tho asertlon m ulo b Cleveland
that the duty Is add?il to thoeoitof the nrtl
cles on which It Is ptaccd, ho s ild: "I vontura
to say that there Is not an article sold In tha
stores of Kmisas Cltv that Is not sold cheaper
than In 1MH. If tho duty Is not added to .tho
cost of tho nrtlclo what becomes of thu claim
of Clovcland that tha tariff Imposes burdens
upon the people?
"Uven If wo aro selling tho goods In somo In
stances loss than tho cost of minutaoture, wo
ntlll want thu tariff no Hut thu manufacturers In
foreign countries cannot swoop down upon us
with their ship loads of goods madu by cheap
labor and by so doing to break down our Indus
tries nnd cloo up our manufactories, us they
navo none ueioro."
Kmntiir fiillinn'l tntrt nhmit nn tntpstlmillnn '
made by n commltteo of congross which showed 1
that tho cost of living had gouo down, whllo
wages had Increased In many lnJustrlea. "Now '
you laboring men, you mechanics, democrats or
anybody else, what moro do ou want to con-
vlnce you of tho bonollts of a protective tariff?
I say to you that If you put tho democratic
party In power and tho McKlnley bill Is ro- 1
pealed, ono of two things will happen. You (
will cither havo your wages cut down or tho ,
mill or manufactory In which you are employed
will close up.
'You cnuuot. tf you know your own Interest,
vote for n party th it 1j plodged to tho repeal of
the M.Klnley bill"
Senator Cullom read oxtraots from Clevc
ond's letter of acceptance, In answer to hypo
thetical questions lu regard to tho tin plate and
cotton tlo Industries "Tin loiter means noth
ing," said ha ' Cleveland neither declares for
nor against anything. It's all twaddlo. Tho
fuel is Dave Hill, who Is a very shrjivd in 111,
had got In ahead of Clovcland and declurod for
protection. Clsvclan.l knowing that Hill had
declared for protection did not dare to dcclaro
for freo trade. Tho man who In 1887 sent th it
famous message to congress, which startled tho
country, had become a coward. Ho wroto a
letter of accoptanco that Is neither for free
trr.de nor protection, nor against freo trade uor
protection. 1
"Under tho leadership of urovcr Cleveland
tho dvmocratlo party is n little tepid. It la
netfher hot nor cold 011 tho t irlff question.
, "I call upon you to stand by a party that
stands by Its colors. No one can truthfully
sav that tho republican party has ever gone
back on an Issuo that it has nude. It has In
tho past, and will In tho future, protect the In
dustries of this country. I tc'.l you that If thu
democrats nvor succeed In getting freo trado
und In breaking down protection your mills und
'our factories will bo closed up nnd you will
find jounclvcs out of employment "
Senator Culloni also told how tho democrat
of the ClovclauJ stripe, falllnr to refute thn
tlguresof Labor Commissioner I'cck, of Now
York, In his recently published report, wero
trying to put him In the ponltontlary. IIo also
discussed thu tin Plate nnd tho stuel
rati Industries, showing conclusively that
tho tariff had developed thoso in
dustries. Ho also slvjured how tha
breaking down of Amorlcan in inufacturlng es
tablishments would compel millions of porsoui
now making tholr living working In thoo es
tablishments to go to farming. Tho farmers
would thus find themselves ruined by over corn
petition, and without homo markets for their
products.
Tho national dobt, ho said, had been reduced
down to IMV.OOJ.OJJ and the country had tho
safest banking system, aim democrats In tholr
platform had declared for state banks, wildcat
nnd red doit money. Ho told ubout tho good old
demucrntto tariff for rovenue only when ho used
logo town with bis father and soil corn for It)
cents a bushel and tako money issued upon
banits that wero liable to Buspcnd business bo
toro the next morning.
"If ever a party seemed to bo doomed to com
mit harl-karl upon Itself It Is tho dcmocratlo
party, llepcal tho MclCiuloy bill, eit.ibll.-iu.
stato banks an! a wild cat currency und the
dovll tako tho htndcrmost.
"Ilismurck says tho United States is tho
greatest country on tho globo and that protec
tion makes It. Nobody goes awa from Amer
ica. Ilvorybody comes hero to participate In
our prosperity."
Tu lln llunsml.
Kansas City. Mo Oct . The su
premo court yesterday rondored a dccl-
1 sion in the case of William McCoy,
hall, on the night of April S, 18U1
Mrs. HurrUon Depressed.
Washington, Oct 5. Mrs. Harrison
to-day showed tho fatiguing results of
h InKK nf the comforting rest she en-
1 joycd last week. To-day was a repett-
j(,n 0f yes
t yesterday, inasmuch as no spoc-
ial change for tho bettor has, occurred
in her condition. Shohnshadbutbrokcn
Bleep the past threo nights, nor was she
nolo to rest well during tho day yes
terday. Naturally, therefore, she Is not
feeling as strong und tho necounts from
tho sick room aro not as cheering. From
tho president down to tho humblest em
ploye there is a feeling of depression that
nothing but a moro encouraging 8tut
mo nt of Iter condition can dispel
TARIFF TRUTHS.
What the Poller ' Protection tins none
for Till Nation.
At n republican mass-meeting under
the auspices of the Hamilton club nt
Hattery 1), In Chicago ,on thu night of
Hcptcmlier 'JO, F. XvSchoonmaker, tho
distinguished authority on the tariff
question, spoke on thut subject as fol
lows: "Tho democratic party Is committed In this
campaign to frrn trude against Iho express
wish and tho rxpicssaltimptsuf tho northern
democrats to Ret n plnnk In tho Chicago plat
form for protection. Now. what does the party
my shout tho tariff ? Cleveland says, nnd has
aid for eight yean: 'Tho tariff is u tax to tho
American consumer upon u rompctlnK product.
Tho tariff raises the prlcoof competing prod
ucts by tho amount of tho tariff.
"What Is a competing product nnd what is
tho tariff? Tho tariff la n duty levied upon those
things brought from abroad to bo sold hero
which our peoplo havo to use. Xow, thoso
things which como In here, thoso thing which
tho Americans need, for lnstaucc. but which
""oy cnimot cither ralso or produce, aro per-
tnlttcd by the republican party to como In free,
They sro non-competing products. Youremctn-
brr w,'tn Iho democrats wero In power thoro
was a tariff on tea nnd on coffeo. Tho Americans
could Mil ralnc these, they wcro non-c(nnnctln(
products, and they wcro put upon the free list.
Tho republican party tried to mnlto sugar u
competing product. It failed. Wo could not
raise 10 per cent, of what wo needed, so sugar
remained n non-competing product and It was
put upon tho freo list,
qjutthopolloyof the republican party is to
Inviirlably'makQ any foreign) r pay a tax who
attempts to sell In this country anything that
'in Amirtcan lr.is to soil of tho samo hind, nnd
I hut Is the tariff tax. Now, Cleveland says
that that tax fulls upon tho American oonsmn
er: that It raises tho prco pf competing prod
ucts "by Its uinount. What 1 do sa, my
friends, speaking authorltitlvely for tho re
publican party, and I wish to bo absolutely
frank and to ilrho this question home, I say
that the tariff never Is n tax to tho American
consumer U)n a competing product. I say that
tho tariff does not raise thu price of comnotlng
nnl!cc sees this ono mnktng money ho suya:
Thero Is money In that and I guess I will go In
nnd get my spoonful of tho pudding.' If l.o goes
In how docs ho got nlongr Why, by undersell.
Ing the first, and it third watches them both and
he goes in and undersells thun both. Now, tho
higher tho tax tho let.s mirglnot profit tho
foroiguor has to break you up tiy underselling
you.
"Honest men differ on this question nnd I wilt
tell you tho reason why My friends, wo aro a
young people In this republic, wo aro an Kngllsu
speaking people, und being youn? and I;ngllsh-
speaking wo have not produced much ltteraturo
or our own. Therefore wo tako our literature
from Great Urttatn. Tho freo traders gay wo
nre all tho children of the same father: let us do
business upon a Christian basis. How lovely
that seems, how beautiful. Now let mu t-ee.
John Dull, stand up. I would llko to nik you
one or two questions. You preiuli to tho world
that we aro all tho children of God. Let us do
liuftlnnftH on n Christian basin. Nov.Jnhn. how
did VOU do business HSyCBrs UgO? YOU WOro
doing it nt tho olit stand.
"Wbnt kind of a Christian basis was It that
J'ou fixed up for the colonists on this side of tho
water to stand upon, John? Old they llko it?
No, they fought, John: they struggled with you
o'tfht long years to get off of tho Christian basis
that you llxcd up for them. In IBIS you llxcd
"P another Christian basis. You Impressed
Into your service every seaman that you could
tint who had been born on llrittsli toll, claim
lag that unco a llrltlsh subject always a UrltUb.
subject. Wo hud another row with you, John,
four lotitf years. Wo hud a row with our breth
ren of iho south a few years uxo, and It was
simply terrible. John. It cost us SOO.OOO Htm
and four billions of money. Now, John, you
were still nt Iho namo old stand, doing business
lu the old way. How did you bchavo yourself
during all thut trouble of ours? Ah, John, you
stood with your long, sharp, strong kulfe firmly
grasped in your hand rtudy to put it into us
clear to the hilt und turn It If you could get thu
chunco.
"Did wo ralso any wool In tho old democratlo
days of a tariff for revenue only? Lots of It
00,000,000 pounds. How much of that did wo
manufacturer? Six per cent., und tho balance
wo sold to John Dull, aud he turned it luto fab
rics and then sold it back to us at such prices
that a mnn who owned a broadcloth, suit of
clothes was known to bo a rich man.
"Then wo put a tariff of 0) por cent, upon Im
ported woolen goods. Wo took .theso men off
the farm, tho railway und the truck and put
Ihem into tho mills at their own trades. Now.
then, what happened? Did John Hull quit sell
ing woolen goods hero? No. Did ho ralso the
price? No. He paid a tariff of 00 cents and
continued to sell and did not laisa thu price.
Why didn't. ho? ltccnu.so ho did not daro to.
Why didn't ho doro to? llecnuso tho Yankee
was making fabrics nt tho market rato(
and If John Hull had raised tho price tin
Yankcu would have had a monopoly of th
market to himself. Now, then, whnthuppenedi
Wo broke tho foreign monopoly on woolou
goods. Wu started the Yankees Into compet
ing with each other.
"ComiH-'tlllon took eft the profit. Improve
ments were devised In tho method of manufac
ture. Cleveland says that tho tariff upon broad,
cloth nnd upon woolens raised thu price. It
never does. It broko the foreign monopoly. I
"When an Kugllshmun leaves Uugland and
Domes here ho must pay for this market tbo
simu price that wo pay patriotism unci re
emits. It is uatslr to allow tin Kngllsliraan to
remain in Imglund and to huvo this market nt
a less price than an Englishman patronized
here. Since freo tradu has ruled In Ireland t
haabecomo poor. Tl-o tlrat princlplo which l'ar
nell wished enforced was protection of Irish In
dustries, and thut is what tha grand old man
Gladstone Is now trying to procure. Why
shouldn't the Irlshmcnvotoforprutectlonhcre?
We cannot reiiluo what u free country we havo
until wo go abroad. When w return, after
viewing tho foreign lands and seeing how the
workluiiman fares thrru, wo then know now to
worship tho stars und stripes.
"It Is now Clcd's own country, but It was not
lwuys so. In slavery times we culled ourselves
Christians. We went to church und tho preach
er told us that Qod made thu black man us well
as tbo white. In the meantime bumun beings,
because they wero black, wrro put upon the
block und sold os chattels Iho democrats, as
a rulo, upheld this policy. When tho war como
the English oulogltcd tho southerners In print
and In fact did everything except to go down
thero and let the loyal Yankees pour lead Into
their treacherous he-arts. There are 250,000 old
soldiers who fought to save this country who
aro now government pensioners and 300,000
moro patriots are asking congress to give them
money to buy bread.
."Now, let we ask you to show your patriot
ism in helping to save this country ngalu from
Iho disastrous results of freo trade, and by youj
votes perpetuate tbote principle that bavi
been bought with blood and treasure."
A LESSON IN HISTORY.
Moiiammkp began the Koran nt thirty-five.
Timtni.KS mado of lava aro used in
Naples.
TliK folding envelope wns first used
lu tho year tsSD.
CNOt.tBit books wero first printed by
Caxton in tho year 1474.
Diamond cutting by machinery was
first done In Holland In 1 IS9.
Ai'i'i.Es wcro worth from ono shilling
to two bhllllngs each in the reign of
Henry Vll. r
SHERMAN ON THE TARIFF.
Protection and Honest Money Warmly
Indorsed.
Hcnntor John Sherman spoke on Sep
tember SO to ilvo thousnnd people nt
North Fairfield, O., a town in Center
county awny from any railroad. Ho
favored protection nnd honest money,
denounced tho "wildcat state banks
scheme," tailored li J. Johnson for
congress, paid glovvlnf tribute to Har
rison's administration nnd said nothing
ubout Clavclntul's letter of acceptance.
Tho meeting was n great success from
a republican standpoint
Among other things Senator Sherman
said:
"The republican psrty may not always havo
done what It ought to havo done, but Its record
of deeds from Lincoln to Harrison is tho bright- ,
est pago of American history. Compare tho
United States of America as it is with what It
was lu IMI nnd you have the work of tho repub
lican party. During all this timo what has tho
tlimocra'ic party dono to Justify jour suffrages?
Nothing. Their record Is 0 record of failures
attempts todo what they havo not done. And
now their effort Is to repeal the McKlnley tar
iff law for the protection of American Industries,
toreduiut ciitandurd of value and to rcstoro
the useof stuto bank paper money In tho pluco
of n.ttloii'il money. It Is these three proposl
tlona X wish to present to you very different In
deed fruiu the uuce lions I discussed with your
f.ither.v '
'The most Important, Is, perhaps, tho tariff
question. 'Ihc tt'iutllcau party has this great
ndvctitrgcun the luiift (juration: It was not
iLnintltid t 'lu-t.cus ot either tho whip or
dtir.tcri.fe parly, but, as a new party, foundid
mainly on tho slavery question, It could, and
did.wl.cn It assutrctl the internment of tho
country, adopt that line of pub;Ic volley In Im
posing duties on ImiKirted goods as would yield
the necessary re venue .aud ut llm samo tlmo
foter und protect American industries. The
Hint law which tbt-rcpublluin patty put upon
the stututu books wns the Morrill tariff law of
1KII, parsed after Lincoln was elected, In the
I lust dajs of Uuthunan's administration, when
r.outl.crti senators und mrmlcrs open
ly revolted nnd descried their seats
In congress. lhls act Is tho basis
or ill the tariff acUt since IhcL. Tho princlplo
adopted was to levv such duties on Imported
goods us would furnish enough revenue to sup
IKirt tno government, ana second, that in levy
Ing such duties It should bo so dono ns to foster
and protect all American Industrie Impar
tially. As tho duty w as levied upou the fovdgn
article und not upon the domestic articlo tho
domestic, urtlclo has the advantage and protec
tion of the duty. The object was to Induce our
peoplo to enter Into every branch of manufac
tures for which wo had tho raw materials. Tho
rcuson for this policy was tht, our laboring
men under free institutions needed better food
and clothing and could not or ought not to com
pete with tho pauper labor ot Uurup at th
sumo vvuges and inudu ot ltvlug.
"Tho duty Imtiosed on foreign goods- woald
enable tho homo manufacturer to pay hlsher
wages consistent with American citizenship,
und jet compoto In many brunches of Industry
with his fotuign rival. The great object of this
policy wus to secure a diversity of employments
and productions which nro Indispensable lo our
independence as a nation. Tho laborers em
ployed in now Industries would furnish a home
market for tho produce of tho farm.
"As the result of this policy we now manu
facture in tho United Status nearly every
article essential to human life. Tho giowth of
American Industry lu thu last thirty yeurs ha
been marvelous moro than three fold..
"This policy of protection has-had unoihar ef
fect. It leads lo freo trado In all articles that
cannot lio produced in this country. Formerly,
duties wcro Imposed for revenue on tea, coffee.
sugar and various produt tlons not suited to our
climate. Now wo are able to produce from ar
ticles that compoto with homo Industries all tbo
revenue needed, and to repeal all dultus oaull
artlciei which we cannot produoo.
' "Uesldes this, by treaties of raclprnclty w
havo mado urraugements with nuany all tho
countries tha( proJuco tea, coffee, sugar and
such articles so as to secure a greatly enlarged
market for American productions. We now ad
mit mure than otic-half ot all tho articles im
ported Into this country freo of all duty. It
ireo trado Is a blessing wo have conferred It
upon the people, but wu huvotaknu caro to dolt
so as not tu uifcct any American industry.
"In levying duties caro hus bean taken that
they should not bo so high as tu givo the
American manufacturer a monopoly in. produc
tion. They havo only been bitfllclent to com
pensate for tho difference In the rates of wages
and cost of production lu thu two countrlus, but
not so high us to p. event full and fair competi
tion with other nations. Wo havo also guarded
against trusu and combinations In artlilcs Im
parted, so as to prevent their advuuco in cost
to tbo people beyond iho actual oostot produc
tion. "Tho protection that Is afforded bv our tariff
laws extends to all luduitlrles. Tho old rulo
was mainly to conllne ll to manufacturers, but
now ull Industries, of every name and nature,
aro protected from unduo foreign competition
by wlso discriminating duties. Tho farmer ban
tho full benefit of protection on. his wool, his
grain, his horses und on ovary articlo which has
10 compete with foreign productions. Fortu
nately our country Is so favored that la cotton,
wheat und many other productions we havo no
competitors that can rival us on equal terms.
As to these thu farmer hus only thu compolliiou
of other fame rs, and ull ho has Uvfuas Is. over
production ui homo.
"It is for you, fellow citizens, to suy whether
a pumic Ik, 1 icy that has been maintained so long
1 aiidosucccsjfully.thut hus produced such won
dorful results upon tho history und prosperity
ot our co.uutry, tl;at;r.as already advanced us to
tho 1 Ichust farming country and tho greatest
manufacturing country lu tl.o world, shall be
abaudonod lu order to carry out tno Ideas of thu
coufedorato states aud thu free-trado notions of
commercial cities and of professional dudes
whoso only Idea Is that) 'It Is not JIngUn,you
know,'
"Thero is another question ot public policy
which, though not entirely political,. Illustrates
tho devious ways, und changing opinions of tho
I democratic party. Ltlstbo silver iucstlou. Lust
year they resolved In thu Ohio coaventlon In
favor of tho freo colnngo of silver. This means
that any holder of fm.'t groins of puro silver, oi
multiples ot that sum, might present It to iho
mint and deinaud 11 for It Silver, lu worth In
thu markets of tha world about, Si cents an
ouuee of IHO grains, or the silver co&Uiued In
tbo stiver dollar Is worth 87 ceol.s. The result
would bo that gold would bo demuullzcd uuu
silver nlono would bo the standard et value, or
that the United States wouU pay W
par cent mete for silver than It la worth.
Tbe.resultot tree coinage would bo disastrous to
all iudiMlrivs, and would bu especially hard
upon tho laboter and the poor. They would
bo deluded by the hope of nominally in
creased wages but of Irss purchasing powor, I
can scarcely discuss this questloawlth patienco
when I recall tho old adajro oft -lold for the
rjoTcriimenl and rags for tho people, Now w o
have a currency every dollar ot Ulch is us good
as gold." .
A PERT REPLY.
The Answer or a niuslau Noblewoman to.
Her American Kscort.
Ono evening during a diplomtttio
reception at tbo white houso, among
the gucbts wnt a woman whosu perfect
neck and urms wero tho ndmiratiua of
everyone. Mine de Ktruvo's escort in
justifiable prldo at tho loveliness of his,
own country woman, commented ha
she passed: "Thero goes a perfect
typo of Ainci-ioiin bounty." Without
hesitating, tho minister's wife, looking
down at hur own dark-hucd tieuk, re.
ponded: "And I represent a perfclfc
tjpe of Russia leather," !
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