Word: speakers
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...been forced to make a considerable sacrifice, as his time in Boston is very limited and his friends numerous. For those who do not know enough French to be able to understand all that M. Coquelin will say, but who are none the less desirous of hearing the wonderful speaker, we would suggest that they can get the substance of what he will lecture upon by reading in Harper's Monthly of a few months past an article by M. Coquelin on the same topic as his lecture here. In his lecture, however, many interesting points will be brought...
...shall see that a man may take a glass of liquor without absolute ruin; but, on the other hand, we shall see that there is a growing consensus of opinion pointing to absolute temperance, and that to succeed in life a man must follow in this opinion. In the speaker's college days men considered it necessary to take stimulants in order to become strong; but the athletes of to-day understand that in order to make the most of themselves they must practice total abstinence. In fact it is the growing opinion that if a man would fortify himself...
...first speaker was Mr. Shattuck, L. S., of the affirmative. He presented the issue of this campaign as tariff reform or the increase of the surplus. The Mills bill reduces the price of the necessities of life by abolishing the duties on raw materials. The Allison bill, on the other hand, merely lowers the internal revenue. The only reduction of duties it makes is that on sugar a sectional measure...
...Bronson, L. S., claimed that the Mills bill was a jump at free trade. The country has flourished under the tariff to a remarkable degree. The speaker then touched upon Cleveland's attitude in civil service and the fisheries question...
...second speaker for the affirmative was Mr. F. B. Williams, L. S. He said that the old issue of the Republican party was dead. The present issue is tariff reform. The Mills bill is not free trade, for it retains an average duty of over 40 per cent. The present duty on lumber ought to be abolished, for it only protects Canadian workmen who are cutting off our forests in Maine...