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John W. Noble, Yale '51, Secretary of the Interior, spoke at New Haven last Thursday...
Mayor Matthews says the Republicans are afraid of statistics. The Republican party has not sunk so low as to imprison a statistican who told some awkward truths at an inopportune moment. Furthermore, the four Democrats who spoke at the Democratic meeting in Sanders Theatre gave no statistics what-soever. Mr. Guild then gave figures showing the increase of imports and exports of 1892 over 1890, and the decrease of the duty per capita...
Owing to illness Ex-Gov. Brackett was unable to be present, and Hon. Jos. H, Walker took his place. Mr. Walker was evidently somewhat disconcerted by the large flag which dropped immediately at the close of Mr. Guilds speech, being too near the platform. Mr. Walker spoke in the interests of the poorer classes in Harvard College, and as his speech progressed brought forward a long array of figures to prove how necessary the protective tariff is from the manufacturers standpoint...
...Nathan Matthews then addressed the club. He spoke at some length of the aims of the democratic party. It was his belief, that if this time the republican party should be put down, it would be down for ever. Every democrat should see that this came about. All, he says. rests upon the simple question, as to whether or not a government under any plea whatsoever has a right to levy a tariff for anything but revenue. To the republicans he says this policy means absolutely free trade. This reduction of the tariff to revenue purposes, he says, must...
...Carroll then spoke upon the question of federal taxation. He said a tariff should be imposed for public purposes only. It is no modern thing for men to get their gain at the public loss. Taxation is a necessity, but without proper limitations it becomes a tyranny...