He is now T in the enemy’s camp and is
meeting with his usual success. He is
holding meetings in New Hampshire,
from the Canadian to the Massachusetts
lino. Not only is he having good audi
ences—which he never fails to interest
and hold—but his daring campaign dur
ing an off year is attracting considerable
attention and comment from both Dem
ocratic and Republican papers. Of
course Republicans laugh at the idea of
converting the old Granite State from
protection, but it is evident that they
are trembling in their boots while the
Reform club is doing the same kind of
work there that made Wisconsin, Illi
nois and Connecticut Democratic and
nearly upset the Republican party in
Ohio, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
The Reform club has issued a chal
lenge, open to all comers, to debate the
question of “Protection or Tariff For
Revenue Only,” in a nonpartisan way,
with Mr. Estell. Mr. Estell will give up
half of his time at any of his meetings,
or special meetings will be arranged for.
This will give the patriotic manufactur
ers, who favor protection for the sake
of their employees only, an opportunity
to demonstrate theoretically what they
have failed to demonstrate in practice,
especially since McKinleyism became
supreme, bow protection to the manu
facturer operates to raise the general
level of wages.
