Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 29 October 1892 — Page 8

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donsome tax taken off their agricultural brethren iu the south? Do you not know that in the year 2891, the exports o! cotton sold for $291,000,000, not withstanding the very low prica at which cotton sella? And do you not know that this large sum of money was very largely used by the southern people in buying your wheat and corn, horses and

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con? I stated that the cotton producers in the Gulf States do hot diversify their crops, but they depend upon the people of the north and great northwest for their supplies of meats and breadstuff i. Therefore, I contend that there is no reason why these taxes which benr diieccly upon agriculture, north and south, east and west, should not be speedily removed.

MAKE THE UICII PAY TAXEj.

There is another bill to which I desire to call your attention which passed the House, and which is known as the ''Clothing bill." It is estimated that there are from eighty to one hundred thousand people, citizens of the United States, who go abroad annually, and who return to the United States in iniiuy iustauces with trunks packed with valuable merchandise. This merchandise consists very largely of flue goods for wearing apparel and personal adornment and thesa people who go abroad are, in the maiuj people who are in good financial circumstauces. Perhaps it would not be an exaggeration to say that each of these people bring back, oh an average, merchandise of the value of $500 of the character I have named. Therefore there are thirty or forty million dollars worth of merchandise which theHe tourists bring in annually which eseapeH taxation. They are exemptei from taxation by the MeKiiiley bill. We Democrats believe that the wealthy peo pie should pay taxes.

In fact, we believe that the wealth of the country should bear the burdens of taxation rather than the necessaries of .mankind. Now the bill which passed the House of Representatives, if it were a law, would require these tourists to pav taxes on all this merchandise which the.v purchased abroad aiid bring with them in excess of $1U0 worth, and thus these rich tourists woUId be required to pay into the public treasury many millions of dollars, the payment of which they now escape, and thu3 those who are least able to pay taxes might in this way be relieved of some of the taxation which, in fact, they are uuable to pay, aud in justice ought not pay.

I might ahso talk to you about the lead ore bill, but I judge my remarks with reference to tne tariff have been sufficiently protracted. The McKinley bill contains so many provisions which are at right angles with the best interests of the laboring people and of the great masses, that it is difficult for one to know what items he ought to discuss first.

SUGAR BOUNTIES.

You will k-emember that the bill contained provisions with reference to the payment of bounties to the sugar growers. I hold in my hand the last annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue of the United States, and there was paid to the producers of sugar last year, and when I say last year I mean the fiscal year, which ended on the 30th day of June, $7,342,000. Now this whole sum of money was paid to 4,980 people, orasthereportcalls them producers. There was $7,077,000 of this amount paid to the producers of cane sugar in Louisiana, Texas, Florida, and Mississippi $240,000 were paid in bounties to the producers of beet sugar in Nebraska, Utah and California and $2,400 to those engaged in the production of maple

eujantls cnat tll'fe Udrdens of faxi shall ba shifted from the shoulders of the poor who are unable to pay taxes to the shoulders cif the well-to-do and rich who are able to Day taxes and ought to pay them "wlllingiy and patriotically. And let me Bay in this con nection that I am in favor of a graduated income tax, because it is the only method of taxation of which I now have a knowledge, which will reach th| fortuUes of the inordinately rich.r England, which has a population two-^ thirds as large as the Uoited States* raises more than $60^000,000 annually under a graduated income law, and this has been continued for more than fifty consecutive years with the aonroval her people. TAItll ON NECESSITIES SHOULD BE ltK-

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It does seem that the internal revenue tax' which are in the main collected by taxiug the manufacture of spirits, fermented liquors, and tobacco, and which turned intb the trebsui'y last year as I remarked before, nearly $134,000,000 should remain substantially unchanged but 1 do earnestly insist that the tariff upon the necessaries of life should be greatly reduced, and that instead of taxing the coarser and heavier goods used by the masses of our people to the last degree, the liner goods consumed by the wealthy peopfe arid which are in asense luxuries,should be heavily taxed, and that the comihou necessaries of life be largely or altogether exempted from taxation. DEMOCRACY" THE TftUfc FRIE.VD OF LABOR.

Not only is the Democratic party the friend of the tax ridden masses, but it is the true friend of the laboring people. The Democratic party in the House of Representatives in the 48th Congress created a lhbor committee, and the same House also passed the bill prohibiting the importation of laborers fiom abroad uudet contract to labor in this country. In the 4!)t Congress the House of Representatives which was Democratic, passed the National Arbitration Bill and in order tlin labor might receive a more careful legislative consideration, the Democratic House of Representatives in the 50tll Coiigress passed a bill creating the National Department of Labor, a department, the object of which is to seek information with reference to those things which effect the laboring classes of the people and that Coflgress miy legislate in a more intelligent manner with the laboring people. The present House of Representatives amended the eight hour law so as tti make it efflcieht with reference to people in the service of the federal government.

OTHER GOOD BILLS PASSED.

It also passed a bill permitting poor persons to sue in the United States Courts without giving security for cost, a bill which provided that council should be assigned to the poor, thus giving to the poor their day in cotirt. There was also a provision put into one of the appropriation bills providing that Pinkerton detectives should not be used by the officers of the federal government. The HoUse aiso passed a bill providing for the safety of railroad laborers, whose employment subjects them to great bodily danger, so as to' quire theihterstate railroads of the United States to provide patent couplings to protect the lives of their employees so that hundreds of the:n should hot ba maihed and killed apnually. I do not think this bill has ever been considered in the senate.

It is certainly not necessary for me to teli you that nearly all

angers passed and injuries Mi -stained— in other words a pension should ba paid to him as a matter of right and not ab an object of charity.

You will remember that before the bill became a law the very obj-ction that Mr. Cleveland made to the bill was recognized by congress because it partially struck out and modified that dausft of the bill which caused Governor Hovey to denominate if a pauper bijl. Thus Mr. Cleveland's veto was vindicated by congress.

THE FORCE HILL:

Perhaps I have detained you, my fellow countrymen, this night' longer than I ought to have done, and I have ventured, at times, to be rather ted pus in my remarks, but concerning these important matters I desire to make'my. self clearly understood if possible. Now while I am heartily in favor of low taxes upon the necessaries of life, while I am in favor of legislation to protect the laborers fully i:i their rights, while I am in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of si!vir, 1 say to you no .v ca.ndidiy that there is a question involved in i* campaign that is more important in my judgment, than anyone of the. piopositious to which I have called your at tention this night.

Fellow ciu'z-ius, it is the great qu^sti of local self government aud home rule, which is the Very soul of I) 'inocracy. Never in my life did I feel such unrest of spirit as 1 did when the forcc bill wan pending for final passagein the Senate oi the United States, because I btlieved then as now if that bill became a law it was the end of free governm nt, the end ol local self government and home rule in the United States.

APPOINTED FOI! LIFE.

The bill privides that the United States Circuit .Judges, appointed by the Presi" dent for life, shall appoint chief supervi sors of elections in the various states othe Union for life. It is true the bill says that they are appointed during good behavior, but we all know what that means, a life time office.' All these Uoited States judges are Republicans, excepting two. Perhaps I ought to rpiallfythat statement. Judge Walter (J. Gresham is a United States judge and I understand he is now denominated Democrat, no only two or three of these United Suites judges are Democrats. These chief supervisors appoint supervisors to go to the polling places und count the ballots and certify the returns. 6URROUNDS THE P.JLLH WITH MAUSII ALLSa

The bill also provides for surrounding the polls with United States deputy mar. she Is. Thus the rights of the people within the states to govern themselves under the election laws oi the states would be invaded. The bill also farther provides that if the people rls" up in opposition to these federal ofllcers the army of the {Juited States cau be called out to suppress them. It also provides for a continuing appropriation—a very unusual thing.

All that this army offederal officers administrating the election bill would have to do in order to secure their expenses and compensation, which iu the aggregate would amount to from ten to fifteen million dollars iu ttie year of each general election wmhl be to make out their bills aud send them to the Uoited States treasury and have them audited and paid, What is the object of the Republican party iu providing a continuing appropriation in the bill, thus preventing Congress from making or refusing annually the necessary appropriations to pay the expenses incident to its operation? They proposed to have the law so drafted that its operations could

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silver shall be coined upon the nam terms that, gold is coined. S l'ur as I know we have alwuys had the free and hnlimitel coinage of gold. The plat form also provides that the iatrinsical valueof thesilver placed in the silver dollars hall beequulin value to t,tieintriusical value of gold place.! iu the feold dollar: in oilier words, thafc the bullion value of the silver placed in the silver dollar shall equal to the bullion value of the gold placed in the gold dollar.

MR. CLEVELAND'S POSITION" ON" SILVER.

Some say: "Well, that is all liuiii that is certainly fair but how does your candidate for the Presidency, Mr. Clove' land, stand upon the ailver question?' "In his letter of acceptance of the 2(jfh of last mouth he said:

Tlje people are entitled to sound aiid honest money abundantly sufficient to supply their business needs. But whatever may be the form of the people's currency, national oretatewhether,gold, silver or paper, if should be so guarded by government action, or by wise and careful Ieirislal ion, thafc none ran he deluded ns to the certain stability of its value. Every dollar in the hands of the people should be of the same intriusleiil vilue, or purchasing power. With this condition absolutely g-iurun-teed both gold and silver caa be safely u'ilfzpd upon equal terms in the adjustment, of our currency."'

My fellow countrymen, don't tlipsc clear and honest, words p'ac? our condidate for »he Presidency with both feet squarely upon the financial plank ot the Chicago platform? Th\v crtainly do. Do you believe that Grovi'r Cleveland will redeem the pledges he has made to the people? I don't believe that a more honorable man evfr occupied the presidential office certainly nobody who is thoroughly familiar with Mr. Cleveland's administration of public affairs will say anything less of him than tlmt lie was a brave, honest, patriotic president of the United States. .MR. CLEVELAND'S RECORD WITH REFERENCE iy'l-TO ECONOMY" AND PUBLIC LAWS.

Fellow citizens: In 18^-i- all manner of idle predictions were made by fiie Republican press and Republican speakers upon the stump with reference to what would happen in the event of Mr. Cleveland's election. He was president, as we all know, from the 4th of .March, 1885, for four years. It was predicted by our ad versaries that the government wouid not be economically administered if he was president. The government was administered annually durinir his administration at an expense of $0.28 to each person.

It was administered during President Arthur's administration at an expense of §0.73 to each person amtunlly. TIJIIM it cost eucii person in the United States annually 45 cents more apiece during President Arthur's administration than during Mr. Cleveland's. It has cost each person annually ourirur ('resident llarrison's administration $7.53. Thus Harrison's administration 1ms cort each one or our people annually $1.25 apiece more than did Air. Cleveland's administration. ........

APPLIED ON THE PUBLIC Dl.irr.

During Mr. Cleveland's administration 170 million dollars weio paid upon the pubhc debt which, is as much or more than has been paid during Mr. Harrison's administration, and when Mr. Cleveland went, out of office on the 4th of Match, 1889, there were more ttiau 100 millions of money of surplus in the public treasury, eVery dollar of which has found its way out during President Harrison's

Before leavimr Washington culled on Green B. Ilnum, jtumissioner of Pensions, and ho told me that I had looked after the claims of more broken down soldiers, widows and orphans oi soldiers than any other member of Congress in the United States, and I ath" credibly informed he made the same statement to our United States Trensurer, Mr. Nebaker, who lives at Covington, lad., who is a Republican. During the first year and a half that I was in Comzress I at temped to write autograph letters to all the persous whp wrote to me and to explain to them what I had done, in refernce to their business. I wrote autograph letters enough to paralyzthe lingers oi my right nand, so that now I can scarcely write my unme, and yet notwithstanding these facts men will insist in telling the soldiers thufc 1 am not their friend.

DO VOUlt WHOLE IH-TV,

My fellow countrymen, you see what we have to meet. I hope every Democrat will do his whole duty that ev?ry Democrat will vote for Grover Cleveland and low taxes the coinage of silver upon the same terms that gold is coined will vote for local self-government and home rule aud for that party which is the true Friend of labor.

Thanking you one and all, ladies aud gentlemen, for that kind and (Jourteous attention which has always character ized our bearitig towards me, I bid you one and all good night.

Tiw Spei-iii a I'oavert.

William J.tudlry Foulke, who is now stumping the state for Cievel :r. l. was the leader of the .Republican side in ih senate of ISSiJ and 18S5. Until two months ago lie was a member of the Columbia cinb of Indianapolis-—the club that did so much at Minneapolis for Pfarrison. Four years ago he supported Uarrisoji aiid stumped the .?tates of New York and N'ew .leiv-ev. He has served as president of the National Civil Service .Reform association, lie is a tariif reformer.

In Ids speech at Evnnsville last week ho took strong grounds against tlie McKinley tariff and. especially the reciprocity clause of the bill, which gives the president the power to remove or replace the tariif against 'any country by proclamation. He said: '•There can be no doubt that in this provision of the McKinley a.'t the .-eirir of the constitution is briiken'in one of its most vital places. The charge is committed to the pre.-idenl, as to a dictator. ID see to it that the commonwealth' suffers no injury in these- reciprocity arrangement. If the executive should be wrnipt. where would be the limit of his power to perpetuate liis own authority? Let us suppose that .ili this election the exigencies of the Republican party and the unpopularity of the Republican administration required that not 1.000.000 but $10,000,000 of 'a campaign fund should be raised to overcome the convictions of the people. Two courses would be open to a president who is strongly convinced of the necessity of his own re-election: First. He could go to some great capitalist, say for instance to Mr. Vvanamaker or Mr. Carnegie, and tell these gentlemen. "I must have a fund large enough to overcome anv popular disapproval. S'A cabinet otriee. the vt-ry best cabinet office tin master generalship, nay the secrct fillip of sta:e, is at'your disposal. Gm me the sum I need.' Or he can a that sum in a m-mner far less patent tithe people, and hence for less obnoxious, by saying to some trusty subordinate. 'Buy all ehe sugar, molasses, coffee, tea and hides before the 1st of next November. On that day, I 6hall determine

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•J'jreu me. I am like a soldier. 1 lutvi niiHfedauii now go to the front, '"Any one can talk, but when a mar takes part in the battle there cau be nc fur her room for doubt aa to his convictions. Aud this I mean to do from the the jump. I never do anything by halves and I will conduct my canvass on tsuch liuea as will convince the moat skeptical that I am for Cleveland and Stevenson, first, last, and all the time. I will give proof of my loyalty. "There has been absolutely no excuse from the start for putting ma id a false position toward the national ticket. It is true that I did not

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simply on the ground ol cxpfdifucy, considered that a man who had carried the State time after time as Mr. I/ill lnis dono would be absolutely certain to curry it azain. But personally I have tin- high-y-en regard for Mr. Cleveland, and during all tin years I have known him our relations have always been oi the most pleasant character. "And since the nomination 1 think thai he has considerably strengthened his po* si ion. Fcr' instance, his letter

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acceptance shows that he is not the enemy of the old soldier as his enemies, have sought to umic-'i him out. I regara that section in his letter referrnig to the eervici-s of the men who lourtit for the preservation of the Union, as an acceotance oi the established policy of the Government to grant liberal peusions to the men who are entitled to the^i. I think that his utterances .should be jiecepted ns a declaration to this eftVc: ."

Regarding his alleged uiterancea against Mr.Cleveland mndJ at the recent reunion oft In, Third Army Corns at Washington, Gen. Stickles makes the following subject: "Any staiement that I-casB reflection-. of any kind an Mr. Cleveland ar« as untrue as they are unauthorized. I made a camp tiro speech to my old comrades, and in thecourse of my remarks I .offered resolutions of sympathy for Mrs, Harrisi.n, who was very ill. I explained that it was duo to this fact, to sickness of his wile, that the President was not on hand to welcome hem to the White House in person, and 1 added that ho would no doubt have been very happy to meet them, as he had always been a bravo soldier himself, a fact that I could testify toas I had perj.ona!ly seen him lead liw regiment against the enemy. '•At this point some Republican in tile ball shouted,'Aud he didn't send a substitute to the frout. either.' "Instantly there were indiirnant crieg '•1 -d ,hut. anotle Republican in the audience shouted. "Ye-., a mi send bide any rebel flags.' This thrw the :rir?s of order w«re louder than ever, showing the feeling against the introduction of politics at a purely fraternal gathering. Bi:t sdinebow these-random xprnKhions were attributed to me. fj&» iortunately there were no reporters presut, and the story, passing from month to month, grow wo that it became a generally accepted fact that I wis pposed to the election of Cleveland aud Stevenson. This imre^nion was carefully spread by the Republican managers until I supp j.ae many my personal ffienrls have come to believe in it. The cartoons that have been put out on the elevated rail roads showing a pie! im-of me and the words underneath soldier will vote for Clevelandl' was )iily one method by which the enemy ought t* put aie in false light, pre- ., Mtimably

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omrades in arms. "Now that, Ihave^iven absoluto proof my loyalty to the Democratic ticket hope thafc this sort of falsification will be stopped. Through Gen. Rutterh'old I sent word today to the Republican National Committee requesting that thev-refrain hereafter from libeling iue^ rid I hope they will comply."