Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-08-10

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oo.n our own. did vote once 70 puohibif he I'M
pQionon of Chinese. That vote may have been
- Gsel9se.y u wrong, but say treaties that allow apeo
VII our hbor1ng clHsses ought 70 be sbollshed I |
IN opposed 70 encouraging any people to come who
~ not willing 10 leave their homes when they de-
God but ono they make themseiScs and who DO not
lnycet cent In our country but send back 10 China
even dollar they earn. Now what Il 70 be done must
PAID Il would be bat nine sho year. before Il would
Al oe wiped away. We paid last year $50 000 900
sne are paying II AZ the rate Of ss 900 900 month
cna with the Increasing em.on, prodnosion and
uogo per annum. Is u right to take $500 900 600
GUY oi the POCKET OF the people ndhorde It at Wash
ington 70 be plundered and stolen. The time viii
come when the people Win compel BY united
voice Congress TO make radical changes In our tax
laws, and Ill Is done at time, twill 60 disar-
rsnee ne husipefs affairs as to to destroy every
terpriss in the country. The work should be com
meneed now. The duties should be decreased on
ma'cnes, on sugar, Coffee on tea, on salt and on
tne hundreds Of other articles not produced IN this
country. Then on your fabrics you have no ddud-
.9re tax, tax sccordingt value but all Is specific
nave duty OF 70 per cent, ON your cheap artie-
ie5 That you wear and on the fine broadcloths and
,ukunes Of life only 40 or so or go per cent No man
Is compelled 10 buy luxures and those who can af-
iord them let them pay the tax. The duties should
oe modhed and goods taxed accordingto their value.
80 II the rich man buys Sio0broadcloth he must pay
tne same as the aborng man when he buys the suit OF
sn Why Congress the other day had the tax on knit
goods rised-ourm mothers don't knit our stockings
nov, as they did in years gone by-and every time
you Duy one dollars worth Of stockings you are pay
ing two dollors for them. The farmers get 25 per-
cent on their WOOL and 1t Ia all right, for our farm
ers cannot compete with the wool growers Of
Australia, but you send 1t down to New Eng.
land and have 1t manufactured and brought back
ana then you pay 100 per cent. on It. There Is no
gooa reason for this. merchant Is doing business
on 900 capital eight thousand on which is eaten
~ the tarin lit were not for these oppressive
duties he coulddo the same business for $t2 max
ing me same profit, selling more goods because they
are cheaper and thus beneftting himself and the
eo"innhity' You arc continually hearing Of
LABOR STRIKES,
somsthing that did not occur until within n few
years immagine a man In New York or Pittsburg
or Toledo or anywhere with family OF four or ave.
Recently he paid 75 cents peck for potatoes, 25
cents for coffee the same for beef 80 ceus for tea
ana many other articles in proportion. How can ho
i've with such prtcesy Then the farmers raise their
corn their wheat their oats and 1t is sent abroad
because the price is regulated by the foreign Market
by law before it reach the other Shore
and 50 we have to pay similar tax on other articles
Of British production. Their laws are retaatory |
nen you pay tax 1t does not go into the pocket Of
the business man, nor yet into the Golfers Of the
manufacturer. but into surplussed treasury to be
tle OBJECT OF robbery and plunder. The people were
willing to stand this taxation when 1t was necessary
but nowit not, and by its existence surplus is
created that they will not put at interest nor can 1t
be applied to the payment of the public debt be-
cause much oft has been funded for term of wears
Then why keep up the duties? This is brief state
ment, that viii endeavor to explain what becomes
OF this money wrongfully taken from the people.
The President has just vetoed river and harbor
fraud amounting to $l9,O0O,OOO. When / was in
Congress voted against River and Harbor bill be.
cause it appropriated 100000, but here we have
an aggregate steal Of $19,000,0O0. would vote to
improve the hArbor at Toledo and all lake and ocean
harhors, but would not vote $50 900 to make Tur-
keyfoot creek In Henry county navigable but would
rather see 1t macademizeda and good wagon road
made. These $40 900 600 have been Appropriated for
little creeks not half as much water In them as
Turaey,foot creek and Of which the engineers said
they did not have three inches Of water at the high
water mark The President well said that the more
disrputable the bill became the more support 1t re-
ceiyed. That veto Is the best thing the President
ever did or probably ever will do and endorse It,
amin favor of improving the ocean and lake har-
bors; am in favor Of improving the Ohio river but
lam opposed to this waste Of money on insignificant
streams. The argument used In Congress is that we
have this surplus; can't use 1t for anything else
and they throw 1t away. They had better leave Il
in the pockets Of the people and not tax 1t for poll
ticians 70 steal and throw away belicye that with
ufacturing enterprise can be maintained, and the
people relieved Of 5000 0Oe 600 year We have an
otherimportant question before you In the form of
payment of the public debt and the National bank
| ing system. am opposed to it, but candor com
pes me to say that 1t is the best we ever had for
| bill on Vermont bank is good in Ohio. The sys-
tenn is founded Oh the public debt and you wipe out
the debt you wipe out the banking system. You
must approach these reforms gradually, and now Is
| the time to commence"
Mr.. Hill then referred to his opponent, Col. Brig
ham, saying he claimed much credit on certain ef-
forts made in behalf Of the farmers of Ohio in his
| l4 AS RAILROAD BILL
in the Senate. The speaker, after saying he had
work to get copy Of the bill gave the history of it
as follows:
GAS originally introduced this bill contained eieh-
teen pages Of closely printed matter, and he sent
copies OF it to every grange lodge in the district.
Imet some grangers in Wood county the other day
and they all had them in their pockets. When the
bill had been printed on his own motion 1t was re-
fcrred to him for amendment, and he amended It.,
cutting out every provision that the railroads cared
about and substituted for 1t ab of only nine pages.
In other words he srangled his infant before ever
draws breath and put forth this miserable abor-
ton in Its stead. 1t Is outrageous palpable fraud
on the people. He kept his nine pages In the dark,
and when he spoke 1t was on his first bill This nine
page thing was again, by courtesy, referred him,
and 1t is now in his pocket where IT will probably
remain. If hes doing well for the people Of Ohio
In the Senate propose to help him stay there, and
| that Is my business here to-day" 4A}8
Mr.. Hill referred to Brighams claim of being O
farmer and said he was one himself and had lived
on farm since he was nine years old. He had a
record on that question and all he asked was to be
judged by that record. The gentleman then spoke
of HN
THE LIQUOR ISSUE
handling IL satisfactorily On Gov. Foster he
was particlarly severe, and illustrated Calico
Charleys position with several ludicrous anecdotes
He maintained that the Democrats did mot pay ali
the liquor tax and said the Defiance saloon keepers
had told him that they made more money in one hour
Of Brighams convention than they did all day with
the Democratic Leaving this subject he went to
that Of the civil service, and his remarks this topic
were as follows: p
Coincident with the issues Of the day is the ques-
ton of civil service reform. do not agree with our
Senator Pendetop because believe that ifthe Dem
Ocrats succeed to office they out to have 1t. don't
want TO spend my time and labor TO keep Repubr-
cans In Office, and we are not entitled to win vic
/ tory unless we can run the Government; yet SEN
ator Pendleton has one theory with which heartily
agree, and that is that men ought not to be COM
| POLITICAL ASSESSMENTS
| to corrupt the people. was in Washington the
other day, and Iwas told that this Jay Hubbell had
collected this year S34000 and he is not half
through. There is, then, 00,000of corruption for
the States. In what legitimate way can 1t be used
limo way exceptto corrupt the voter. Our elections
the ballot was free and untrammeled and you were
at liberty TO cast your ballot for whom you pleased
| / am opposed to the domineering influence ofmoney
in elections and any law In Congress to stop the
political assessments ought to meet with the endorse
He then said the Republicans should help rebuke
their party and vote the Democratic ticket The en-.
dofsement Of Arthur by the Republican State Con-
yention, and Arthur's action In seeking to place
Roscoe Conkling on the supreme bench were charac-
ezcd direct to the people, and large bug
to be swallowed By request Of several Republicans
Mr.. Hill explained the pension operations at Wash
ngton which was OF interest to the soldiers butwas
not strictly part Of his speech It showed however,
In unmistakeable accents, that he was and always
has BEEN the friend OF the soldier He advised the
pensoner never to 60 outside Of his county for at
torney, and to give the average claim agent wide
berth. He closed his mastery effort In the following
words: * ff m
f elected, viii Jay 10 the soldier, whatever can
do for yOu will do That did before and to nav