Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-17
BUTLER ON THE ELECTIONS

Tacation the Cause Of the Pc pies Upris-
ing.
New York World, Nov. II.
General Benjamin F. Butler, governor
elect of Massachusetts, arrived in the city
yesterday, and is now staying at the Fifth
Avenue hotel. A reporter of the World in
terviewed him regarding the recent cleo
tions and asked him to what cause he at
tributed the results. General Butler said
''The widespread disaffection of the peo-
pie with the administration of the federal
government is the cause, else the uprising
would not have been so unanimous. There
general government to produce the general
effect, and that is the extravaganza in ex-
penditure and the enormous burden
of taxation. The collection OF
over $1,25O,O0O for every work
ing day in the year makes drain upon
the resources of the country which no
other people would have endured as we
have endured for the past few years. Nor
could this country have borne it but for
our enormous agricultural resources These
taxes fall upon the middle and working
| classes, who are the largest consumers of
| everything, except the luxuries, on which
tariff revenue is collected. They have
borne this burden without complaining,
| because they supposed it was the necessary
consequence of the war and of the necessity
of paying the national debt. But when
| they were awakened by the passage of the
river and harbor bill for the expenditure of
SIS, SOC, 900, passed over the veto of the pre-
sident they saw there must be some other
| cause than public necessity for such vast
appropriation of public money, and they
naturally attributed this to the desire of
those who passed it to have funds put into
their districts to carry the pending cleo
tions, and they were encouraged in this be-
lief by the presidents words in his veto.
The more the bill gave the more votes it
got, and when the people learned, in addi-
ton to this piece of extravaganza, that
there would be surplus of 100000, OO0
in the treasury they became satisfied that
such an amount of taxation should no
longer be borne. They also heard declared
in congress by members of both parties
and contradicted. that the tariff which
raised the greater part of this great reve
nue. needed revision, yet they saw no steps
taken to revise it,
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for this very purpose?''
ssTrue. a tariff commission was provided
to report its conclusions at the next ses-
sion of congress. Everybody would see
that if congress which set nine months
could do substantially nothing but pass
appropriation bills-unless the Chinese
and Mormon bills go for something
in session of three months with holidays
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and therefore that it was the intention of
sideration attached upon the incoming
congress. Hence the people learned that
the purpose was to have the tariff not re-
vised, but kept pending question until
the next presidential election. This has
caused a universal revolt
"What can the Democrats do to be sue
cessful in the next presidential election?"
''Carry out the principles of Jefferson
an opportunity, judicious tariff; bring
down every kind of taxation to the lowest
possible point consistent with defraying
the most economical expenditure of the
public money; take in hand the monopo-
lies which are raising the price of pro-
visions and the necessaries of life; leave
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several states and show, by their modera-
ton, economy and craftsmanship, that
they are fitted to govern, and the people
will give their government long series of
years as they gave it to their fathers
''Would you advise the Democrats in the
present congress to vote for sweeping
away at this session all the internal rev.
enue taxes!"
Il would advise their taking them all
away from the producers, because do not
think they ever ought to have been levied
in that way; but very much doubt whether
they ought to be taken away so suddenly
upon spirits and tobacco, because I have
ascertained that all civilized countries have
found it convenient and necessary to raise
quite large proportion of their revenue
from that source, and it would seem to me
not wise to put ourselves in opposition to
the political economy of the civilized
world without more study than can be
given to the question in sixty days. Be-
sides, when the whisky and tobacco tax is
to be taken of, the tariff must be revised
to meet any deficiency and be so adjusted
as to become permanent rule for the bus
mess of the country"
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