The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-12-20
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Republican ticket in his hand. those who
loaded him with chains and clothed him wnn
curses would single dEust- lastdt,ntEs; put on
HIM robe of honor, and give him . high
place in their councils"
Referring to the currency of the country
.enator voorhees, said: 1.-The Secretary CT tne
Treasury six years ago, In the face or I'M
pending, compulsory legislation, took the
step. apparently voluntary but in fact invoi-
tfntary, 70 receive the greenback for customs
duties on imports, notwithstanding law
which required such duties in coin. Inc
greenback currency, Its existence. ana Us.
volume thus assured. and its character thus
honored rose at once {, par with minted gold.
and has there remained plus rather tnan mi>
ms 10 the present hour. despite the scroak-
pefiiitehdcnts Of asylums for idiots through
out the whole land. Does the hepubllcan
party mean to include this currency. which i
has so long denounced as dishonest rags. with
honest currency or with the best money
known to the civilzedsworii?' Iwould be glad
to have an answer. but it can not be found in
their National platform.
again, what is the position of the Rspub-
lican party on silver money! Is It hqnest
or dishonest currency? Does 1t rank with the
best money of the world. or is it spurious is
sue? The history OF the Republican party
shows its hostility to silver money: In 1873
Republican Congress struck from the Coinage
act the American silver dollar. 1t was done
with the silence. skill and deception Of inter
. National fraud. When the struggle came, as
it did five years later, for the restoration of
this branch OF our currency, Republican
a Republican Secretary of the Treasury.
Mr.. Sherman, launched his veto against the
bill for the reorganization of silver From
annual me sage delivered by the President to
Congress, aud no annual report male by the
Secretary OF the Treasury. which have not
contained a recommendation looking to q re-
peal of the law for the coinage of silver. and
pointing to gold alone As the specie basis for
q pager currency" sr
! The speaker, after reading the tari6 plank
In the Republican platform adopted 1t Chi
cagO, said:
within these few lines there 10 the most
extraordinary confession of guilt ever made
BY political party. and of the most fatal inn
It condemns. The inequalities here admitted
to exist in a system of tariff taxation we're
placed in the law more than twenty years ago
there ever since. Less Than two years ago, in
the Forty-seventh Congress, that party went
through the work of tariff revision. and a bill
came a law in March, iss3. still the ineauaii-
ties of the tariff remain. The admission
of that fact is made of record. The
placed on u the labor and ds pro deaaes
OF the country. A greater crime than4s here
| contested can hardly be committed against
the people, pie Long years s, OF opportunity to
ed. Under Republican tariff Legislation
monopolies ON every hand had waxed fat and
grSwn 70 gsnt proportions while labor has
|
scenes have we beheld during the last few
weeks IN Ohio ana Pennsylvania? Have they
been scenes OF comfort. protection and pros
riot, bloodshed and vio'ence, rather than re-
munerauve wages and plenty of work, are
some ofthe fruits of that policy which the
party in power has inflicted on the laboring
classes
The next pledge in this remarkable tarif
plank Of the Republican platform is to reduce
I ne surplus Who male that surplus In the
Treasury and where did it come FROM Itcame
from the pockets of the People and Is not
eeded for the expenses OF the Government.
ibis the result not only of unequal taxation,
but also of taxation who ly unnecessary and
beyond any public or legitimate demand. The
exact amount of this surplus revenue in the
kns. the Republican candidate for Governor.
stated 1t, believe, as high as &40.OJ0,OOO and
seems to take pride in the fact that his party
United States SO large a sum q money for for
which the Government has no need.
He regards this idle. dead money in the vaults
OF the treasury as a blessing. He is mistaken
not a blessing: II is a curse. 1t should not be
these: it should bein circulation in the hands
Of the people s It T. actiyc money which pro,
boards do no one any good. while ths.busy
dollar brings Coy and e.ief. The business in
terests Of this country at the present moment
are painfully in need of more active busy
money than is now in circulation. There Is
financial peril near at hand. and for this.perl
the Republican party has made itself refpon..
poney from the channels of active trade into
tne vaults OF the -Trerssuiy -there To lie in
useless repose as an evidence Of the foilt and
Crime OF unnecessary taxation" -
!. Senator Voorhees, spoke OF the efforts Of the
Republicans to build up navy in the folloN
ing language: f7tf =
! sThe Republscan party in It's successive ad-
the Treasury. nearly $3.50 000 COZ of money on
account Of the navy, and there u not one
you expect me to vote still further millions
for the same purpose and to the same PARTY?
In the Republican platform the restoration of
the navy to its old time strength and efficiency
already bden restpred2 Has the Navy Depart
meut bee44 tGboers' roost, where money Wa
obtained but not expended for the public serv-
iceY At any rare. the country has lest CONF
dence, and the OPERATIONS will be cut eown
for that department as low as possible hnt0
there is change. deny. however. that
of the Government, any more than a stand
ing army. Every once in while clamoro -
appeal ts made in Congress for stupendoJt
ons :. These sppeas SsrnR Rs spS
cendancy have generally been heard just on
the eve OF a Presidential election. One was
Congress: IL 1t had been successful the Coz
ruption fund OF the Republican managers Il.
the present canvass would have been much
large than 1t Is. n.
1T is a singular and fatal fact that On ever
question of public policy mentioned in IL
National platform the Republican party
stands self-condemned by its own coniu6t
and history: 1T deponpces as a great wronk
the grant of large tracts of the public lands -
eorp9ratons, after having granted nearly
200 100000 OF acres. 1t dec ares these lands s.
heritage for actual sett ers, after having Riveu
all the most valuable torailroad corporations
1t demands the speedy forfeiture OF ali land
grants which have iapsed by reason OF non
compliance of their conditions, when, in fact
with full power for many year,. the Rdpub-
lican party has never forfeited single acre
1t was left for a Democratic shou Sc 70 Hegia
this work In the last session OF Congress-. A
Democratic Committee on Public Lands. with
my Democratic colleague, Mr.. Cobb as is
CHAIRMAN, prepared and reported bills whics1
passed the: Honse, FORGETTING nearly 5O,0lO %
of acres These bills were sent to the Rebuff
lican Senate and not touched. Other bills for
the forfeiture OF large grants'were reportef
by the committee, and are on the House CO..
eDdar for sctien next winter. 80 4
The Republican platform declares THAI
Ameyjean eit!zens BY adpption must have the
same projection everywhere whicn is secured
to American cttizeus by birth. while at the
same time the Republican party, and compi0s
uously rs candidate for President, has with
OUT Drotest or NOTICE of the outrages per.
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