Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-10-05

nothing has been done. The Republican
party Claims that it is in favor of modi6-
cation of the tariff. Nineteen years have
rolled by and they have been in power
most of the time, and yet taxation now
finds the people oppressed with $50, ,00O, 900
every year above the needs of the govern
ment. What say you? l will tell you
/ say, A party that persistently refuses
to relieve the people from excessive taxa.
ton ought to 90 out and another party
ought TO succeed them. Cheers. ! 1t is
not a question of the adjustment of the
tariff, hnt it is question Of reducing taxa
ton.
l take it, any man in this crowd will say
there ought to be some modification of the
law 'aSing the people When there is $685.
900, 900 collected every year more than the
demands of the Government will consume
there ought to be modification, or, as the
Democrats express it,
REVENUE REFORM.
Ny countrymen, as the representative of
the party that nominated me for the high
Office ! say to you that the platform adopt
ed by the Convention is my platform
[cheersb and with your permission will
refer to it for every man that is capable of
forming q judgement at all ought TO know
upon what principles the Government is go
ing 10 tax him and his neighbors, and /
proposeto tell you, and if our policy is the
right one, demand your support for the
great party that adopted that pol
icy; [Cheeral Now, let me-
call lyour attention to the
platform adopted by the Chicago conven-
ton. The first proposition of that platform
is as follows: Federal taxation shall not
exceed TIE needs of the government econ
omically administered" put the question
to every man here presents that not
right? ICries of Yesl Right! Risatl1
Just what the government needs--uo less,
no more-let the taxation pc, When the
tax gaheTe! e0ues to me or 10 You, my
brother Democrats, with the authority Of
the law 10 collect from us taxes, and it ap-
pears 1t is just what the government does
need, yod and If we have the money
pay it cheerfully. But when they want to
Collect Money to Horde 1t Away
then want to know what they are going to
do with the excess, and so do YOU Now.
my fellow citizens, the next proposition Of
the platform is:
Federal taxation shall be exclusively for
public purposes"
Tax gstherers that come to you or me
must come to collect taxes for public pur.
poses, not for private purposes. And what
say you to that? Shall taxes be collected
off of all the people for the benefit Of one
man, or Of few men!
So we will pass to the next proposition.
1T shall be the duty of Congress to re-
wise the tariff in spirit of fairness to all in
terested, and that any change Of law must
at every stage and step be regardful of the
labor and capital employed in the indus
tries OF the country" In the modification
of the tariff the Democracy say that it shall
be with due regard 10 the interests and the
WELFARE OF THE LABOR
and capital employed in the industries Of
The country. That is right, and will not
stop to argue it to an intelligent audience.
And the last proposition is, that the
lightest taxation shall be on articles of
necessity and the heaviest taxation upon ar
ticles of luxury Cheers and cries of
Good! Good! That's right Let me re.
state that briefly. Voice: Hurrah for
Cleveland and Hendricks Yes, that's
very well, and there ~. never
was such cry in the world as there is on
II "a rTory.-.l-- . IN the
CRY of the men that claim monopoly in the
Offices Of this country are not TO be needed
by the people But let me repeat this plat.
form that was repeated at Chicago.
First. Taxation shall on Is be to the ex
tent required for an economical admins
tration OF the government
Secondly Taxation shall be for public
purposes.
Thirdly. In the modification Of the tariff
there shall be due regard paid to the inter
-stS OF the labor and capital invested in the
nterprises of the country.
f,t,hly:
THE HEAVIEST TAXATION
ha!l be on articles Of necessity and Tol.
Fellows, who was setting asi3e of Gov.
HCndricks called his attention to the fact
hat he had reversed the article. Yes, /
correct that and what difference it does
make. That is the whole difference between
he emocratic party and the Republican
arry. Just that little mistake l was about
0 AXE Laughter. The lightest taxa
Iion that the people have to-day shall be on
-rritles OF necessity and the heaviest taxa
ion upon articles of luxury that the rich
are likely to buy. Cheers. That is the
am er. That is the banner that the Chicago
Con, ention threw out to the breeze, and
lrveland and Hendricks have adopted the
entiments of the banner. Enthusiastic
ppls use. Fair play in taxation, not
S3j, 100000 every year more than the gov
crnme1t needs.
A man has got to read everything now, or
he will be called liar by some. Laugh
Ter. Let me read you this:
On the Goth day OF last month this dis
patch was published from Washington:
The large new silver vault under the
cash room in the Treasury Department is
finished. and the transf' of silver to it will
begin on Monday next"
That was last Monday, and they have been
engaged removing the silver into the new
vault now six days. 1t has storage ca
paeity of fftv millions OF silver dollars
Silyer now stored in the Treasury amount
ing to s., 900 900 will he transferred to the
new vault. where Will also be stored the SUI
plus Of coinage Of the different mints &C
cumulated every month. / expect that will
be satisfactory to some people A new
vault Laugh Inter It is down deep in
the ground where the peoples currency isto
be buried. Have you ever known buried
man to be of any account to his fellowmen?
THIS CURRENCY OF THE PEOPLE
that stimulates trade that the President
and the Secretary of the Treasury speak of
as stimulating trade and enterprise, is to be
buried. where its activity is gone. AS the
blood in a man face gives life and power
and activity to all the parts Of his body, so
the currency OF the country gives activity
and life TO business. Cheers. Let me
ask you: Is business very active Just noWr
rCries of No! No Mol / can not say at
what price labor can be employed Just now,
because it is more regulated BY the time
than BY the payment. A man is lucki
that gets a chance to work six days out OF
the week, and instead Of cutting OF labor
altogether, it is thought better in many
places to give partial employment mother
rlscss lab bor commands but low compensation