The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-28
SENATOR JOE BROwN OF GEORGIA
ON POLITICAL ISSUES.

United Htates Senate. Washington, ID ~. ARil
10Th, 1881 Colonel II. Fielder menu'Ap'
DIAN CoLosEL:-I have your Kind letter
OF the 6th inst, and note contents; 30 laf
| as have eeen the comments OF the press
have generally bean favorable on tho LIE
| and Times except the Instance you men
| ton. There the editor is not very friencly
and suppose IL was agreeable 10 rap me
| little over your back. However zee you
understand thet fully. trust your nov
story or book may be n success, WHO az
you know, have very little time 70 feaa
either romance or history enjoy II yorJ
much sometimes when j can have leisure
hour. should be very glad TO see you
slcce ed In Whatever You undettase. ,,.,
see Mr.. Tilden's physical conditon
0 ems TO be kuch that he nov very constant
| Iy declines the nee OF hi, name ~ oanol-
| date for the presidency. The nsxt iTo or
three months will be rather eventual -
| 10 impossible TO toll yet v hat turn the pup
| lilo mind may take as you will notice the
| Pennsylvanis domoora oyesterdsy enuor,,
| ed Randall as the candidate. he would
make an excellent presidsntifwe b ,d him.
| My idea would bo TO lot New Yore ,Connso
| ticutt, New Jersey, Indiana, Ohio and Cali
| iornia delegations az Chicago select the
| candidates and let all the other statse come
| Ia and support ;hem, 40 they are the
| do:htfui states think they shonld select
|
| ty OF those states, and any ticket that they
would select would certainly be batter th,n
| tho republican ticket, or should be IN the
| eslim atiun OF all true democratic. The sc.
| tive aggressive whisky ring Of The west viii
MOI, however agree 30 that. Ihay must
put down t,ril 10 put up whisky. Th-y
are making immense profits out Of the
whisky business, and they are protected by
the 90 ceuts q gallon tsx which they charge
| TO the people, and the isil door is ut the
back Of all other small competitor: then
they arc protected ct tho coast by S2 tax o
gallon on foreign whisky, so that they have
8 safe thing OF i; t9en they pay tue tax
generally when II sulis them, or they nave
heretofore. Thero 10 Law that gives them
three years TO keen 1t in bonded warehouse
guarded bv the officers OF the United States
for them without charge TO them.
At the end Of three years they can e1',
port II II they choose and pay no tax, and
| they came before this congress aud ASKED
an extension OF two years more on some
| $50, ,0O0, 600 or $4,000, 900 that was due the
government. We should return to the old
| rule OF collecting the tax TO support the
Federal government st the ports rs our
| fathers always did, and then We should put
heavy tax by the statcs on whisky and
| tobacco, and to that extent take the tax oil
OF our farmers and industrial classes. Bat
the whisky ring is too strong for this. They
| are advocates OF low tariff, many OF them or
free-trede. They wonld prefer to raise much
| the larger part otihe whole tax Oh whisky
and tobacco, and especi,ly on whisky.
You can not get o representative here OF the
whisky ring to vote for one csnt reduction
on the tax on whisky. They are 30 patri'
otic that they delight to be taxed, but they
shed many tefrs over the oppressed people
who nre taxed under tariff laws. However,
| need not enlarge ON that question as you
doubtless fully understand IL l think the
repeal OF the internal revenue laws the
most important movement OF any other:
Let us abolish It and with it tho army OF
political rotaiucrs that they have in sll the
offices and service OF that department, and
! then let us collect the tax on these articles
| in the statee as We collect other taxes.
Gun very u uly,
Your friend.
JosEPH Il. Brown.