Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-31
THE LAST Gun.

usual custom in election years, to adj
dress the Democracy of Shelbyville,
his old home, the last week of the
campaign, spoke there this afternoon.
He had been engaged for the barbecue
September %, but cancelled IL to
visit Columbus, Ohio, much to the re-
greet of his constituents. The meeting
to day was attended by about 10000
people. In his speech he counselled
the Democracy of Shelby county to
close up their divided ranks and sus-
tain him once more by their suffrages
as they had in the past He
told the people he wanted their votes,
although some dudes had charged ii
was not proper for him to ask for votes.
The speech proper was devoted to
should be limited to the needs of
governments; that the Republican
party, by its policy, had driven
our carrying trade from the ocean, re-
ducing 10 from So TO 10 per cent, and
that the surplus In the treasury should
be reduced. He said: I'm their plat
form the Republicans assure the coun-
try that they will remedy inequalities
in the tariff system and remove excess.
Is not that an admission that the
tariff Is not equal and that the burden
is Unequal upon the people, The one
man taxation is harder on one than
another. What have they been doing
in the nineteen years that have passed
by since lhe close of the war, and the
Republican party has been all the
while I'm power? Why Is il
that they have come before the people
and admit that the revenue system is
not equal and just? Why Is 1t that
they have TO admit that there Ia excess
collected through the fundamentally
| OF the revenue law How much
| shall the people be taxed? The
ausw er is "A plain one. Taxation shall
! not exceed the needs of the govern
ment. That is what President Arthur
said two years ago. 1t is what the
Democratic convention last July at
Chicago said.
Senator Williams of Kentucky fol-
lowed, and Judge Campbell OF Illinois
spoke tonight.
GOV. nENDRI0xs ON THE TARIFF.
CHICAGO, Ill, Oct. 30.-The Hen.
bricks demonstration at Springfield
was continued until late honr last
night. The city was brilliantly illu-
minated, and 1t ia estimated that Is .00C
torches were In procession at night.
In the course of his arraignment OF
the Republican party for It's tariff
policy, Gov. Hendricks said;
"In their platform the Republicans
assure the county that they
will remedy the inequalities in the
tariff system and remove the
excess. Is that an admission that the
tariff of the country Is not equal and
that the taxation Is unequal upon the
people? That upon one man the tax
alton Is higher, heavier and harder
than 1t Ia upon another man? think
So What have they been doing
Nineteen years have passed by since
the close of the war and the Repuhli
can party has been all the while III
power. Why is it they have come
before the people and admit that thI
revenue system Ia not equal aud Just
Why is IL that they have :,
admit that there Ia an excess collected
through the fundamentally of the rev
enue law? How much shall the PEG
ple be taxed? The answer Is plain
Our taxation shall equal but not exceed
the wants of the government econom
ically administered. Applause Tina
Is what President Arthur said tw'
years ago, and II is what the Demo
CfuttN tOnNtullon cAt0 IA July Abnt "a
( Chicago. That Is the first proposition
. OF our platform. The second Is tina
taxation shall be only 70
public purposes and not for prlvat,
g purposes. The third Is that in the ad
e Iustment OF taxes great care should bs
i taken that labor and capital are no
+ hurt. and the fourth that tax alton shal
! he heaviest on articles of luxury an(
I llphtest on articles of necessity. TAP
, piausel. That is the banner that tn
! Democratic convention placed Ia tn
: hands OF Grover Cleveland and Thos
+ A. Hendricks in July last IreneN o.
: applausel, and that ,g rea
/ his banner before the people and stan'
ar fall with hat banner. Renewed
: applause snd cheers,
After an elaboration OF these point
the speaker said that Mr.. Blaine advo
} Gated the ~ gh taxation instead OF tn