The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-30

With reference 10 the tariff. l under
stand him to say that he opposes any
reform of tariff. I understand him to
say that he aid not wish the subject
touched In any manner and the great
issue that he presented to the people of
Pennsylvania was that there must be
no legislation upon this subject. l am
not going tonight to discuss this tariff
question. 1t is a subject about which,
In It's detail, there may be difference,
but In the main there can be none.
l SIMPLY propose to call attention
to the evidence that Mr.. Blaine is
not sincere when he tells you that
no legislation is necessary whatever. I
say that when he makes that statement
TO the people of Pennsylvania. he does
not stand upon even the platform of
his pSrty. Public sentiment was
aroused upon this subject in 1884, and
IN the platform adapted by their own
convention the Republican party maze
use Of these words: THE Republican
party pledges itself to correct the inc
qualities OF the tariff aud to reduce the
surplus" Yet Mr.. Blaine comes now
before the people of the tariff State, as
it is supposed 30 be, and declares that
he OPP Oses all legislation what
ever. He wants the present law
AAbAA SeA'l4C0i AuC4 udlAblCS auO ali. As
early as NOvem Der, 1888, he wrote a let
ter to Charles K. Smith. editor of one of
your papers. in which, speaking on this
subject, he said: This b ms With it
the necessity of reducing the national
revenue. The present system of taxa
ton Is yielding more than $l00. COO 900
beyond the amount required for the
ordinary expenses of the gocernment.
Its reduction will soon become an i'm
peratiYe duty"
This was his position taken deIibsr-
ateIy in 1888, and this is one of
the le' ters that was not burned. (Qreat
cheering.) We are willing to
stand upon that sameJ position.
We simrly stand in favor of revenue
refOrm. We have proposed nothing
else aud that reform Will not interfere
with the wages of q single laboring
man. On the contrary it will p e5erye
and project them. 1t will not destroy
single industry in the country, but it
will preserve and build up ali of them.
Blaine has also a great sympathy for
the co,ored people of the south. He
tells Us, what [ do not believe to be
true, and what no investigation had
within the past two or three years has
proven to be true, viz. that the colored
people of the south are deprived of their
political rights. What peculiar infor-
nation has he to which the country
has not acCess2 l say there has been
no complaint from the colored man
himself. say. there has not been a
petition of any importance presented
upon the subject IN the last two or
three, years in Congress from single
Republican representative from the
south. They have representatives in
the Congress of the United States. Pray.
tell Us when and where was it that the
coiored people of the south, through
their representatives., set up any such
claim, that they have not en-
joyed their political rights dur
ing the past two or three years,
limit it to that time, because that is
the period TO which he has alluded.
Grover Cleveland is the last man to
countenance that. I point you to fact
that he appointed from our own State
an intelligent cOlored man to position
in Washington, and that that colored
man was rejected by the Republican
senate.