The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-07

addressing II people with whom he had
lived since his boyhooi, and with whom
he had cast rs first vote-a vote for a
Volusia county Democrat he said he
intended to vote for democracy as long
as it was true to itself and true to the
people.
1t was proper, he said. that the people
should know his opinion on the only issue
now between the two great parties. The
tariff question had been talkeu of so
nuch that all people nearly were tired
of it, apd the speaker who preached the
subject was in great danger of being shot
on the spot-a fate he hoped to escape in
this instance. Tariff, though, was simply
tax, and taxation all people were inter
ested in and could not escape.
The Government derived its revenue
from taxation, either direct or indirect.
Direct tax was based on property, and
was collected to pay the expenses of the
State, county and municipal govern
ments; but the individual taXation-the
internal reven ue and customs duties
was the tax that supported the United
States Government. The Republicans
and newspaper editors had misrepre-
sented him on this question, and he eX-
planned that his vote for the Morrison
bill was merely to consider the bill in its
relation to the reduction of the tariff,
and that he never intended and would
not vote for its passage. The Demo
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tariff should be revised, and his vote
for that bill was not whether it should
pass or not, but to get the question be-
fore the House for consideration. lie
was true to the promises he made HheG
he SO voted, but because it Disseminated
against Florida he should have voted
against its passage. He took the rosi-
ton then, and still held it, that It Penn
sylvauia ron and New England manu-
factures should he protected" then
Florida lumber and Florida fruits should
be equally guarded from foreign compc
tition. Florida's interests, lie said, had
not suffered at his hands, and while he
would vote for the consideration of the
tariff question, his vote would never be
recorded in favor of a discriminating
tariff bill
The culored voters had been deceived
SO many times that they could now no
longer be marshaled in solid phalanX
against their best friends, the Demo-
Gratis, and he illustrated the present
status of affairs between the Republicans
81. 4.
an old preacher, fond of his toddy. The
preacher had bought bottle of whisky
from a man named Paul, on credit,
and just before going into the pulpit had
sent boy for another bottle. His text
happened To be, What did Paul say: :
and when the boy came into the church,
the parson yelled out his text. The boy.
thinking lie was inquiring after the bot
tie, spoke up and said, Please, sir, and
MIR. Paul says you can't get another bottle
of whisky until you have paid for what
you have already drunk" So say tine
colored people to the Republicans, who
prophesied all sorts of evil to them in
the event of Democratic success, going so
far in some instances AS to make him
believe that his freedom would be taken
from hun.
Speaking of the instances OF his neg
lect of correspondence, he said II was a
impossibility for any man to
answer all the letters he had been hon
ored with, and that he tried to follow
their suggestions and Iust to the results
to give his answer He described the
greatness of the various departments of
the government at Washington, and
showed the reason of the long delays
in the transaction of the pub
lie business. Happily he had done
public or private, for which he
had To make excuses or To apologize for.
He had done nothing To bring his con-
stituency into disgrace, and under SINH
lar circumstances would repeat every
action.
Referring to local affairs, he urged that
all differences be settled, and counseled
in the party ranks. He thought
the people could and would unite, and
give "A solid vote for the local and con-
gressional tickets. Turning to the ladies,
of whom large number were present,
he thanked them for their attention and
presence, and asked the voters to note
the difference between the crowd there
and the one that would meet
to listen To Greeley. lie said the ques
ton IN this campaign was not whether
Dougherty should be elected, but |
intelligence aud virtue should |
triumph over ignorance and wee. All |
Democrats were not good-he was "A kind |
Of black sheep himself-nor were all Re |
publicans bad. The Democats We're the |
natural protectors of the women, and he |
was only sorry that he did not have one |
20 protect himself.
The second district he aaid. conlR not !