The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-09-15
HEISKELL vs.. TRUTH.

an experienced pOlltlcaI economist. ne 6h0weO
how the laws which had been in force for the
last twenty years had f0stered monopoly and Op- |
pressed the laborer, had made the rich richer |
and the poor poorer. He showed how the OPP |
pressions Of railroad monopolies had brought
He showed up the evils Of the ''pluck, me store
system and denounced the abuses of the convict
lease system. Knoxville Tribune.
Democratic speakers find it diff
cult to speak of the administrations
Of Lincoln, Grant, Hays and Gar
field in an honorable way. Yet
none are able to do more than de-
nounce the laws as oppressive and
unjust-as being enacted in favor
of monopolies and against the labor
ing men. And yet no period Of
twenty years since the foundation
of the government has given to the
people so much prosperity. The
Government of the United States
has made greater progress in edu-
cation, in manufactures, in agricul.
ture, in improvements, in the arts
and sciences, in civilization; in.
deed, in everything that makes a
great, happy and prosperous people.
Yet Mr.. Heiskell denounces all the
laws which brought about this NOR.
al, material, educational and civil
wealth, which is above all else. Up
to the time of the inauguration of
President Cleveland the country
had enjoyed peace, plenty and con-
fdence; since that time there has
been great distrust in the admins
tration of all our national affairs.
In the State of Tennessee the DEM
ocrats have been in power for years
and yet there are no evidences of
prosperity-indeed, a large per
cent. of the manufactures and
mining are under the control Of
Democratic leaders. And what re-
lief does the party offer the honest
poor men who obtain their living
by labor? None whatever! Whom
do the party leaders employ to do
the work they have to give out, as
agents for the State? The thieves,
robbers, assassins, and other viola
tors of the laws of the State. What
relief are the laboring men prom
Used in the party platform, only "to
terminate the convict system as ear
ly as practicable" and when will
that time come? Not until the Re-
publican party gets into power and
brings relief, as no great reform
was ever brought about by the
Democratic party. The only relief
offered the people for the present
hard times is the Blair educational
bill, which proposes to give the
State of Tennessee eight million Of
dollars to educate her children,
which is $1,000, 900 a year, and $S4, 900
to Blount County. This was offer.
ed by the Republican United States
Senate a sum sufficient to educate
the children of the county and cut
down the taxes of the people. Yet
the leaders of the democratic party
say, no, Tennessee shall not have
IL.
This tells who are the friends o.
the laboring people, and Heiskel
and Bob Taylor both accept the
democratic platform and say it il
good, great and right. But to show
that the laws Of the United States
are not hard on the laboring men
let us see how they receive pay un
der the free trade government o
England; and what pay they ge'
for their labor in the United States
in the states of Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and Massachusetts:
INENGLAND. UNITED STATES.