The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-16

claims in the light of the attitude Of the republicans
in congress and out OF congress- that the report OF
the majority of the senate committee is too late.
Ny friends 1t Is too late. The cry for tariff reform,
| which has been spreading over this country. has
received such impetus that 1t Will again place
| Cleveland in the presidential chair. Prolonged
cheersI come to tell you that we propose to give
the vote of the empire state to Cleveland and
! Thurman in November, Great cheeringl There
Will he mistake about tthis tlme and the major
iy viii not be counted b. q few thousands lA9-
| plausc Our people are alive 10 the serious ques-
! tous al the hour We agree with you that some
thing ought 20 he done TO help the Interests of the
people Our national congress has egislatsd in the
interest Of classes ana IN the Interest Of monopoes
| long enough. We propose to do something for the
interests Of the people That, my friends is the is
| sue, and NIL there is to II. They may confuse
| by misstatements ! notice that nc distinguished
gentleman from Maine, who is now in this state, is
telling the people that all your prosperity is due to
the high protective tariff. You would have crop
but for the tariff, suppose (Iaughter] Your popu-
lation would not have increased but for the tariff.
| Your lands would not have been cleared your
farms would not have been cultivated, except for
the tariff. My friends this is simply nothing more
than claptrap and lit will no. deceive the intelligent
| people of this state.
| INDIANAPOLIS, October Ex-Governor Hill
and party arrived tonight. He made brief
| speeches at Seymour and elsewhere on the
route. He said at Seymour:
Fellow citizens: I thank you for this cordial
greeting. -Four years ago our opponents predicted
that the country would be ruined by the advent of
the democratic party TO power They pre-
dicted that would assume the confederate
debts [laughterE that we would repudiate the
national debt; that the colored people would be
restored 10 slavery that the industries of the
try would be paraiyzed, and disaster OF every kind
would 0yertake this land. Today we can say that
all these predictions Of adversarics have come
to naught. We have now had three and half
years Of wise sia'esmanship In the administration
public affairs in the last thirty or forty years
there has not been one equal to that given us
by Grover Cleveland, our president. Enthusiastic
cheering1 The question which is now presented is
whether there shall be q change of administration.
think that the business interests of the country
satisfied with the present administration. The
country is reasonably prosperous. Our industries
are 1ourishng. Our people, in the main, are re-
ceiving good wages and everywhere there is con-
tentment. No one, no matter how bitter partisan
he may be- doubts the sincerity of the president He
may have made mistakes. 1 cannot recall
what they sare. He has submitted to the
people suggestions in regard to the tariff. What he
proposes is the best interest Of this land. The dem
ocratic party proposes to relieve the people from
the burden of unnecessary taxation. That my
iriends,hS the issue Of the hour. We believe that
under the present system, rather under the high
tariff, we are raising en- unnecessary amount of
revenue in this country We believe that the place
for the surplus taxes In the pockets of the people,
and not in the federal treasury We believe reduc.
ton should be made, and we believe IL can be
accomplished without injuring any industry, and
without iujurtng the wages ola single laboring
man. We want the system SO adjusted that the
people may have the benefits Of moderate taxation.
am satisfied that the people Of Indiana appreciate
the Importance of this campaign, and that you r.
pose to do your duty. 1t is impossible in this
weather to speak at any length. thank you for
the compliment which you pay me aud the friends
who accompany me by coming out to hear what
little we have to say on this inclement afternoon.
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