The Portland daily press., 1888-07-26
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el Oh American ciLlkensnip Dy giving them
honest work. Great applausel
But" you say, "Here Is a terrible surplus
that will overthrow us unless there Is some
thing Instantly DONE" Something instantly
donel Why, these very shriekers about the
surplus spent six months Of the session Of
Congress before they dared 10 let their bill
see the daylight. There never has been a
moment since the beginning OF this session
Of Congress when, II they had introduced q
bill TO reduce the surplus without attacking
the protective system Of the United States OF
America, that they could not have got two
thirds vote In favor Of 1t, and perhaps al
most unanimous. Applause.
Have you noticed how cleverly this sur
plus argument has been managed? Have
you noticed the action Of the secretary Of the
treasury? A year ago-a year and two
months ago ii became evident TO every man
who knew anything about the condition OF
this country that 1t was the plain duty Of the
secretary OF the treasury TO apply whatever
surplus there was TO the payment Of the pub
lic DEBT so nobly incurred by our people, and
the wise provision Of Congress years before
mad given ample power and full right TO pur-
cnase every dollar Of that Indebtedness.
DID they do it? No, they preferred dellb-
erateiy 70 force upon this county the almost
panic OF last year rather than follow the die
tates OF the law. The President has seru-
pies. lApplause.l His mind was troubled
because 1t was an appropriation bill. And
how was 1t removed? BY the passage OF
another law? Not at ali. The Senate
passed law which In substance declared
tnat the present law was good enough. The
House refused to pass II, and then the House
passed resolution saying that they thought
the law was good enough .and the President
who has vetoed more acts Of Congress than
all other Presidents that ever were, and ap-
parently has great contempE for his fellow
citizens suddenly finds his conscientious
scruples removed and began TO buy bonds.
There Is another thing. For years there
has been before Congress wise provision
presented In substance by Mr.. Potter, a
member from the State Of New York, where
by every dollar Of our bonded debt might be
funded 10 p per cents, and every dollar OF
1t without premium made payable whenever
the treasurer Of the Utlited States chose 10
demand IL, and yet never a single one Of
these Democratic members Of the committee
OF ways and means have ever taken the bill
from the table Of that committee Had thew
done so it could have been passed. and to-
day every dollar Of the surplus could have
been applied, without premium 10 the paw
ment Of government bonds. And whenever
during this next campaign you see the Dem
0cratie newspapers and You hear the Demo-
cratic orators proclaimlng that we are hay-
ing to pay terrible price for these bonds, /
want you to remind them that it Is "yOur
own fault; you might have refunded every
one OF those bonds and made every one Of
them payable at once" The Republican
party has always been in the habit Of meet
ing Issues squarely and manfully lapplausel
and their platform to-day meets those ques-
tions.
saw in Harpers Weekly as Ipassed
news stand tonight picture of a noble bri-
gand Of Democrat Llaughterl raising to the
masthead the Republican platform Of 1884.
Well, l have said for 10 years that the Demo-
cratic party had no other use on earth ex-
cept TO occupy our last years camps lAp-
plause.l They have always approved every
We did the fighting, and they did the prais-
ing afterward-a little reluctantly, but they
always had to do it, Now, they are under
taking to put in our platform Of 1884, but, as
usual, they never get quite squarely there;
they never get into our comp; they are al
ways somewhere around and considerably on
the fences, if they are there at all.
We believe in the reduction of the surplus.
am not quite sure that we should have be-
heved that the depositing OF 6O,0O0,0o0 Of
surplus in the national banks without inter-
est was one Of the best methods Of-ti6ipg
1t lapplauSel, but am not In the least dis
posed to complain, for that action IS an in
d0rsement OF certain features OF ours for
which they have exhibited much contempt
In times past.
Until the last session OF Congress [ don't
remember one where some Democratic lead
er, like Mr.. Bland, Of Missouri, or Mr.. Rea-
gan, Of Texas, has not risen In his place, and
pointed at the Infamous national banks and
introduced bill TO destroy them. Now, be-
fore destroying $60,0000O0 Ia those banks
the Democrats must have examined them
and discovered that they were wrong. They
must have discovered that they were safe in
stltutions, and, inasmuch as the money was
loaned without interest, they must have con
cluded that they were deserving institutions.
Now, we have prepared method In case
the tariff bill should fail, but we have told
the people Of this country not only that we
are In favor Of protection, but we have told
them II worse comes to worse-and II Is a
question whether the American system Of
protection which has made this country the
rival OF the greatest country on earth-the
successful rival-if 10 became a question
whether one should go d0wn-the protec-
tion system or the whiskey interest-the
whlskey interest has got to give place.
Now, suspect 1t will be some time before
that dilemma will happen, but when 1t does
happen, the country will know what to ex-
pect. "Oh," says the same Democratic chO-
rus, you are In favor Of free whiskey.''
Well, / said TO Mr.. Mills, "Be a little careful
about that, because II the Democratic party
believes 1t you won't get your presidential
electors. Great laughter and applause.l
Think Of the Republican party in favor Of
free whisky and the Democratic party in
favor Of temperance IL Is possible there Is
a human being who is opposed to that.
man, real human being, one who Is alive?
/ do not mean the secretary Of state OF any
thing like that Laughter.l
1t wasn't more than five years ago when
every Democratic congressman was elamor-
taxes. The Democratic leaders OF the State
of Virginia, three fOurths at least Of the
majority Of them, wanted them wiped out.
Now pass TO some better people. who de-
clare that they want that policy OF Incl
dental protection or no protection. Are
they in favor Of free whisky? The prohibit
tion people demand that IL shall be abol-
ished at once. Are they In favor, OF free
whisky? | do not think that anything can
be found like desperation Of the Democratic
party when they tried to get up that cry.
tell you, my friends, good character Is
something in this world, and when they un-
dertake to SANDER us In that way they will
meet a tax that levies In different way
from what they expect.
am sure that the people of the United
States cannot have had their eyes shut since
the year 1860; that they cannot have failed
to know that we have carried on q great war
more extensive than any other war that
ever desOlated the finances Of q country;
that we INDUCED in unwonted luxury that
we have paid 1900 millions Of dollars Of in
debtedness that we owed TO foreign nations
that we have sunk our debts so low that
there Is almost question In the minds of
some very judici0us men as to whether II Is
worth while to go furtheT-and during all
that period this country has builded itself
the most magnificent system Of railroads
that traverse any land on earth; that its
manufactures have trebled and quadrupled,
that there Is peace and prosperity from the
Atlantic TO the Pacific, and that every man
knows that If protection Is not right. that
we ought TO have been going astern thou
sand millions Of dollars every year; that
with Grover Cleveland's new-fOunded wis
dom, which he thought so precious that he
had TO do It up In separate parcel and
send it to Congress-that If that be so we
ought TO be the most impoverished people on
the face Of the earth, and today we stand the
strongest nation that the sun shines on, and
With every prospect, If we are wise. Of being
greater than the rest Of the world.
The problem now for you Is (and don'tyOu
allow yourselves 10 err In it)-the problem
now for you is, will you continue that bene-
fcent system, or will you, at the dictates Of
the Southern wing Of the Democratic party,
plunge this country into distress greater
even than they were able to plunge II be-
fore? The vote, gentlemen, Is in your hands.
The issue Is at your bidding.
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