The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-09-20

ternal revenue acts. and though I
know the Gov overnment of North Car
olina has little or nothing 6 g dO with
Federal legislation, yet I pledge to
you that if / am elected Governor
all the influence can bring to bear
will be brought to bear upon Congress
for the purpose of getting them to
adopt the views I have expressed here
to-day to you in regard to this tax.
(Applause.)
COL Dockery uses the beautiful IL
lustration about the Democrats bios
soming and blossoming and blossom
ing, and yet producing no fruit. Now,
my countrymen, want to show you
to day who has given you the blossom,
and who it is that proposes to give you
the fruit. Why suppose 1 were to bring
plate of apples or pears here to-day
and | were to say to the Republican
friends sitting, before me"take an apple
or pear" and / would have here the
plate and he should turn away and
decline to take the fruit, and suppose
I had promised some one that he
should take the apple or pear to day,
and he lets it go by, pray who would
be to blame, that good Republican or
myself? Who would be the one that
had not carried out his promise ?
Would 1 have broken my proc"ise,
if he had refused to take and eat
when it was presented TO him for that
purpose
Would not he be to blame? And
how could he blame me? Who i'm
posed the tax? Who was it that en-
acled these Internal Revenue laws?
1t was the Republican party. Who
kept them up during the eleven years
when they had undisputed control of
the house of Representatives of the
Senate Of the United States, and the
Executive department OF the United
States The Republican party.
Now, my countrymen, it seems to me
that when my opponent comes and
attempts to lay the blame upon me
and the Democratic party because we
cannot repeal the tax which he and
his party put upon us, it seems to me
il is like man who takes fierce bull
dog, turns him loose in the back yard,
and then blames his neighbor who
will not come and muzzle that bull
dog. (Laughter.i Now let us see
who is the friend to repeating the in
ternal revenue laws, and who is its
enemy. 1 asked my distinguished op-
ponent, when we were down in Per-
son county how much tax was paid by
his people each month, and he said it
amounted $4,000. Again asked
him from what source was that tax
derived, and he stated from the to-
bacco tax. Thereupon will take up,
first the tobacco tax, treating Incl
dentally whiskey and brandy as [ go
along There are two candidates now,
for President One is Grover Cleve-
land, representing the Democratic and
the other is Benz. Harrison, rep
resenting the Republican party. My
opponent says Mr.. Cleveland is op
posed to repeating the internal reve
nue., because Mr.. Cleveland has re-
commended that there should be re-
duction of the tariff. How is 1t with
Mr.. Harrison What does his record
show? Ny friends, l want to show
you what friend of the internal rev.
enue Harrison, the Republican can
didate, is. As some Of you probably Y
may own farms, and cultivate little
cotton. even up among these beautiful
hills. Laughter.) l will tell you
that he voted against reducing the
rate on cotton ties. Harrison, voted
against the repeal of the Tobacco tax,
see Congressional Record, Vol. 141,
page 2,797. He voted against re-
ducing the tax on tobacco ON -
to 8 cents per pound. Now some of
you may be interested in brandy or
whiskey, but will come to that pres
entity. Harrison voted against re-
ducing the tax on brandy and whis-
key from 80 to so cents Old Zeb.
Vance voted to reduce the tax on
brandy and whiskey from 80 cents
per gallon to so cents. Mr.. Harrison
voted against it. You men who make
brandy and whiskey, is BENZ. Harri-
son a revenue repealer?
! On February 18th, 1881, Senator
Brown, of Georgia, offered an amend
ment to the bill before the Senate
that the tax known as the Interna
Revenue laws, ON whiskey and brandy
| be repealed, and Harrison votee
fagainst it, and Zeb Vance voted fo
it. Now there is the record, but i
that all Oh no, Col. Dockery say
for when the Democratic party was il
session in ST. Louis, not one word dit
it say about repeating these Interna
Revenue acts, and he says, some
times, that he will give man bal
of cotton (laughter) if he will find
single reference to the repeal of th
| internal revenue acts in the Demo
cratic platform, adopted at St. Louis
Then he called your attention to tn
J Republican platform. wish to ca
your attention to the Republican plat
form. You are plain business mer
J 1 am making a plain business speec
: to you to day, and I want to speak
your reason. am talking about
matter that is interesting to you
that concerns your pocket and you
| future welfare, and it is well for yo
to see what Is your exact position upo
, this great question.
Now, says Col. Dockery, the RI
} publican platform did say somethin
: in their platform. He says that
!. does promise that it will ultimatel
t repeaIthe Internal revenue acts. [ sa
) to you that the man, relying upon ii
!, conditional promise in the Repubiica
: platform for the repeal of the intern'
revenue acts, depend upon it, he wi
scratch a poor mans head as long
f he lives. (laughter) / heard of a Ii