The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-10-26

AT FORT WAYNE
The ssNoblest Roman or them ALL
on the Surplus.
Sen ator Thurman addressed $1,000
people AZ Fort Wayne last week, and by
Ihis vigor and clesrness Of speech. show
ed he was fer from being the "decrepit
|old man. represented by HE opponeuss.
We make the following extrac; from HE
speech, in regard to the surplus and the
tariff. He said:
The democratic platform says don't
take from the people more money than
1.-THE government needs. Now what is
Ithe remedy? There are several ways In
which this surplus can be reduced. Gen.
Harrison thinks 1t can be reduced, II
understand his position and IL l mis-
represent him shall be ready to apollo
|gize, no man more s0-by buying the
bonds Of the government.
which are at premium Of 26 or 20 per
lcent. Think Of it . moment Who
would be benefited BY that? II we're
disposed to create : feeling Of antago-
lnism on your part against the men who
bold those bonds, might relate . little
history that would stir your blood. You
remember very well that what are called
$50 bonds were purchased with green
bscks when greenbacks were worth only
5O or so or II most 20 cents on the dollar
lin coin. You remember that those
bonds were converted into these 4 pei
cents, and you recollect perfectly well
that the first act Of congress under Gen
Il IGrant's administration was 10 make those
Ibonds which were payable according q
their face or Endorsement in greenbscks
Inayable in coin; and you know that ths
lelrci that was to send them up 30 q
20 per cent In vslue (; and you know tbs
'Inow they are worth % per cent. pre-
Imium. which mskes = profit 10 thos,
who originally puscha-cd them OF 50 PEI
Iceht. You know that, and yet sh,
Theory Of the republican candidate 10
the presidency Is that your money
lshou!d be taken from your pockets, with
Iont neceesity--these bonds not beins
due until iceland poured out will
this immense premium into the pocket
of the bondho.ders Of the country
II Applause
am not going TO play the demagogu'
ct ell. i am not going 10 saw . word
agaimst the men who hosd these bonds
hut between them and TIE hard working
Ipeople OF this country. am on the sid,
ofihe people. tApplsuse. during which
Judge Thurman produced his bandana
which was greeted with renewed out
u burst.1 Whenever take il out there Il
"a shout and then the republican paper,
say the old fellow Is at = trick: he il
! playing actor II Is = monkey trick OF hi
Ito pull out his bandana. Well, Il 10 mol
80, that is all am going to cay about il
lnow.
The republican party had admitted
that this surplus is an abuse; its u. 8
Senators have admitted il, for they have
brought IN bill which they cay will re.
lduce the annual income Of the United
Estates about seventy five million dollars
Observe, however, these grave and rev.
erend seignors--do not cay, q Gen. Har-
rison says, to reduce II BY buying bonds.
They know very well that II the govern
ment were TO announce It's purpose TO
do 90, the premium on the per cent.
bonds would 60 up right away 10 80 or
leven 60 per cent fApplause. lii, in
deed, there could be found any body
holding any considerable amount OF
them who would sell 10 the government
let all. No, they say, % the democrats
Isay. let us reduce the income Of the gov
lernment But there 70 . striking differ
leuce in methods. We propose to re-
Iduce the income BY reducing the tax on
|necessaries OF life. (Applause.1 They
IprOposc 10 increase the tax on the neces-
Isaries Of life and reduce the income by
taking the tax from tobacco and whisky y
Ito great extent and on one necessary
'of life-sugar.
| We say give the laboring men Of this
cheap clothing, cheap tools and
|cheap lumber with which 20 build their
houses and shops. The republican party
says no, increase the duties, o their bill
lproposes, on the clothes that the poor
lmsn and bic wife aud children wear. on
Ibis implements OF industry, on his lum-
lber, or 70 make but . trifiug reduction
lon that and thereby make the burden 0i
taxation fall principally upon him. a
Ivoice--"I say no."l And say no. Il il
hard enough that taxes have 70 be col.
Ilected BY means OF tariff, for We do
mot intend 20 abolish all custom-houses
and al tariff duties. We know Il Il Z
very easy way 10 collect taxes and that
'st has been followed 90 long and 20 many
industries have grown NJ that u would
Ibe not only bad policy but injustice %
labolieh it at once. We know that, and
Therefore when they ssy We are free
traders they make an accusation againsi
us that hss no foundation In fact. Jap