Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-29

honestly as can on these great que Al,'
which divide the partie, in the Pm sioen-
tisl campaign. .,.;.s :.
a Democrat, should love to dwell upon ~
the prf ssnce Of my many fellow cltiz sns o.
this 81 ction of the State, but 1 fully reanz9
that when the great question OF taxsuon
comes to the front in . stl-governlng anu
free people that ell other questions SEX
INTO insieni6cance ard sink awsy from IL,
hecause It is the question in which resides
the liberty or ths slavery Of a people.
Flash the light backwards along the ms,
torv of free institutions, my friends, and
Won will find that we have come up I'd
this glorious heritsge of American hbsrty
successive and victorious conflicts
against excessive and unjust taxation
T cheers1; and that, my fellow citizens, ae-
spite ali the efforts made t, give it another
term, tho great question bsfore the
American people to-day If, "How shall we
get rid of that unnecessary taxation, tbs
unjust and onerous tlxation?
THsDE,ro, Ratio POLICY FAIR AND OPEN.
lam here to speak to you on behalf Of
the policy proposed by the DEMOCRACY.
There ia no concealmeut about that Foley.
TT ere ia NO line of it that has not bean
known to the people of this country since
the 21st day Of last July. 1t has sen
embodied, 60 far as that party could en-
body il, in q law passed by that cnamoer
of Corgrees which is in the Possession OF q
Democratic majority. A Democratic Prfs'
ident stands ready to approve it; great
Democratic National Convention has en-
do.sed It and adopted it, and 80 the great
Democratic party, tie party that has for
100 years bsen organized to fight the bat
ties Of the people comes before them once
sgain on its own strength, fighting for
economic, government and just taxation
Cheers
NV. fellow citizens, can only say OF
GEN. G:ffs speech as to the Mills b II as
the famous Josh Billings eaid to the your
man, 81 had rather not know 80 much,
nv friend, than know 30 many things that
are not TO-" Cheers. 1t is true, as
stated by Gen. Goff, that 1 was selected an
hun bic representative of my party and my
State to assist in framing the bill that
would relieve the treasury from its exces-
sive ircome. Here I have lying upon the
table before me an official statement that
shows tbs. of the $3.50, 600, 600 that came
into the treasury last year Sill COO, 900 or
more were not needed.
Gen. Gift asks who clme 20 Washington
and asked us to frame the Mill bill. Eel
low citizenr, when see this government
of the United States colle citing from tie
people Sill, 600, GOO Of unnecessary taxes I
don't nesd anybody to come to tell me to
cut them eff. Cheers don't ask any
latorirg man, auy farmer, or any manu-.
facturer to come to urge me to reduce
tsxea. What am I cent to WISH
irgton for but to look af.er the
b.st interests Of all the psop!e
repres eut, and that is what I am doir 9,
and when the power Of government r. ,hes
forth to take from them one single
dollar not needed for its Just aad eeonomi-
cal expense,, I am there to resist it..
(Chte:s.)
THE MILLS BILL FRAMED FOR ALL INDUS.
TRIES AFTER A CAREFUL HEARING.
1t is not necessary that should say here
for tbs hundre6th time that the charge
made on the floor of tie House, and in
the public balls of this country, by the Re-
publican speakers that the Mills Bill was
form ulstsd within locked doors, is not
founded on fact. From the time we 10 *
up this great question there was nsver an
hour during the sitting of Congress when
any man who desired to talk about the re-
ductiop Of taxes was not welcomed in the
committee rooms of the Ways
and Means Committee. (Cheers.)
The came there by the score. They came
here by the hundred. He talks about the
Democratic editors. They came there, and
q Republican editor came there. too, and
tpsnt days in the committee rooms of the
Committee on Ways and Means. He was
heard. He was listened to attentively,
fully and friendly. We had not those
open, formal hearings eff interested parties,
such as had hem tried in two successive
Congresses. The dora had been thrown
open, and the manufacturers cane, and
never one came to tell us where we could
put our hand upon point to relieve the
tsxes of the people. CHEERS. We had
thu gent Tariff Commission that went ell
over the county 10 gather information on
this question, and no man, no matter who
he was, that came there but was welcomed
and listened to for any information that he
could give 10 any membsr of the commit
tee. That bill, it is tIue, as any 9th ar bill
Was prepared and then publicly given to
the committee on ways and means. If
r. ,R opara e,nino - mana, a a hill co. rov,
gress he would not put aro.ics in the
pager inviting all the world to come into
tis room and counsel with him. [Cheers
and Applause Ths bill was reported
10 tie full committee ond s,nt ont to the
world on the wings Of the press on the
frat day of last March. 1t remained in
committee rooms more than month bs.
fore it was reported to the House. Debate
begun on it on the 18th of April and
lasted until the 21st day Of July.
Never in the history Of tariff discussion in
any nation, amorg any people was there
such an opportunity given for comment
urou, fer deliberate examination and
careful considerations; with q view of
the foil light of all informal on
accessible uron q proposed law, as was
given in the discusaissa6 the Mills bill.
ioFF's SUGAR TRuS FALsEHooD RID
DLRD.
Now Gen. Golf found occasion In his
speech to refer to the sugar trust. He
'ays we listened TO the sugar trust. he
aYs that what the had or the represeu-
tatives of that concern paid was the cause
IF our masking the reduction of the thrift
IN sugar for less than we would otherwise
have done. That statement was made
IN the floor of the House by the Represen-
i've from Maryland, and at once received
IN emphstic contradiction fiom three or
our members of the committee on Ways
Ind Msars as put my emphatic denial
,po1 it to-day befo,e this audience. Let
ne tell you something about this sugar
,sx while I am on the subiect When