The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1888-10-03

features, why in the name of God didn'
tney, remove the sixty per cent tax off o
the blanket thatthe p0Or man has to wraI
himself, his wife and children up In to pro
tect them from the cold? Tell me that
lApplause) Look at 1t now. The work
ingman stands before the government O.
this country and says: Here you have re
pealed the law taxing manufacturers. tax
ing insurance companies; taxing banks
and moneyed interests, now
REMOVE THE TAX OFF OF WOOL .
SO that we can have a cheap blanket, a suit
OF cheap clothes; take the tax off off Of salt
SO Thai we can have cheap salt; take the
tax off of sugar SO we can have CHEAP
sugar; take the tax off of lumber, SO we
can build our WI little houses to shelter
our families. You have taken the burdens
on OF wealth n capital, now give us some
renef. And what Is 1t the republican party
say to them? oh, you 20 and take a drink
Of free whisky. loud laughter and ap-
plause.l Yes, the republican party says,
my workingman friend, you go and take a
drink OF free whisky, smoke a cheap cigar,
laughter and applause Now, Is that not
sop? "a voice YesD Is there a republi-
can who can deny 1t? l undertake to say
that this Is the history Of republican legis-
lation. What else has the republican party
done to show It's love to the poor man Of
went into power this country had the most
magnificent domain Of public land the
world ever saw, and where Is 1t to-day ?
When you gave the republican party power
and control in this government you had
your public lands; where are they to-day ?
They have decided them, have granted
them away to railroad companies; lands,
public lands, lands that belong to you.
They have vOteds away land enough to
make four such states as the territory of
Montana. Think of it.
WHAT HAS GROVER CLEVELAND DONE
on the land question since he has been In
power? He has made these railroads dis
gorge ffty-one million acres Of lands and
ne has now in process of reclamation
think of that. Who is the best friend to
the working men, to the laboring men of
the country, the man who VOTES away this
pubic domain to the railroad companies,
or the man who takes these railroads by
the throat and says, let loose, get off that
tCol. Pembert0n looks at his watch; cries
OF go on, go on. Now, my friends, IL some
Of you had been talking about stealing cat
tie and numbering wives as much as l have
for the last three or four weeks HE has
been 10 that sort of a our case.-ED.l you
Wou,u ~ .hihh tiat WAS III mucn OF .
condition to make q stump speech. l have
been afraid all night that l would get
somebody's COW brand mixed up with this
speech Applause and laughter). The
trouble with me is not to go on, but to
know when to quit, because whenI get to
talking about the republican party, what
people manifested in so many outrages,
that l am like the Kansas fellow was when
he undertook to
DRINK WATER OUT OF A BUCKET.
He said there was too much of it to drink
and 1t was too thick to bite of. daughter
Aud make the charge and l think thai
the history of the legislation of this coun-
try will show 1t that in no single admins
tration has the interests of the woIkingmen
OF this country been SO neglected, If con-
s.dered at all. Now, taxation, as 1 under
stand It, means simply the raising OF neces-
sary funds to support the government.
rms government has the right to levy
taxes under the constitution for the pur-
poses of defraying the expenses of the gov
ernment and provide for the general well
rare. NOW, l ask you my friends, II any
man on this earth believes that the govern
ment would have any power or any right to
levy x II there was no necessity for II,
II the government had no debts to pay, if it
had no use for money? Is there any man
who Is fool enough to believe the govern
$500 'Oe'N hhtS ~ hutLIoAlty w ICNy u
tax at all under such circumstances ? | un-
dertake to say it has no authority 10 levy
more than Is absolutely necessary to run
the government, upon an economical basis,
and that is democratic doctrine. Now,
where Is the excuse for collecting $3.50, 00O,-
700 from this people that the government
does not need for any purpose on earth?
Now where is the necessity for 1t and how
long can this country stand 1t? Can
this country afford to have $3.50, 900, 900
taken out of the business channels Of the
country, out OF trade, out of your markets,
N ABsoL UTELY LocKED UP,
without producing damage and hardship
to business and trade? Is 1t possible that
any business man could come to that con-
elusion? But that is what is being done.
Now the democratic party proposes to re-
duce that taxation, to get rid of that hum
dred and thirty millions of dollars, and |
undertake to say that this useless collec-
ton Of money from the people, that this
government has no use for, is absolutely
legalized robbery. That is what 1t Is. ZAP
plause Whenever a government takes
more money from its people thar is re-
quisite to run the government, that govern
iiient Is r0bbing the people. And 1t is col
lected by oppression. The American peo-
pie ought to remember one thing-that this
government belongs to them: they do not
belong to The government. l believe the
republican party has undertaken to reverse
the order OF things; but the old democratic
rule was and is that all power in this conn
try Is derived from the consent of the gov
erned. The people are the source of power,
and TINS Is the peoples government and
tins Is the peoples money. The tax gather
trs Of this land are taking from them their
earnings uselessly and locking it up In the
vaults OF the treasury, where it can be of
no legal use or purpose to anybody. The
republican party says, We are in favor of
reducing the surplus. Yes. they have al
ways been. Gen. Grant said so, Mr.. Gar
field said so, Mr.. Arthur said 80, and ali the |
republicans said that we must lower the
taxes; that these taxes were war taxes; that
they We're enacted for the time being dur |
ing the emergency of war. They stated
when these taxes laws were first enacted
that as soon as the war was over they
should be removed. That was the promise |
of Mr.. Morrill, when the tax bill was passed
In congress-presented one day and passed
the next.
IT WAS AN EMERGENCY
that demanded these taxes. When the war
was over the republican party promised
that they should be removed, and in con. |
ventiOn four years ago, charged the demo- |
cratic party with being derelIct in their
duty In not reducing the surplus. And now
they adopt a platform which says that we
are opposed to interfering In any respect
whatever with our protective system, and
II II shall be necessary in order to get rid |
OF the surplus, we prefer to do away with |