Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-07-04

70 tne toct tnAb POt4IOoe WoEc nkccttsSnstY
fhe clause. 10 contended was IN tho inter.
est nf the consuming classes. and he qnerled
where the Republicans would bo willing 70
reduce taxation. 4r. Brunim PA) sug-
gcsted that they were ready 10 reduce tn
lernAl taxes. and Mr. Mills replied:
Yes, you want frec Whisky. You do NOT
duce the duties on sugar and rice. The con
vention has overruled what you have con-
tended for. Your party commands you 70
90 for FREQ whisky. We 60 with you 70 the
on that question. We demand q
reduction ON the things which enter into
that taxes shall remain on whisky - they
Mr.. J. 3. Taylor. Of Ohio. challenged the
statement thSt tho Republican party was In
tavor Of free whisky. All Glasses Of the Rc-
publican party were In favor Of ahollehtng
Internal taxes because they believed + 70 be
stances. : man who would ooldly and with
his Judgment in his hand assert that tho
Ropubltcan party was In favor Of ffee whts-
ky might be developed. according to tho
Darwfnian theory. four countless cycles Of
time. without mounting intellectually to the
position Of brevet ass Laughter and sp-
plause on the Republican side.
Mr.. Mills said he WAS not astontshed o. the
tenderness OF the gentlemen on this ques-
tion. IL was well known that tho majority
OF the Republican party WAS opposed to th8
extreme position which the Republicans
had taken at Chicago. i was we'll known
that the gentleman from PenneyivaniA e1r.
KelleE represented : minority. and whom
the Convention It Chicago was fashed and
scourged to take q position for frec whisky
no one sooner than the gentleman from
PennsylvAniA sent congratulations to the
convention for coming to the heroic stand
which he had occupied. For the first tfmo
at Chicago had the Republican party come
American people In favor Of keeping the
taxes on the necessities Of life. and de-
handing that the Treasury should be emp
tied by taking the tax Oh whisky. That WAS
the position that party had taken before the
American people. and NO sanount Of dis
that party, L In power. would not take tho
tax on whisky and leave u on every article
Of necessity. fApplauss on Demccratic
Mr.. Kelley pa, denied that ne was In
favor Of free whisky. He advocated the ro-
peal Of the war taxes which Jefferson hAd
denounced as an Internal system. He had
demanded that the Democrats carry out
their platform Of 1854. which promised IN
abolition Of the internal taxes. The gentle
man from Texas Q1ills) could not deny that
" was the Democratic promise In 1854 70 the
tobacco growers. the fruit growers. and ths
distillers of the South that thcy should l,e
relieved from national Surveillance and
supervision. He had asked that this great
source Of revenue be remittcd TO the people
OF the States, and under State law. TO the
municipalities Of the Bt4te: aud those gov
ernments which bore the burden Of crime
and vice and insanity should have whatever
revenue might be Justly derived from .
source 90 fruitful Of crime and misery - the
Uhiakv hslatuaaa
Mr.. spinols IN. ~ said . party should
be Judged by Its acts; and Il was stated In Q
thal 81 .250 extra barrels Of beer
had been consumed IN Chicago during tho
sessions Of the convention. uaughter.l ]
es s evidence VA pssssy ss yhs ses sss
lr. Owen dnd.l suggested that tho beer
WAS intended for visiting O0mocrats. but
Ar. .Spinola denied that Dcnccrats went TO
Mr. Reed ufe.) thought thss the sestle.
whom he said that the Republican party was
for FREQ whisky. because tho gentleman
knew that there would not be enough Dem
ocrats left 10 make up m electoral ticket -
bah the States Of the Onion II they had con-
fdcnce In his statement. lLaughterl Tho
gentleman knew that the position Of the
Simple to be turned IN this I way: ~ sui q tie Tie
Democratic party shoHld ever commence =
campaign without q false statement
Its own friends would not know
It. What the convention had said
was that after having tried every
other method Of reducing taxes consistent
with the maintenance Of the system of pro-
lection. n the RepublicAns had 70 ochoose b.
tween internal taxes and the protective sys-
tenn. they would stand BY the system Of pro-
lection for American industries. The Legis-
lature Of Virginia, which was two-thtrds
Democratic. had adopted = resolution de-
cure the repeal d the internal revenue sys-
tenn. Was the Democratic Legislature o.
Virginia n favor Of free whiskyf No Demo
crat had been elected in Tennessee who wns
not pledged TO usc his best efforts TO secure
the repeal of internal taxes. Was the Demo
cratic party Of Tennessee IN favor Of fFee
Mr.. Weaver Qows) criticised tho Internal
revenue plank Of the Chicago platform, md
declared that the ifsne could not be allirkod
and that there could be no shufltne.
am : Democrat interrupted n. Wise
Wa.). -and I am In favor Of the repeal of the
tobacco tAx. lAppDsase on the hepublican
N. wesvcr- This IN provides for ! ~
duction Of that tax; but I say to the gentle
man nom Virginia that bis position a fnv0s
cf tho repeal ~ tho tntefnai-rpxUnWo tnxoa
h not tho p0eitIon 0f this BILL. 1.
~; Wise - position y tAc position &!
ths platscrm q ms iDdorses tho platform y
Mr. Cannon Qll, satd 10 was vtilinx 10
stand ~ The Chicago platiosm - Wtols.
but he was not willine 10 stand upon s4n-
tonco picked out hore md there and Coz
strue4 ~ tie ehemy. The paatt6rm de-
Inandsd olriattons for the rebuildine y