The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-19
CARJISLE'S SPEECH,
In Acceptance of the Re-
Nomination.
A CONVINCING ARGUMENT.
Ghe Speaker of the House HOnored
FOR the Seventh Time by His
Constituents.

CINCINNATI, September 18.-The Den
ocratic convention of the Sixth Ken
lucky District to day nominated job
G.. Carlisle for Congress. The nomina
ton was made with great enthusiast
and upon Carlisle's appearance Their
was an outburst Of applause, lastin
several minutes.
SPEAKER CARLISLE SAID:
Twelve years ago was nominated TO
Congress in this hall, and since then tn
Democracy of this district has choser
me six times in succession to represen
them. No man could be insensible tc
such devotion on the part of his friends
and assure you that feel most pro-
foundry my sense of gratitude to Won
and the people whom you represent. /
accept your nomination and endorse to
the fullest extent the resolution YOU
rave Just adopted, except that
part that relates to me personally.
The great question before the country
is the question of Federal taxation. It
is Of overwhelming Importance to the
people that the next House of Repre-
sentatives should be Democratic and
SQOUiO
Democratic also. The political parties
have nominated their candidates and
made a formal declaration of their
principles. The Republican party has
chosen as its standard-bearer, Mr..
Harrison, a respectable lawyer, for
President and for Vice-P President
Levi ?. Morton. a very rich
banker. The Democratic party has
selected the true and tried incorruptible
President, who now fills the chair; the
man who has brought the administra-
ton back to the ways of the Constitu-
ton, and given to this people a clean.
conservative and faithful administra-
ton of law. With him they have
associated Mr.. Thurman, who for many
long years has been the best and truest
representative OF our western Democ-
racy.
1t is not my purpose to make a
speech, but l want 10 call your atten-
ton to the overwhelming Importance of
THE GREAT QUESTION
which is now presented for the
decision of the people. It is
declared in the Democratic plat
iJrm that unnecessary taxation is
unjust taxation, and by that
declaration, the Democratic party will
stand or fall in this contest. When
President Cleveland was inaugurated |
on the 4th Of March. 1884, he found on |
the statute books, laws passed by a
Republican Congress, under which |
there was being annually collected |
from the people about $160 900 900 in
excess OF the actual needs of govern
ment. He found q large surplus &C
cumulated in the vaults of the Urea
sury, and that all the public debt in
control of the government, except about
Sl96, GOO, 600 of 3 per cent. bonds had
been paid. What was to be done? We
were not responsible for the existence
of these laws, but we felt as repre-
sentatives of the American people,
that the responsibility rested upon US,
IN some measure at least, to see
y 1t could not be remedied.
We failed. The money went on accu-
mulating in the Treasury at the rate of
SIC, 900 900 per month and is still accu-
mulating ct that rate. At the rate of
several hundred thousand dollars a
day and night, the money of the people
is being poured into the public treasury,
where it is not needed. To relieve the
Treasury from this enormous amount,
and 20 prevent disaster to the bu ,iness
OF the country, the Administration is l
compelled to purchase the outstanding /
bonds of the government at an enor- l
nous premium. Harrison, in his re-
cent letter of acceptance, says the pro-
cess should 60 on and the money S
should continue to go to the bond 9
holders. c
= Sherman, the former Secretary of the !
Treasury, d
TAKES THE SAME GROUND +
and criticises in harsh manner the &C g
ion Of the present Administration in de- y
posting part of this money in the ma o
ional banks so that it can be loaned to o
he people and go thus into the chan v
lels of trade. G.
Now great question you are to de- il
lde, is whether this system of taxation Il
hall be continued indefinitely or p
whether the country will return to the n
Methods OF taxation which prevailed in "
his country before the war. For the a
Irst time in the history of this country. Of
o lar as l know, the Republican party al
substantially declares in its platform re
or the increase of taxes. 1t declares u
hat II deemsit necessary to reduce the 10
evenue by checking the imports of XII
UGH articles as can be made here, and, M
that is not sufficient, twill repeal the Tx
hole internal revenue. pc
pc
TAX ON WHISKY, co
ather than surrender any part of the -, -
rotectiye system. This proposition is tn,
ut forth upon the idea that the people
this country can be benefited in
INoualiy and collectively by imposing ]
lxes upon themselves. It might as
ell De said that man can make him = d
III rich by picking his pocket as to say wa
can lncecase his wealth by imposing FIRE
xes upon himself. l see Blaine. who rid
aims TO be the mouthpiece of the Re- pc!
rbllcan party, Is given quasi en-
,rsement at least as such mouthpiece.
believe that when a man attends his
IN funeral, | believe that he ought to
allowed to go at the head of the pro- Br
ssion. Mr.. Harrison is not to ENJOY Fe
is privilege. Blaine is Oh
ito
THE GREAT CENTRAL FIGURE pa,
this campaign and he tells the peo- PEI
in the face of the platform Of his sn