Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-09-05

ers, by writer's and through the public
press. 1t is not necessary for me before I
proceed to that subject to speak of the
President Of the United States and his ad-
m!nistration moro than a very fcw words.
/ defy any man who has any regard for the
truth to say that Grow er Cleveland has not
made a good President OF the United
States. Cheers. brave, intelligent,
level-headed, noble man. he has had
. clean, an upright and a successful
Administration. Loud cheers.l Four
years ago he was elected. In the canvass
that preceded his election his opponents
predicted all manner of evils in case he
should succeed. He did succeed, and pray
what has become of their predictionsl
Laughter and applause.l ] Where is the ruin
that was 70 follow the election of Grover
Clevelandf Where is the disgrace that
was to follow his electionl On the con-
trary, the country has been more quiet,
more peaceable, moro prosperous than it
has been for many years that have gone by.
Now, know the man, know him well, and
tell you, my fellow-citizens, that a more
upright and wise man / do not believe
dwells within the limits of the United
States-Iloud cheersl-and he has a noble
band Of councillors around him, and not
the least among them Is the distinguished
citizen Of your own State, Mr. Dickinson.
Applause Cleveland knows not only
how TO govern himself in the limits of the
constitution, but he knows full well how to
choose good constitutional advisors.
[Cheersl Having said this much about the
Administration, let me proceed to that
question to which / alluded in opening,
which Is commonly called the tariff ques-
tion.
II M fhnra fa nj a MAJ xxvff IN
tho sound of my voice who does not know
what is meant by the tariff, aud yet IL may
aid US to-day IL give a clear and precise
definition Of what tariff Is. A tariff, my
friends, is nothing in the world but a tax
q tax levied by the general Government
upon every article Of commerce that comes
into the United States and that is intended
for sale within our borders, which instant
ly raises the price Of the articles, and
therefore becomes a tax or burden upon
the people for evory article of domestic
manufacture of the like nature with those
which pay the tariff tax. Now, we have
at this moment, according to the last ad-
vices have seen, about Sis, 600, 900 in the
NationalTreasury, called surplus revenue
that Is, taxes collected from the people be-
yond the necessities of the Government.
Those S1l5, ,000 600 are lying partly idle in
the vaults of the Treasury of the United
States, of no service to any human being,
drawing no interest, earning no profit, but
taken from the pockets of the people,
where they properly belong, and where, If
they were now found, thousands and ten
Of thousands and hundreds OF thousands of
the people of the United States would
put them to good use and improve their
condition and prosperity. [Applause.l The
Democratic party says that this is q
wrong condition Of affairs-that that money
ought not to be, like the talent Of the men we
are told of in the Scripture. buried in the
| ground; that that is n very poor use Ia
make of the money of the people; and,
therefore, the Democratic party say that
this surplus revenue, which is produced in
the main by this tariff tax, ought to be re
| duced; that the tax should be reduced Sc
that the surplus will not continue to accu
mulate. Our opponents, on the other
hand. say il is better TO let the surplus ac
cumulate; il is better TO take the money
from the pockets Of our people; it Is better
to pile IL up In the vaults of the
| Treasury Department. although IL doe:
no good whatever, but rather doe:
great harm; it Is better to dC
that thap to touch the tariff laws of the
country We say. Oh the contrary, that the
way to relieve the overtaGed people is q
| rcouCo lue lax. bnaL tue way 10 trcat
people honestly, fairly and wisely is L
taxi no more taxes out of their pocket.
than the Government actually needs fol
expenditure. [Cries OF Good" That's
right" and applause. The issue. then
Is clearly made up between US. II is be
tween high taxation on the one hand and
reasonable taxation on the other. 1t is be
tween taking the money OF the people o.
their own control, out OF their own pock
cts and burying IL in the cellars of tn,
Treasury Department or leaving il wher'
IL belongs-in the pockets Of the people, {,
be used as their wants, their require
nents, their intelligence and interest di
rect. Now, any friends, In the long politi
cal life have led have heard a grea
many false pretenses preached to the peo
pie q great many statements made tha
were intended TO deceive and delude them
but in all my life / have never witnesse'
rs much audacity as noticed this year OF
the nart Of the advocates of high protect
i've tariff. They seem to have been sud
denly afflicted with a singular disregary
OF the truth. ] do not intend to call peo
pie hard nam =. haya all my life kept
civil tongue IN ny head, and mean b
keep it as long as live; but ! do say tia
some people sometimes seem 10 lose thei
senses or they can not see the truth, ant
often unfortunately can not speak II
Laughter and applause
ABSURDITY OF A HIGH TARIFF.
5Cst tbink OF IL for one moment We ar
told that high tariff makes q countr
richer. as IL y were POSSIBLE 70 make
country rich by opPressiFely taxing Is
people. Amt that a new way 70 mase
man rich "a run vour hand IN hfs Dooke