Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-27
WITTY coz. PEMBERTON.
He Entertains the Audience With a Judi
cious Mixture of Humor Fact.

He Entertains the Audience With a Judi
cious Mixture of Humora and Fact.
men: If there is anything that will cause 6
Missourian's heart to overflow and thu
people to feel joyful, it is to attend such 6
gathering as this, TODD honor to the Demo
cratic party by such a demonstration. L
there is anything to make me believe in the
grace of God it is such a demonstration.
The Republican orators and press pro-
mulgate the lie that the Democrats favor
free trade. The Republicans know where
they make the charge that they lie.
The issue is, shall this tariff system that
accumulated $15o,00O,0 900 of surplus be
reformed? Shall it be so reformed that it
will say you shall not take one cent more
than is needed? Ii this be free trade, then
| am a free trader. The Democratic party
proposes TO make this an economical gov
eminent. The Democrats say and admit
that this
ENORMOUS is sELEss.
The Democrats, Republicans and Labor
party admit it. They all admit that relief
is urgently necessary.
But how are We to get rid of the surplus?
Cleveland and the Democratic party say,
put necessities on the free list and retain
tax on luxaries and so get rid of it. If the
strongest Republican in the land were to
be asked to frame a tariff bill, if an honest
man, he would frame a bill taxing ~luxuries
and place necessities on the free list. No
honest man would tax clothes and bring 10
die monds free. No honest man would tax
the clothes and coal Of the poor man and
give him free whisky. The Republicans
say, give him free whisky and tobacco, but
high taxed necessities. Applause.
The man who says that the Democrats
favor free trade lies. [Cheers. The Mills
bill proposes to remedy the existing evil by
giving
FREE WOOL AS VEIL AS FREE SILK.
Is this odiousf Look at the men who
labor and by the sweat of their brows exc
out a living. They say to the Republicans:
Look at the money flowing into the treas
ury unnecessarily and depressing business.
Put necessities in the free list, so that we
live better and cheaper" II this is
odious may God Almighty food the coun-
try withodiousness.
Whea the Republicans took charge of
the Government the American flag was
seen on all the seas. Where is it to-day =?
lApplause.1 When the Republicans took
the reins OF the Government they looked |
ont nnnn tho unnt xIAponsD @L-4 l,o-.z |
Jefferson, the father OF Democracy, bought |
the French Government and left as a
Look at the domain that Presi.
lent Polk wrested from the descendants oil
the MoDtezumas, and with which the
Republ cans were entrusted. Where is
ibis domain now? Where is their magnif-
'ent empire? To-day it is in the prop
,rty of
RAILROADS N LAND GRABBERs,
the Republican party gave it to them.
They not only gave them the land, but mill
ons OF dollars to take it.
When Grover Cleveland took the presi-
lential chair we had no domain, and were
ike the meek Nazarene who had no place
o lay his head. [Applause.]
The first the Republicans did under
administration was to make the
IMMENSE national debt payable in gold,
nd Issued bonds the interest on which was
ayable in gold. This was done for the
eneft of the bankers. When the war
'as over the tax on manufactures
'as S127 900, 600, which tax the manufac.
urers had taken off by a Republican
There was q tax on bankers.
ailroads, telegraphs, and insurance COM.
4 Republican Congress took them
IL on and placed them on the workingman,
he laborers had to sweat it out. The
en~ocrat1c party says the laborer has
weat enough and !
NOW LET CAPITAL SWEAT, 6
nd help pay for it's protection and share
ne burden. [Applause.] L
The Republican party, instead of helping ,
workingman, placed q he lvier load t
pom him. The war tax was an emerpencv
TX. The war is over, but the Republicans. c
stead OF reducing it, have increased the i
several times, but they are at their end.
no, IKE the darky who dreamt that he /
as climoIhs to heaven on q golden ladder, '
icy VIII get the ''d-st fall they ever had"
Applause. -
Luis Is Inc issue between the working g
the Republican and Democratic par
90: Inc record proves the Republican t
srty the friend OF monopoly and the I
emocrat1e party the friend oil the people.
lpplause.l The workingman sees his
'main gone. bonds cha nged from a green.
'ck basis to a gold basis, and be has been
ade to pay the difference. He sees man. a
railroads, insurance and teIe. I
aph companies relieved and his burden C
creased: He asks for free necessities :,
clothes, as the government has no "
9 1or these tariffs. The Republicans 81
y no. Go take +,
A DRINK OF FREE WHISKY. +,
loke acheap cigar. camp out and freeze o.
death. This is all the consolation thew 81
re him. [Applause.l "
nontana is equally protected with g.
nnsylvania. Yet the Montana. laboror fo
ewes " perday and the Pen%nsyIyania Of
20. protection does not keen un WAGES in
rs the law Of supply and demand
ners n iaborers' unions keen mn waaas
q not q high tariff. nlo,sa.S "u'soo,