The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-13
HILLS TWO SPEECHES.
The Governor of New York
Makes a Good Talk.
THE ENTHUSIAST EXHIBITED
The Successful Opening OF David B
HIPS Indiana CAnvaas-Soms
Five Points.
Hill In Indiana


MITCHELL, Ind, Oct. Ex-Governor
Hill, of New York, inaugurated his can
vsss of Indiana at this place to-day,
He was met at the depot by Governor
Grey and others, and escorted to an ad-
jacent grove. where large audience
had assembled. He was introduced by
w. J. FibIsck, and spoke as follows:
HILLS SPEECH.
FeIloU GtizenS.'-Your state seems to
'oa alive with enthu siasm and true DEM
ocracy. l come to add my testimony
in favor of the wisdom and benefits
which we have received from the Demo-
cratic administration of national affairs.
To-day all over this land our peo-
pie are engaged in the discussion
of the economic and industrial ques-
tons. Four years ago we were en-
gagged in considering other questions
growing out of sectional animosities be-
tween the various sections of our coua-
try, and to-day, my friends, we are
permitted to discuss these economic and
industrial questions because, under the
wise and statesmanlike administration
of Grover Cleveland, the country has
been entirely and completely pacifled.
(Applause.)
The first point that l make in favor
of the Democratic party in their cleo
ton is, that the opportunity for the
discussion Of these questions that con-
Germ every citizen at his own home is
due to three and half years of ma
tionsl Democratic Administration.
The Democratic party proposes re-
'YlYal of the tariff. 1t does not propose
NJ ha 10 vii h1k
1t proposes simply modification
OF it. We believe the time
has come when the excessive revenues
or the government should be
diminished. We believe the best and
truest interests of our country will be
subserved by reduction of the present
high rate of taxation. Need l argue.
therefore, to an intelligent audience
like this that it is best for this country
that there SHOULD not be
AN OVERLOOKING TREASURY.
You know what surplus in the Federal
Treasury means. 1t means an oppor-
unity for ,b3i of every character, it
means useless and unnecessary ex-
penditure of public money. The Demo-
orat party, my friends, has given the
country ad issue in this campaign. 1t
is an issue which has attracted world
wide attention. We are in favor of q
revision of the tariff principally upon
two points. First. we think raw
material, whenever it is possible to do,
should be admitted free.
We beIieve in the second place that
the taxes upon the necessaries of life
should be made as light as possible.
Upon these two points We may conf
- IA in
paign.
You are familiar with the details of
the Mills bill. | am not here to say
that it is perfect in all its details, but in
the main it is a measure reasonably
free from Objectionable feature and in
tended to subserve the best interests of
the country. It is measure in the in
terest of taxpayers, the consumer, the
farmer, the mechanic and the laboring
men of the country. When this ques-
ton was first presented to Congress last
Decemher-and you will recollect it was
presented to Congress
IN MESSAGE
by the President of the United States
Grover Clevelsnd-you well recollect
what he told the country in reference
to the necessity of some relief for the
people. Have you forgotten how that
message was received by our opponents
in and out of Congress7
In the first place. they said there was
no surplus. In the second place, they
said if there wac surplus it did not
matter. They said: at is better, is it
not, that we should have surplus than
defciencyP" They said it was unwise
to disturb the business interests of the
country by tinkering with the tariff,
and they neglected no opportunity to
discourage the presentation of this
question to the people of the United
States. Nevertheless, that message
which startled the country somewhat
because of its boldness, its honesty, it's
Candor, was acted upon by our Demo-
cratic Representatives in the lower
house of Congress. The bill was agreed
to every step, but our gallant Demo-
cratic members of Congress persisted in
the fight. They sasd to their OPP
nonents: Propose better measure !;
give US better substitutes; do some
thing for the relief OF au overburdened
and tax-riddeu people," But our
APPEAL WAS MADE IN VAIN.
They offered no substitute; they pre-
sented no other bill. When the time
came they contented themselves
with Offering a few amendments and
the measure then went to the Republic
can Senate. The discussion of 1t was
postponed and finally on the eve of the
PRESIDENTIAL election, when they saw
that the demand for tariff reform was
sweeping over the country, at this
eleventh hour they propose a measure
for the reduction of the tariff and the
reduction of taxation. The majority of
the finance committee made report.
By lat report they say that they find
Tia the revenues Of the Government
are excessive. 1t seems to me we heard
something like this in President
CleVeland's message last December.
(Laughter.(
They said that the demand for a re-
duction of the tariff seems to be imper-
alive.
WE HAVE HEARD THAT BEFORE.
(Lsughter.) They said there was ne
cessity for a revision, so that the mi