Nevada County picayune., 1888-10-31
JAMES k. JONES
Talks Democracy and Reasons
 with the Voters.


 thusiastic crowd. Below we give a condensed resume of his speech.
 In opening said he would first give some good reasons why every voter should support the democracy, CleNe- land and McRae while there were numerous candidates for President, when sifted down it resolved itself into but two. Cleveland and Harrison -Democrat and Republican. Cleve- land has given Us clean, economical administration, one that challenges the honest criticism of the whole American people. Spoke of his con scientiousness to duty and coura- geous manhood; how he fearlesslv vetoed unjust pension, and other bills how he tackled the tariff rob- bery in an exclusive message, thing never done before /; how decisively he spoke in his retaliatory mestage. af ter the Senate had refused to con- firm the treaty with Great Britain, and which had had the effect of stop ping Canadian interference with our ships and citizens; how over one hundred million acres had been re- stored to the public domain, under his administration These and abun- dant other reasons should win the support for Cleveland, of every true and honest voter.
 Told how the President had been forced to buy bonds at big premi- um, by laws made by the republican party, in order to keep down the big surplus and for same reason had let out money to National banks, as re- positories, to keep the money ln cir culation, as the law directed, as the republican party had done. Said more had been paid on the public debt than ever before in same length of time, 426 million dollars. Not withstanding this there is now q sur plus of ninety million dollars in the treasury, nearly enough to buy the whole state of Arkansas. including all its railroads and city property. Harrison and the republican party favored protection, high taxes, and the continued buying of bonds at 25 to 40 per cent. profit to the bond holders, while Cleveland and the Democrats favored low taxes and paying the debt as it fell due at it's face value, and letting the money continue in the hands of the people. | A reduction of the tariff would stop the surplus accumulation, and save the people, the consumer. the mill ions of dollars now going into the pockets of the manufacturer, Illus lrated the workings of the tariff by comparing the amount Inf money per capita in Massachusetts and Arkan- sas under low and high tariff. In | 1866 Massachusetts had S146S per capita; Arkansas $504 in 1880 Mas sachusetts had gone up to SloO', while Arkansas fell to S301. An un- just tariff caused the difference, gly- ing the manufacturer all the advan- tage at same time showed that far mers in Massachusetts, the same as elsewhere, made but very little profit while the manufacturers are fast be- coming millonaires on immense prof it's. Farmers were usually prosper ous before the war, and mortgages unknown under low tariff, but the exact contrary now under high tar iff. The farmer and all consumers are paying an average tax or 4' per cent on articles of necessity, which is enough to break them down and make of them slaves. Think of contributing nearly half VIC make to enrich the few manufacturers comprising only one million laborers, while there are seven million farm CTS and seventeen million other la borers. Showed the iniquitous work kings of the republican high tariff, that where the government got sl from it the manufacturer got S5. Referred to the republican platform, in most scathing terms, which fa- vored free whisky and tobacco, and taxed clothing and necessaries of life. Showed how the Mills tariff bill would help the farmer and poor man, while the Senate republican bill would increase the cost of living and benefit the rich, making him richer and the poor man poorer.
 Said the outlook for grand Dem ocratic victory, was bright. The noxt Sanata ,vill ha n tip and the