, 1888-10-18

deny both insinuations emphatically.
am not now speaking of articles placed
upon the free list. That is one question.
There IL not single manufactured article
upon which the duty is reduced where
there is not left by this bill, sufficient
revenue to represent the whole cost of the
labor involved In its production anywhere.
Therefore the position that take Is that
the democratic party will thereby protect
labor. But, we do not believe that when
sufficient tariff is still left to represent the
cost of the labor involved in production
that it is necessary to still further burden
the people, simply to give excessive profit
to monopolists and manufacturers"
THE SENATE cENsuREp.
The speaker then took up the wool
schedule in detail. Regarding the proba-
BILE defeat of the Mills bill in the senate
Governor Hill concluded: my friends.
the senate of the United States does not
to day represent the majority of the people
OF the country. i desire to state that they
maintain their ascendency in the senate of
the United States by reason of the means
that will not be harmonious investiga-
tion in three states of this union, The
state of New York has been democratic
now for several years. We have carried
that state by majorities of HOO to $500
and one year | 900 and over. But, not
withstanding that fact, our opponents keep
control of the legislature of that state
Let me tell you hcw they do
it. The constitution OF our
state requires that every ten years there
shall be an enumeration Of inhabitants of
the state, and that the enumeration shall
be followed by reapportionment of the
senate and assembly districts, and in de-
6ance OF those plain provisions of the con-
stitution, the republicans, that they may
retain control of the senate and assembly,
have refused to carry out their constitu-
tion refused to order enumeration. and
refused to reapportion the senate and as
sembly districts Of that state. For that
reason the great Empire state of the
union is misrepresented 5y two republican
senators in the United States senate. i
don't propose this evening to discuss the
merits of the bill which they propose
a substitute for 1t in the senate. | simply
say they have presented this Issue too late.
Whatever merit there may be in their first
bill, the people and taxpayers of this coun-
try are indebted to the democratic party.
because they have forced the fighting upon
this question. But for the position as
sumed by the president, and assumed by
the party, there would be nothing accom-
plisaed upon this matter. What is the
position of the democratic party upon the
tariff question: We are opposed to ex-
cessive high tariff. We believe the time
has come when without injury to any in
terest in this country, taxes can be re-
duced. That is the democratic position
and it is the position that Is unassaiiable
in this campaign. And with all the clamor
of republican politicians simply to sub.
serve the party purposes they cannot
change the honest, fair and manly posi-.
tion of the democratic party. Prolonged
applausel.
At the conclusion of Governor Hills ad-
dress Senator George S. Raines spoke, and
the meeting adjourned at a late hour.
Governor Hill and party leave for Lafay-
ette ut A. M.