, 1888-10-18

for this country that there should not be
an oyer.noving treasury. You know
what surplus in the federal treasury
means? IL means the opportunity for
Jobs of every character. 1t means the
useless and unnecessary expenditures
of public monies. The democratic party,
my friends. has given the country an issue
in this campaign. 1t Is an issue which has
attracted the world with attention. We
are in favor of revision OF the tariff,
principally upon two points. First, we
think that raw material, wherever it is pos.
sible TO do so, should be admitted free.
We believe, In the second place, that taxes
upon the necessaries of life should be made
as light as possible. Upon these two points
we may confidently appeal to the people in
this campaign. You are familiar with the
details of the Mills bill. | am not here 10
saw that il is perfect in all its details, but.
in the main. it is a measure, reasonably
free from objection and intended to SUB.
serve the best interests of the country. 1t
is a measure in the interest o. the tax
PAYERS, the consumers, the farmers, the
machan cs and the laboring men OF the
country.
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
When this question was first presented
to congress last December, and you will
recolect, presented to congress.in q mes
ga ue by the president of the United States,
Grover Cleveland, you will recall what he
told the country in reference to the neces.
sity of some relief Of the people. Have
YOU forgotten how that message was re-
ceived by our opponents in and out of con-
oress? In the first place they said there
was no surplus. In the second place they
said if there was no surplus it did not mat
ter. They said "lts better, is 1t not, that
we should have a surplus than a
deficiency2' They said it was unwise to
disturb the business interests OF the coun-
try by tinkering with the tariff, and they
neglected no opportunity to discourage the
presentation Of this question to
Nevertheless. that message. which
startled the country somewhat, because of
its boldness, it's honesty and its candor
was acted upon by our democratic repre-.
sentatives in the lower house Of congress.
The bill was opposed at every step, but
our gallant democratic leaders OF congress
persisted In the fight. They said no their
opponents: "propose better measure; give
us a better substitute; do something for
an overburdened and tax-ridden people!"
Our appeal to them was made in vain.
They offered no substitute. They pre-
sented no other bill. When the vote came
they contented themselves with offering
a few amendment measures and then went
to the republican senate. The discussion
of it 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
the eleventh hour, they propose measure
for the reduction of the tariff and the re-
duction of taxation. The majority Of the
finance committee of the senate made
report. BY that report they say that they
find that the revenues of the government
are excessive. IL seems to me we heard
something like that in President Cleve.
lands message last December. Laugh.
teri. They said there was necessity for
a revision so that the inequalities OF
the tariff should no longer be perpetuated.
Then they presented their bill. | an not
here to discuss the wisdom of the. details
of that bill, but am here to saySin the
light of those claims, in the light
of these facts, in the light of the attitude
of the republicans in congress, and oft of
congress, that the report Of the majority
of the senate, committee. and the preienta-
ton of any bill whatever by them is con-
fession of judgment of all the positions
taken by President Cleveland and thedem-
ocratic party in December last. APP
plausel.
ABOUT THE ISSUES.
The democratic party, in its camraiRn,
is fighting the tariff of the country oh be.
half Of the people, [Cheers. Whi, we
have heard this same cry before, ttht If
tariff was changed all the business in.
terests of the country would be Inpred.
Let me give you an illustration: About
twelve years ago there was a demand that
hides should be put upon the free list.
The tanners objected. Congress finally
placed this article upon the free list and
the result has been that taunery interests
have been increased. They have pros
ing more leather to-day than ever before
in the history of this country. What is
true in reference to this article is the. as
we think, in reference to others. The
same arguments, my friends, which were
urged then against the reduction of the
tariff taxation are urged now, and the
same arguments which they urge now can
be urged in fifteen years from now They
were unsound then; they are unsound now.
| am happy to inform Indiana democrats
that every state will be given to Cleyeland
and Thurman in November. There will
be no mistake this time as to
the size of the majority. The people
have been aroused as to the ques-
JlDn VI Jft uOuT. ne nbtlOuul CO1kIobo
has legislated in the interest of classes and
in the interest of monopolies long enough.
II is now proposed to do something for the
interest of the people. l notice that the
distinguished gentleman from Maine, Who
is now in this state, is telling the people
that all your prosperity is due to high pro-
tective tariff. This is simply nothing
more nor less than clap-trap and 1t will
not deceive the intelligent people of this
state. Voice. Never)
He closed mis- speech with an eloquent
tribute to the late Thomas A. Hendricks.
AT INDIANAPOLIS.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 12.--Governor Hill
and party arrived in indianapolis at S.l5
tonight and were met by crowd Of 1000
or more at the union depot. The party
took carriages and were escorted direct to
Tomlinson hall where a mass meetin1