The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-20
OLD NICK In THE DEACON
BAREFACED FAIRY TALES TO
TRAP THE LABOR VOTE.

The Democratic Policy Declared to be
Opposed to Affording Toilers Any
Protection whatever-The specter
of Low Wages Pictured as Sure to
Attend the Promised Feast of
Cheapness.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 19-Gen. Harrison
today received four delegations of visitors.
10 one of these, in the course of speech,
ne said:
The American people, under our sy stem of
government. have their public interests in their
own keeping All the laws and projections
nay be revoked or repealed by them. They
will be called upon pom, in November Der
Dur government by choosing public officers
tedged to principles which majority of our
leople approve Fortunately you have now
H. issue very clearly drawn and very easy TO be
understood. In previous campaigns we have
not quite known where our adyersaIies stood.
Now we do know. Your democratic friends
lay that the protective tariff is robbery. You
pee this written at The head OF the campaign
tracts circulated by their committee, you hear
1t said in the public speeches of their leaders
he ONLY THINKS ON THIS POINT.
You have not once, think, in the campaign
seard any democratic speaker admit that even
4 low protective tariff was desirable. Those
who, like Mr.. Randall have in former cam
pqigns been used TO allay the apprehension Of
pur working people by talking protection have
been silenced On the other hand. the Repub-
hcan party declares by its platform
md by it's speakers that the protective
ls-iff is wise and necessary There is the
ssue Make your own choice. If you approve
by your votes the doctrine That the protective
ariff is public robbery, you will expect Your
representatives to stop this public robbery, and
fthey are faithful they will do it-not per
sent. of it, but all of it applausel so that beg
ron all to recol!ect that you viii vote this fall
or or zainst the nrinciple OF protection.
FEAST OF cHEAPNEss
You are invited u a FEAST OF cheapness. You
ire promised foreign made goods at very low
prices and domestic competing goods. if any
Ire made at the same low rates. But do not
'.rgct that the specter of low wages will also
attend the feast. Applause. Inevitably, as
certain as night follows day, the adoption, of
Ibis policy means lower wages. Choose, then, but
90 not forget that this Cheapenng process
raw be pushed so far as to involve the
.heapeuing of human lives, and the loss Of hui
nan happiness. Applause. And, now, a word
about the surplus in the treasury. Our demo
cratic friends did not know what else to do with
l. and so they have deposited it in certain ma
ional banks. The government gets no interest
% citizens at interest. Our income
more than our current expenses.
NO POWER TO LOAN.
There is no authority for the Secretary Of the
Treasury to lend money. and only three
n,e,lo OILS of dealing with 1t present themselves
Jpdar the 'aw: I. To lock it up in the treasury
faults . To deposit it in banks without inter
sst 3. To use it in the purchase Of our bonds
Eot yet due. The objection to the first method
was that the withdrawal of so large q
sum might result in monetary strlngency;
he second ohviated this objection by allowing
,auts TO put the money in circulation. but
Dcither method resulted in any advantage to
he government. BY the third method the
money would be returned to the channels of
'rade and the government would make the diff
,erence between the premium paid for the
ponds and the interest that the bonds would
iraw if left outstanding until they maturei.
SOUNDS CATCHY.
n government bond at the market premium
$ n good investment for the capitalist who is
Zee to Use his money as he pleases can it be bad
hnanCe for the government, having money that
8 cannot use in any other way. TO use it in buy
ne up its bonds? Great applause. 1t is not
Ahether we will purposely raise money to buy
aur bonds at premium. No one would advise
hat. But will we so use the surplus that we have
IN hand and cannot lawfully pay out in any other
way. DO our democratic friends propose to
I've the hanks free use of it until our bonds
nature or do they propose to reduce our annual
ilcome below annual expenditure by re-
rsion of the tariff until this surplus is used,
lnd then revise the tariff again to restore the
equilibrium! Great applause.