St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-13

I Llldu Il utuCituGA. lucy Sdlu
1t is unwiSe TO disturb the business in
terests OF the country by tinkering with
the tariff and they neglected no OD-
| pOrtunity to discourage the presenta-
| ton of this question TO the people of
/ the United States. Nevertheless. that
/ message. which startled the country
I solely because OF its bOldnesS. its hon
eSty. It's candOr. was acted upon by our
! Democratic representatives in the lower
! house of congress. They framed bill
! known as the Mills bill. designed to re-
! lieve the country from unnecessary tax
! alton. We believe that is the Demo-
/ cratic creed, that unnecessary taxation
/ ought no longer to exist. The bill was
! opposed at every step. but our gallant
! Democratic members of congress
PERSISTED IN THE FIGHT.
They said to their opponents. "PrO-
/ pose better measure; give US a better
substitute: do something for the relief
/ OF an Overburdened and taX-ridden peo-
/ pie" But our appeal to them was
made in vain-they offered no substi-
/ tute; they presented no other bill: they
1 discussed the question week after week
and month after month. raising the
same cry that the question ought not to
be considered at all. Finally. when the
1 vote came. they cOntented themselves
with Offering few amendments; then,
when these were voted down. they
simply voted against the measure.
/ 1t then went to the SEN
ate of our cOuntry-the Republic
can senate. They hesitated in re-
gard TO it: discussion of it was post
pOned, and finally, my friends, in the
| month OF October, on the eve of this
presidential election, when the country
has hpnn nnnGinnrinor rnfs For
many long months. when they saw that
a demand for tariff reform was sweep
ing over the country; at this eleventh
hour. what do they do? They then pro-
pose measure for the reduction OF the
tariff and reduction OF taxation. The
majority of the finance committee of the
senate made report to which l desire
to call your attention from the admis-
siOns made in it. By that report they
say that they find that the revenues of
the government are excessive. 1t seems
to me
WE HEARD SOMETHING LIKE THAT
in President Cleveland's message last
December. Laughter. They said that
the demand for reduction Of the tariff
seems to be imperative. We have heard
that before. Continued laughter.l
They said that there was necessity for
a revision. so that the inequalities of
the tariff should no longer be peTpetu-
ated. Then they presented their bill. l
am not here to discuss the wisdom of
the details of that bill, but am here TO
say, IN the light of these claims. in the
light OF these facts. in the light of the
attitude OF the Republicans in congress
and out of congress. that the report of
the majority of the senate committee
and the presentation Of any bill what
ever by them Is confession of judy
ment in favor Of all the positions taken
by President Cleveland and the Demo-
cratic party in December last. APP
plause. Now they cOncede the pro-
pTiety of the discussion of this cues
ton. They now propose to tinker with
the tariff themselves: they now propose
to disturb what they say is the business
interests of this country by taking up
this question themselves. Applause.
My friends,
IT Is TOO LATE.
The cry for tariff reform which has
been spreading over this country, has
received such an impetus that it will
again place Mr.. Cleveland i'll the presi-
dental chair. Prolonged cheers.l 1
said l did not propose to discuss the de-
tails of the Mills bill. and l do not.
There are some things. however. you
will permit me to allude to. What
earthly objection can there be upon the
part OF the farmers. the wOrkingmen
and the labOringmen of this great State
of Indiana to placing salt on the free
list? What injury can this be to your
interests? Salt is one of the neces-
saries of life; used by every family;
and when the Democratic party pro-
poses to place this upon the free list
they are acting in your interest and not
to subSeTVe any selfish interests of their
own. In plain words. my friends. the
Democratic party in this campaign is
fighting the selfishness of the country
in behalf of the masses of the people.
Cheers. Why, we have heard this
same cry made before. that If the tariff
was changed at all the business inter-
ests of the country would be injured.
Let me give you an illustration. About
twelve or thirteen years agO-I forget
the precise date-there was a demand
upon the part of the people that hides
should be placed upon the free list.
Some of the tanners of the country OBJ
jected: others doubted the prOpTiety of
it. 1t was claimed that it would Sc
TiOusly affect the people of this country
to have raw hides put upon the free
list; but congress. in
ONE OF ITS LUCID INTERVALS.
was finally persuaded to place this
article upon the free list. The result
has been that to-day there is not tan
her anywhere engaged in business in
the land but that is glad that it was
done, and he would not have the duty
restored if it were possible to do so. The
result has been your tanning interests
have been increased; they have pros
pered as never before: and we are eX-
r,ortiuCr rnOrp loo thor fbor1
before in the history of this country.
What is true in reference to this
article. is true as we think in
reference to others. The same
arguments. my friends, which
were urged then against reduction of
tariff taxation are urged now, and the
same arguments which they urge now
can be urged in five years from low, in
ten years from now. and in fifteen years
from now. They were unSOund then;
they are unsOund now. Now, my friends,
l came to the state of Indiana i'll order
that 1 might see the Democracy of this
state face 10 face. We are interested
with you in this great national cam
paign. came TO bring you good words
from the Empire state. l come to tell
you that we propose to give the
VOTE OF THE EMPIRE STATE
to Cleveland and Thurman in NOvem-
Der. [Great cheering There will be
no mistake about that this time. and by
a majority that will not be counted by
few thousand. Applause. Our people
are aroused to the questions of the hour.
We agree with YOU that something
ought to be done to subserve the inter
ests Of the people. Our national con-
gress has legislated in the interest of
classes and in the interests of mOnopo-
lies long enough. We propose now to
do something for the interests of the
people. That, my friends. is the issue.
and that is all there is Of it. You may
confuse it by Measurements. l no.
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