Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-15

Governn eat nee ds the morey, if it is oh
liged to have all this money, We will pa,
1t, even if it wraps up still more tax in on
clothing. We will pay it, and that woul,
be tariff for revenue to meet the expense
of running the Government. But tuppos
the Government don't need it, as the re
port of the Treasury Department show
that it does not nsed it, but some fellow
in the Pacific mills of Massachusetts or a
some mlt in Providence sits down ant
figures out, I want 10 90 into this busi
ness of manufacturing cheviot so IDS; if
can cell these goods to the American p o
pie at s. so q yard l can make big prof
under all contingencies and have a goo;
thirg of il, but here the people can buy i
at 81. 25 yard from Scotland; what am
to do?" He goes down to Washington, b
c,lls Mr. Gof ont of the House, and Mr.
Mckinley and Judge Ke.lsy and few
oih.r gentlemen, and says: 'If1 can &c
the Government to Iua up the price o
chsviot goods to the people to 81 so var;
I will 20 into the busiress, and / vii
mske cheviot and sell il to the people, )
and General Gcf, in tic very beaiunip!
of his life, when ne was innocent, woult
probably have asked this gentleman
"Well, that is
PRETTY ROUGH ON THE PEOPLE,
isn't i,?" [Applsuse. But he has 20
long past that now: Applause H'
stands bafore the people Of this Sta'e th,
aggressive and outspoken advocate @
higher taxes upon thsir backs and mouths
[Appl4uss An so they invited tie man
ufscturer into the private Toom and they
say, "Sit down now, and tell us how Il
work this thing out" He will say, ifyOr
will put 35 cents yard on it and 40 PEI
cent. ad valorem, that will work the thlpt
out, and the people wont understand il; Sc
they put 30 cent, yard ON il and 40 pei
cect. al velorem, and low and behold thu
price of woclea goods gees up to ~ so
yard, and there is protection tor the manu-
f,cturer that mskes them in the Pacific
Mills or Rhode Island, and what is it fol
you, my fellow citizens?
ABE ANY OF YOU so HAPPY
as to be partners W tn this great Govern
ment in taxing the Ie)Il? | want tt
know if there is any man in this whole
audience 10 day that is in partnership with
the Government in taxing the people. II
there is, hope that he will rise here and
lit us get look at him. St,nd up nv
brother, stand up. II there is man 10
the county of Berkeley that is in partner
ship with the Government and getting the
benefit Of this tax, let hun stand 10 and
let US get look at him. Applause. We
would see the embrio of q more Opolst; we
would see tie seed kernal ofa trust, if he
would but show bis face. And yet that il
the policy: tree whiskey and free tob &C ,.
How much employ ment in that for the
American lahorir 6 u nan, my friends? APP
plsuse. How many mills and fact0Iies
will free whisky set running? How much
of employment and added we ,lth, comfort
and happiness will enter the homes of this
country with free whisky?
Now, my friends and fellow citizeuP,
General Washington aud all the big Gen
erals of the past, and james Madison
and AL xander hamilton, aud all the
statesmen of the past, never had learned
and never had been wise enough to learn
this new way of Protecting the American
workingman under the hold shitli OF
American law" They thought the Amer
lean workipgman needed clothing, some
thing 10 eat, and some money in his
poct e., a1d the only idea they had sense
enough to enforce for his nrn.eeti"" moe =
givo him an honest, cheap Government,
and take Just as h,,ls from him rs posi-
tls in the way Of tixes. [Applsusel.
THAT Is THE WAY TO PROTECT THE
AMERICAN w0gKISGMAN UNDER THE
BROAD SHIELD OF AMERICAN LAW;
mt by hsapiug up bardens upon bis back,
not by wrapping up in suit OF clothes
enough take, TO pay the taxes on q COM
mon farm 10 the COunty Of Berkeley, not
by Discriminating hstweea the American
workipgmal and the American wearer OF
broadcloth, tsxirg the one 30 per cent. op
his broadcioth and the poor wo!kiogman
$50 per ceLt on h,s common reversible nap,
wrapping up in $40 wCr.h of broadclotn,
S., and wrapping up in so worth of cam
mon goods snch as the lO,r man wears,
SlS, worth of tax. Applause. But
1t is all done 10 get gooi
wages for the workingman. Why,
fellow citizens, when did the Republ cth
party appear as the friend of the working
man? There is al Old fellow up in Ne
Eopland that said he did net dare be as
iu any as he could, but he can LIT himself
out now, after the Republican party comes
before The people as the friend OF tn
workipgman; he need not fear to be jus; as
funny as he can. Let us see how it has
shown its frieadship. Old Andy johnson
was O great impediment 10 tae way of the
Republican party. He used TO hurl bis We
toes at thsir heads almost as frequently
az Grover Cleveland. They triep to Sc,
rii of the old man by impesching h,m, bu'
they had little confidence left, and some
would not go that far in the Republican
party of moral ideas, go he stuck 1t out te
tie end of his term, but on the 4sh o.
March, 1869,
GENERAL GRANT
becsms President.
WorkiDgnen Of the equity of Berkeley
do you know the first sigpa.ure made BY
General Grant as Prs rss;deLt Of this coun
try? Do you know tia. the very frat &C
pssssd by the Republican party when il
had control cf every department Of th'
government was to turn the debt Of thii
county v into coin debt? They passed
resolution in March, 1869, that declared
that all the debt Of this coun
t,y, no matter whether the bond
were required to be paid in coin or roH
was to be paid, not in legal tender, but il
cold and silver. Was that for thu sake
the workingmsn? Do you fud the Gov
ernment b>nds in tie cottage and the hom'
OF the workingmsn? Are there any work
ingmen here that have q package of Gov
ernment bonds salted away, so that thi
act could have been for their benefit
Was that sn act by which Jay Gould ap'
Astor and all the millionairts Of the coun
try were put to work as bard as they cou
to increase tie property and welfare OF To
workingmsn? On the contrary, 1t wa
by single act OF Congress- that hundred
OF mill ons of collars we're added to tn
debt of this country. BY that single reso
luton which bsd no justification, b.
which was PES ed at tue demand OF th
cal itslists, hundreds OF millIors Of dollar
were added to the debt of this country
Days and " sks aud months Of labor wer
added to you, fellow citizens, and
MILLIONS ON MILLIONS WERE ADDED T
THE WEALTH OF THE CAPITALIST CLASS,
and that has teea the caresr of the r:
publican party for tbs last twenty YEAR
1t hss been the fr.eod of cspital, It hs