The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-09-19
CARLISLE RgNOMINATED.
Ho makes the Usual Free Trade Speech In
Accepting.

H0 Makes the Usual Free Trade Speech IN
Accepting.
CIxclSHATi, Sept, lS.-Hon. John G.
Carlisle was renominalGd by acclamation
this afternoon in the Sixth Kentucky
Congressional district convention, held
at odd Fellows hall, Coyington.
The nomination OF Mr.. Carlisle was
made with great enthusiasm, and upon
Mr.. Carlisle appearing there was an out
burst OF applause lasting several minutes.
Speaker Carlisle said:
Mn. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF
THE CONVENTIONAL scarcely know III
what terms to thank the Democracy OF
this district ior its action to-day. | ac-
cent your nomination and shall cn-
deavor 10 meet us many Of you us posi-
bic between this aud the election, al
though my duties at Washington pre-
vent me from giving much attention to
my own district.
The great question before the country
is the question of federal taxation. 1t
makes but little difference whether lam
elected to Congress or not, but it is over
whelming importance to the people that
that the next House OF Representatives.
should be Democratic Applause. and
that the next President should be a Dem
ocrat also; [Cbeersl
At the rate OF several hundred thou.
sand dollars every day and night the
money Of the people, money which they
need in their business, is being poured
into the public treasury where it is not
needed. [Cheers.1 10 relieve the treas
ury from this enormous amount and to
prevent disaster TO the business OF the
country, the Administration is compel.
ed to purchase the outstanding bonds ol
the Government VI an enormous pre-
MUM.
Now the great question you are TO dc,
eide is whether this system OF taxation
shall be continued indefinitely, or
whether the country will return to the
methods OF taxation which prevailed in
this country before the war. For the
first time in the history OF this country,
so far as know, the Republican party
has substantially declared in its plat
form in favor Of reducing the reve-
nue. by increasing the taxes. APP
plause and laughter.l 1t declares that
il deems it necessary to reduce the
revenue by checking theimports OF such
articles as can be made here. and If that
is not. sufficient 1t will repeal the whole
internal revenue tax on whisky rather
than surrender any part of the protec::
tive system. 1t might as well
be said that man can make
himself rich by picking his pock-
cts as to say he can increase
his wealth by imposing tax on himself.
TApplause.1 In addition to the facts
that this system OF taxation is imposing
enormous and unnecessary burdens upon
the people; that it is acCumuiatingin the
treasury large sums OF money which
ought to be in the hands OF those who
earn it by their labor and skill, it is
the parent OF trust and combination and
conspiracy TO control products and
prices OF the necessary article WHICH the
people are compelled to use.
II / had the time / think could show
to the satisfaction of every intelligent
and candid man within the sound OF my
voice that the wages OF labor are no more
affected by the rate upon imported goods
than the yield OF corn to the acre on
your farm is affected by it. [App!ause..
And one OF the chief benefits OF the sys,
ten, in the estimation Of Mr.. Harrison
| is the fact that the people dc
not know how much they are
paving. When mans money il
taken away from him without biz
knowledge some malicious people call il
stealing. [Applausc.l | will not; how
ever, apply that term to the process by
which the Government OF the United
States extracts this enormous amount o.
money from the pockets OF the people
who earn it, and puts in the public
treasury or the pockets Of some one else
but | will say thatitisthemost dangerous
form OF taxation that could be devised
| [Cheers. :,
'lilUnderan indirect tax law you would
not submit to it q single day, and the
man who went to Congress from apl
single Congressional district Of the
United States, Democrat or Republican
who failed to cast his vote in favor OF th'
reformation Of such u system Of taxation
would never gee the halls OF the Hous'
again. [Cheers.l