, 1888-09-19
SPEAKER CARLISLE.
His Sound and Sensible Talk
on Tariff Reform.
Words Of Praise for the Demo
cratic Nominees.
The Plumed Knights Trust
Doctrine Touched Upon.

CovINaToN, KY, Sept. IS. The
Democratic convention of the sixth ION
gressional district renominated Speaker
John G. Carlisle by reclamation, The
nomination was made with great enthusi-
asm and upon Carlisle's appearance there
was an outburst of applause lasting sew
eral minutes. Speaker Carlisle said:
Twelve years ago | was nominated for
congress In this hall and since then the
Democracy of this district has chosen me
six times in succession to represent them.
No man could be insensible to such devo-
ton on the part of his friends, and | as
sure you that | feel most profoundly my
sense of gratitude and obligation to you
and the people whom you represent. l
accept your nomination and endorse to
the fullest extent the resolutions you have
Just adopted except that part of them as
RELATES TO ME PERSONALLY.
The great question before the country
is the question of federal taxation.
1t is of overwhelming importance to the
people that the next house of representa-
tives should be Democratic and that the
next president should be a Democrat also.
The two political parties have nominated
their candidates and made a formal dec
laration of their principles. The Repub-
lican party has chosen as its standard
bearer Mr.. Harrison, a respectable lawyer,
for president, and for vice president Levi
z. Morton, a very rich banker. The Dem
ocratic party has selected a true and tried
lncorruptible president who now fills the
chair, a man who has brought the admin.
i~stration back to the ways of the constitu-
ton and given to this people a clean, con-
sentative and faithful administration of
the law. With him they have associated
MIR. Thurman, who for many long years
has been the best and truest representa-.
tive of our
WESTERN DEMOCRACY.
1t is not my purpose to make a speech,
but | want to call your attention to the
overwhelming importance of the great
question which is now presented for the
decision of the people. 1t is declared in
the Democratic platform that unnecessary
taxation is unjust taxation, and by that
declaration the Democratic party will
stand or fall IN this contest. When Pres
ident Cleveland was inaugurated on the
4th day of March, 1885, he found on the
statute book laws passed by Republican
congresses under which there was being
annually collected from the people nearly
800, 900, 900 in excess of the actual neces-
sites of the government. He found a
large surplus accumulated in the vaults of
the treasury, and that all the public debt
In control Of the government except about
Sl96, 900, 900 OF 3 per cent bonds,
A BEEN AID
What was to be done2 We were not
responsible for the existence of these
laws, but We felt, as representatives OF
the American people, that the response,
billy rested upon US In some measure at
least to see if it could not be remedied.
we Jailed. The money went on accumu
latlng IN the treasury at the rate of
$40, DOC, 900 per month, and still accumu-
lating at the rate of several hundred
thousand dollars every day and night.
The money Of the people is being poured
into the pablo treasury, where it Is not
needed. To relieve the treasury of this
enormous amount and to prevent disaster
to the business of the country the admin
lstratlon is compelled to purchase out
standing bonds of the government at an
ENORMOUS PREMIUM.
Harrison, in his recent letter of accept
ance, says that this process should go on
n the money should continue to be paid
w bhC DOuu nOlueT. SUeTnau, Tue
former secretary of the treasury, takes
substantially the same ground and criti-
cizes in a harsh manner the action of the
present administration in depositing part
of this money in national banks SO that it
can be loaned to tie people and go thus
into the
CHANNELS OF TRADE.
Now, the great question you are to de-
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 platforms in favor of reduc-
ing revenue by
INCREASING TAXES.
1t declares that it is necessary to reduce
the revenue by checking the imports oil
such articles as can be made here, and il
that Is not sufficient it will repeal the
whole internal reven ne tax on whisky
rather than surrender any part of the
protective system. This proposition is
put forth upon the idea that the people Of
this country can be benefited indiyidualIy
and collectively by imposing taxes upor
themselves. 1t might as well be said thaI
a man can make himself rich by picking
his own pocket as to say that he can in
crease his wealth by imposing a
TAX UPON HIMSELF.
When | see that Blaine, who seems t
be the mouthpiece of the Republican
party. has given a quasi endorsement. al
least, to these monopolies, | believe tina
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