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election, and at present a member of
the House Committee on Ways and
Means.
He was received with terrific APP
plause and said:
II am here to address your intel
lects, not your heels and hands. / am
going to point out some items in the
good record of the present Demo-
cratic administration in its three and
half years of power In that time
President Cleveland has put q stop to
the cattle barons pasturing herds on
the public domain free of cost. The
Interstate Commerce law had twice
been passed, but it had not obtained
sufficient force of public opinion to
shave it through a Republican Sem
ate, Tlaughter7 until a Democratic
president was elected. 1t Is now a
law. Applause.1 The silver coin
age question has been settled on a
basis fair to all the interests of the
people. Applause.
"The surplus has been a serious
problem for years, but it is now of
more Importance than ever. Hereto
fore the money could be returned to
the channels of trade and circulated
again amongst the people by the pur-
chase Of government bonds. Now all
the bonds subject to call have been
bought and the only way the govern
ment can purchase them is to go into
open market and purchase them at a
premium The grave question is,
what shall we do with the surplus !?
How reduce it +? Gen. Golf says spend
it. Senator Sherman says, spend it.
The Republican platform says, spend
it. 1t has been said that no govern
ment can remain honest with sur
plus revenue. To bear out this say
ing you have but to look at the Con-
gressional calendar and see the de-
vices there recorded to spend the
surplus. Now my friends in Berke-
ley,I say it is not necessary to spend
it. TCheers and cries for Wilson.
First, the Republicans denied for a
long time that there was surplus,
then they proposed to reduce it, by
spending it, and now the Republican
Senate puts forward bill to reduce
the surplus. Laughter Every
year we take $343 100000 out of the
pockets of the American people in
taxes. How are the taxes which sup
port this Government laid and by
whom paid? The U. S. Government
does not tax property it no longer
taxes incomes its levy is laid upon
the primary wants of the people.
The poor man spends all or nearly
all he earns, and so is taxed on what
he receives. The rich man pays
taxes also on what he spends, but his
savings, the larger portion of his in
come, goes scott free. We raise by
the Internal Revenue tax $125, 000,-
900 and by the tariff 100000, 900.
The former tax is on what man
smokes and drinks, and the latter,
the heavier tax, on what he eats and
wears, and that of which he builds
houses.
81 know the other side will juggle
with words, and say the tariff is not
tax. Gen. Golf leaves that to be
implied from his speech in Congress.
Why, there is no way to get money
but by taxing the people. / went to
store in Baltimore and asked the
price of Scotch cheviot. l was told
the cloth cost $l.25, and there was
paid into the Government custom
house $1.05 per yard. When you
consumers buy that cloth you pay
that tax. My opponent is fond of
referring to the teachings of the fa-
theirs.
"The Republican party did not I'M
derstand Protection five years ago,
as it does to-day. All of its leaders
had to swallow their words when it
adopted their platform at Chicago
this year. Sherman, Allison, ingalls,,
Blaine, held different views then
from those they hold now. What
becomes of the tax? Gen. Golf says
the Englishman pays it. All, Gen.
Golf bows his assent; you do say
that? He does not now bow so en-
phatically as he did Applause
The Republican party says the tar
if is not for the benefit of the manu-
facturer but of the workingmen. Did
ever one of the fathers whom Gen.
Golf is so fond of quoting, say that /?
If one ever did, trot him out
Laughter Trot him out with his
wig and his knee-breeches and his
buckled shoes and let's have look
at him Laughter. There is not
one. Nobody before Blaine ever
said anything of the kind. Hamilton
said the manufacturers needed lit