Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-19
CARLISLE'S SPEECH.
Kentucky's Confidence in
Her Noble Son.
HIS SIXTH RENOMINATIO \
The Needs of Tariff Reform Held
F0rth-NO Apologies for
Trusts.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD,
CINCINNATI, September IS. - The
Democratic Convention OF the Sixth Ken
lucky District to-day re-nominated John
G. Carlisle for Congress. The nomina-
ton was made with great enthusiasm,
and upon Carlisle's appearance there was
an outburst of applause lasting several
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 devotion on the part of his friends,
and assure you that I feel most pro-
foundly my sense of gratitude and obli-
cation to you and the people whom you
represent. I accept your nomination
and endorse to the fullest extent the re-
solutions you have just adopted, except
| that part of them as relates to me per-
sonally. The great question before the
country is the question of Federal taxa
ton. 1t is of overwhelming Importance
to the people that the next House of Re-
presentatives should be Democratic, and
that the next President should be Demo-
cratic also. The two political parties
have nominated their candidates
and made formal declaration
of their principles. The Republican
party has chosen as its standard bearer
MIR. Harrison, a respectable lawyer, for
President, and for Vice-President Levi
P. Morton, very rich banker. The
Democratic party has selected the true
and tried, incorruptible President who
now fills the chair; the man who has
brought the administration of the Gov
ernment back to the ways of the Consti-
tuition, and has given to this people a
clean, conservative and faithful admins
tration of the law. With him they have
associated Mr.. Thurman, who for many
long years has been the best and truest
representative OF our Western Democracy.
1t is not my purpose to make 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
declaration the Democratic party will
stand or fall in this contest.
REPUBLICANS AND THE SURPLUS.
When President Cleveland was inau-
gurated on the 4th of March, 1885, he
found on the statute books laws passed
by the Republican Congress, under
which there was being annually collected
from the people nearly 100000, 1000 in
excess of the actual necessities of the
Government. He found large surplus
accumulated in the vaults of the Treas
ury, and that all the public debt in the
control of the Government, except about
1896, 900, 900 Of 8 per cent bonds, had
been paid. What was to be done? We
were not responsible for the existence of
the laws, but we felt, as representative es
of the American people, that this respon-
sibility rested upon us, in some measure
at least, to see If it could not be rem
edied. We failed. The money went on
accommodating in the Treasury at the rate
of ten millions per month, and is
still accumulating at that rate.
At the rate of several hundred
thousand dollars every day and
night, the money Of the people is being
poured into the public Treasury, where
it is not needed. To relieve the Treas
ury from this enormous amount, and to
prevent disaster to the business of the
country, the Administration is compelled
to purchase the outstanding bonds of the
Government. at an enormous premium.
Harrison, in his letter of acceptance, says
that this process should 60 on, and the
money should continue to be paid to the
bondholders. Sherman, the former Sec
retary of the. Treasury, takes the same
ground, and criticises in harsh manner
the action of the present Administration
in depositing part of this money in the
National banks, so that it can be loaned
to the people, and thus go into the chan
nels of trade.
THE QUESTION AT ISSUE.
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 meth
DDS 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 Re-
publican party has substantially declared
in its platform in favor of reducing the
revenue by increasing the taxes. It de-
clares that it deems it necessary to re-
duce the revenue by checking the imports
of euch articles as can be made here, and
if that is not sufficient it will repeal the
whole internal revenue 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 individ-
ually and collectively by imposing taxes
on themselves. 1t might as we'll be said
that man can make himself rich by
picking his pocket, as to say he can in
crease his wealth by imposing taxes on
himself.
TRUSTS AND PRIVATE AFFAIRS.
When see that Blaine, who seems to
be the mouthpiece of the Republican
party, has placed himself on record on
the side of trusts, he has given quasi
Endorsement, at least, to those monopo-
lies. believe that when a man attends
his own funeral he ought to be allowed
to 60 at the head of the procession. But
it seems Mr.. Harrison is not to enjoy this
privilege. Blaine is the great central
figure in this campaign, and he tells the
people, in the face of the platform of his
party, that these trusts are private affairs,
in which the President, or anybody else,
has not any particular right to interfere.
My friends, larceny is private affair-a
very private affair-and yet it is not sup
posed improper to interfere with it by
law. Blaine has not been occupying
a very good position from which |
to view the interests of the
American workingman, farmer or