Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-13
AT INDIANAPOLIS,
Gov. Hill and Others EnlighteM the
Democracy.

Gov. Hill and Others Enlighten the
Democracy.
INDIANAPOLIS, October 12.-Governor
Hill and others arrived in indianapolis
at 8:15 tonight. A crowd of 1000 or
more was at the Union depot. The party
took carriages and were escorted direct to
Tomlinson Hall, where mass meeting
was in progress. AS Governor Hill ap.
peared, escorted by Governor Gray and
Chairman Jewett, the great audience
rose and cheered vociferously. The
demonstration continued several min
utes and was most enthusiastic in char
acter. Governor Hill did not conclude
until 10 O'Clock, having spoken over an
hour. His earlier remarks were in de-
gree similar to his address at Mitchell,
otherwise he spoke substantially as
follows:
Referring to the passage of the Mills
bill and to the introduction of the recent
Senate bill, he said: The Democratic
platform states our position precisely.
We believe there should be tariff duties
sufficient to meet the expenses of the
Government economically administered.
We do not believe that under our Con-
stitution the Government has right to
impose taxes for any other express pur-
pose. We believe further that in the adj
justment of the tariff it should be so ad-
justed that, as far as possible and as may
be necessary, every interest of labor
should be protected and every reasonable
protection afforded to our industries.
This much-abused Mills bill, it has
been stated, will destroy the indus
tries OF our country; that it will reduce
the wages of our laboring men. 1 deny
both propositions emphatically. am
not now speaking of the articles placed
upon the free list. That is one question.
There is not single manufactured arti-
Gle upon which the duty is reduced upon
which there is now left by this bill a
sufficient revenue to represent the whole
cost OF the labor involved in its produc-
ton anywhere. Therefore the first posi-
ton that take is that the Democratic
party will pay thereby the protection of
labor. But we do not believe that when
sufficient tariff is still left to represent
the cost of the labor involved in produc-
ton, that it is necessary to still further
burden the people simply to give an ex-
cessive profit to the monopolists and
manufacturers.
The speaker then took up the wool
schedule in detail. Regarding the prob
able defeat of the Mills bill in the Senate.
he said My friends, the Senate of the
United States does not to-day represent
majority Of the people of this country.
desire to state that they maintain their
ascendancy in the Senate of the United
States by the reason of means that will
not bear honest investigation in three
States of this Union. The State of New
VOrx hpn hnoY nov,n - >, ox,, e.
years. We have carried that
State by majorities of from LOO
80 900 and $4,000, and one year 100 900
over; but notwithstanding that fact, our
opponents keep control of the Legislature
of that State. Let me tell you how thew
do it. The Constitution of our State
requires that every ten years there shall
be an enumeration of the inhabitants of
the State. and that enumeration shall be
followed by a reapportionment of the
Senate and Assembly districts; and in
defiance of those plain provisions of the
Constitution, the Republicans, that thew
may retain control of the Senate and AS
sembly, have refused to carry out their
Constitution, refused to order an enumera-
ton and refused to reapportion the Senate
and Assembly districts of that State. For
that reason the great Empire State of
the Union is misrepresented by two Re-
publican Senators in the United States
Senate. They do not represent the
honest sentiments of the majority of the
people of that State. Applause.
l do not propose this evening to dis
cuss the merits of the bill which thew
propose as a substitute for it, in the Sem
ate. I simply say they have presented
this issue too late, whatever merit there
may be in their bill. The people and
taxpayers of this country are indebted
to the Democratic party because thew
have forced the fighting upon this cues
ton. But for the position assumed bv
the party there would be nothing &C.
complished upon this matter.
What is the position of the Democratic
party upon the tariff question? We are
opposed to excessive taxation, opposed
to an unnecessarily high tariff. We be-
!leve the time has come when, without
injury to any interest in this country, the
taxes can be reduced; that is the Demo-
cratic position. 1t is a position that is
unassailable, and all the clamor of Re-
publican politicians, simply to subserve
party purposes, cannot change the hon.
est fair vote for the manly position of
the Democratic party. Prolonged ap-
plause.]
At the conclusion of Governor HILLS
address, Senator George s. Raines spoke
and the meeting adjourned at late
hour. Governor Hill and party leave
for Lafayette at A. M.
THE MOSAIC.