Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-07

day and gereation to gain The osaadsacs
of the American people, just - thsy afe
now. Ny triends, the records Of The
Treasury department show that the Re-
lpublicsn rarty has expended $400, ,000. 600
, since the war in tinkering up old hulk1,
and and after all that lavish outlay Of The
people, the best ship In the American navy
was sunk In New York harbor By Q ceal
scow loaded with West Virginia coal.
| lApplsuse.
Mr.. Kenna succeseively took up tie
public land and financial records Of the
Republican administrations, mailing
pointed and pertinent abstracts from thar
unsavory rfc,rds in these particulars. and
evOking round after round Of app'aass -
he proceeded. On the subject Of taxAtion
he eaid:-
The Republican party e:tablished the
system Of taxation which confronts Us 10
day. And when Presideut Cleveland,
(spllau on the Sd Of December list
transmitted his message to ConQea uFoa
the subject Of
/ TARIFF REFORM,
Il
tory Of this country was transmitted by
telegraph to an American citissn n In Q for.
eign land, and upon the next day, also fer
the frat time in the history OF the country,
that American citiz'n, made public, 70
tbs world, his animAdversions 10 the policy
and methods of the President Of he
native country, holding that President up
10 what he hoped would be the scorn Of
mankind. He also sent 10 tho New York
Tfi6sne letter TO tsrrorize capital and
frghted the labor Of the country.
Mr.. Kenra rtftrred in . ecathing yst
amusiug way to the manner In which
John Sherman sought TO follow Blaine's
lead In this criticism Of the message Of
President Cleveland, and after showing
how the Ohio statssman had stultifi Cd
himself for the ake Of making little CAP
ital and keeping up with Mr.. Blaine In |
the Presidential race, said that II 10 bad |
not been for the opposition Of these men
the message Of Grover Cleveland would |
have been received BY Congress and ths |
country a. Q simple matter Of business,
and II would have been taken hold Of In Q
business-like manner and dealt with In 0
serious and honest way instead Of being
made political football BY the Repuh-
licans for the purposes Of Presidential
campaign.
Would you call that 0 free trade mes.
sageP Hear what soms Of the more dis.
tinguished Republican statesmen have
had to say In this sams regard -
Senator Kenna kere quoted from Presi.
dent Arthur, Secretary Folger, and other
Republican leaders, showing that they he'd,
years ago, taken ground far In advance Of
President Cleveland, and when he con-
cludei, demanded to know iflhsIe bad ever
BEEN any attemp. to charact,rizs these
men as Ii
FREE TRADERS. Il
Preceding, he said -
There was in the treasury, above the
needs Of the government, after meeting
every sppr. priation, and every charge
on September 26, 1885,
Sl33, $50, ,52734. How to get that money
back into the hands of the people, from
whom 1t has been nte1l sesly taken, IL one
Of tho grnvest problems now confronting
Us Harrison says pay The debt with L."
The & lvernment don't owe dollar that 10
due tonight, and thanks to the pecu-
liar legislation of John Sherman, our
bonds have been beyond our reach, and to !
obtain them, the government must 20 10
to the markets OF the world, and boy them,
or it would horses or cattle. Our bonds Z
now command premium of % psr can't. q
Suppose we decide up,n buy Jog thsm up. 1
The sun wouldn't SET tomorrow night u7. |.
til the premium would 70 to so per cant,
ard you would .exsust the treasury surplus
iu the purchase of such bonds, with the I
result that in the end you would owe more 4
than you did before.
My friends, did You ever think how
vast Is the sum which is being
TAKEN FROM THE PEOPLE
by unnecessary taxation. Take the sur
plus now in the treasury. II you would !
stand by the side Of those treasury vaults, :
and throw o dollar into them every time
the clock ticks, 1t would take two hun. =
dred and ffty years TO reach the tum now '
there. Take another illustra!ion. The
NOR ey required to run the State govern.
ment Of West Virginia amounts 10 about
6fty cents ger capita Of Its population.
About $500, 000 pays all the txpsp go Of the :
Stats administration. The surplus n
piling up in the treasury st IN average
rate Of shout 81, 200, 900 Q month. At :
that rate it would take thirty years, at the /.
average rate money il collected for public
purr oses Ia West Virgiais, 70 equal The :
surplus sdcumulatirgsvery thirty days at :
Washington. 1t would take your State !.
tIxes for o whole year to cover the accumu. :.
lstion Of that surplus for Q single dsy. 10
Il not shame? Is II not pi.isbls, that !
any party, for any purpose, BY any inspin- /,
tion from any quarier, either upon the
earth, above or beneath 10, should stand in
the way of relief from such oondiiiJn Of !,
affairs as that.
Proceeding with the consideraiioa Of .
the tariff, Senator Kerna denied that IL
was ever intended to protect or beseft the 4
or the mapufac.urtr. asd
quoted from the record 10 show that IL Was
denomiosttd by Mr.. Morrill, himself .
wsr measure, Of . Temporary nstuie,
necessary 10 meet the extraordinary .
Of the government. No
ons spoke OF It's beneficial effects % ~
cards the w0rkingma,, until 1872. He !
that IT waI neitbsf fair, hight
Or de snt 10 require the people, twenty
years sftsr The close Of the war, 10 still :
poot tub 49, O"shAh. L
Reening again to the meDge Of tbe
President, he said no State paper, from The
foundation of the Government 10 tie pres
snt time. had been 50 sressly in the 10.
tersst Of tie workipgman, and 70 well ol
,alstei toteae6t the whole people Of "
,oantry.
The free List received spproprists tTsst.I Z
nent, and the removal Of The duty % vel
was handled in a especially sbls Wy.
Mr.. Harts pine-dollsr shoddy suit wasn-
erred to In this connection, md -
,hoddy nature held up to the scrutiny q 4
he audienoe, which roarsd IL ssiifsctisa
II every telling hit. Is
Senator Kenns closed st quartsr past
steven O'Clock, hol ling bis great sudisoce
10 thelsst, end being accorded a ipfesnd /,
reception when tbs meeting wss d.. !