Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-10-18

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he could not talk to one-half OF them
but he was in splendid voice and made
what is considered one OF his best cam
paign speeches.
Mr. Blaine came to the front of the
platform holding in his hand a letter
addressed 10 him by w. Stearns, the
Democratic candidate for Congress in
the Adrian district Holding it up to
the audience he seid:
MD. BLAIEEs SPEECH
Mr. CHAIRMAN AND FELLOW CITIZENS:
If there is gentleman ID this audience
who signs his name W. Stearns, desire
his attention lie addressed a personal
letter TO me which, whether he intended
il to be courteous or not. / shall eudeavOr
to reply TO courleously He wants TO
know why I'm the House OF Representa-
tiyes In 1868 | opposed a tax on lumber,
and why ! am now in favor Of contlnu-
ing the tariff on lumber Well. | sup.
pose he has the Congressional Globe, for
he gives the page and the date, but if
he will read il again he will find that
opposed an internal tax on lumber, and
that it had nothing whatever TO do with
the tariff tax on lumber except to make
the tariff more effective. 1t was at the
time we were taxing everything on nc
count Of the great debt aud maintained
then, as / maintain now, that it was
unwis0 10 tax breadstuffs or 10 tax lum-
Der by an internal tax in the United
States. which added jus, that much to
the price of it to every consumer. Now,
If he does not know the difference be-
tween an internal tax aud a tariff tax, |
win tell him. Cheers. cries o. He
don't know" and laughter Well |
will not say anything about That myself
but the Jury Of the yiC.nage seems 20 be
sgaiust him. Laughter and cheers.
The Internal tax is one that does not
protect any American industry, but
takes just that much out of the industry
1t is q tax which is levied IN this country
only in war times, except on O. few ard-
Giles. Ii is the same tax as the excise
which has been for generations 30 odious
tax in Great Britain. 1t is the same
tax against which the people of the
United States came near rebolllug during
Washington's Administration We are
In better order now and we pay every
tax that is levied, but the United States,
in the judgment of the Republican par
ty, ought to raise all the money il needs
for support of government from the
tariff, because the tariff gives TO the
American lahores and gives TO every in
dustral interest in the United States o
great advantage over the same i'm foreign
countries, and aids in building up what
the United States possesses to-day be-
you'd any nation on the gl0bl-a great
home market. | said / was opposed TO
every tax except The tariff taE, make
no exception. / am in favor of con-
tinuing the tax on whisky, except that
part which is used in the arts and in
medicine. A voice, Why / will
tell YOU why ! am IN favor of it as re-
ported in the new tariff tin before Con
rress am i'm favor of it because l
think tho tax tends to make 10 a little
higher and fewer can get it to drink.
Applause and laughter
WHAT THE ISSUE Is.
That is my own reason, aud tho only
reason, for the drinking of liquor is "a
great vice; but in this election | do not
consider that a great or a leading ques-
ton. 1t does not have % feather S
weight i'm deciding that which the
American people must decide now for "A
whole generation or lose for q whole
generation. There Is contest going ON
in 1883 which must be decided ono way
or the other for generation, because Il
the protective tariff is lost i'm ihiS cleo
ton let none OF YOU who are careless
us to your votes GattCr yourselves that
it may Ice caught up next year or the
wear after You viii not have am OPP.
porlunty for year upon year, aud the
men Of the South viii secure. probably
forever, the asccndcncy OF liberal com
mercDal principles. In tnIs respect
aud on this point we take Conceal Pierce
t. he a fair representative and q rOludbie
prdctiCpl GliB 20 the commercial policy OF
his CuUHtrU
That was the way in which the Times
/ hailed the announcement of Pierce S
/ nomination. When 10 learned of hls
election It was still more enthusiastic.
/ In It's issue OF Nov. 20, 1862, it Informed
I its readers that;
Tac triumph ~ Gucul p.rt is cs-
sautaiv 1rilmu' ~ free trdGc 10 puts
/ uu puH tITCrtr ,u tut N.i"mnt ip raise the
| implyt duties ut tue DJlU OF 1915 and 10
| leads us to homo THAT % new IN "A more
/ auIi.hteuius sptritwilI prevail in The new
Cehlup. Hia yticrnuCN TO itS ruumerciol
/ relations vi .a ourselves aud the colonies
/ uf 1ge British Empire.
/ These words were written on the eve
/ of thr birth ot q parity tlat was to make
Is ~tu. distance ID enc pro-hnush
policy just HE Times battered itself had
/ obtained eo urcHsy' victory thatlt was
cuu % iusU.goi amn when free trade
( vo8t .e aoop.a. uv tue United States.
I 4heg Question 0i Negro slavery whtcH hai
/ forced itself to tine front OF American
/ polite, when Pierce WAS elected had
/ but % secondary interest for The London