The Washington critic., 1888-06-23

Republican members In the House, IL
doesn't declare in distinct language how
the surplus in the Treasury IS 70 be re-
duced. It says repeal the tobacco tax
and allow spirits used In the arts and
manufactures TO be free, and if that
doesn't reduce the surplus enough, then
IL favors repeal of the entire Internal
revenue tax. As the internal revenue
tax amounted last year to SIG, ,000, 900, its
repeal now would cause deficit
of $60,000000 per annum. Its resolu
ton charging that Democrats have never
reclaimed single acre Of public lands
donated to railroad corporations is alb
surd and ridiculous when IL Is remem-
bered that in little over eleven years
the Republican party donated to railroad
corporations nearly 200,000,000 acres of
public lands, and this outrage upon the
Constitution and the rights OF the people
was not stopped until the Democratic
party came into power, and by the earn
est efforts of Democrats in Congress nearly
S0,0O0,000 of acres have been reclaimed
from the railroad corporations and are
now being held for actual settlers.
1.-THE reference to finance is amusing
when il is remembered that the Republic
cans voted solidly in the Forty'ninth
Congress in favor of stopping the coinage
of silver"
The Republicans are overjoyed with the
platform. They claim TO smell the air of
victory and already they say North
Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia are
getting in trim to jump the Democratic
party.
Mr.. Kennedy of Ohio said to the re-
porter II think IL grand platform
and No. / tariff plank The work of
the convention will be heartily indorsed
by the people in November next. The
tariffplank will rally to the support of the
Republican party every honest working.
man in the country. The success of the
party is now assured. With the internal
revenue plank our chances for carrying
North Carolina, Virginia and West Vir-
ginia have been increased hundred
fold"
Mr.. Nichols, the Independent member
from North Carolina, who was standing
near, said:
81 indorse all that Mr.. Kennedy has
| Just spoken. The platform suits North
Carolina. We would have been pleased
to have seen square.out declaration for
| the repeal of the internal revenue tax
but we could hardly expect so much just
yet, and we accept what has been done
with becoming grace. | believe North
| Carolina will cast her electoral vote for
the Republican candidate"
Mr.. Yardely of Pennsylvania said the
| platform was clean clear expression of
| Republican principles.
Mr.. Hiestand of Pennsylvania thought
| it was an excellent platform and that the
tariff plank couldn't be better. He said
| the Republicans would enter the cam
| paign to win, and their grand platform
would carry the party to victory.
| Chairman Mills Opinion.
Chairman Mills of the Ways and Means
Committee was seen. at the House this
morning by CRITIC reporter, and seemed
to be highly elated with the platform. He
characterized 1t as bold declaration
against any reduction of taxation, and
said that 1.-THE Republicans had now put
themselves on record in favor of free
whisky and an increase of taxation as
| against q reduction of taxation on the
necessaries of life. The lines are drawn
this time more distinctly than ever be.
/ fore"
Mr.. Randall was very busy when the
| reporter approached HIM, and in answer
| to the question of what he thought of the
thing about it. haven't even read it,
A North Carolina View.
Mr.. Johnston Of North Carolina said
"The platform is fraud, an outrageous
fraud, because they pretend to favor the
repeal OF this tax. They will repeal the
internal tax, they say, if the surplus con
tinues. Now, the policy of the Repub-
licans is to use up the surplus by ex'
travagant appropriations and by trying
to force the passage of such bills as the
Arrears of Pension bills, which would
prevent any reduction of taxation or the
repeal of the internal revenue taxes
which they pretend to favor. Their plat
form will not deceive North Carolina
when it is explained to the people"
A Voice From Indiana.
Mr. Bynum Of Indiana, after reading
the platform carefully, said
at is a square issue between free to-
bacco free whisky, low wages and i'm.
poverished industries, and cheap food
cheap clothing, high wages and genera
prosperity. A restricted market fol
which the Republican platform declare:
means restriction of the output of the
products of labor, and necessarily les
work, more idleness and lower wages
The Democratic platform favors re
moval of the barriers or commerce and
exchange-a more extended market
greater production, more work for labor
higher wages and greater consumption
consequently better times-this is the
whole issue, in my opinion"
"simply Splendid"
Mr.. E. IL. Taylor OF Ohio said: VI like
it, more than like IT. it is simply splendid
There is no dough face about it. The
platform makes it inconsequential as Il
whom we nominate; it will elect ITSELF"
What Mr.. Burrows Thinks About 1t
Mr.. Burrows of Michigan: 81 am NOR,
than satisfied with the platform, espe
cially the tariff plank. We do not pat
tern after the Democrats, but boldly de
clare in favor of protection to American
industries. That will be the issue of tn,
campaign. The platform foreshadows thu
policy of the Republican party on tn,
question of reducing the surplus by de
claring in favor of the repeal of the to
bacco tax, the removal of the tax OF
spirits used in the arts, and then wisel,
declares that If further reduction (
necessary they will favor the total abol
ishment of the internal revenue rathe
than destroy the American system of pro
lection. 1t is a capital declaration o
principles from beginning to end"