Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-10-20

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Used to? / was silver man | be-
lieved in silver, and the people be-
Ieved in silver. But Cleveland after
he was elected and before he took the
oath of office, wrote letter saying
this coinage Of silver had to be stop
ped. Before the election all the dem
ocratic orators were talking about
the hard times from the demonetizing
of silver. Cleveland said the people
were not wise
''What is the tariff, my friends ?
The tariff is duty levied by the law
on goods or articles produced in a
foreign country when Imported into
this. Now, why should man who
works in Europe have the markets of
this nation in preference to those who
live under its flag and pays the taxes
by which our country is protected ?
Do those foreigners pay taxes here in
Berkeley? No,my friends, you bear
that expense yourselves. They are
under another flag and in case of war
for that country, they would fight
not for you. but against you.
"What, then, is the revenue tariff
Mr.. Wilson favors? 1t is tariff SO
adjusted that it utterly ignores pro-
lection. One year the democratic
platform was for ga tariff for revenue
only" the next presidential year it
declared for a "tariff only for reve-
nue." Laughter.) A tariff for rev.
enue means that customs officer
shall go down to your sea-board and
beckon the passing ship from for
eign land and say: LAND here.
You carry the product Of the manu-
factories of cotton and wool and iron
and steel and glass. We want it. We
will let you in upon the payment OF
such tax as will give little revenue
into our treasury. 1t ignores Pro-
lection. If you want that kind of
tariff, / am not your man. (Great
applause.) Mr.. Wilson quotes me as
saying i want to put up the tariff.
(Mr. Wilson seizes one of his numer-
GUS scrap books and begins turning
its leaves rapidly. Why, God bless
you, brother, you needn't look for
your authority. (Laughter.) | said
it wild applause.) ] say it now,
and mean it. (Cheers.)
"Free whiskey is not the issue, but
/ will not skulk, as between tearing
down the industrial system of Ham,
ilton and Jefferson and Jackson, or
repeating the internal revenue laws.
(Cheers.) I'll repeal them, and that
does not mean free whiskey, either.
1t means that West Virginia will take
hold OF the question and tax it if she
desires just as the Federal govern
ment does now; and tobacco and 9TH
err things the State will tax also, and
so tighten the burdens on your farms
and homes. Long continued cheer
ing.) What has come over the spirit
of my brothers dreams Qaughter)
and over the democratic party2 How
long has it been since the democratic
party favored the repeal of the inter-
nal revenue taxes? Four years ago
Mr.. Wilson and all the democrats
said they ought to be repealed Now
it is necessary to keep the internal
revenue tax to reduce the surplus
(derisive laughter) and to destroy
the protective system and its benef-
cent fruits. ("That's it,
"Ex-Secretary McCelloch, whom
the gentleman quotes as favoring a
revenue tariff and as going over to
the enemy, has simply gone where he
always belonged. He is and always
has been an avowed free trader.
Some other free trade republicans
few of them--have gone to their own
side, and many protection Democrats
have also come over where they be-
long, and fallen in beneath the ban
ner / carry; and they will vote for
Benjamin Harrison tremendous APP
plause); and Levi p. Morton Gap
plause); and William III. II. Flick
(Tumultuous cheering); and for the
man who is now talking to you, and
who will be the next governor of
West Virginia. (vociferous, con-
tinued applause, breaking out over
and over again.
When the direct tax bill was intro
duced, to refund to a number of the
States the money paid in war taxes,
because some States like West Vir-
ginia had paid it and others had not,
my brother here did not vote for it.
1t would have refunded to West Vir-
ginia $3.50, 900, but neither my broth
er nor his party would vote for it..
There was the Blair Bill. distributing
to the country millions of dollars for
free schools. / believe in them. Gap
plavse.) They are the grandest sys-