The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-10-18

Article y reads rs follows:
''The powers not delegated TO the
United States by the constitution
are reserved TO the people,
And the 9th subdivision of Sec. 8, OF
Art. | Z. s. constitution, reads ~
No money shall be drawn from
the treasury, but in consequence Of
made by law, and
regular statement and account of the
receipts and expenditures of all public
moneys shall be published from time
to time"
Can the words appropriation" ant,
be 50 tortured even by
the advocates of the "sub-treasury
scheme" as to mean cleaning money!
We must never lose sight of this
principle, that the United States gov
ernment has no money, except what II
raises by taxation from the people, and
the purpose for which that money is
raised is not to loan il out, but to
deiray the necessary expenses OF the
government.
The advocates of this warehouse
scheme claim that there is no difference
between this plan aud the present gov
ernment bonded warehouses for the
We will compare the two:
The bonded warehouses for liquors
are built by the dislillers; the sub
treasures by millions Of dollars taken
from the people by taxation. The
government does not loan cent of
money Oh the liquor SO deposited, but
under the Vance aud Pickler bills the
government would loan so per cent. of
the then market value OF wheat, corn,
oats, tobacco and cotton.
The government paws a storekeeper
or gauger in this liquor warehouse, but
only to prevent the government being
robbed of its revenue. The sub.
treasury bill requires hundreds oi
thousands OF employees (whO will be
United States Olficers) to handle sur
plus wheat, corn, oats, tobacco and
cotton.
Whenever distilled liquors are made,
the government, at once, for the sole
purprse of raising revenue to defray
the expenses of the government, puts
q tax of 80 cents gallon, six times the
original cost OF production, npou the
liquor, and requires it to be placed in
warehouses and there held until this
tax is paid, aud newly distilled liquors
being unfit for use until three years old
IL Is held there, but never let out until
this tax is paid.
The national government places no
tax on our farm products, raises no
revenue from 1t, and 1t is fit tor use a
soon as ripe.
Then are they not driven to desperate
extremes when they have 10 try and
| find hatt 10, a
liquor houses and their scheme?
Does il not clearly appear, from the
above discussion, that this bill is open
to the fatal objection of being in viola
ton of the constitution OF the United
States? 1 do not believe the brothers
in Missouri will advocate or ask theil
national law makers to vote tor a
measure that is open to tins objection
for these congressman have taken al
oath to support the United Stale.
constitution AZ IL now exists.
THIS MEASURE VIOLATES AND OPPOSE
THE CONSTITUTION, PRINCIPLES
AND DEMANDS OF OUR OWN
| ORDER.
Sud. division 2 OF the "declaratiO
OF purposes" or "presmble" OF oul
national, state, county, and subordi
nate, constitutions are all exactly alike
and read as follows: "That we de
mand equal rights to all and specia
favors to none." This was adopted II
st. Louis im our national meetin
last December, rs the preamble all,
leading thought of our national consli
tuition. Under this bold, plain an,
manly declaration our demands upoI
the national government were made
Among those demands was the 10
lowing.
"Beheving in the doctrine of equa
rights to all and special privileges t
none,w demand that taxation, nation
al or state, shall not be used to bull
up one interest or class al the expens
OF another"
1--WE believe that the money of th
country should be kept as much d
possible In the hands OF the people, All
hence we demand that all revenues
national, state or county, shall
limited 10 tie necessary expenses of til
government economically aud hOnesll
administered.
Having been chairman of the delegs
ton IRON this state to this st. LOU
national meeting, and secretary of th
committee on demands, have tn
original demands still in my possession
and make this copy from them.
That national constitutional declars
ton was inserted in and adopted as
part of every state, county and subor
| IN rnnatifnttnn nf MI nrIat. IL, 4 Ia
United States; aud the above quote
demand was adopted BY every STATE
county and subordinate union rs pal
OF their demands. With these coIst
Iutions and demands in their hands
thousands OF our national state, count
aud subordinate lecturers and organ
Izers have traversed this entire count E
and appealed TO the farming class t
unite in crushing out the unjust exac
tiuns and tyranules of class Legislation
telling them that this movement NEAR
death blow to special privilege
grated by national Legislation.
Upon the faith OF these solemn con
! stiiutiOnal declarations, believing "
r meant what we said in our demand
and from the mouths of our dul
commissioned speakers, millions {
the farmers snd lab jrers of Il
United States have joined our ranks
D in our own state more than lS5, ,0C
B. having flOcked to our standard to al
1 us in our noble work.
3 On the faith OF our purposes as 81
: forth in this constitution and in OF
demands, thousands of able paper
religious, news, agricultural and poht
hnx tunl l.A I'M
4 and most substantial help, and bid |
= God speed in our holy mission; al
a thousands of able, conservative me
- who were more of patriots than
= partisans, but who we're not farme
II and could not therefore join us, ha,
8 given us kind aud encouraging wur'
II and willing aud helping hands.
d Or to sum the whole mailer up al
put it plainly and truthfully our UrdI
y has been built upon the faith that Il
c people had in our meaning to ma
" war upon class legislation aud speci
Il privileges being given by our nation
d government.
The Sub treasury bill' violat
r every priuclple oi these solemn cons!
u tutional PROVISIONS, government
&c demands, and declarations of our col
~ missiOned officers.
And some of our national officers Il
y us, now that we are organized al
g built up, to turn to the world aud s
s in substance, by advocating this "su
It treasury scheme," I'VE did not me
II what we said, when we declared '
were in favor of equal rights To all a
ST special privileges TO none, but
N meant we were in favor OF spec
st privileges being granted TO the owne
of surplus wheat, corn, oats, tobac
D. und cnttnn living in the WeAlthis