The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-03-07


i On Thursday OF last week Gov. Boies
the first Democratic Governor OF I.~a
\ was inaugurated ~ Des Moines, IN IN
presence OF the largest body Of peopl
ever assembled in the State. He read
lengthy inaugural message, which wa
lreceived with great applause. On TIL
questions Of tariff and prohibition h,
was very specific. and spoke As follows
4 Any system of taxation. the efI~ct o
which IL 10 take fram one class and Civ,
20 another. is necessarily = partial aut
nnequsI distribution Of public burdens
il j. probably true that the burdens Of M
exnrhitsnt protective tariff fall more
heavily upon lows than upon most o
her sister states Such tzrid il necrs
-,ri4y in conflict with the best interest,
of The one great industry which is The
chief hope sud sr-senauce OF her people
II increases the cost nf nearly everything
". buy sud disnini-hes the-.price Of al.
most every thing we sell.
(, We denounce ~ y conspirac, comb.
nation between few men 10 increase
Nv artificial means. the cost. of the least
Iof our necesssries aud encourage by ma
itionsl law = vast monopoly that defs-
'h- law of trade aud requisites. ~ its own
Interest. the price OF nearly everything
we ARE compelled 10 buy. We have fol-
lowed thi- dvln-ion Of = protective fariiI
with the biind faith Of devotee. listen
ing 10 the uost deceptive Of arguments,
lbeiieving Ia the most potent Of fsIlacies.
We have been willing to believe we
could enrich our workmen bv making
lmilIionaires Of their employers: that we
could increase the farmers income by =
System of legislation that clogs the out
llcis tor his products that must 20 abroad,
Ior smothers the market we would nour-
lish- We have been clay in the potfer's
hands, nodded 10 suit his selfish will,
lnnfii. with grenaries oyerfiowing, with
focks and herds that man can scarcely
humber. we are still poor, because, by
lsrtificsl means, the profits Of our great
Industry have been depressed below
their normal condition. that those OF
smother might be elevated above its own.
And yet. in the light OF all our exper-
lience. we are confronted by q policy, for
which we are ~ much responsible a. any
one. that IL draining the national trea-
lsury by extrsvagant expenditures. that 4
war tariff may be maintained ia times oi
peacc that threatens 10 remove the tax
On the worst Of luxuries thst il NAV be
lret@ined on the greatest Of necessities.
| Let II b.. understood that the people ol
this stale demsnd cheap clothing, cheap
food, cheap implements OF labor lii
short cheap uecesssrIes; that they arg
mot Interested % cheap whIsky or cheap
Tobacco. ard thnt, n compelled % tak(
tho latter eneap and tho former dear
they will surely resent The injury.
| To the question Of prohibition The
governor stated that the prohibjsory Law
bad been despised. disrcgarded and II
|nored In most OF tho large cities or the
state from the day Of its birth down to
the present time. The use Of intoxica-
Ting liquors a. beverage had not been
Millions and millions OF
the capital Of citizens had been invested
liz the business. aud then It had been
lcoidiy wiped out without one effort 10
those who were ruiued
Wherever the law had been
|enforcei owners hsd been impoverished
Ia his judgment the chief obstacle to the
enforcement Of the Law lay in the fact
that IL was cruel violation Of one Of The
most valuable of human rights. II wss
i'm possible to read the platform Of the
respective parties without reaching the
ccnciu-ioa that no political issue was
ever more clearly defined. more
discussed. and better under
stood by the masses than that relating to|
this question. In the campaign which
preceded the lsst election the people oil
lows had, through the only mediuml
known to them for settling political IL.
.nes, passed judgment on this question.
They were, therefore. bound IN honor toI
furnish for those localities desiring II al
most carefully framed license law. The
greatest care should be taken. Of course.
o keep the traffic out Of the hands Of i'm
proper parties. What Iowa needed was
practical legislation on the subject-leg-
Station that was broad enough 70 cover
more than the views Of single class.