, 1890-10-23
David Bennett Hill Speaks
at Canton, Ohio.
The BAD REPUBLICAN MAJORITY
II Has Unseated Democrats ana
Seated Republicans, and II
Worries David.

to obtain admission. Inc BoNoihVi S"'''
in part:
An important political campaign Is
that upon which the country mas en-
tered The question presented 10 our
voters Is not whether the next house oi
representatives shall be republican OF
democratic, but whether the nature OF
our federal govern ment Is to be radically
modified and the integrity OF our ihsti-
tutions successfully threatened Inc
great issue Is the record of the repubi'
can party In its brief control of con-
press, No party has more recklessly
detcd precedents, more hagran'ly dis'
regarded principles, moro ooast'u',y
overturned traditions, more seriously
invaded private rights, more arbitrarily
encroached upon the prerogatlves oil
states or more tyranically used the
power OF the partisan majority
The animat.ng motive OF its acts
seems to have bean only the perpetual
ton of ITS own power. The party has
increased its majority in the house OF
representatives by arbitrarily ejecung
democrats from seats, stolen the repre-
senta,ion of one state In the senate nh-
mitted to the Union states whose only
claim to admission Is that they Will
swell the republican majority, and de-
MED representation to democratic tcrri-
tories, much better qualitiei for sister
hood in point of population and re-
sources 1t has ignored the rights OF
the minority by tyrannical methods ana
the conduct of the speaker OF the house
squandered the treasury surplus by eS-
travagant appropriations TO concillate
party interests, enacted tariff bill which
will supply corruption funds FOR eIec-
tions. 1t has conducted a census, do
nounced everywhere as worthless ana
manipulated for counting the republican
popula alton up and the democratic pop
ulation down, and has threatened the
enactment of force bill which will put
an end TO state authority in the conduct
ing Of federal elections and make con.
gress not representative of the people,
butt the creature of whatever men the
federal officials may choose to count IN.
THIS is the record that conironts the
people. Long practice in hypocrisy
has enabled the republican leaders to
disguise their partisanship under pa
trotic language, but their appeal, alter
all, Is one TO cnpidity and seIishness.
frightened by the disapproval which
their heRdstrong and revolutionary
course has aroused in their own party,
they nre endcavoring to bolster up their
shaky position by appeals to sectional
ism and party pride. II our institutions
are to be preserved pure and intact,
every patriotic citizen must dc his duty
in rebuking this grasping and tyran'
nical political oligarchy.
After discussing the tariff, so far rs 1t
relates to the interests of farmers, the
governor :continued But not only has
the republican congress stopped to the
sharper's trick to hoodwink tho Ameri-
eau farmer, in the matter of the tariffs
on his products, but 1t has made
sive than it has hitherto been.
His woolens pay 20 per cent. more duty,
while the rich mans broadcloth pays
duty 10 per cent more. The duty on a
seaIskin sacque is reduced 10 per cent,
while that on silk plush sacquc which
the poor woman wears, is increased 20
per cont. The duty on worsted shawls.
which the farmers wife wears, is raised
from 81 to so per cent, and on wooden
shawls the increase rs from 10 per cent.
to 80 per cent on Noolens and chill
dren' 8 cheap dress goods the increase ~
much less. For his flannels the con.
sumer must pay pm increase of at least I
clothing the increase of taxation is
from 81 per cent to ~ per cent.
The governor mentioned several other
articles, and added that on milk pans,
tin pals, tin cups, coffee pots, kettles,
and other articles OF tinware the people
are to be taxed $GO, 600 CO. Tor three years
III order that few manu- tacturers may
experiment with the tin plate Industry.
Ii you think this Is n partisan state
/ "a n "a m q n n .
cabinet says about II in a recent adver.
tisement; "lnware is advancing in
cost and very soon the manu- uiaCturers
will have their way and you and | will
| have to pay very much more. In view
Of this state of things we made, some.
time since, large purchases OF kitchen
tinware at what was low price then,
and would be far lower now, in the face
OF two advances in makers price lists.
JOHN WANAMAkER."
All over the country the effort of such
legislation has been to increase the prices
OF dry goods and other household ncccs.
stics. Not all of this Increase is perhaps
justitiable, but sharp merchants have
| been quick to take advantage OF the op-
portunity which Mckinley offered them,
and the poor consumer Is tho victim,
whether justly or not The Mckinley
bill has defined sharply the issue upon
which the two parties are divided. In
its enactment the republican party has
demonstrated more clearly tnan ever
that the sympathies of its leaders are not
with the great mass of people, but with
certain favored classes.
economic doctrine which tho party now
supports is one it would repudiate ten
years ago, and which some of its great
men, like Blaine, are evidently desiring
| to repudiate now. At n time when ouI
industries are languishing and oui
agricultural products are finding
competition In foreign markets, we
shrink within ourselves and declare q
policy of non-intercourse with other
nations. The time has come when tho
demands OF manufacturer and pro
ducers are for wider markets, markets
not limited to the borders of our
! own country, or our own continent,
but wide as the world.
Our foreign trade last year was valued
at 81, 500 5000 Can we afford To
jeopardizc that immense source o.
natural wealth by erecting legislative
barriers to commerce. | want TO see
the American. people busy, supplying
the markets of the world with food anu
clothing | want to see American ship.
carrying our produce over every sea.
want to see the wealth of Europe uno
Asia and Canada and South America
come into this country TO increase tn,
wages OF every laborer and enrich ever,
citizen, but | do not expect 10 behol,
such results with the present economi,
system. We have Commandin,
position in the contest ior internationa
trade, Shall we take advantage of IL OF
abandon IL? Shall We encourage barte
with other nations or shall we dis
courage II? Shall we strive for the un-
healthy and Improbable expansion o
OF our home markets or seek an Quite
for our surplus products in foreign mar