The daily state chronicle., 1890-11-04

you remain linked to that party which
ignores you, despises and leaves you in
darkness. Where is your manhood.
Where is your self resnect. Where is
your southern chiva'ry and manliness2
ThesTariff.
Senator Ransom handled the tariff for
about ten minutes. He said that the
old tariff laid an average tax Of As cents
on the dollar on the cost of over 1000
articles which are needed and used daily
by all classes of people particularly the
poor people Wasn't that enough
Wasn't it it oppressive enough to lay a
heavy tax on four thousand articles of
the necessaries of life The Republicans
thought not, and the 3Oth of last Sep.
tember, the Mckinley Tariff bill was
passed by Radical Congress, and tha.
bill increases the tax on the people of
this country to the extent of $45, 900, 900
Mr.. Allison acknowledged that the in
crease would be this much. And gen.
tlemen, this increase is made after put
ting sugar up to the Dutch standard of
16 (all brown sugar. on the free list, and
reducing the tax on tobacco making
total reduction of $66, 900, 900. Yes,
this great amount of taxation was lifted
from the people, and then the Republi-
can party, with their Mckinley tariff
bill, put that tax back on the people by
raising the tariff tax on other articles
needed and used by them, and not only
put that $66, 600, 900 back, but also put
on An additional tax of $45, 900, 900 ma
king the whole an additional tax burden
of Sill, 900, 900 just imposed on the peo-
pie by Republican Congress.
How the Tariff Works.
The Senator showed how, under this
tariff, manufacturers of plows and agri-
cultural implements in this country, sold
these same implements to merchants in
Mexico cheaper than they were sold to
merchants in this very country where
the tariff was said to protect.
Radical Extravagance.
Senator Ransom stated that during
the first year of Harrison's admiuistra-
tion the Republican Congress spent and
squandered $465, 900, OO9. Do you know
that this amount of money is nearly twice
as much as the whole taxable value of all
the property in North Carolina. Think
of it, gentlemen! Where did all that
money come from froma 1t amounts to
more than $500 for each man, woman
and child in this whole country, and it
came from YOU and YOU and YOU, and
from the people in this country who pay
| the exorbitant tariff tax which is i'm
posed by the Republican party on nearly
every article you wear and nearly every
tural purposes
| Are We Free?
We say we are free people. We
boast of our freedom. We boast of oul
popular government. But are we fres:
Oil my friends, look around you AID
see how things are in this particular.
have had the bitter modification aud
humiliation Of seeing our boasted free
dom struck down yes struck down il
the very citadel which was established
by Washington and our forefathers a
the home and castle of freedom.
On the 3rd of last December Reed, O
Maine, was elected Speaker. And M
friends, want to tell you what yo1
have heard before. Reed never woul'
have been elected Speaker
two Democratic Districts in NortI
Carolina had done their duty. They be
come split up and disorganized, ant
those districts sent to Congress two r,
publicans instead of two Democrats
Those two Republicans were sufficient t
elect the Radical Reed to the speaker
ship. do not make these statement
in spirit of complaint, but l mentio
/, them to show that no Democrat shoul
falter in his great duty tomorrow.
Reed was elected, and then he bega
; his course of arbitrary ruling and de
q poti N, denied hearing and represent'
: tion to 5000, 900 Democratic voters
this country for the whole time betwee
December 3rd, 1889, to October Is
, 1890.
The Force Bill.
The Force bill came in for it's share
= discussion. The Senator said it was Il
: most shamefuIy, the most cruel, tt
- most humiliating and the most DANCE
- Gus measure that could be conceived
4 human ingenuity and m allgnant machil
tion.
: The Senator gave first dolineati
- of the old regime of elections, and th'
; explained the workings of the For
- bill. He confessed that it was hard
= be calm and temperate when speaki
- of this Infamous Radical measure.
= The bill provides that there shall
= appointed seventy general supervisors
.. elections for this country. Two wou
be appointed for North Carolina. A
N how will they be appointed? By the
a s. circuit Judge of each district UnG
10 this provision Judge Bond, who liz
a a outside of the State, would appoint t
\. supervisors for North Carolina. A
for how long time shall these sup
visors be appointed2 Ga! shades of I
ba great spirits, would you think it2 Th'
I'd supervisors are to be appointed
~ - life-FOR LIFE. Do you comprehe
- that. 1t is the tenure of king, and G.
o., fers the power of tyrant for life tir
~ But this is sweet mercy compared
the progress of the bill. It further p
"' vides that three special supervisors ST
es- be appointed for each ballot-box by
at, circuit judge, and that the State m
all shall may appoint FIVE, ten, fifty or
10, hundred deputy marshals if he so choo
nd to stand at each polling place. 4
'nt then to cap the imax of infamy the
los provides that the soldiers of the al
"a and navy may be put at the polls to (
'n- tect ~ those deputy marshals and
us pervisors. Well, we might stand 9
ov- this; but see further That same
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