Telegram-herald., 1890-10-15

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nasnss sualencs tel lnt0 rapport sltn
TIE sosaker the nloment Re gave utter
ancs 70 hls nrst sentence. AID aung
upon ais words sstn an.bated interest
- the very l4sE syllable.
Azlor Mckinley partly met snd part
y surprised popular expsetasion. II
vas eommonly thoaght that his speech
would DC the pondsr0us discuss.oo or
the dFYest statistical SIDE Of ths tariff
question ana 0f the Mex nley bili IA
particular. Instead, i sas a plain.
l0gical. dlgniaed, elO4uent preseut-
neut " tie American idea Of pTOtec-
tons amule enough for children 4nd
philosophical enough Tor tie profound
student
"a appearance, Mr. Mckinley j. a
square built, stout mans be o. tne me-
DUN height, with 4 head that vas
maize for thinking and Tor advertising
the fact a. al Observers. NotsitnstaDd-
Ing nfs evident bodily strength. no one
doubted bis statement wuen ne saHt
that ne vas Overt4xlug ms powers with
naeh speaking aud With much travel
lnx. he ; toe most sOught-after man
in al America to-day. While these lines
are he.ng read al Grand Rapids break
fast tables william, Mcknley, Jr., viii
Be making MS toilet more than 500
miles away IN the heart OF OHIO. AL IN
all. the Mckinley mas meeting wa-
the most noted political gathering thai
ever assembled IN Kent county or West
cru Michigan. The following . a stem
ogIaphic report of this grand effort;
MR. CHAIRMAN AND Ny FELLOW CITI-
zENs-lt anything would relieve me OF
tne wearsnsss which | feel tonight, after
more than ten days OF constant cam
paigniug, Il would be the splendid as
senlbly and the cordial welcome which
l have received.
This audience, numbering. a. 10 must,
thousands, ) a great tribute 10 the
cause whlcn most OF Us mold so dear,
winch = toe cause OF the people OF our
common country. Some one has said
ttst 20 achieve the political lndepen-
dence OF 4 country l. but halt OF the
great undertaking OF liberty; that after
political independence there must come
the quality OF opportunity and the
quality or practicablty, among the
citizens, and there must come per
mnnence % It's institutions, and at last
there must De achieved Tor that country
industrial Independence. And | have
come here tonight 10 talk 10 You for d
little while not about partisan politics.
not 20 revive any of the bitterness of
past controversies between great polit-
zeal organizations. | have not come
even 10 call to your attention the splen-
did history of the Republican party IN
the past, and IL has been glorious, and
there IS enough OF il To claim the public
attention of an audience, not for one
evening only, but for many evenings.
have come rather 10 talk TO you about
that which concerns your property,
your occupation, your employment. |
nave come 10 present a policy to you.
which believe will achieve the best
results for mankind and produce the
most for the masses, In bringing the
largest good to the largest number.
This question which is now occupy
ing so much OF public attention,
not only IN our own country, but in all
the nations Of the world, is . simple,
pure question OF business. IL is - ques-
tion which affects every home and
every fireside of the land, and affects
the opportunities which are TO be gwen
20 human endesvOr. IL Is q business
question, because II relates almost ex-
clus.yely to the question of taxation.
Taxation cOnfrOnts every government
az the very beginning, whether il Is the
government of the city, or the State, or
the Nation. The first question which
affects any government Is the one as to
how the money shall be raised To meet
the expenses and discharge the obliga-
tlOns which shall rest upon such
government. This question of taxa
ton, my fellow citizens, is as old as
governments among men. IL affected
the early statesmen of our own cOun-
try; it was discussed in the earliest Con-
gressss; ave, even before Congresses as
seDloled. lt had as much To- DO. almost.
~ any other thing to bring the colonies
and the dependencies into federaIIZa-
ton and INTO union under written
constitution. And IL not only affected
tlIe statesmen OF = hundred years ago,
hut lt Affects the statesmen of today.
People are divided on this great ques-
ton. People differ rs to wnat policy
OF taxation viii best subserve the
interests OF the people. They differ a.
10 what policy Will rest most lightly
upon tue shoulders OF the American
people. and enable Us to provide the
necessary revenues to conduct the
government, with the lightest burden
upon our people.
lt requires IN this country three hun
dred aul sixty millions of dollars every
twelve months to meet the current
and ordinary expenses of the
Federal Government. One mil
lion dollars are required every
twenty-f0ur hours. which must
he raised some how, and from some
source. to keep the wheels of govern
ment IN operation. How shall this
money be raised2 The Government
can not create money: tne Government
can not. by it, voice and by public stat
ute, make Omething out OF nothing,
- that the only means that snv Gov
eminent has, our own ike al the rest,
% supply the needed revenues for pub
lc purposes. is either 10 borrow the
money, upon the credit Of the Govern
nient, or else raise the sum required by
INVOKING the constitutional power Of
taxatlou. No one would justify this
Government m borrowing any cOnsid-
eraole sum OF money in time of pro-
found peace. Borrowing i only justi-
hed m the presence Of great national
emergency, which goes 70 the very life
OF The nation itseif. And "a ne san not,
therefore, With prOpriety, borrow the
money. and ought not to borrow the
money, % meet these current expenses
ot The Government. the only other way
% DO u = by taxing either the produces.
OF cur own people or taxing the pro-
duets OF some ether people. ZAP
plsuse.
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