Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-10-26
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oiven intelligent consideration W Vn0 ~
ord of that campaign he recognized tnat ~
was question "for you ana NE 10 Gun
slider how much of our liberty we nave
left. and how long we shall nave IIe
remainder with US" Applause ne
held that the purpose OF the managers VI
the Republican party had oeen Gecldteu
through their leader and ldol; opeaAel
Reed when he said: 1--WE must do our own
coTnting our own registration, and our own
csTtification.m They felt that they must es-
tablish for the power of the people, some SORT
of authority or power which would per
petuate their party in power. and that II
they were successful in that endeavor,
sthen all your liberties are at an end, ana
whatever your wages are, you Will DE as
heInIess as the serfs in Russia" He de-
clared that was the truth, land no honest
man. he he Democrat or be he kepuOlcdh,
need fear a statement OF the truth. lAP-
plansel He referred to Mr.. Wanamakerlh
scathing terms and said that his collection
of the 500 900 Republican corruption fund;
his "frving of the fat was the price OF MS
elevation TO the Cabinet as POSTMASTER
General The fund had been accumulated
for the purpose of debauchlng the American
people through Dudley's blocks Oh
i've system. "Goff and Mckinney ana
Elkins and all those horney-handed sons VI
toll Applause were the men VINO hahuleu
that fund-in your interest, marx you,
They went around the country foollng
workingmen in blocks of ten. Laughter
To put it in plain Anglo-SaXon Engllsh,
the lied TO YOU by the hour. Applause
They told YOU that the system OF taxation
under which your are living-that is, the
tariff-was designed for the purpose OF en-
couraging industries and paving hlgn
wages. That's what they did. Applause
heard EN- myself. The truth was, ana
the truth is, that when those taxes were
levied there wasn't man IN all Tue
country who cared single snap oil Els
finger whether or not all the manufactures
in the country were swallowed up:
That was in a time of war, and the tarln
was levied, not to build mills, not
to open mines. not to open quarrles,
not TO give employment, nor even TO give
high wages Their only purpose was 10
raise all the money needed to carry on the
war. Applause. All the wages they
were paving was 81 month applause,
and all the employment they would assure
was place in the ranks at the front. APP
plause Well, that being the object OF
levving these taxes you can understand
that the tariff was imposed on those artl-
cles the people used the most. The pur-
pose being TO fill the treasury, they dldnt
levy the tariff on diamonds they dldn' l
levy the tariff on Statuary; they didn't
levy the tariff on oil paintings There was
very little trade in those things just then.
But they levied it on hats and trousers,
and coats and shoes; they levied IL on
dresses, and on aprons, ana D0nnets, ana
ribbons: they levied iit on tin cans ana
on buckets, and on pots, and on Kettles ana
knives and scissors. They levied 1t upon
these things which the common peo'
pie had to buy, and the reason
was that the poor should pay their
share of the expenses OF the war.
And when they had levied these taxes
on YOU. they levied another tax on the rich.
They levied tax on incomes Every man
who received more than - 900 Il year had
to pay tax on that income. The rich man
couldn't buy u share of stock without pay
inc tax. There was an express tax, and
a railroad tax, and a telegraph tax. he
couldn't write bank check without pay
ing tax, nor make deed without paying
a tax. There were numerous taxes on
wealth made in order that they shonld pay
their share of the expenses OF the war
and when they put these taxes on you and
on the wealthy they said they were neces-
sarv. and that as soon rs peace came they
would pass away. oThat was the
promise of the Republican party
twenty-eight years ago. Well,
the war closed twenty-five years ago,
and the need for these enormous sums
of money ceased when the war ceased
Now. how has the Republican party kept
its promises. II has taken of the tax on
wealth. and allowed il to remain on the
poor. Applause They have even aggra-
waited il. But they say it does you good.
Laughter These taxes put on the peo-
ple to get the enormous sums the govern
ment required We're soon discovered by the
manufacturers of the country TO afford
them the means of not only paying reason
able wages. of getting fair prices for their
goods. but of getting enormous fortunes
for themselves, and the manufacturers Of
the country locked their hands, and they
swore the tariff should not be taken of the
people if they could find any party base
enough 10 beJray the people. Applause
At that time Steve Elkins was not wearing
hickory shirts nor 0veralls. Laughter.
He didn't say much about labor. wonder
if there is any old line Republican here.
He must feel out of place at any kepuohcan
meeting now In those times the only
question before the house was, whether the
bondholders should be paid in gold or dla-
monds. Laughter There was no talk
about wages then. The talk was all about
= pos. and zoos. and lO-4Os. All, no. At
that time the Democracy had monopoly
of the working men. In Congress they used
TO speak of the Democratic city OF New
York as being made up OF the scum oil the
earth. Well. a. our meetings there You
didn't see many white ties, nor many sWal-
low-tail coats Laughter That was be
fore the days of labor organizations. That
was before the days when you employed the
means capital employed for It's oppression.
Applause Just as soon as we had labor
organizations; just as soon as we had
Knights of Labor; just as we had the
American Federation of Labor; just as soon
as the labor of the country became an i'm
portant political force-then there was
change of scene. Applause Why, |
don't suppose Golf or Elkins know what
bOndhOlder is. Laughter / am sure
they don't know what a bondholder is; and
as for a trust Faugh .' Laughter and
applause.
Senator Grady continued in this strain for
about an hour, scoring point after point,
and driving his shafts of oratory home into
his political antagonists until the hall
rang again and again with the applause OF
his audience. He took up the tariff In It's
relation to the farmer, and showed that al
though 10 was Claimed 10 WORK great pcil-
eft to him. in reality it but increased his
burdens. He scored the Republican lead
ers for their hypocrisy, and closed with a
peroration which thrilled his hearers, and
caused them to break forth in round after
round of cheers. rs he bowed his acknOwl-
edgements, and took his seat.
AS soon as the meeting adjourned, men
from all parts of the house tiocked upon the
stage to shake the eloquent Senator by the
hand. and for fifteen minutes he exchanged
cordial greetings with those about him. He
was then escorted to his hotel by the
Young Mems Democratic Club, and the
second of the series of great meetings in
the cause of the people was at an end
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