Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-23

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7, Gathers with one hand and gives out
with the other. But where Is the
wealth of this country to-day? DO you
Who work early and delve late; do you
men in the workshops ana the heius
hold il? Do you who earn the money
of the land keep and enjoy IL? tell
YOU that it is not so.
MANY IMPOVERISHED, FEW ENRICHED.
The wealth of this country has Deen
gathered into the hands OF lew hundred
men. There is not a small city in the land
in which protected industries are iouhd,
in which millionaires may not be counted
on the fingers of both hands. we ali
boast of our free government. we all
believe in the principles of freedom, but
tell you that people cannot eAist
great. cannot exist free, If they have
tax system that grinds down and OPP
presses the many in order to enrich the
few. We must have system OF gov,
eminent that says TO all men: VIII
make no favoritism, will take from no
man and add TO no man. say TO you
all, go on, build up your prosperity;
That is what God designed, for that VIII
make a free and happy country.
When the Mckinley bill passed the
House Yesterday, member OF the COM
mittee who was present at nearly all the
meetings, declared you have reduced
the revenues $50, 900, 900, but you have
increased the tax of the people Ss5, OO0,-
600. A tax for revenue puts the tax in
the national treasury. A tariff for pro-
lection puts the tax in the protected
manufacturers pocket. Now they have
taken the duty off raw sugar and put
little bit on refined sugar, in order prob
ably To cause rise in sugar trust certli-
Gates: tut what does the bill do TO the
Louisiana sugar grower? 1t says, go
ahead, plant your cane, raise your sugar
and we will give you two cents pound
bonus on all you raise. Some people
would say this is a good idea, because
the gift comes from the Government;
but where does the Government get
the money? 1t comes from you
and me. [Great applause. Now what
right has any man to raise sugar on one
side of road in Louisiana, work no
harder or more faithfully than his
neighbor, go to Washington and get
cents Il pound bounty for his sugar,
while his neighbor across the road
raises corn, sells it and helps to pay the
two cents bounty to the sugar grower.
The government has no right TO give
bounty. 1t can't give bounty without
first taking the money from the people.
Prolonged applause.
M'KINLEY BILL DESTRUCTIVE.
The history of this bill will be de-
structive. 1t will 60 into history as Il
bill imposing burdens on tbs people
never before equalled in the country.
Gentlemen talk glibly about getting
the protective principle firmly estab-
lished, and then there will be no further
discussion of the question. Felow-cit.
liens. it is not in the blood of this peo-
pie to rest quietly when they know that
an unjust tax is daily and hourly rob-
bling them and their wives and children.
Great applause So, my friends,
when the fight went against us in 1883,
partly on this question, the battle
was not given up, but the
hosts are gathering strength all along
the line. and the contest is on hotter
than ever before. | am myself called on
to go to many places and speak on this
question. | have answered as many of
these calls as could without neglec,ing
my duties in the House, though under
the present administration there does
not seem to be much use fora Democrat
in the House. Great laughter and APP
plause. But, my friends, can say as a
result of my travels that the sentiment
of the people is concentrating against
this iniquitous system and it will not be
many years until they sweep il out of
existence. Why, the great manufactur-
! ing State Of Rhode Island is already
firmly anchored in the Democratic
column on this question. The great State
of Massachusetts, Is wavering in the
Republican ranks. Let me tell you
what | heard recently in that great col
lege near Boston, where the youth OF
New England receive their education.
A professor told me that when he came
there from the South a few years ago,
he was the only Democrat among fifty
three professors, but last year, said he,
fifty out of fifty-three of these professors
voted the Democratic ticket, and so Of
our history. The people of this country
would probably stand moderate tariff
bill like our friend Butterworth pro-
poses, but as long as the blood of free
men courses in our veins, as long as we
are an intelligent and thinking people,
we will never submit quietly to a prohi-
bition tariff bill like the one that was
passed by the House. Great applause.
TO REDEEM THE cooNTRy.
Now. my friends, would like to stay
in Barbour county and meet you in your
homes. but / am called back to Wash
ington by important business, but let
me say that we intend to redeem this
country. We intend to redeem it for
Democracy and hold it for Democracy
for the next 100 years to come. will
redeem it for freedom, for a system OF
taxation that will not enrich few, but
will place all men at an equality under
the law. Applause.
At the close of Mr.. Wilson's address
he was enthusiastically congratulated.
The chairman of the meeting in behalf OF
the Democratic ladies of Philippi present.
ed him with handsome bouquet. and the
popular Congressman replied in neat
compliment 10 the pretty women and
pretty flowers of West Virginia. 1t