Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-16
BRIGHAMISM.

81 am farmer myself-I work on a farm"
says Brigham. When Not while In the
army, Colonel not while sheriff Of the courts
OF Fulton county, not while travelling as mas
ter Of the grange7 When then was the work
done9 See how your own words belle you :.
II prefer to stay on the farm and work in
the fields as you do, but my duties are so
manifold, that I am away from home much
of the time. The farmers all know me. When
/ get homo my desk is piled full Of letters,
from farmers all over the country asking me
various questions. answer them all, for
au their friend. can't do this work and
plough. Ny farm looks like a widow wom-
mans farm. The farm needs repairing and
other Improvements are necessary"
Stay at home, Colonel, and take the much
needed rest-attepd to the repairing and
other improvements" 1t would be cruel in
the people to take you away from your farm,
and If you tell the truth You was very foolish
to accept the Republican nomination for
Congress on protective platform.
su..tl sa
Politicians are all alike" says Brig
ham. Republican bankers are the same
as Democratic bankers. They stand side
by side all ready to rob you IL the opportuni-
ty presents ITSELF" This difference, ColoneI
Democratic politicians and bankers do not
support the robber tariff. What think you,
speaking for your platform, on this all vital
question ? t
"s
Says the Republican candidate for Con-
gress, he who runs on platform advocat-
ing taxation for protection
when people say ana not farmer they
are not honest. Come over next harvest and
see whether you can pitch bigger fork full
OF hay than can. ] have lived in my time
and manage my own farm"
You must be poor farmer, Colonel;
you just told rs 'My farm looks like a
widows farm-it needs repairing and other
Improvements are necessary" Perhaps too
much of your time has been devoted to the
sale of Bohemian oats in Michigan.
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0Here is wisdom from the Fulton county
statesman: ''Isay that the farmers ought to
be paid by tax levied on the rich man and
the bondholder." We do not know what is
ment by this: The rich man and the bond
holder, by chicanery and Republican legisla-
tion may not and we do not believe that they
do pay their proper share of taxation, but
would Brigham exempt real estate entirely
from taxation. II so, where would the reve-
nue. for State government come from The
only national taxes-all that Congress has
to do with-are tariff duties-and
God knows the farmer is sufficiently burden
cd with them.
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"Laboring men must have protection"
says Brigham. How ? What kind of pro-
lection do you propose for them Taxing.
by the Mckinley tariff their dinner pail and
every article which they are compelled to
purchase. Is this protection 2
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II want the farmer protected, and any pro-
lection that does not protect the farmer is no
good" says Brigham. Then the Mckinley
tariff is no good. 1t protects eggs, cabbage
and wheat. The two former are ridiculous,
of the latter but 1000 bushels were imported
last year, and this for seed upon which the
farmer paid the tariff tax. The farmer is
taxed upon every conceivable article used by
him, from his field utensils to his tin cup
from the straw hat on his head to the stoga
shoes on his feet.
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Brigham says that we should all be taxed, |
Tor what-to build up tin factories in this |
country and make more millionaires From |
What source does the government derive |
power to tax US for the purpose of building
factories or for many other private purposes? |
We were always taught that the right to tax |
vas confined to the legitimate uses and pur-
poses of government and not for individual |
and for the purpose of build |
ng up a monied aristocracy in the Carne
yies, Goulds and vanderbilts.
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Colonel Brigham would suppress the news |
paper. At Cotton he advised his hearers not |
% read the papers, or if they did, not to be- |
ieve a word published. Would the states
nan translate Us back into the middle ages, |
'hackel the wrists, paddock the lips and |
throw knowledge into prison house where
,he would be accessible to the few only |! |
Do You not know, Colonel, that the press has |
been, still is and will be the great edu-
,ator of the 18th century! Open the prison
pen and let knowledge commune with the
people. The press is the key that opens it.