The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-10-23
MAssILLON DEMOCRATS
Hold an Enthusiastic Meeting
Thursday Night
In Which He Picks the Moifiniey nlli 10
Pieoes..An Eloquent and maHterly Ad'
dre6a,

| 1ne Dblinfihtlt lilhNHHN ~ NihhhlihN
last niqht was a rOuaing one,
Tbe great torrents Of rain which poured
down, did not In the least prevent the
carrying out OF the program. and when
Hon, Lawrence n, Neal made his appear
anee upOn the stage In Music Hall, there
we're over eight hundred people present,
iarge parade OF the Maaslllon " M.
ID. q. and citizens headed by tho Har'
monte band made tho rounds OF the var
ious streets and then went 20 Muale Hall.
Mr. Neal arrived al hp' M ana was met
al The station by Hon, John u, warwick
aud delegation OF eiuAenh, Ai'er whioh
they look carriages 70 the hall
After few lively airs had been played
by the band, Chairman Frank Willenberg
Introduced the speaker OF the evening,
M. Neal saidi Mr, Chairman aud fel.
law citizens, thank You for this Kind
and friendly greeting ! assure you II
cannot qlye 10 you more pleasure 10 have
me wltiy0u tonight than II doea 10 me TO
he with YOU, MY only hope 10 that when
/ shall have concluded my brief address,
Won will have 90 favorable an opinion Of
ne as you seem 20 have ~ TINS tlme'
Now have no personal claims 10 urge
tonight. lCome aa one OF you, aaa private
chigen, 10 discuss In your presence briefly
IA
ont any attempt AZ rhetoric or oratOry, a
question, which while II ought not 20 he a
political one, has become one, because tho
Two great political parties OF our country
have Joined ISSUE upon ~
mean this tariff question 10 which our
wo.tby chairman has briefly referred, and
which al this time Justly commands the
greatest Hhare OF public attention.
II 10 aaid by all, when the sovereign
power OF taxation ceases 10 DO established
Tor governmental purposes and beeomeA
the instrument OF private inlerehl 70 per
NIT private gain, II N no longer eonhtltu-
tlonaily exercised and becomes by turn an
instrument OF wrong and oppression,
The denial Of this purpose u hinply TO
assert that there can he no Limitation OF
the uaea for which the power OF taxation
can be exercised. And yet Major Mokin-
Law and the reHt OF the Republican party
knowingly go 10 this extreme, and con-
lend that tho power OF taxation N the
power 10 destroy. For this la the legtl-
mate conclusion OF their doctrine OF pro-
teotIon, for protoclIon'a sake
The superior court OF the great United
States years ago held, that W lay WIN one
hand the power o. tho government upon
the property OF the citizen, and with the
other 10 behtow Il upon favored indlyld-
.inla 20 aid private enterprise, 70 bull up
prlyaie affairs, ID none tho less robbery,
becauae Ii N done under the forms of the
law, aud Ia called taxation
If / am peraon In the lnteroal OF
party, Ii h beoaufo the party OF which l
am an humble member, auatnina and up
holds this principle, while tho party 20
which ! am opposed Ignores and rcpudi.
ntca and stands 20 perpetuato u hyAtom OF
taxation which will lmpoyorieh and on
slave the great majority OF our people,
and by rapidly concentrating the wealth
of Inc country In the hands OF the private
few, Wo will create an arlatocrncy OF
wealth which will bo hostile TO our form
OF government,
Tho speaker thon referrcd 10 the recent
paaalnq and going into elect OF tho tariil
bin, "Tho Increased duties upon wool
and WOODEN goods alone under tho Me-
KIN Ia about Si0,OO0,000 yoarl and II was
mndo and confoaBcdly mndo for the pur-
pose OF obatruotlng and hindering the in-
porting Of goods Of this kind, and will be
Increasing the value OF such goods 70 the
manufacturer In this country ,,
This means, my friends, an additional
cost 90 the consumer OF Huoh goods upon
an average OF 20pCr cent,
Tho rational and inevitable renult oi
this will hO that tho conaumcra OF goods
OF this kind will be- required unnocesnrily
10 nay from S2 cCnts to SLID for eyory nc.
uial dollars worth OF goods OF that Kind
purchased or used by him and by his
family,
Ho then reforrcd 10 the printed lottors
sent 20 tho different merchants from
Wholesale firms calling attention TO the
rise In prices Of goods undcr the hrin
bill.
lio gave list Of the dutloa imported up
on precious stones and metals. lie said
Why, oven the washing woman'a starch |
la taxed % or no per cent II aocma TO |
me that II could hardly onter into tho
heart Of man ANYTHING moro odioua and
unjust In iis character than this.
la comparing tic pnupor labor OF pro. |
tCctcd Germany with this country ho said |
that ono must 10 aud look NJ the purchng'
Ing power Of hia days wages, and not TO |
the amount OF work lac does,
say 20 you my fricnda, that tarlli has
nothing 10 do with this matter OF wagoai |
the latter will aupply the domnnd which |
II regulates aud controls, and 80 docs ov- |
orythng olso when we Let u alonc.h
Tho speech was a good one, and hold |
the audience for nearly two hours,