The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1890-07-18
2EDERICK w. BAKER, Editor.
The Campaign Begun.


Clubs of the State The reduction of war
taxes on the necessaries of life was insisted
upon, and although the party in power at
Washington may not heed the demand now,
the movement begun on Tuesday will open
the eyes Of every farmer in Maryland to the
fact that it Is q plain, common-sense PROPOSE
ton that he should not be compelled to pay
war taxes in time of peace, especially when
he is not getting war prices for his wheat,
his corn, his hay and his cattle.
Nearly every county in the State was rep
resented, either by duly accredited delegates
or by Democrats invited to the conference.
There being no Tariff Reform club in Har-
ford Messrs. VIM. FL. Harlan, Henry w.
Archer, Jr, DR.. w. w. Virdin and Geo. Y.
Maynadier were invited to participate in the
business of the meeting, in behalf of our
county.
Jas. Alfred Pesrce, of Kent county, was
made chairman of the meeting and T. K.
Worthington Secretary. Letters were read
from ex-President Cleveland. U. s. Senator
Wilson, Representatives Breckenridge and
Mills, Fl. Kyd Douglas, State Senator Brat
tan and Others, regretting their inability to
be present and heartily commencing the
movement. The following address to the
people was adopted
salt will be your duty to elect in November
next representatives to serve you in the lower
House OF Congress for the ensuing two
years. It is certain that, within the period of
their service, those whom you will elect will be
required to act upon measures of the utmost
importance to the common welfare in the selec-
tion Of candidates, as well as put forth your
most earnest efforts to secure their election.
Foremost among the questions to be con-
sidered will be that of tariff reform. This issue
demands that the views upon the subject of the
tariff held BY your candidates shall be some
thing more than mere perfunctory adhesion to
a party platform. You should see to it that
hold them true at all times and under all
temptations to the practical application to legis
lation Of the principles they profess.
"The cause Of tariff reform 10 that of the
Democratic party, which. true to its traditions,
bias under the leadership Of Mr. Cleveland wise
ly end patsiotiesily made This cause its Own. II
b true that there is large and increasing num-
Der ofthoughtful Republicans who refuse to &C
eept the high tariff policy Of their own party,
but the proceedings Of the present congress have
fcLt tucsc palIiOtlC clLlZS06 NO ALTERNATIVE De-
tween the practical surrender Of their influence
la national politics and cooperation with the
Democratic party. 1t has, therefore, become
the duty OF all who believe that federal taxation
should be reduced and not made an engine for
the oppression of the many and the benefit of
the few to vote for the Democratic congress
sional candidates, provided always that they
possess the proper qualifications of personal
character, ability and unquestionable fidelity
10 the principles of tariff reform.
1.-THE tariff question of 1890 is not the tariff
question Of 1883. The tariff issue of 1888 was in
regard to the Mills bill, measure which sought
to reduce the taxes upon imports from an aver
age ad yalorem rate of AZ per cent. to 40 per
cent. the tariff issue in 1890 is made on the Nc.
Kinley bill, an act which, as 1t passed the
House, increases the average rate from AZ to
nearly So per cent. Although the people i11SSS
bill by popular majority of 100, 600, the Repub-
iican managers, placed in control by system
OF voting which on this occasion defeated the
popular will, determined to redeem the politi-
cal obligations incurred in the purchase of the
Presidency by increasing rate of taxation
which In 1883 they had promised to reduce
The money of the tariff lords of the Republican
party had put their party in possession of the
taxing powers OF the government, and they pro-
posed TO use those powers for all they were
worth
"a Speaker of the House was selected whose
at their disposal an unheard of and ruthless
Legislative machinery. Rules were invented not
TO facilitate business, but to suppress debate and
avoid elaboration. The ways and means com
mittee abdicated at their bidding Its constitu-
tional function OF informing the House of the
ways and means to secure the revenue requisite
for the support Of the government. and consum-
ed long months in ascertaining how much more
than what was sufficient for that purpose should
be sraised by taxation of the people to crafty
Inc greedy creatures who assumed to own the
government.
1.-THE result was to be anticipated.
mo reduction says the report of the Demo-
cratic minority Of the ways and means commit
lee, has been made in the amount of duties i'm
posed under any schedule, except sugar and
moiasees. In all the thirteen schedules of dutia-
pie goods, embracing almost every important
article the people use, except tea and coffee,
which have been free for many years, increases
are made, and in many of them the increase is
very large
"These increases Enthusiastically fall most
heavily upon the poor. Under the Mckinley
bill the lowest grades of wooden yarn pay duty
OF liz per cent, the more costly ~ per cent. !;
cheap blankets pay 106 per cent, the finest n
per cent the cheapest women's and children's
dress goods, with cotton warp, LOG per cent,
the finest % per cent.
1.-THE lowest grade of wooden cloth 125 per
cent, the highest Sc per cent.
"The cheapest knit underwear from liz to
lSS per cent, and the most expensive Is per
cent.
1.-THE lowest grades of wooden shawls 1876 per
cent? the lowest grades of worsted goods 130
per cent, and the highest 90 per cent. All in
creases.
1.-The duty upon tin-plate, in which every
poor man is 30 much interested, and the Mary
land Gamer vitality so, is increased to rate suf-
hcient to close half the canning factories in the
country, and to raise the cost Of this article of
RanRral e0nanmnti0O % q 1oas ~ mn mn
1.-THE trainers of the Mckinley bill with q
fine irony entitled it:
=" "a bill 10 reduce the revenue and equalize
duties upon imports and for other purposes
20 longer restrained by a surplus which they
have squandered, and seeking safety from the
wrath Of the people in q federal election law
which substitutes partisan federal juries and
the bayonets of the soldier for free ballot box
do not reduce do not 'equalize,' but they
never lose sight Of that 'other purpose, viz, to
extort from the people great fortunes for q ia
yored class.
at 10 such legislation that you will be called
upon to rebuke end condemn by your votes In
November. The Mckinley buf 10 the deGnite
expression o. the tariff policy of the Republi-
can party. 1t is policy that deliberately ig-
nores the distress of the agricultural classes ss
II does Of all consumers; IL turns deaf ear 10
the needs Of the manufacturers of one section
10 favor those of another. and it denies to all
manufacturers the benefit of foreign markets
by the refusal of the demand for free raw ma
terials and by inviting the retaliation of foreign
peoples and governments.
SIT is for you, as Democrats, actuated by the
true spirit of Democracy which President
Cleveland has revived in the party, to see that
such system shall this fall receive its death
blow at the ballot-box, whether the soldier or
the supervisor stands at your elbow. The
American people is greater than its army,
greater than the few whom the soldier or the
supervisor will represent. Organize your tariff
reform clubs In every district, and guard them
against every approach of the enemy, whether
he come as foe or in the guise of friend. Let
none but the staunch and tried friends of tariff
reform control the organization and direct the
march OF your great party, which, under Gro
yer Cleveland, has come once more to the relief
OF the people, against whom the party of mo-
nopoly and federal aggression is to-day arrayed
as never before.
sand we earnestly appeal to the voters of the
selves and those dependent upon them from the
material and moral injury threatened by the
Mckinley bill. 1t Ia an issue that rises above
mere Partisanship, and in that spirit we seek
your aid"
Remarks thereon were made by John S.
Writ. of Cecil county, Col. VIM. P. Maulsby,
Jr., of Frederick county, Mayor VIM. F.
McKaig, of Cumberland, Col. Henry Page,
of Somerset, Col. Buchanan Schley, OF Wash
ington county, Charles E. Fendall, of Balti-
more county, and Samuel Cox, Jr., of Charles
county.
Gratifying reports from each county were
given, in five minute speeches. Mr.. Geo. Y.
Maynadier told of the progress of tariff re-
form in Hartford and said he intended to