New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-06
10 ell the counties Of the State, and our Demo
cratic friends would not let US do 1t.
SWIFT SPECIFIC co.,
ATLANTA, GA.

10 back ell the counties OF tno bWte "uf D'ANN
| cratic friends would not let US do 1t.
| WHERE THE PEOPLES MONEY is.
Where Is the money that you ought 30 have had, ha
belongs the sixty counties OF the satei which, IL you
had IT, would only have resulted In giving you Ne
loves. toxrate you have had in thtyx years. but the
lowest tax.rate you had or ever would have VII
tell YOU where part Of Is 1t is loaned ou TO bankers IN
large sums and small sums. Who byi By Democratic
| Controller. whyi Because Governor Hih ana MI
wempe insisted that the place for hat'money was IN e
general fund Well what these bankers doing win
| the money! What do bankers always do with money
They are making money out Of It, They are loaning
at and per cent and II is nice thing. 10 is very
comfortable thing TO have ffteen twenty-five nty or
| hundred thousand or Ave hundred thousand dollars
| TO loan 10 farmers and mechanics and artisans OF
9 and per cent we'll Endorsed ana wen
| secured notes. Well, whose IL the money! Why' is
your money and my money. We had to pay per CENT
get enough OF it TO pay the taxes ana ye'
the Governor and the Democrats would not let US nave w
money Well what do the bankers pay for this money
Why they pay per cent Who 70 To the State OF New
York And the people Of the State OF New-fork are
| paying per cent on the millions OF 'aAa'o ,a
| In order that the representatives Of the people
Of the State Of NewYork may loan s2oooooo at per
| cent to favorlte bankers. (Applsuse) And YET he
Democratic pltform says that they believe IN low taxes
| and economical administration. Appause)
Now, do not know what the moving consideration is
which induced Democratic Senators and Democratic AS
sembymen the Tammany Governor and the Democratic
Controller make this disposition Of money. but 90
know that Is the disposition they have made o. H. NOV"
would Ike 10 have the Republican party say, "open the
books and turn the rascnls out" (Applause) IL is
mighty Door rule both They cried
that the Union In 1884 and they turned US oil out
down and they opened the books but how
much did they hnd was genet Two cents. (Applause)
And swert the floor we found the two cents
| 1aughter) Now, we do even have 10 20 into the
books to know there is 100000 where 10
| doesn't belong. Npplause) Pc.
Then strongly suspect thas the canal fund, amount
ing TO hundreds OF thousands Of dollars that was nppro-
psted for the improvement Of the canals has been spent
10 has been lying idle somewhere. Who has got thatY
Why, strongly suspect some more bankers nave gov
that and strongly suspect that they do not pay over
| per cent 81 that. Now, you and can't get money
At per cent even II have got good credit What DO
you suppose nducemen that had led the Controller
and Treasurer pick out certain banks around
the State and let them have this money at per cent?
Why, 1 will leave that to your imagination You can
draw your differences. Let them explain It,
That will be real nice thing for them TO talk about
when they take the stump this fall
| WARDS ISLAND AND THE CANAL RING DIS
CUssED.
Well there Is another matter OF interest Wards
Island belongs to the people Of the State We had a
| commission appointed and after careful investi-
| cation they said the best thing 10 DO with
| Wards Island to sell It for million
| and q half OK dollars, and we had an offer for
it and it would have been sold easily for that money
maybe more and the money would have gone into the
Treasury and there would have been still further
reduction Of the taxes of the State That bill passed the
Senate But could not get it through the Democratic
Assembly. And yet that Democratic Assembly say that
they given you the lowest tax rate in rysx years
Qaughter)
Now about tho canals. They cost the people great
deal money. The Senate is the highest approprating
power. Last winter wanted ~ know what they
had been doing noney, and that is your money
and my money. 1 speak OF the people. They
didn't want to find what they had done with tho
money They soh that our investigation would lie a
partisan investigation, and @terward they appointed
committee consisting OF five Democrats and two Repub-
licans That is their notion Of Donparsanship (Laugh-
ter and applause.) They said: "We don't want you
Republicans investigating the canals We had enough
Of that Fassett down in NewYork City. Nppause)
Just let's investigate ourselves" Well, they made a
little attempt 60 investigate themselves last summer,
and will you believe me, they didn't discover thing
| Qaughter) Well bet you there are a hundred men
right here In the city Of Syracuse who could have told
| them some very interesting things But they didn't
| want to find anything out All asked OF them was
to let the books; lie: us see If we cannot get
larger from the canals let us see IL more
economical administration Of the canals cannot he had
Is 10 that you using the peoples money TO pack
esucuses and carry conventions Why, they tell ny
here in Cayuga County that there IS much Interest
exercised by my Democratic friends in getting hold OF
the canal patronage that when side IS disappointed
they file anidavits calling the other side thieves.
Well we want 10 know about these things. They said
| mo, Rather than what we have been doing.
than that the highest legislative body IN the State
shall what have beth doing with the peoples
money will hold here until doomsday, and not a
stroke OF legislation shall done" And l asked my
colleagues "Sha be thus prevented from doing our
dutyT' and said, ave will know we have right o
know Is duty to know" They kept us there for
and snothered legislation OF vital importance
to the people OF EewYork because they
| unwilling that should what the canal ring was
doing.
Now they had a convention at Saratoga and there we
something of what the Canal Ring doing for the
Canal Ring with Tammany Hall squeezed every other
element In that Democratic convention. (Applause)
Twenty-Five delegations friendly TO Mr.. Cleveland
home; County Democracy, friendly to Mr.. Cleve
land turned out Of DOORS Kings County unfrendly
TO Tannany Hall, was given a cold shoulder, and
quote from Democratic authority in saying that when the
decks cleared for action you had Tammany Hall at
one end Of the and corrupt Canal Ring at the
other end Of the State joining hands for the
purpose Of putting the Tammany tiger in the Governors
chair at Albany. Now, good place for
the Tarnany tiger In the Tammany den applause and
you keep him there.
Enthus iasm is good ching; It IS magnificent thing
It has led to every noble achievement Of the En-
thusiasm makes the blood OF young men red 1t gives
courage TO old well as young. II moves individuals
IL moves classes It the people forward and upward
Without enthusiasm life would be nightmare. En-
thusasm writes poetry, enthusiasm carves the marble
into forms Of beauty, enthusiasm coloH Che
canvass with beautiful coors and beautiful forms,
enthusiasm gives true craftsmanship. enthusiasm
for progress but 1t is only disciplined
and enthusiasm that wastes Itself in idle clanor
that Is like powder In the pansimply fash and smoke
practical results Enthusiasm directed proper
channels Is like powder ignitcd in the breech OF tc
gun. 1t sends the ball whizzing the mark. II Is
enthusiasm which has filled this hall with many OF
you that cannot reach all Of you
with my voice; II Is enthusiasm which Will
lead you the ballobOx. II which you have
here exhibited expended in the county OF onondags you
will give q voice next fall WHICH shall be- heard all
around the Statefor manhood suffrage, for ballot reform
for municipal reform for honesty, for free mcn
free schools for everything except Tsmmany Hall dom
nation. (Great sppause.)
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