The advocate., 1891-02-04

and The manipulation and contraction OF
the currency BY Che money kings Of Wall
street. and the national banks which has do
pressed tho prioo Of farm produotsi and
Whereas, Holding with tho United statos
Supreme court chat 40 lay with ono hand Tho
power OF government on tho property OF the
oltisons and with tho other 10 bestow 10
upon favored individuals, 10 aid private en-
lorpHsos and build up private fortunes, Ia
none tho loas a robbery because Il is done
under forms Of law and is called taxation;
and, believing with Thomas Jefferson in the
doctrine OF "froo commerce with all ma
tiOns," but that 80 long az revenues for the
support ofthOfodoral government arc raised
In part by tariff taxes, such taxes should fall
upon tho luEuriOs OF life and not upon the
nOoosoaFiOs Of life, nor upon raw material;
and believing further that the silver coinage
aCt, passed Al Tho ilrst session OF Tho present
Congress, 10 fraud upon thO people, thoro-
forO be u
Resolved, oto., That 10 tho end that tho
cost Of books, periodicals and newspapers
may DO cheapsned, and Tho trusts and COM
binations which control tho production Of
those articles which are essentially nocos-
sary 70 tho farmers and laborers Of the
country In their everyday life and work, may
DO destroyed and tho cost Of living bo ro-
du0sd, that our Senators In Congress bo in-
StruOtod and our Representatives In Con-
groas b0 requested 10 use their in
huenOo and their votes TO have
placed on tho free list all paper and
pulps used In tho manufacture OF paper,
binding twino, cotton ties, barbed wire and
wire rods for fOnoing, lumber, white lead
and paints, all agricultural Implements and
edged tools, coal, tin and tin plate, blank
ots, wOrstod for men and womsn's clothing,
oil kitchen and table ware, and all raw ma
torials used In tho manufacture of any of
the above materials; that In order that the
volume OF money may be increased we IA
vor the free and unlimited coinage Of silver.
On the naval appropriation bill Mr..
Holman, Of Indiana, remarked
Tho proposed great navios are 10 parade
In our waters, and u Is 10 bO great coca.
sion OF display and triumph. Yet, cir, that
display will simply represent the pOmp and
glitter OF power and wr0tchednoss and pov-
0rty Of millions Of people; great display
Of power OF rulers by which millions of our
people are reduced, by unjust and romOFso-
less taxation, 10 abioct and hopeless poverty.
In the Senate, on limitation Of debate,
Mr.. Stewart, an old time Republican Of
Nevada, said:
This prOpOgition-the olOturo maosuro--.is
un-Amorican; Is contrary 10 the genius OF
our instltutions, and II has never been found
necessary In the OOnturiod years Of this SEN
atos existence. Through all the contests
that have taken place such a resort has never
b6en found necessary before. II is propo-
sitiOn that never was considered in the Brit
iahSparliSmont during oil the years and dur
ing oil the ages whom tho people OF that
country were struggling for freedom. 10
only came under consideration when liberty
was 10 DO suppressed. II seems TO me that
wo should psuOo before this question. II
should not DO pressed unless there is immi-
nont danger 70 Che republic; unless there is
some great emergency whereby the civil
liberty can not DO preserved withoutit.
But in order 10 accomplish monarchy
out OF our republic, 10 has been found nee
esoary tOresort 10 revolutionary measures
70 deny that this Senate rs longer 10 be gov
oTned by law.
From home government, from local gov
Ornm0nt, liberty grew. Local government