Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-10-15
The Audience Composed Of VO-
tNTS from All Parties Who
Realize True Greatness,
And ThrOng the Large Audience Room
and Listen to the Eloquent Effort
Of the Great Congressman
FROM THE LONE STAR STATE.

The Opera House Wednesday evening
was alive with humanity eager to see
and listen to the representative of the
democratic party on the tarifrquestiOn,
! Roger @. Mills. The audience was made
up of our most intelligent citizens,
many of them republicans both con
servative and radical. The former
were present to be convinced of the
iniquity ofa high tariff, while the lat
ter were there doubtless to size up a
truly great man.
Mr.. Mills arrived on the O'Clock
train. The 10th Beg't band, the COM
mlttee on reception and large crowd
were at the depot and escorted the
statesman to the Miller House where
he took supper AT 1870 he was again
escorted by the Executive Committee
and band to the Opera House where
he was introduced to his eager listen
ers by Judge Michael DOnnelly tenn
porary chairman. The Judge briefly
defined the great fight now on in Ohio,
and the Importance of it's result not
only, the State but nation as well.
On the orator of the evening being
introduced he addressed his audience as
Ladies' and Gentlemen of Ohio" and
proceeded without more ado to step
into tariff perplexities and sweep
about him with yeoman's hand,
clearing away the ENHANCEMENT into
which many have fallen with dispair
over indicision and ignorance.
"The great issue before u.s." he said,
lis represented by Mckinley on the
one hand and Campbell on the other.
The former is for tariff taxation pri-
marily, to protect manufacturers and
secondarily to raise money with
which to carry on the government
The latter is, primarily, with no Sec
ondary part to it, for enough taxation
to carry an economical government,
and such taxation to bear the lightest
on articles of consumption necessary
to life and comfort. On McKinley's
primary tenet is were the two great
parties hitch.
1t is very gratifying for me to talk
to this intelligent audience and is
doubly more so when | consider that
| am to talk to you on behalf of the
citizens of the United States who
fought for their liberty. Among our
rights for which we fought is free
trade. Our government is passing
away from the fundamental princi-
pies established by our forefathers
Let us retrace our steps and tread the
path which alone leads to peace and
entire liberty. One of our rights is to
labor and produce and dispose of our
products at the highest prices to other
nations and to purchase their products
at the lowest prices.
The tariff bill was not passed for
revenue but to check importation,
which means taxation. 1t means ar
tricles if brought over the wall of tar
iff is at increased cost to the consumer
During the last year we imported $780,
O00,0 900 worth of dutiable goods. On
that importation somebody paid $780,
600, 600 in taxes. Who paid it? McKm-
lev stands before the intelligent people
of Ohio and looks you in the face and
tells you that you do not pay the tax.
He says that the foreigner pays it.
What rights have we to tax foreigners
compensation? II we take
part of their goods, why not take it all?
No it is not the foreigner who pays
this tax. In the language of AIeXan- /
der Hamilton "he who is the last con-
sumer pays the taxi He pays the
lrayage and the carriage and the
cost of every hand that touches the
article in question. On that principle
If taxation rests the success of the /
business world. You can make but
very few Of the articles you use, and .
lpon everything you use that you
ion't make, you pay all the tax there
N.
Pig-iron, for example is quoted at
~ per ton in Great Britain. If the
sends it to this country
md pays all the costs, the material
anded here costs him SIS. Mckinley
ays the English merchant sells his
here for $l2. If you can find
UGH merchant here send for the fool
Killer at once"
The representatives. speech was re-
,lete with such blunt, yet convincing,