Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-20

speaking OF tho tOfte nlll, ne SAT-
That measure ovefshadowed anything
daring the worst days OF Federalism
that II actually proposed taking tbs
executive, the legislative and the udi
ciary powers out Of the hands Of th'
people and placing them Ia those o
| irresponsible politicians. Ho held tina
because false election took place II
one district or In one State II would b,
| political lunacy 10 place the whol,
country In the position OF absolute
seridom because OF that.
Passing on TO taxation he said u
was difficult 10 comprehend taxation
properly, because Of It, Indirect aud
| partially hidden character. Territorial
State and municipal taxes were under
stood easily enough, but II was impOs'
slble for the most Intelligent citizen "a
figure out what he pays Ia taxes to the
federal government. lie said thu
Fifty.iirst Congress appropriated d
billion dollars during It's existence
The circulating medium Of this
country IN gold, silver, aud paper u
about a billion aud half. This Is two
dollars out OF every three oil
the entire money Of the couu
try Appropriated by one single
Congress In the period Of two years
This money the speaker claimed wa,
obtained 10y unjust taxation. He next
entered Into tho tariff question, and
made some excellent POINTS nom tho
freelrade standard. lie dwelt princl.
pally on tho Injustice Of taxing wool
aud wool products, and made au effort
n show the Discrimination made IN The
taxation Of the different varieties Of
clothing. From wool he passed 0n to
tinplate. lie dwell on the tariff laws
relating TO this article TO illustrate the
positively Injurious effects Of protective
legislation In general. He contendcd
that such Legislation only helped To
enrich few nt the expense OF the
many; and worse than all that, II was
the foundation for building up trusts
and syndicates. Speaking directly ON
this phase Of the issue lie said.
"The manufacture Of tin plato, N Il Il
/ ever started In this country, viii not DO
made bya man and bis iamlly,nor by the
master and his workmon, but u Will be
made Just ~ steel rails are made today,
| by Ave or ak great corporations, by i've
or ak great plants. The very moment
that those people lind that they have
commenced TO manufacture tin plato
cheaper than cents u pound, aud arc
| beating against each other for the custom
Of tho people they VIII meet around a
littlo tablc In pltishurg or Wheeling
and there will be something on that
table containing something different from
the liquid In this pltehor-thoy Will say
TO onch other, why should We cut each
others threats by competing against each
othor2 Lot ~ form o tin trust loud
IsHs
dradghts OF champagne. by little
piece OF writing, not longer than my
hand, they can vest the capital stock Of
those five. six or seven corporations IN n
board ~ trustees, which Instantly no.
comes Ia law the owner Of all the tin
establishments In the country. Thoy
will say to THIS one, shut down aud dis.
charge your hands, Ia that ono, Run on
half timc. and thoro will be one manu-
iacturor OF tin plate la tho country freed
by tho government from foreign compe.
tition aud freed by combinations nom all
home composition"
The speaker then went on 10 show
that by our not buying tin from the
Welsh miners, we deprive ourselves OF
market for our farm products. He
contondcd that II was n political falln.
cy 10 think that we benefited ourselves
by building protective wall such Ms
the Mckinley bill was. lie next en-.
tered into comparison OF the United
States with the 0ldcountries Of Europe.
He said that II Andrew jackson were
born In England ut the saddler's
bench, no would have remained Mt II
all his life. So would Andrew John.
son have remained tailor, Fillmore u
H.l al Ill atI
Lincoln n failsplitter. In conclusion
the speaker said'
az fight against tho system Of tnrln
taxation because Il IL ina.-ing the money
u this country In tho hands OF small
part Of It's cltlzonsi but I fight against IL
with Infinitely more enthusiasm, cost aud
determination, because II Is masslng tho
opportunities Of this great FREQ country
iutu the hands Of fow and u favored
class, because Il Is taking away from tho
boys that cluster around every hrosldo
their opportunities In lie ihat the Demo-
cratic fathers kept for jackson, johnson,
Fillmore, Lincoln aud for me-"
lie closed with anal appeal to his
hearers 10 stand for local self.gov,.i-
mont, tho corner stone Of Democratic
principles.
The eloquent speaker was given
three rouslng cheers at the conclus ion
Of his speech, after which the bands
played and Mr.. Wilson was surrounded
10y band OF Utah Democrats from
varioue parts Of the Territory, holding
mn Informal reception for nearly hall
an hour.
After tho proceedings at Electric
hall terminated, MIR. Wilson was es-
corted by number Of his Democratic
friends TO the Templetsn hotel, where
some thirty or more snt round the fes.
tive board, and In appropriate fostivi.
ties COMMUNICATED tho birth OF Dem.
ocracy In Utah. Among those present
on the occasion were the Hon. John
II. Caine, the Mossrs. Probert, Holden,
Barratt, King, Whitney, Pike, Movie,
Irvine, llawlins, kenner, Dyer, Blair,
Cash, Clayton, Judd, Norrell, Mont.
g0mery, Lett, Dahl, Craig, Smith.
Walden, Alfales aud II. W. Young, II.
=. aud q. &. Richards, besides tho
guest OF the evening. Brief speeches
were made by Mr.. Wilson, Mr.. Raw.
Inns, Mr.. King Of Utah County, Judge
Judd, Hon. John r. Caine aud Others.
after which the exercises ended,
Mr.. Wilson took this mornings early
trnin Tor Ogden, from which point he
proceeds 10 Denver. a brief stop there
and another at indianapolis will break
the directness Of his homeward Jour.
ney.
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