Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-06
Tammany Gives Him a Send
off for the Speakership.
HIS FOURTH OF JULY SPEECH.
Given Splendid Reception Makes Gov
ernment-for-by-and-of -the-Peope Speech.
Fourth Parish in Louisiana Comes Out
for the Third Party MoVement-A
Majority of the Alliance
Opposed to It,


NEW ORK. July ).-ihe decoration Of
the Fourth b. Tammauy was one of The
most successful Of the century. The DIG
pile on Fourteenth street was all arlow
with flags and bunting The space was too
small for the crowd. Many VINO desired to
hear patriotism eNp0Undcd and questions Of
politics eXpl aimed were unable 10 obtain
admittance There was music of course.
both vocal and Instrumental There vas L
great crush There was some confusion
inevitable on such occasions. but the crowd
was gOOd-natured and every body accepted
the iuCOnyeni ence as the most natural thing
III life
The oratory was to 4 large extent pro
forma The principal speakers were Col
quit and Crisp Of Georgia. Mcmillan NJ
Tennessee, Cooper Of Indiana. Herbert Of
Alabama. Mckaig of Maryland and Benia
min Franklin Bi2Es. an ex-governor Of
Delaware
Crisp was at his best and his
speech was worthy of statesman.
Crisp received splendid reception when
he was introduced He accepted the ap-
plause as calmly as ne WAS won't 10
hear the rap OF Reeds gaveI, calling him
To order when ne was in order when the
dictator thought that hr had destroyed
THE DFLIBERArIvE CHAEaCrTR.
of the house Of representatives Crisp IS a
man of admirable presence. Without Try
ing to pose he always shows of To the best
advantage. His speech was suggestive as
coming from a possible speaker of tn next
house Of representatives Among other
things he said: In this day of unrest. of dis
quiet, of discomfort, il Is well 10 look TO the
fundamental principles Of government, in
order that we may distinctly see VIVA. Is
and what Is not the duty and power and
province of the government Because it i
the duty of the citizen to support the gov
eminent. it does not follow that the govern
should the cit Tho a "a
should protect the citizen in his life,
his liberty and his property The citizen
should contribute of his substance an
amount sufficient to enable the state 10 dis
charge is functions The citizen should not
look to the government for aid or assistance
i'll his business. He should be self-reliant,
he should be independent, he should ask
nothing but a
FAII: FIELD AND NO FAVOR.
that is the Amerit an idea Taxation to be
Just should be uniform should be uecCs-
sary for the support OF the government
If you feel that the same burden imposed
upon YOU is imposed upon all other men,
that you derive the same benefits from tan
alton IS all other men, and that
tine extent of the burden is
measured by the necessities of the
experimentation YOU can pay, ii not with
cheerfulneSs. At least with resignation. the
amount eXacted of You. But ii YOU feel
that more money is collected Of YOU than Is
necessary for the support Of the govern
ment, that extra vagance and not econ
omy characterizes public expenditure,
that your burdens are greater than some
others, that the taxing power is used to
build up certain industries at the expense
of others and at the expense of the people
generally, that the taxing power is used
TO INCREASE THE PROFITS
of certain lines of business at the expense
of no,
such course Thirty years ago our manu-
facturies, our agriculture and our commerce
fiouriShed generally Prosperity prevailed.
Wealth was diffusSed among the
people. Taxes We're low. and all
men could find steady employment
at reasonable wages. To-day this is not SO.
The nation is rich, but the masses Of its
people are poor. More than $1,000, 900 90
daily into our treatuly and many millions
of industrious, hard working. honest people
find unremunerative the legitimate and
proper business in which they are engaged.
The wealth of the country is consolidated
in the hand of the few.
With population of more than % 900,
600 one-half of our national wealth is
owned by less than 10000 people. Agri-
culture, our chief industry, languishes and
our commerce is destroyed. Men Ill 10 be
freemen. men capable of self-government
will
INVESTIGATE FOR THEMSELVES
the cause of the lamentable change in our
condition and they will find it largely in
our unjust, unequal and Unfair tariff laws.
1t has been well said that the power 10 tax
is the power to destroy. BY indi-
rection, under the taxing power
that may be done which if directly
would be clearlE violative of our
law A tax of 10 per cent on
the state bank circulation could us perfectly
and completely prevent such issue as would