The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-08-28

zens, and that during this time
there were no tramps, no million
aires, no strikes, no trouble-every.
body was prosperous and enjoyed
equal privileges. For the last
thirty years what a change he said
Money had been transferred from
the pockets of laboring men and
boarded in vaults of millionaires.
The Ubiquitous tariff he said was
one of the prime factors in BRING
ing about this state of affairs. The
luxuries of life (Which can only be
secured by wealthy men J are taxed
at low rate, wbiie the necessaries
of life are highly taxed. lie said il
the democratic party ever got full
control of the government, this tar
if would be reduced on the neces-
saries. Not since the war has de-
mocracy controlled both houses and
the presidency. though at times we
have had partial control. When
ever we assume full control, the
people will reap the benefits, The
prospect now is bright, and if We
stand to our guns and allow no man
to pass the picket lines without the
password, labor honestly and
earnestly We will gain the
victory. He begged his hearers
not to be led astray by unscrupu-
lous men or to worship at the shrine
of false gods. He favored the free
coinage of silver, condemned the
national banking system and said
he was opposed to taxing the peo-
pie one cent more than was abso-
lutely necessary to economically
administer the government; he ia
vored an income tax, in order that
millioDaires be compelled to pay
tax upon their annual profits, and
assist in supporting the government.
Next he took up the Farmers Ali-
ance, and discussed the remedies
offered by this body for the relief of
the people. He said that he had
been accused by some of being an
enemy to the farmers. Such eharg>
es did him gross injustice. He
had been born and reared upon
farm, and up to the time he was
nineteen years of age, no man in
Hardeman County ever worked
harder than he IN tilling the soil.
He was in sympathy with the ag-
rlcultural classes and he had right
to sympathize with them: The SUBJ
treasury plan and land loan scheme
were taken up and fully discussed.
He told his audience the author of
the land loan scheme, Senator
Stanford, republican, fifty times a
millionaire and the owner of thou
sands of acres of land. Picker, of
Idaho, also a republican, is the au-
thor of the sub-treasury bill. The
mber of Idaho is scarce, hence MIR.
Picker wants the government to
build warehouses for the people of
his state to store their wheat crop in.
He said that no democrat could adj
vocate these bills-they were class
legislation and contrary to the prin-
ciples of democracy. A carpenter,
a blacksmith, or any other man has
as much right to put his tools into
the warehouses of the government
and draw money upon them as a
farmer has to receive advancements
upon his produce. His comparison
of the democratic party to Moses
was very apt and torcible. Moses
was chosen to bring the people of
Israel out of Egyptian bondage
into the promised land, and the
democratic party was osta blished
to bring the people out of the bon
dage of grievous taxation, placed
upon them by the republican party.
The leaders of the sub-treasnry and
land loan schemes were compared
to Aaron, who led the people astray
by prevailing upon them to wor-
ship the golden calf, while Moses
went upon Mount Pisgah to view
the promised land. He could not,
and would not, support the sub
treasury and land loan bills. He
thought it was bad policy for the
government to loan money at two
per cent. and pay four per cent. on
its own indebtedness. In this con-
nection, he paid his respects to Mr..
Macune, and said that he believed
Macune was actuated by mercenary
motives and controlled by republi-
cans. John III. McDo we'll did not
escape him. He said he had been
accused by Mcdowell, in a speech
at Kerrville, in Shelby County, with
instigating the investigation of his
char acter in Deshea County, Ark.
He said Mcdowell came nearer
felIincr the truth when he made This