Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-29
HILL is FOR CLEVELAND
The New York Senator Talks on
tho Issues of the Campaign.
He Severely Scores Republican Protec-
: ton and Clearly Defines the Demo-
cratic Policy-wni Support CIeve-
land and Stevenson.

= tiOn ana Clearly Defines the Demo-
cratic Policy-wili support CIeve-
land and Stevenson.
At grand gathering of the demo-
Gratis of Brooklyn, n. Y, on the even
ing of September 10, Senator David B.
Hill was present and in answer to an
uproarious demand made a lengthy
speech upon the various questions of
moment IN political circles to-day, and
among other things declared himself in
favor of the chosen leaders of the dem
ocratic party. The following gives the
principal points of his speech:
81 am reminded of the fact that it was in this
edi1ce upon a memorable occasion in 1885 that
had the honor of expressing to the intrepid
democracy of Kings county the sentiment, 1 am
democrat and under the existing political sit
uation know OF no more appropriate place or
presence than here to declare that was dem
ocrat before the Chicago convention and am
democrat still
1.-The national democratic convention OF lS92
has passed into history with its record, its tri-
umphs and its disappointments. The wisdom
OF its action Is not now to be questioned. 1t
was the court of last resort established by party
usage as the final arbiter to determine the con-
f1icting interests and claims OF candidates.
states and sections. and it's decision will be &C
cepted with royal acquiescence by every true
and patriotic democrat who recognizes the ne
cessity OF party organization and discipline
and respects the obligations which he assumes
in it's membership.
From this time forward imperative duties
are imposed upon US. fractional appeals should
now cease, the spirit of resentment should be
abandoned state pride should be Subord1pated
to the general good: real or fancied grievances
should be dismissed, personal ambitions should
be sacrificed and individual disappointment
should be forgotten in this great emergency,
which demands from all the exhibition OF a
widespread and lofty party pa triotisui-
Permit me to repeat what mad the honor
Of expressing to the Tammany society on the
4th of July last, before the echoes of our ma ton
al convention had scarcely died away, as fol-
lows: Our course at the present time IS plain.
In the approaching struggle the democracy OF
New York should present solid front to the
common enemy. Loyalty to cardinal democrat
ic principles and to regularly nominat ted candi-
dates is the supreme duty OF the hour 1
reterate these sentiments now. We are enter
ing upon the twenty-seventh presidential cleo
ton since the organization OF our government
The good citizen. DESTROYS of disch arging his
full duty in this crisis, according to his con-
science and his judgment, unlnHuenced by sell
fish considerations, will discover two great
parties arrayed against each other, struggling
for the control of the government and appeal
ing to the people for their suffrages.'
He reviewed the history of the two
parties and continued:
IF 1 were asked to define the one fuuds
mental difference between the two parties,
should state that one believes in a strict con-
struction of the federal constitution, and the
other in loose One party believes that
the general governments powers should be
confined to those which are specifically granted,
and that nothing can be done under the general
welfare clause except the exercise Of those
functions which are incident and necessary to
the carrying out of the expressed powers; while
he fhpr ho1iavQS under cfanCn
powers of congress are substantially unrestrict-
ed and limited only by its wise discretion
Starting out with different views of the consti-
tuition. the two parties have materially enun-
ciated different theories Of government, espe-
cially upon the all-important subject of federal
taxation. A division upon the tariff question
was inevitable.
1.-The republican party advocates the doctrine
that the government has constitutional
well as a moral right to impose tariff duties for
the purpose of encouraging the building up of
private industries by the imposition of duties
sufficiently large to prevent foreign competi-
ton, irres pective of the question OF the needs
of the treasury; while the democratic party be-
lieves that the government has only constitu-
tional and moral right to impose such duties as
may be necessary to raise sufficient revenue to
support the government economically admins
tered This is the precise issue squarely stated
THE democratic ational platform gives forth
no uncertain sound upon this subject and cor
rectly states the true position of the party. 1t
denies the constitutional power OF the govern
ment to impose taxes for other than public pur-
poses. 1t correctly and substantially states the
democratic faith We have always insisted and
now insist that no warrant can be found in the
constitution for the imposition OF tariff duties
to aid private industries: but whether such a
tariff is constitutional or not, or whether it is
practicable to have the question properly raised
decided, the system itself is vicious in the
IRENE, unjust TO the people and contrary to the
spirit of our free institutions.
"a tariff bill upon its face usually declares
that its object is to provide ways and means
for the support of the government and whether
the duties are high or low, reasonable or exor-
bitant, prohibtory or otherwise, it is impossible
for the courts to say that the purpose OF the
measure was not solely to provide revenue for
the government, no matter what the true object
Of its trainers was, or whether or not the treas
ury may already be overflowing. Besides, a
law is not always held unconstitutional, al
though it may in some degree violate the spirit
of the constitution The constitution, well
as an act of congress- can sometimes be sue
cessfully evaded, without adequate immediate
remedy On the part of the people. Whether by
reason of these difficulties il is ever practicable
TO obtain a determination of the constitutional
ity of a revenue law ostensibIy framed for the
purpose of raising revenue but in fact intended
for other purposes, it was competent for the
national convention to declare the position of
the party upon the subject
Republican protection does not constitution
ally exist, but is imposed upon the people by
fraud, false pretenSe, evasion and gross abuse
of the taxing power. ALI the so-called protec-
ton for which our opponents have clamored and
which they have obtained in recent years has
been secured, not by constitutional sanction
but by the abuse OF the conceded taxing power
Of the government
Senator Hill cited authorities in sup
port of his argument and said:
''In the light OF these authorities and under
no, tS fair-Dliplnd NJ
arrive at the conclusion that the democratic
party was right when it declared that taxation
for private purposes is unconstitutlo nal
Il have read with care all the arguments
urged by the two very able apostles of protec-
ton, Gov. Mckinley and Senator Aldrich, but
l fail to discover that they present single ten
able ground upon which protection, pure and
simple, can be constitutiona1ly defended Incl
dental protection, on the other hand, is unob
jectionable Tariffs should be imposed for the
express purpose OF revenue and not for any pr1-
vate purpose We believe in revenue with Incl
Incidental revenue. In 50 far as the tariff Is
necessary to meet the necessities of the govern
ment 1t may be imposed, and any other benefit
which may be legitima tely derived from its inn
position may and does necessarily accompany
it. If the burden imposed would operate to pre-
vent foreign competition the benefit is indirect
and unobjectionable
president Harrison, In his ingenious latter
Of acceptance, endeavors to place our party in
false attitude by calling attention to the fact
that while our platform, adopted in 1884 and re-
adopted in 1883, contained express, plank
upon this question of the equalization of wages,
yet il vas omitted in ISes, and asserts that
have changed our position beg to differ with
him. There has been no change. It is not al
ways practicable to place in a platform the de-
tails of proposed legislation.
1.-The platforms Of fSS4sS were elaborate and
len IL nd waS