The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-05-05
WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE +!

versal demand for relief from OPP
preston, it behooves every voter to
inquire into the causes Of financial
depression.
The causes are clearly seen in
National legislation. Our state and
county matters have been judicious-
ly managed by our own people. The
Republican party is responsible.
That party went into power at the
beginning Of the war, when the
Democrats divided. The Republi
can party took advantage of that
split, war came and that party en-
acted war measures, National banks,
bonded indebtedness, high protective
tariff and enormous pensions to Fed
eral soldiers. This mas kept the
money in the North, while the South
having everything to buy, sent her
cotton money to the trade centers of
the North to pay for these articles.
This depleted the South and contin-
ues to do so.
The Republican party having been
in control of the government ever
since the war has enacted the laws.
Cleveland vetoed some unjust land
and pension steal laws chat were
proposed and saved millions of acres
of public lands and checked pension
extravaganza, but was powerless to
do more on account of the leg;sla>
tive department being republican
And for contending for tariff reduc-
ton to give relief to the people,
Cleveland suffered defeat.
The Democracy has ever been on
the side of the people, right, and
justice, fighting for equal rights to
all and special privileges to none.
1t has always favored economy and
cut down expenses, while the last
Republican Congress spent billion
of dollars and emptied the treasury
The Republican party has main
tanned an Internal revenue and tariff
taxes which have drained and are
draining the life blood of the people.
The tariff taxes en- imports are
higher to day than Immediately after
the war.
The South being mainly an agri-
cultural people and the North a
manufacturing people, this high
tariff has enriched the Northern
manufacturer, and impoverished the
Southern consumer. If the goods
be imported, the tax goes to the
government, if made here it goes to
the manufacturer. Hence the peo-
pie pays tribute to the msnufactur.
err. Are you surprised that the one
grows rich and the other remains
poor?
Where is the farmers, the me
chanic's, the merchants, the law
yer's, the doctors or the laborin,
mans protection, who have thes'
manufactured goods to buy, all be
ing consumers
Not in keeping the Republican
party in power to keep these law
} in force.
> Southern products, are sold il
the free trade markets and we hav,
! to buy in the high protective mark
cts.
Do you want relief from thes
laws?
Will dividing the Democratic par
ty and keeping the Republican part.
in power give it to you?
The Peoples Party can not viii
success. 1t does not propose to Civ
you relief. It's platform is silent OF
the robber tariff. 1t proposes to in
crease the taxes billions and million
of dollars by buying all the railroads
telephone, telegraph and express
lines and pay millions to Fedora
soldiers in back pensions. You ash
for bread and the Third Party pro,
poses to give you stone. You ash
for reduction of taxation, and tn,
Third Party proposes to increas,
: taxation. You ask for relief, anC
they say we will give you relief b,
putting more pension money in tn,
Yankee soldiers pockets. You
pockets will remain empty, but thei
pockets will be filled.
Where is relief to come from