The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-08-18
MOSES ON WATSON.

watson speech at Thomson Tues
day was his challenge to Democracy
and Mr.. Moses will reply TO it on
the stump. He has already replied
toit in interview published in the
Atlanta Constitution Wednesday.
In this interview Mr.. Moses says
Il have only had time to read about
half of it, but from what | read, ]
see that he still a1heres to his old
tactics OF stating a proposition in
such way, and telling only such
facts as leave upon the average mind
an erroneous impression of the facts
pretended to be given. For in.
stance, tor months he has been CALI
ing attention to the fact that Ger.
tain Democrats had voted for cer>
tain obnoxious measures in past
Congresses,a and then saying: "There
is your Democratic party p when,
as matter of fact, while it may
have beer true some Democratic
congressman have voted for these
measures, the great majority of the
party voted against them. Mr..
Watson takes the position that if
seventy>fve Democrats vote against
bad measure and sixty Republi-
cans aided by sixteen Democrats
vote tor it, he holds the Democratic
party responsible for the act. In
other words, he would hold the dis
ciples OF Christ responsible for the
betrayal of their Lord and Master
because one of the disciples had the
casting vote.
"Take his speech delivered yes
terday. lie reiterates the old charge
made some time ago by him that
the Democratic House had placed
wool on the tree list, but had left
the tariff on wooden goods. Mr..
Everett and | called his attention to
the erroneous report on this hill and
showed HIM that the bill not only
put wool on the tree list, but that it
reduced the tariff upon wooden goods
more than 80 per cent. and the tariff
was SO arranged that such cloth as
bought by the masses of the people
is let almost free from duty, while
higher rate was left upon q higher
grade of goods. 10 our utter sur
prise we found that he had never
read the wool bill which he was
proposing to criticise. Now this IS
his statement in his speech yester-
day: "They put wool on the free
list, leaving about 48 per cent. duty
on manufactured articles. The very
first fellow they hit was the farmer"
Now any one reading this would in
fer that the tax put on clothing had
not been reduced. 1t is strange
that if this bill hits the farmer, Mr..
Watson should have voted for it.,
1t is generally conceded in Wash
ington that Mr.. Oats, of Kansas,
was defeated by the farmers because
he refused to vote for it. This is
only sample of how he states a
proposition in such way as to mis-
lead the farmers.
CHOW, another sentence. He
calls attention to the fact that the
people elected a Democratic Con-
gress, and yet the taxes of the peo-
pie have not been reduced. Mr..
Watson knows that if the bills pass.
ed by the Democratic House lad
been passed by the Republican Sem
ate, the taxes of the people would
have been reduced many millions
of dollars. And yet he states the
proposition in such way as to lead
the people to believe the Democratic
party could have reduced taxation
and failed to 10 so. have not time
to notice other propositions advance
ed by him; but his whole speech
can be torn into shreds by any one
who is acquainted with the facts"