People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-02

They say that we advocate the d..
viding of the laud, and giving it away.
That is all nonsense. CA voice
"That's one of the Ishmaelite's y
Yes, that is one of the variegated
Show-my-light lies. (Laughter.)
What we mean is that the laborer
shall have the opportunity, by the
proceeds of bis labor, to buy from
the land owner the little home that
shall be shelter for himself and his
dear ones. Is that a good or a bad
policy? Is that a just or an unjust
policy? (Cries Of Good! Good
Just! y
Mr.. Gladstone is trying that in
England; Mr.. Constans is trying to
do that in France and why should
not we try to put it into the power
of the people to own their own
homes, by the enactment of just
laws? Instead Of building up a
community of land owners, through
discriminating legislation, and hay
ing the masses in the position of
renters, why not have a community
Of prosperous, happy homes; every
man owning the spot that is the
dearest on earth, and handing it
down from sire to son, bringing
smiles and peace and contentment
where before there was discomfort,
injustice and suffering? How would
it work ? The landlord of large
means will sell off thirty acre lots
instead of renting, and he will be all
the better off for selling it. Voices,
eyes,, he Willis That landowner,
instead of being land poor, will take
the money and settle with the mer-
chant, and that will be the better for
the merchant as we'll as the land
owner. You. go to your days work
with the picture of home you call
your own in your mind and the
chink of silver ringing in your ears.
Great applause.) That is one Of
things we offer the people.
(The confusion and noise during
the delivery of the foregoing para
graph prevented your reporter from
hearing all the words, and the beauty
of diction, if not some of the ideas,
was marred.
Then there was the sub-treasury,
which last year became the echo Of
every hill and valley of every State
in the South, is another. Col. Liv-
ingston himself spoke for it last year,
but this year you hear nothing from
Livingston. He is as silent as the
grave. Moses is silent this year.
They have both strayed from the
plain path which led to relief of the
people. When we took the stand
two years ago Governor Northen in
dorsed every plank in the platform.
Where is he to-day? He is just
where Cobb was on the floor of Con
gress, inquiring, "Where am I at ?"
loud laughter, and applause.) Here
is one man who knows where he is
at, and that is, on the same road he
was four years ago. (Cries of,
"There's where you are, Tom, and
there's where we are.") I am stand
ing on the same platform [ stood on
then; | am making the same fight
now that | made then; and [ hope
that the good God will be merciful
enough to take me to his embrace in
everlasting sleep ere I deceive the
people that trusted me. applause,
loud and long) They may talk
about parties, am talking about
principles; they may talk about
shadows, am talking about sub
stances; they may talk about the la
bel on the bottle, but [ am going to
take every opportunity to talk about
the contents of the bottle. CA voice,
"I-m! now dat man can talk.'0
We say that the taxes of the peo-
pie are not properly levied. You
pay as much tax on your hat as I pay
on mine, though you may not have
paid fifty cents for yours and I may
have bought one of the finest in the
market; though you may not have a
place whereon to lay your head, and
I may live in a mansion. Is it right
that you should pay as much on the
coarse blanket in which you wrap
your helpless wife or sick babe,
while /, who may be the richest man
in the county, pay no more on the
fine wool blanket from the looms Of
Manchester? (Cries of, "No! No!w
You pay as much on the axe with
which you cut your fire wood, on the
plow with which you till your crops,
on your household and kitchen fur
niture, on your. stock upon your farm
as the most wealthy man in the
State. Is that right? (Voices,
ono! No! MOI"
What do we say in regard to this !?
We say that the tax ought to be re-
duced to the lowest possible limit for
the support of the government
economically administered, bearing
upon all equally according to their
means; we say that the rich million
aire ought to pay tax upon his in
come, so that the great fortunes
amassed under this iniquitous system
should bear their fair share of the
burdens of government. Put the
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