Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-23
HILLS FIRST GUN.
sip GREAT SPEECH IN BROOKLYN
ON THE CAMPAIGN ISSUES.

Harmony the Duty of the Hour-Repub-
lican Protection q Fraud-Conserva.
tism Of the Democratic Position-Ths
Force Bill Menace.
In his speech in Brooklyn, Sept. 10,
Senator Hill said:
am reminded of the fact that it was
In this edifice upon q memorable oc-
casion in 1885 that had the honor of
expressing to the intrepid Democracy of
Kings county the sentiment. 81 am o
Democrat" and under the existing po-
litical situation / know of no more ap-
propriate place or presence than here to
declare that / was Democrat before
the Chicago convention and am a
Democrat still.
The national Democratic convention
was the court of last resort established
by party usage as the final arbiter to de-
termine the conflicting interests and
claims of candidates, states and sections,
and its decision will be accepted with
loyal acquiescence by every true and
patriotic Democrat who recognizes the
necessity of party organization and dis
cipline, and respects the obligations
which he assumes in its membership.
From this time forward imperative
duties are imposed upon us. Factional
appeals should now cease, the spirit of
resentment should be abandoned, state
pride should be subordinated to the gen.
eral good, real or fancied grievances
should be dismissed, personal ambitions
should be sacrificed, and individual dis
appointments should be forgotten in this
great emergency, which demands from
us all the exhibition of widespread
and lofty party patriotism.
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
Concisely stated, what is the position
of the two parties upon this question? l
desire to state it fairly. The Republican
party advocates the doctrine that the
government has a constitutional as well
as moral right to impose tariff duties
for the purposeof encouraging the build
ing up of private industries by the i'm
position of duties sufficiently large to
prevent foreign competition, irrespec-
tive of the question of the needs of the
treasury, while the Democratic party
believes that the government has only
constitutional and moral right to i'm
pose such duties as may be necessary to
raise. sufficient revenue to support the
government economically administered
It is an elementary principle that pri-
vate property can only be taken for pub
lie use. The right of eminent domain
cannot be exercised in aid of private en-
terprises. This is the correct theory of
government, and it excludes the idea
that one citizen may be burdened to fos-
ter another citizens private schemes.
A PROTECTIVE TARIFF UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
The Democratic national platform
gives forth no uncertain sound upon
this subject, and correctly states the
true position of the party. It denies the
constitutional power of the government
to imposes taxes for other than public
purposes.
It must be conceded by every intelli-
gent citizen that the constitution does
not grant any such express power.
anywhere in it. All the so called pro-
lection 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 gov
ernment. Incidental protection, on the
other hand, is unobjectionable. Tariffs
should be imposed for the express pur-
pose of revenue and not for any private
purpose. We believe in revenue with
Incidental protection, and not in pro-
lection with incidental revenue. What
ever the indirect effect of such tariffs
may be, their bene6ciaries are welcome
to it, and no one else is wronged.
The Democratic position is a safe,
logical, conservative and just position.
No tariffs ''except for the purposes Of
revenue only" and then limited to the j
necessities of the government, honestly
and economically administered, is doc
trine which appeals to the good sense
and sound Judgment of every honest and
man.
THE MILLS BILL AND WAGES.
make the statement, and challenge
a contradiction of its truth, that there
was not single manufactured article
mentioned in the Mills bill upon which
the duty was reduced upon which there
was not still left a duty sufficient to rep
resent the difference in wages paid in this
and foreign countries for the labor in
volved in its production. can safely
go further, and say that in many in
stances the duty permitted to remain ex-
ceeded this difference in wages three,
four and five times.
Therefore our position upon this ques-
tion is as clear as the monday sun, and
it required no special plank in the plat
form to emphasize it. We believe in
the encouragement of labor and are de-
sirous of protecting its interests in every
reasonable way consistent with the
rights Of the whole people.
THE DEMOCRATIC POLICY.
If l were asked to define as concisely
as possible the whole Democratic policy
I should state it substantially as follows:
1--WE favor a tariff for revenue only,
limited to the necessities of the govern
ment, economically administered, and so
adjusted in it's application, as far as
practicable, as to prevent unequal bur-
dens, encourage productive industries at
home and afford just compensation to
labor, but not to create or foster monop-
olies."
PROTECTION is A FRAUD.
I Our opponents profess to be much dis
turbed because we have in our platform