Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-09-27
GEN. A. E. STEVENSON
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
vlCE-pRESlDeNT AT ROANOKE.
why the Interests of the Country VIII
BE subserved by the Election
OF Cleveland.
tBy telegraph 10 the Dispatch.I

ROANOKE, VA, September 26.-General
A. f. Stevenson, Democratic candidate
for vice-President, addressed a large au-
dience here tonight. He was introduced
by Paul c. Fdmuuds, who was presented
by Mayor Trout. Following is synopsis
of the Generals speech:
Tonight shall endeavor 20 indicate
to you some of ths reasons why IN my
judgment, your interest and the interest
Of all the country will be observed by the
electian Of Grover Cleveland TO the presi-
Dental chair and the restoration OF the
Democratic party to power. lt must
not be forgotten that the administration
of Grover Cleveland was contessedly an
honest administration Of the General Gov
ernment. There has been no period since
the close of the war that so many northern
immigrants and so much northern capital
found its way into the southern states as
during the administration Of President
Cleveland.
WHERE Is THAT SURPLUS Eowr
Under the wise, the honeet. the eco
nomical administration of President Cleve-
land, as have said the revenues exceeded
the expenditures more than 500. .0gO,OOO,
and the question arose, WHAT shall be done
with the surplusS After hree-and-a-half
years of Republican administration the
question Is, Where shall the govern
ment obtain revenues with which to meet
its current expenditures? The Treasury
to-day is confronted with bankruptcy. In
my Judgment the bankruptcy IS caused by
the reckless and unnecessary and unwise
appropriations made by the ffty-hrst
Congress. Republican Congress. In the
second place, because of the passage OF
the Mckinley tariff law, by which the
Government Of the United States has been
defrauded of $50. 900. 900 Of revenue. This
Mckinley tariG-law has deprived the
Government Of the United States of this
immense revenue.
THE MAN WHO PAYS.
THE man who buys, the last purchaser.
is the one who pays the tariff taxes. The
Republican party claims great credit for
having taken the tax of or reduced the
price of sugar, by which you buy more
pounds for your dollar than you did be-
fore. That ls true but in the same bill IS
a provision that requires that there shall
be paid for fifteen years $4,000, 900 out OF
the Treasury"
." he only effect Of the tariff upon wages
IL to diminish and to lessen the purchasing
powor Of wages.
THE FORCE BILL.
/ have heard it said that the force bill
was n dead issue and was only sprung to
frighten the people into the Democratic
line. On the contrary, II ls very living
issue. After the war had closed, when the
State governments were set aside and the
agents of the Federal Administration
took control Of the State of South Caro-
lima, at one time there were 200 magistrates
IN that State, and by investigation 1t was
found that the Treasury OF South Carolina
had been so literally gutted that there
was absolutely nothing left to steal. The
history of one of the southern States
under Republican misrule and carpet
bag domination Is the history of all. The
force bill is intended TO set aside the laws
and clear a place tor the agents of the
Federal Administration. The worst feature
of the force bill is 10 absolutely relegate
the southern States 20 the era of recon-
struction and Republican carpet-bag mis-
rule. II the Republican party be elected,
their first legislation will be the passage Of
the force bill, bywhich they will be placed
IN power indefinitely"
SENATOR DANIEL.
United States Senator John w. Daniel
followed in n speech unfolding General
Stevenson and dilating at some length
upon the silver question.