The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-27

| ing for the purchase OF seven tons of sill
yer (wnat John Sherman calls pig silver)
| for each working dav in the year.
"That is purchased by the Government
and stored in the vaults of the Treasury
Department, and today the dollar certi-
| ficate issued upon it as basis is worth
sixty-two cents. The Government has
500, 900. 900 of silver aud it is still coming.
| The time is coming when that difference
will have to be made good by somebody,
and thai somebody Is you my fellow citi-
zens." Applause.
How about EganP" shouted man in
| the audience.
''Oh. have no time to be talk about
| Egan," exclaimed Mr.. Russell. II am
here to talk currency. Let Egan go
back to Chilli. Bnt / will stop long
enough to say that one of the most inde-
| cent tninRs ofthis campaign is the ordering
minister home to stump for Benjamin
Harrison. while his salary is going on.
| This is sensible audience aau I propose
to talk to 1t upon currency.
THE PEOPLE MUST PAY.
"One OF the first acts of Mr. Cleveland's
| administration, hope, will be the repeal
| of the silver law of '91, so that pig silver
will be NO longer piled up in the vaults of
the Treasury Tor tue people to pay its de-
/ cline in value. The cloud which the Re-
publicans are raising over the currency
| question is for the purpose of hiding the
real issue OF the campaign, the Mckinley
| bill. l must congratulate you upon the
fact that for the first time in the history
| of the country the Republican party
| even admitted that the tariff is q tax.
| Mr.. Mckinley says the tariff is a tax
| and quotes the opinion of George Wash
| ington to prove It, But George Washing
ton never said the foreigner paid that tax.
| Mr.. Mckinley says We raise $3.50 600, 900
| by taxation, and the paupers of Europe
| pay it. What magnanimous people
| those paupers must be- ILaughter1.
There is no protection te our indus
| tries, he says, unless the tariff Is Jack
screwed up little. once heard Juiius
C@ser Burroughs explain the tariff. He
held glass in his hand, and said. we
charge the foreigner five cents for the
privilege of selling that glass in this
country, and that's all there Is to tine
tariff"
HOW THE FARMER is PROTECTED.
Mr.. Hoar, taking TO the farmers, said
that the duty on wheat at that time was
fifteen cents bushe. If it was not for
that, Canadian wheat would pour over
the line and swamp our farmers But at
the same time, the price of wheat was the
same on both sides of the line The duty
taken of sugar has opened up foreign
field for our confectioners. Whenever
raw material is admitted free, a new
field is opened up for one of our indus
tries. The Government has no power to
put its hand upon the peoples means ex-
cept for the support of the Government
This was the view of Daniel Webster. We
hold and believe that money for Govern
ment support cannot be raised without
afording as much protection as labor is
entitled to. The claiui that wages are
raised by the tariff is absurd. Taxes laid
solely for protection gives government
rights to individuals and corporations.
Ihe people are at present taxed by ire
sponsible individuals and trusts All
taxes fall ultimately upon labor and upon
farmers who have to sell in the markets
of the world.
RESULT OF THE HIGH TARIFF.
a terrible antagonism between labor
and capital ultimately must result from
such taxes. You all have heard constant
abuse of the Democratic party Young
men and recent voters have perhaps little
idea OF the history of that party which is
co-eval with the constitution of the
United States. The Democratic party
had its origin with the inception of
the country. It came into existence
at the close of the Revolution
This was largely fought on Jersey soil
where Washington made his stand
against the British. What was the cause
OF that WARP Unjust taxation and as
sumption ON the part Of Parliament that
1t had the right to tax us and our fathers
fought that assumption.
THE Democratic party held. under
Jefferson, that government was to be
regarded as an instrument of the people.
and that man by his inherent manhood
was eligible to any position in political
life; that whoever adds wealth to the
community should be a ruler In the State
and that that governments is the best that
governs the least.
DEMOCRATS FOUGHT THE WAR,
"Slavery was abolished. but no party
abolished it. The Republicans made the
contracts largely. Missouri cast 1900
Republican votes and sent 10000 men 10
the war. Illinois put twice as many men
Ia the army as she cast Democratic votes
The same was true in other States, 1t
was Democrats who fought the war.
Twill you not rally under the banners
of such patriots as the Greshams and the
Mac VeaRhsf trust you will and hope
to hear good returns from New Jersey on
November 81
Mr.. Black then introduced Ex-Governor
Bedie as man whose face Is his intro
ductfon and bis record his platform.
GOVERNOR BEDLE SPEAKS.
The Ex-Governor was received with ap-
plause and cheering and said that he pro-
posed to have little Domestic talk with
his fellow citizens. He hadn't talked
politics for the last few years and some
people may consider him turned down."
but be was glad to be there and talk for
the OemOcraGlc ticket.
He had great sympathy for the
masses. as he was a aboring man him
self. Toilers should have special regard
for the Government. The Democratic
party is the party in sympathy with the
masses. 1t wanted a candidate who was
in sympathy with masses, and have shat
candidate in Grover Cleveland. IGreat
cheering.] Cleveland had filed all Offices
faithfully, and no man had such correct
and simple ideas of government as he.
He would be the leader in the band to put
taxation on its proper basis.
JUDGE WERTs EULoGIZED.
The Governor spoke for some time upon
the tariH. and showed how it taxed the
poor for the benefit OF the wealthy. The
money which defeated Cleveland in 1888
he said came from highly projected men,
The tariff makes the rich richer. and the
poor poorer. In his opinion there was
going to be great deal of quiet voting
by independents this year. When he was
running for Governor, he said. a certain
good Republican said Bedle was too good
Judge to be spoiled by being made Gov
ernor. After he was elected. he appointed
that Republican to the Supreme
Court bench. The Republican was him
sell nominated for Governor and tried
the same thing Bedle did, but it didn't
work
Now, our friend George T. Werts has
been called by the party" Mr. Bedle said.
He Was not pleased with the nomination,
but said il the party desired him for a
stanGard-bearer, so be it, am the SER
want OF the people,
Judge Werts is good man and will
make good Governor one indenendent of