Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-28

large reduction sought 20 be effected In
the tariff upon wOollen goods of oil de-
acriptions II has also removed the tariff
upon binding Irvine. But for the hostility
OF n Republican Senate these measures.
30 Just, 80 beneficial 10 the people,
would now be upon our statute
books. Our present tariff laws need care
full revision. Their glaring Inconsistencies
should be corrected IL II to the interest
of manufacturer and consumer alike that
IN the main raw material be admitted free
of duty. Working the raw material into
the finished product would give employ
ment TO our skilled workman. The re-
duction o. tariff taxes 70 the minimum
upon the necessaries OF life ~ important 70
all our people: il would prove OF inesti-
mable value to the MILLIONS VINO earn their
bread by daily toll.
NV fellow-citzens. to you the tariff -
the all-important question. The question
Is not how much Of your earnings shall be
given to the support Of the government.
but how much shall under the forms OF
law be seized by the fayored-the pro
tected classes.
When tho tariff bill of 1861. increasing
the average of tariff taxes from 10 TO 35pe
cent, was under confederation Mr.. Morrlll,
the Republican author OF the bill, SAID:
A" It is not designed ne permanent system.
but only as a temporary measure" As al
ready shown. this war tax, instead OF being
reduced when the war had closed, was by
successive Republican congresses in
creased TO an average Of AZ per cent. The
Republican party responded 10 the
demand OF the people for reduced
taxation by the passage of the Mck;n-
ley tariff bill Of 1890, thus heavily
increasing war taxes upon the people
twenty-five years after the war had closed.
| Are your interests safe in the hands OF a
al bt,t no acted
| lists of this country? This is the impor-
| tant question for your determination at
| the polls. The Democratic party wages
| no warfare on any business interest. IL
favors no legislation hostile to the true
| interests of any business enterprise. we
| believe that the burdens of taxation should
| be eoually Distributed. We oppose all
| legislation that enriches the few by taxing
the many.
The contest upon which we have now
| entered ia of deep significance to the
| American people. Shall high tariff con-
nnudiy Increasing NTH he demands Of me pro
| tec'ed classes be the settled policy OF our
government. or shall there be relief TO the
people from the burdens OF unjust taxa
| ton?
THE FORCE BILL.
Another issue Of great moment IN the
pending contest is the force bill. The
magnitude of this issue cannot be over
| stated. IL may mean the control of the
| election of representatives in Congress by
| the bayonet
The Republican party by its acts in the
! Fiftv-frst Congress. and by Its platform
| in its late national convention. stands
| pledged to the passage Of the force OIL.
| That ii will pass this bill when 1t has the
| power no sane man can doubt. To all OF
! the people-all who desire the peace and
| prosperity Of our common cOuntry-this
question is important. To the people OF
! the southern States It is one of transcend
ent importance. Shall they still have
| peace and the protection OF the law, or
shall the horrors with which they are
menaced find their counterpart only III
those of the darkest hours OF the recon-
struction period
am heartily in accord with the Demo-
cratic party in its efforts to repeal the OBJ
nOxiOus provisions Of the compulsory
school law, enacted by O Republican Le-
gislaturo IN this State.
II is passing strange that legislation so
hostile TO the spirit Of our free institute
lions should ever have found its way to
our statute-books. The right Of the pa
rent TO exercise reasonable control over
the education of his child should not be
abridged. The Democratic party OF ILL.,
nOis stands pledged to the repeal of law
which has justly given offence to 50 many
of the best citizens in our state.
Fellow-citizens,- firmly believe that
your interests the interests of all the peo-
pie of these United States, are bound mp
in the success OF the party that came IN
with jefferson III the very infancy of cur
republic; the party which for more than
half a century OF our existence has stood
at the helm of the State the party which
in all periods Of our history has been the
bulwark of our Constitution and the faith
T. r y -. 10 oil 70
ple: the l,arty under whose broad banner
he men of all nationalities have been
welcomed to share with us tins
this God-given heritage; the party
which from the beginning has been
the foe of prescription, whether on
account of birthplace or of religion
the party which knows no privileged
classes, but demands equal and exact
Justice for oil; the party which, under
Jefferson, purchased the great valley OF
the Mississippi, and extended our domain
10 the gulf and 10 the ocean; the party
which under Madison, bore our flag to
victory in our second struggle with Great
Britain, and which under his immediate
successor, established firmly for all time
the rights of the American ration by the
declaration and maintenance OF the Mon
roe doctrine; tbs party which, ~ the
early morning and in the noon of this
century, glorleo in the leadership OF Jack
son and Of Douglas, the undaunted foes
of special privileges and of unjust taxa
ton.
Under the matchless leadership of the
man who gave you an honest administra-
ton of the government: who wrested
from the grasp of those who had robbed
you OF Your heritage $4,000, 900 acres and
restored il 70 the public DOMAIN whose
principle in action is. A public Office Is n
public trust under his leadership the
democratic party confidently submits the
momentous question as issue, and Will
abide by the determination of the final
arbiteTs at the polls