The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-06
HILL IN ALBANY.
He Jumps on Mckinley and Chauncey Dc
pew-Civen an Ovation

pew-Given an Ovation.
ALBANY, Nov. 5.-lSpeciall- TO.
night was held the closing rally of the
Democrats of Albany. Senator David
Is. Hill was the principal speaker and
he received cordial welcome from the
Democrats of his adopted city. He was
escorted from tho Dolavan House to
Bletcker Hall and he received an oya
tion on tho way. The hall was taxed to
its utmost capacity if it ever was. Boxes
were occupied by families of prominent
citizens whilo on the main floor many
ladies were observed.
Senate: Hill said in part: "Fellow-
citizens: l use this term now in diff
ferent sense from that used by me at q
tune L addressed you last year. Then l
mad come from distant part Of tho
State to speak for the Democratic can
didates and Democratic PRINCIPLES.
10 night | Travelled hero from the Ninth
ward of your city on 4 similar mission -
The Senator Immediately entered
upon the discussion Of tariff and dwelt
upon 1t for some length He said:
The turning point OF the contest
next Tuesday is federal taxation. Tho
present Mckinley law could not raise
last year even Sis, 900, 600 out of $500.
600, 600. Why? Because it's schedule
were not arranged to obtain revenue
but to prevent revenue. If the Repub-
leans prevail along the line next
tuesday, they must modify the Mckin-
ley law if national bankruptcy is to be
DC prevented, or else must lay odious
direct taxes.
THE existing tariff rates, therefore.
must be forthwith disturbed whichever
party wins next Tuesday What is Re-
publican protective tariff p If you will
look at the answer given by Gov. Nc
Kinley in his Brooklyn speech last
Monday evening and you will see This
Is 1t: i will tell you the difference be-
tween q revenue and protective tariff.
Pitcher like this at my hand paws a
duty OF SIS per cent. That's Republican
protection. I know it and helped to
put it there
1t was put there to enable industries
to be established to make this kind of
ware at home, and it has done it. II you
want revenue, then am frank to say
IS per cent is too high. 1t discourages
importation and builds up industries
here. If you want revenue. put it lower
and increase the Importation That,
Mckinley answers, does three things:
First, 1t tells what q protective tariff
is. Second, 1t tells why the Mckinley
law is a fraud, forbidden by the Fed
eral constitution. as are every legislative
fraud Third, 1t tells why the Nc
kinley law could not put over ITS mil
lion into the peoples treasury.
mo wit of mine can add anything to
the vindication which Gov. Mckinley
there makes of the Chicago platform
denouncing his tariff law for fraud and
for unconstitu tionality. Those who
finally IL ficted that tariff law upon
Congress and the county could not
have prevailed if Congress and tho
country had been told that the rates
had been arranged to prevent the getting
of money for the peoples treasury and
to exclude importations by fence, be-
hind which one class in our country
could tax and plumber another class
Mr., Depew derides the position of tho
Democratic party on tariff questions, but
! can tell you it is within your knowl-
edge that greater 'panics' have come
to our country from tho bad manage
ment of Depew's railway, from fires and
deaths occurring from coal stoves and
collidiug trains than from Democratic
tariffs for revenue.
IF DepeW had time to study facts, he
could find that the Schuyler railway
frauds had more to do with starting the
panic of 1857 than did the little federal
taxation then existing under the Demo
cratic auspices. 1t is perfectly true
that one who reviews our national his
tory in order to discover the cause Of
panic every twenty years or so will be
misled II he thinks only of taxation
legislation and not Of occurring legisla-
ton, and vice versa"