People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-23
eala men can't help me, in the name
. ommon fairness don't let them

y e bear. (Cheers.)
~ 2 Jeffersonian, and am trying
to BRING back the principles OF Jeffer-
son to bless the people with a reign
of "equal and exact justice to all
men," (Cheers.)
Jefferson favored the free and I'M
limited coinage of silver. The Dem
ocrats of to-day do not. We Of the
Peoples party do.
Jefferson favored direct issue OF
treasury notes In volume sufficient to
do the business of the country. The
Democrats Of to-day oppose this,
while we favor it.
Jefferson said our private banks
should only be for discounts and de-
posts, not for the issuance of paper
money. He denounced State bank
ers as sharpers and swindlers. The
Democrats of to-day favor the State
banks Jefferson denounced, and de-
nounce the direct tissue of United
States notes which he favored. The
Peoples party agree with Jefferson
on both propositions.
At Charlottesville Black said the
distress of the people was exaggerat-
ed. / have no time to 60 into stats
tics on that TO- day, but here where
am addressing people who bend
over the cotton rows to pick out 3
cent cotton which cost them 8 cents,
there is no need to dwell in the
topic. They know that agricultural
distress is not exaggerated. (Oheers.)
He (Black) said the tariff was the
chief source Of their trouble. / de-
nounce the tariff as bitterly as they,
but Is smaller source of trouble
than our Infamous financial system.
| (Cheers.)
The Democrats have not formu-
lated any tariff reduction bill.
What do they mean by tariff re-
duction? What guarantee do we
have that they could agree on a
| general bill?
They might violate their pledge
just as they did on free silver.
(Cheers)
They might violate this promise,
just as they did on their promise to
economic at the least lesson of Con-
gress. [ repeat my former assertion
that instead Of keeping that pledge
they spent more money than TIP
billion dollar Congress. (Cheerr.l
AID I challenge Mr.. Black to dis
| pt,5o II. (Cneers.)
But suppose they can agree on a
bill reducing the tariff by few cents
on the schedules, will it not remain
monster iniquity which gives four
dollars to the manufacturer while it
gives one to the Government?
(Cries Of. Yes! Yes! Yes! and
cheers.)
In other words, the Democrats
propose to perpetuate system
which they denounce as infamous
robbery. They say that a robbery
Of So per cent under the Mckinley
bill is a national curse, but that a
robbery of 48 per cent under the
Mills bill would be national bless
ing. (Great laughter and oheers.)
/ say they never did intend to
pass their free trade bills of which
they have talked SO much. Why
/ Recauge. according to their own
showing their bills could have re-
duced the revenues $158,000, 900
The Government is now spending all
it's revenues. A shortage of $685.
100000 would cause national bank
ruptcy. It's place would have to be
supplied. The Democrats provided nc
substitute to supply it's place. Hence
[ say these free trade bills were never
intended to become laws, but were
simply part Of the system of de-
ception and fraud which the Demo.
cratic politicians were practicing or
the country. Cheers.
We of the Peoples party fight the
tariff in the true way. We propose
another way Of raising the necessary
revenue-the income tax. Cheers.
The tariff will never die till some
other method Of raising the revenue
is adopted, and we are the only party
which proposes that substitute. Once
adopt the income tax and tariff il
doomed. TCheers.
Mr.. Blacks remedy for financia
distress was State banks. In on'
breath he accuses us Of the intention
Of flooding the country with papel
money; in the next breath he say
he wants to do the same thing
! Laughter and cheers.
Under our plan the strength o
the republic would be at the back o
every dollar. Under your plan th'
strength of one State alone. Unde
ours the national Congress of all Tia
States would decide how muol
should be issued. Under yours eacl
State would say just what the bank
ers of that State desired. Unde
our plan the money would be uni
form all over the United States, an,
would be legal tender, and woul,
live as long as the nation lived
Under yours each State would hav
its different plan, the paper issue
would not be legal tender an,
wouldn't have strength enough i
cross the State line. [Cheers.