St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-12

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Again, if the foreigner paid the tax
then, how reprehpnsible must be the
conduct of those officers in high position
who have been lately suing the govern
inent to recover back duties paid into
the United States treasury under a mis-
Interpretation of the tariff laws. What
right has any American merchant under
such circumstances to recover money
paid by the foreign exporter? And yet
every year large. sums are recovered
from the government through decisions
of the federal courts. and paid to Ameri-
can importers on account of duties
which it is claimed the foreign manu-
facturers have paid.
But it is unnecessary TO pursue this
subject. The consumer in the end pays
the tax.
The Appropriations.
Mr.. Harries took up the subject of APP
preparations, saying: Upon this SUBJ
ject desire to call your attention to the
fact that the first session of the Fifty
second congress was confronted by the
legislation of the Fifty-iirst congress,
which compelled the appropriation OF
large sums for bOUnties, subsidies and
the like. Then the act of June 81, 1890.
known as the disability pension act,
compelled very large increase in the
appropriation for pensions aud addl-
tlOnai clerical force. | want to further
call your attention to the fact that the
Republican senate increased the apprO-
priations of the hoase OF representatives
by So, 907, 1928, and that the Repub-
llcanS In the house kept continually
saying during the discussion of the
appropriation bills that the Democratic
house was cutting down needed appro-
prlatlonS here and there and all along
the line, and that the Republicans in
every instance voted to increase 'apprO-
priations. 1t does not, therefore, be-
come them to turn around and charge
us with being eXtraVagant in apprOpria-
tons. The object on the part of the
Republicans in compelling large appro-
priations is TO justify the enormous
taxation of the people"
The Free Coinage Of Silver
Congress has the power under the
constitution Ito coin money and regu-
late the value thereof" and states are
prohibited from making anything but
gold and silver tender IN the payment
of debts. The Democratic platform
upon this subject is as follows:
Section7. We denounce the Republican
legislation known as the Sherman act of
1899 as a cowardly makeshIft, fraJght with
possibilities OF danger ill the future which
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its author, anxious for its speedy repeal.
We hold TO the use OF both gold and silver as
the standard money of the country and TO
the'coinage of both gold ana silver without
discriminating against either metal or charge
for mintage, but the dollar unit of coinage
of both metals must be of equal intrinsic and
exchangeable value. or be adjusted through
international agreement. or by such safe
guards of legislation as shall insure the main
tenance Of the parity of the metals and the
equal power of every dollar at all times i'll
the markets and in the payment of debts;
and we demand that ali paper currency shall
be kept at par with and redeemsble with
such coin. We insist upon this policy as es-
pecially necessary for the protection of the
farmers and laboring classes. the most de-
fenseless victims of unstable money and a
flUctuating currency.
l take it for granted that this means
an unqualified declaration in favor of
bi-metalism upon ratio to be fixed by
congress. A widespread feeling exists
among the people that when the Repub-
lican congress i'll 1878 demonetiZed silver
IL gave our monetary system such
blow that all values measured i'm money
were greatly deprecated. That act,
which prevented silver from being
coined Oh an equality with gold. and
which took away from silver its former
legal tender quality, had most de-
pressing effect upon our country. At
that time silver was worth relatively
per cent more in the market than gold
bullion. The act, of course. deprecated
the price of silver. 1t could not we'll be
otherwise. The same effect would have
been produced had gold been demone-
tIZed.
If a law should be passed in this
understanding that it could be law
fully done-prohibiting the use of
horses for any purpose within our bor-
ders, but only permitting the use of
long-eared mules. would there be any
doubt in the mind Of any one but that
such an act would have a direct effect
IN depreciating the value of horses
within our state?
The Democratic house of representa-
tives of the Fifty-second congress
thought it wise that the great evils re-
sulting to the people by reason of the
unfair and unjust tariff legislation en-
acted by the Fifty-hrSt congress should
first be remedied, as only one great re-
form at time can, as rule, be pushed
to the front, and when this is righted
the Others Will follow.
what the Democrats Have Done.
In regard to the work of the Fifty
second congress Mr.. Harries said: 1.-The
house of representatives of the Fifty
second congress, at its first session,
made honest efforts to Tighten the bur-
den of the people. We passed a bill in
the house placing OH the free list the
various kinds of binding Irvine. We
passed what is known as the tin plate
bilP, the free wool bill' and the free
cotton BILL We also passed bill re-
quiring railroads 10 provide automatic
couplers and continuous brakes and
locomotives with drive wheel braces, a
measure i'll the interests of the safety of
employees and travellers on railroads do
ing an interstate commerce bust
ness. These bills were sent
from the house of representa-
tiveS to the senate, but that body hay
ing Republican majority has refused
to even take up these important meas
ures for discussion, and has pigeon
holed them. The bill to place wool on
the free list and to reduce the duties on
WOODEN goods is a measure that would.
ii it became law, relieve the tax
ridden people of our country from a
great burden. Wooden garments are
required by all our people. They are
absolutely necessary for our health and
comfort, and the purer the wool the
better the garment. But the higher
duty under the Mckinley bill has in
duced the use of shoddy and adulter-
ants to greater extent in America than
was ever known before. When men or
my age were boys we would sometimes
have our pants patched, but now the
best pants that a laboring man can
afford to buy will not hold the patches
that are put on. You remember when
the Mckinley bill was passed in the
Fifty-frst congress, some of the Re
publican congressman claimed to be
opposed to certain tariff duties con-
tanned therein, notably on binding
flNinp orI1 fin hut 4
ing espoused the cause of protection.
they had to
swallow the Whole Thin. ~
and vote for the bill and all its sched-
nles. So when the house OF representa-
tives sent separate bills to the senate,
with its Republican majority. it had
some reason to hope that the senate
would pass some of them, but the coun-
try now sees that so long as the senate
and the executive are Republican it is
vain hope to suppose that we can ever
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