Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-09
MIKE SAVAGE.
breaches True Democratic Doc.
trine at Center Point.
He Uses Reeves as a Mop with Which to
Scour the Floor-A Good
k Speech.

QUITO the Eighteenth district yester-
day evening, where Mr.. Savage was
booked for speech last night.
He was met with a good crowd al
Center Point, Baptist church in the
district. Men of every political
faith were present and heard a
sound, logical speech, which was
clear and convincing.
No one could fail to understand
Mr.. Savage's argument. He struck
straight from the shoulder and his
words had telling effect. After say
ing that he was reared in that dis
trict, and came to them as a friend,
having no political aspirations, but
complying with what he deemed to
be his duty as a citizen, and wanted
to talk as citizen and not as a
teacher, he launched out into the
broad field of political discussion and
showed himself equal to the occasion.
Subtreasuries, land loans, government
purchase and control of railroads and
telegraph lines, and force bills were
handled without gloves, with an ease
and familiarity rarely found. He laid
down the broad principle that the
government has no way to raise
money except by taxation-direct or
indirect. He was aware that the
farmers and laboring classes gener-
ally were suffering from unjust bur-
dens, but their greatest burden is
tariff taxation, and their greatest re-
lief would be an immediate and large
reduction of these tariff burdens. The
people need more money, but the
amount per capita is not the question
to consider f; the question is the equal
distribution of our money. Before
the war we had no tramps nor mil
lionaires, and the people were salts
fled and contented. All stood upon
the same footing. But to-day, it is
otherwise. There are hordes of mil
lionaires, and there are hundreds OF
tramps. All of this is the result o.
Republican tariff, which grants
bounties TO privileged persons at the
expense of the toiling masses. The
Democratic party has done all il
could do to remedy this evil, but it
has never yet had the power. 81 am
not in favor of taxing the people any
MORE" said the speaker. Their
taxes are too high already. The party
which we represent has tried to do
its duty"
Here the speaker was interrupted
by one Reeves, who propounded a
great many nonsensical questions on
the financial problem. His idea was
to set up machine in Washington
and pay boy ten dollars per day to
turn the crank and grind out money
Increasingly. This money was to be
based on the integrity of the gov
eminent, and the notes were to be
payable on demand. "But, Mr..
Reeves" said Mr.. Savage, "suppose
a man should collect an armful of
these notes and demand that they
be redeemed, what would the gov
eminent redeem them with?"
"Why, just simply make some
more like them and redeem them
with those" said Mr.. Reeves.
This is the idea he advanced about
money. With increasing energy
Mr.. Savage poured volley after volley
of argument and common sense at
his antagonist until he looked like
the lost sheep out of Israel. He had
no one to back him except Frank
Karnes, who was at his wits ends
for something to say, but there was
nothing to suit the occasion. The
people laughed and cheered, and it
was evident that there were but two
in the audience who did not agree
with Mr.. Savage. He literally wiped
the floor with his friend Reeves, but
did it in a genteel manner, and prom.
ised Mr.. Reeves that if he would call
at his Office he would talk with him
all day.iiThe speech did great good
inIthat district, and many more just
such are needed all over the county.
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