Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-26
HILL HAS HIS SAY
Dave 3. in His Great Act of Jol-
lying the Tammany Tiger.
MAKING THE BEAST PURR
Pure Politics and Tammany are Syn
onyms, SO the Country Thinks-Uses
Tsffy With a Brush.

tonight and received an ovation. Fol
lowing 10 synopsis OF his speecn.
This occasion is the first time | have
had the bonor of addressing the de-
mocracy of New York IN this honored
temple of democracy. feel as though
| am among friends tonight, friends.
many of them personal as we'll as
political, the friends of good govern
ment, the friends of civil liberty, the
friends OF equal rights, OF equal taxa
ton, of liberal laws, IN a word the
friends Of true, unadulterated and AZ
gresslve democracy.
~ am not unmindful OF the fact that
during my entire service of chief ex-
lions with the democrats OF
Tanmany hall were of the
most pleasant character and cheer
fully and gratefully acknowledge the
tact that they were among my staunch-
est supporters during all that period
from the memorable campaign of 1850
10 the last occasion, when the demo-
cracy Of the Empire state honored me
with their confidence at Albany and
Chicago. Today the great reliance OF
intelligent political observers for the
success OF our national Candidates IN
this state, Is upon the immense major
ity which is expected to be rolled up
III this city under the auspices OF the
magnificent organization OF Tammany
hall, which IN recent years has known
no such word as defeat, and TO which
all eyes are now turned, and upon
which our hopes are centered. Ii Is
clear that the way to win national
elections is first 10 win local and state
elections. In politics as in everything
else. Nothing succeeds like success.
David's Great CT"
Those who. because Of personal dis
appointment or because candidates of
Their choice have not been nominated, +,
would encourages the temporary defea;
of their party usually live TO regret
their action and to realize how difficult
it is for that party to regain the ground
that has been unwisely and foolishly
lost. / would endeavor by every hon
orable means to build up the demo-
cratic party and make 1t invinclble IN
the city, state and nation. Iwould not
build up personal party, but the DEM
ocratlc party. l would seek victory not
for day, but for q decade. l would
make II possible to elect all meritorlous
democratic candidates who represent
the democratic ideas. The methods of
party management have made your
organization effective, vigorous, enthu-
siastic and invincible; in short. they
have made New York city the very
% ~ do Of
"Tne Issues between the two parties
upon the tariff question was never
more sharply defined. No one ought
to be deceived as to the attitude which
they respectively assume. Both believe
IN tariff sufficient to raise the princi-
pal revenues necessary tor the support
for the government"
The Voice of the Siren.
The democratic party there stops,
and declares that no Otner or larger
tariff should be imposed than may be
required for such purpose. while the
republican party goes further and in
slsts that 1t Is the right and duty of the
government to impose such duties as
may be deemed necessary to prevent
competition with domestic industries,
even to the extent If desired. of abso-
lutte prohibition of lmportatlons. Our
opponents call the methods, or means,
by which they use the power of taxa
tion for private purposes, the system of
protection. We meet them at the
threshold of the discussion of this
question, and declare that their system
of protection violates the spirit, X not
the letter. of the federal leg slation.
The fact that there Is nowhere to be
found IN the legislation any express
provision giving congress power to pro-
tect private industries by taxation at
the expense of the whole people. can
not be lightly dismissed. In my opin-
ion, it's omission Is matter OF the
greatest significance.
In the convention of 1897, which
framed the federal constitution, q
proposition was made to confer upon
congress the power 10 protect manu-
faciurers by commercial regulations,
and II was rejected. This Is evidence
from which II may be fairly urged
that II was not the intention of the
trainers of the constitution that con-
gress should he vested with the power
TO aid private Industries at the ex-
pense of the people.
Juggle- with Htstory.
II should not be forgotten that there
had been formidable opposition 10
the adoption of original legislation and
that majority of states, in concur
ring. added 10 their ratification a
series of amendments intended To- CIR
cum scribe the power granted 10 the
federal government and designed az
safeguards against the dangers appre-
hended from the powers granted N the
original legislation, which were regard
cd ss too extensive or not safely de-
fined. The amendment IN question
was one o. the most important of these
and all tSe amendments taken to-
sether constitute the most valuable
portion of the legislation.
"It Is true that tamil bliis-Calied
and dssgned "a protective measures
have since been passed at various
periods Of cur history. but IN none OF
them have their authors dared to IN
seTt any preamble, provision. or state
ment from which L might appear that
protection was the sole object and d.
rect purpose OF them. There has
slwavs been q stud ed effort by our op-
ponents 20 avoid the prscse question
~ Issue. There can he little donbj
that protective measure. pure and
simple. could not sgand the test Of lu-
dlclsl review, even with tue supreme
court Of the United states "a it a at
present constituted
'Thademocrstic party believes, snt
hss slwsys believed. tnst republican
protection, a. & s eVpounded ~ q
a. Jvocstes and eVempiifed in the de-
fa5ls nf - reaasn-sz a. ffas-,frrh at fff. 4 =
concealed from SHEER fac % h n