Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-10-11
TWO GREAT ISSUES.


o. following address before the con
v,a.i,u iu New York city, oct. 3;
GTNriIrs oT THE CONNENuoN-Or
tlis, tie t.lu annual gathering Of ouI
state league, we may well join in con
graduation over the past, which is 80
cure. aud the lutme. which il full oi
promise. = fyr the past, we have sue.
c,elo1 iu er'i>tiug au army Of young
and enthusiastic Democrats who have
formed one or more political societies IL
every assembly district IN the state, and
10 whom five years OF toll have brought
many substantial victories. As for the
future, we have the assurance of the
people that lhey will stamp with ap.
prOy4l tine work We have in charge and
direct with tine clear voice Of popular
s0ycr,inty that tine executive affair,
of this nation shall be administered once
q-aiu by DInocratic hands and nudei
the honest, prudent. intelligent, Jealous
steward nip Of Grover Cleveland.
TIE DEMOCRATIC MISSION.
What its mission Is 10 "A human soul
tie preservation of the constitution Is tC
Tire Democratic party. Not defeat, not
hetrHvals, not powers, can separate NE
from ,n love. We guard II ~ a sacred
tiry from devotion to the instrument
it.r.l fT.uvrevcrence for the patriot
who formed and shaped IL, from graft.
tule for the blessings already secured
u hy It's influence. bat more than al
because 10 is al 0pted today TO our pres
eIt needs. and because every departure
from d., guiding spirit brings to us ma
t,uu misfortune. There were some
Atn....us who could not hear the name
Of Au-.idrs without murInuring, anG
there are ears among our own people &c
which the constant repetition Of the con
Hituuou has an irritating and rasping
sound.
The two chief issues presented by ON
ppli'ic3l opponents involve betrayal OF
tie con. .iiufiou. The one issue Is that
tie power ol taxation is without limit
and iu.la'r- right to discriminate ii
it5 imposition. Taxation IL the rOaC
over winch nations sometimes pass tC
tucIr oe-ITuctiun. Ii is the suuken rocB
uu wlI.4 many "a ship Of state mas beer
broken uder. The people have neve'
deposited unlimited power with the gov
erLuru .or such purpose. The aetna
need Ol i.e government in it, efforts tt
Wor.n. l.. aud property bound. tac first
circ.. %. tIuGsht Of taxation. the pro
motion uf thu p.blic welfare bounds thf
second and wider circle within which
taxes may be- laid. But the pressure Of
tle u,u.u."ut atmosphere must be the
some everywhere within these two
zones. Tor public purposes alone shal,
rBN,- lrIeyled-not fcG the single benefit
# any lau, however great, or for any
;a-. If men, however powerful. Taxa.
auu wi.b % bears grieyously on some one
,lts, ot the community, while it en-
riches au,lhcr, does not draw It's i'reatL
from the -mrIt of the constitution.
4 CRIME AND A BLUSrER.
The system If protection, the fostering
Of unnatural industries by the imposi
tlun of unnatural taxation. is not only
CRIME. lu'. according 10 the climax OF
I.I.tI.I.. 10 Is a blunder. With the
gaHa,.J country the sun ever looked
upon with possibilities Of wealth such
as GI.u..l- only have touched, this sys.
ton of protection Is forcing nature &c
%, par, f.r which she was not cast
Nl.re corn Would grow this system
bu.lJ- a factory that the cry Of impOssi
Bile i'm may he heard, and whore mills
would flourish II browses the incapable
sleep. 1t puts darkness for light and
heat for cold. No man has yet recorded
the utter, WdujOn Wasteiunpss Of the
protective system. The chemist. the me.
chauic, theiuventor, are seeking 10 lessen
the expense Of those dynamic energies
man use. in his daily work. Nature con.
y,Is her heat into power absolutely
without waste. Mans best engine wastes
heat most prodigally.
Bur the scientist is spending his days
and nights in an attempt to produce
clecugiy directly from the burning OF
coal, 80 tnal both light and mechanical
energy may be turned loose from the
simple oMdlz.tion Of fuel For what;
Shall the skin Of the inventor and the
fTl-Hlly Of the masses spare AT the
sIi"ut that few wasteful aud private
interests shall spin at the bung of our
national resources? Would ii not be
w.s,r JU support these interests directly
ourselves, that we, and not they alone
that the many. and not the few-may
control the national barrelf The CAPT
tai at America supplying the markets
OF the world will bring in greater re-
turns tDm the trusts and monopolic~
can eyer roll mp for themselves, and Al;