Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-09-02
IT IS BORN AGAIN.
Illinois Democracy's Starter for
1892 Proves a Grand
Event.
Demonstration Held at Blooming
ton, the Boosted Home Of
Republicanisln.
Addresses by Prominent Politi-
cians--EXtract of Steven
sons Speech.


1 Gay by big demonstrations in this city.
! There were thousands of democrats
! in attendance, and Hon. James S. Ew-
/ ing, Gen. Steyenson's law partner. pre-
sided.
/ Senator John NJ. Falmer was tho
j first speaker and made Il stirring adj
dress which was frequently interrupt
cd by applause.
! Hon. A. f. Stevenson was the next
speaker. In brief he said:
During the short time | shall detain
you | shall endeayor to Suggest some
Of the reasons why Mr.. Cleveland
should be elected president and the
democratic party restored to power
The four years administration of Pres
ident Cleveland was confessedly an
honest administration. The democratic
administration ending March 4, 1889,
! has gene into history as an economical
and able administration of the govern
! ment. No scandals attached to any of
its appointments to office. Under that
administration no additional burdens
We're laid upon the people. At the close
Of President Cleyeland's administration
+, the surplus in the treasury exclusive OF
the gold reserve, was, in round num-
| bers, eighty three millions of dollars. 1t
| will be remembered that during the
latter half of bis administration the i'm
portant question was, what shall be
! done With the surplus revenues?
What is the condition that now con-
i fronts us at the end of three and a half
years of republican administration? The
!: bankruptcy which now threatens the
!, treasury is the result, first, of the en-
actment Of the Mckinley tariff law,
, and, secondly, of the lavish appropria-
tons Of the tifty-first congress. The
reckless expenditure Of money by APP
Preparations which no public necessity
demanded, merits the condemnation of
the people.
The tariff is the all-inportant issue
of the campaign upon which we have
now entered. Shall there be a revision
/! of our tariff laws, and as Il consequence
of such legislation 4 reduction of TAXA
ton; or, Shall it become the policy of
our government to maintain, permanent
", high protection? The democratic
party, as emphasized by its utterances
and its acts, is the advocate of tariff
reform. The issue is sqUarely present
cd"
The protected classes growing year
by year stronger and more powerful
| with the protection afforded them, de
manded of the fifty-iirst congress yet
higher duties. AS infant Industries
| lt11 no
with the democratic protection given
| by Mr.. Clay. Later, they had demand
cd the higher duties imposed by the
Morrill, tariff, and that of later CON
gresscs. In 1890 during the first scs-
sion of the tifty-first congress their lie
mand was in substance for Il prohibit
DRY tariff. The response to this demand
was the passage by a republican con
gress of the Mckinley bill. In Il word,
the Mckinley law, by its prohibitoIy
features gave its beneticiaries a practi-
cal monopoly. and enabled them in fact
to levy an additional tax upon the
consumer, to the extent that the duty
had ben increased.
IF the claim of the protectionist is
creased. as tariffs have increased? Why
constant reduction Of wages in the
most highly protected establishments
in this land?
ITO the toiler the Mckinley bill has
kept the word Of promise to the ear,
but broken it to the hope
The democratic house of repre- sen
tatiyes of the present congress has
passed a bill removing the increased
duty imposed by the Mckinley bill
upon tin plate and providing that with
in 4 few years it shall go upon the free
: list. Our present tariff laws need care,
full revision. Their glaring Inconsistent
: cies should be corrected 1t is to the
interest of manufacturer and consumer
alike that in the main raw material be
; admitted free of duty
| The democratic party wages no war
} fare upon any business interest. 1t
favors no legislation hostile to the true
interests of any business enterprise. We
: believe that the burdens of taxation
} should be equally distributed. We op
pose all legislation that enriches the
) few by taxing the many
The republican party, by its acts in
the tlfty-tirSt congress, and by its plat
| form, in its late national convention
stands pledged to the passage Of the
force bill. Shall the horrors with which
the people of the southern states are
menaced find their counterpart only in
those of the darkest hours of the re-
) construction period?
I am heartily in accord with the
democratic party in its efforts to repeal
the obnoxious provisions of the com
pulsory school law. enacted by a repub
ican legislat llra in this state. and which
has given offenSe to SO many of the
best citizens in our state.
Fellow Citizens, Under the matchleSs
: leadership of the man who gave you
an honest administration of the GOV
! eminent; who wrested from the grasp
heritage eighty millions of acres and
restored it to the public domain: whose
principle in action is. A public office is
public trust'-under his leadership the
democratic party confidently submits
the momentouS questions at issue. and
will abide by the determination of the
final arbiters at the polls
Mr. Stevenson was frequently inter
: rupted with long cheers. and succeeded
: in making his points felt by the audi
ence.