The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-08-05
SPEAKER CRISP on THE FORCE
BILL and THE TARIFF.

Speaker Charles F. Crisp, of Georgia,
in his letter accepting denomination
for Cohgres tersely defines the pro
visions of the Force Bill and the Nc
Kinley tariff. He says:
We are about entering upon political con-
test fraught with mementous consequence to
the people Our great adversary, that party
which for the past thirty years has had leg1sia-
tive control of our country, and with which at
the polls in November next, our real battle Is
To be fought, has, in its declaration of prin
ciples given US plainly to understand what
legislation is to follow its success. The Re
publican party Is pledged to the enactment of
3 Federal election law. / have before me as
! write, the bill passed by the Republican
House on that subject. This bill may be fair
" considered as an authoritative expression OF
the kind and character of law which Republic
can success at the next election will intiict
upon us.
/ cannot, within the proper scope of such
letter as this. enumerate oil its remarkable
provisions.
1t gives to the judges of tine United States
Circuit Court the power of appointing election
officers in the State: 1t gives to the election
sfnssss so appointed the power to designate
an unlimited number of deputy marshals, who
may be employed q number of days prior to
eash election at IS per day. A thousand or
more might be appointed in each congressional
district In Georgia.
It authorizes the use OF armies of the United
States to preserve the peace at the polls.
1t gives to the judges of the United States
Courts the power Of appointing canvassiDg
or returning board for each State, who shall
certify whom the people have elected to Con-
gress.
1t requires the Clerk of the House of Repre-
sentatives to place on the roll of members
ala of no holding
certificates, so that they may participate as
members in the organization of the House.
1t authorizes officers of the United States to
supervise and control the registration OF
voters.
1t authorizes such officers to make a house
to house canvass, to ascertain the legality of
any registered voter.
1t provides for the payment OF all of these
officers out of the Federal treasury, and
authorizes the employment of many of them
for as much as eight days before an election.
And finally it makes permanent appropria-
ton of your money for the execution of the
law.
This enumeration of the provisions OF the
bill, meagre though it is, must make it plain
to all men that if it were enacted into law the
people would lose all voice in the selection or
control of the officers who manage and certify
the result of their elections. q
The party to which we belong is pledged
against federal election laws. The Democrats
OF Georgia know what it is to live under a
government based on federal coercion and re-
turning board methods. We favor home rule,
and believe the people OF each State can be
trusted to manage their own elections. =
The Republican party is also pledged to the
continuance of policy of taxation which has
done more to bring about the present depress-
ed condition OF agriculture than all other
causes combined. l refer to what is common
" called tariff for protection. That law
G., frh ,,,, ~, Il and sa1 In,
the cheapest market of the world.
It takes from the masses of the people and
gives to privileged class.
1t prevents the natural distribution of
wealth.
1t creates combinations and trusts to in
crease the prices of what We must buy.
1t robs the many to make millionares of the
few.
1t restricts you to the protected and high
priced home market when you buy, while you
are forced to seek the cheap free-trade markets
of the world when you sell.
1t so burdens importations that You cannot
profitaby exchange abroad your surplus pro-
ducts.
1t forces out of the pockets of the people
and into the treasury of the United States
each year more than one-ffth, in its transfers
from agricultural communities to manufacture
ing centres each year more than one-half of
all the money we have in circulation, thus
bringing apouc ehat scaici.J VI ihohey AIMING
the masses of the people which has created SO
much suffering and distress.
1t Is low estimate that each individual in
the United States is forced by our present
tariff laws to pay for what he yearly con-
snmes $40 more than he would pay If there
were no such law
Under the Democratic low tariff from 1880
to 1860 agriculture was prosperous, more so
than ever before or since in our history. The
producers were not then borrowers they had
money to lend, and all industries fiourshed.
Our party is unalterably pledged against
high protective tariff laws. We believe that
all taxation of the people should be limited to
the necessities of the government economi-
colly administered.