Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-11-03
FOR THE VOTERS
DtD9W and Reid Traverse
Three Counties
AND DELIVER SPEECHES.
Senator Hill Talks on The Dominant
Issue oil The Campaign.
ncH'SLEY's rnrE ARTICLES.
Posifinst.r.G rncrnI wnnnniaksr Eu
ioEi,es President unrrison's
Admini-irntiou.


JAslrsTOwN, n. Y, Nov. p Chaun.
cey NJ. Depuw and whitolaw Reid
tra7orsed three counties today. Large
bodies Of voters were addressed by the
speakers at Belmont In Allegheny
county, Mt Salamanca in Cattataugus
county, and Jamestown IN Chautauqua
county. There were two meetings
here, one In the afternoon, mainly
attended byfarmers, and the other In the
evening attended by the city residents.
rhousaudu %; persons greeted the pair
when ,huy arrived hure aud they were
Immediately escorted 10 the wigwam
where every foot VI space was occu.
p!1d.
inc chairman Of the Republican
city committee Introduced Reid, who
depicted the splendid condition OF The
country under Harrison anu said the
Democratic policy u making q change,
" adopted, would lead to commercial
Disaster.
Drpow opened his speech with the
In western Now York he looked ON
new factories which were making votes
Tor Harrison and Reid. Concerning
Clevoland's speech last night Depew
,nii In part:
road with great interest Clcve.
lands speech Ia New York last even.
ing. II was characterized by the un.
usual cleaTnesa OF statements and the
all ~ oh 4 NFrHl 10.
nores all pending Issues ami puts TO
the front now question. The tariff IA
only incidentally referred TO. The force
Till, state bank CURRENCY, money qucs.
ton and reciprocity were not men.
tlOped. tiA evident that the ID mo.
cratic leader regards his parry already
beaten on those subjects, and abandOns
them. The attention VI the country IL
challenged by tho eX.President OF the
United States and candidate for re.
election, 10 the corruption Ut franchises
anu the large sums which are raised for
cimpnign purposes, and the manner In
which they are expended. On the gen.
eral proposition OF the danger and i'm
morality Of these vast expenditures In
Presidential campaigns, there can be
no division Of opinion. The Republican
party would be glad to meet Cleve-
land anu tho Democratic party half
way In any legislation which would
make impossible by proper penal enact.
ment the raising and distributing OF
money by candidates and campaign
committees. This startling thing about
Clevelnud'H address II that, having
stated the evil, he charges that the
moneys raised anu distributed are sole
~ by the committees and through the
agencies Of the Republican party. The
accusation Is 80 absurd that II would
require neither mention nor refutaiion
except for the eminent authority.
Unfortunately II IL true that large
sums are raised by both parties. Clove.
land himself in tho last can vRss, though
the Presiden. OF tho United States and
comparatively poor man, contributed
$4,000 to the Democratic fund, and
has done the same this time. There
were at least half dozen gentlemen
on the platform with Cleveland who
knew the amount alleged TO have been
contributed and to be- In the possession
of the Republican national committee
for campaign purposes were grossly Gx-
aggerated, while the sums raised by
the Democratic committee were con.
stautly und0resllmstod. Neither party
IN able TO raise as much money ns was
collected In 1858. This Is notably truo
Of the Republican canvass. The sum
ascribed to Carnegie, Frick anu friends
Is fictitious and campaign imagina.
tions. Neither really contributed a
dollar. The Democrats were able to
raise tho usual amount OF money In
1883, regardless OF the civil service
rules. Assessments were never 80 re.
morselessiy pressed. Every Demo-
cratic ofliceholder was taxed 10 per
cent. OF his salary. While federal
oilicoho.deTs could not be reached and
did not contribute, the State officials
OF New YORK were In the clutches Of
the Democratic campaign Committee.
rhe pay roll OF the city Of New York
amounts to several millions yearly,
while the state roll is large. Assess.
ments from these sources alone were
greater than tho entire sum In the
hands Of the Republican committee
supplemented by at least half u million
dollars.
therefore don't hesitate TO claim
and certainly no well informed Demo-
crat will deny that the Democratic
committee IL In possession OF 70 per
| cent more votes than the Republican
committee. Ii Cleveland II kept In
ignorance by the party managers Of
the existing conditions In order that he
may make such statements Rs he did
last night the Democratic committee Ia
decoiving him 10 deceive the country
aud should receive at the polls the pun.
lshmout they deserve.
A big parade Of the Republican clubs
was held tonight, fully 10000 mon
were Ia line. At the conclusion Of the
meeting Reid departed for New York
and Depew for Buffalo. Tonight end
ed their campain speaking for the pres.
| ent contest.
eENATOR lIILL,
PORg JARVIS, n. Y, Nov. 2.-Scna.
tor Hi spoke In the opera house here
this afternoon. Representative Demp.
cFats were present from the surround.
ing country. Senator Hill spoke in
| part az fOl,Ows!
The question Of Federal taxation Il
| the dominant issue Of this campaign.
The power to levy taxes Ia despotlC
but u necessary power in every well