Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-08-25
RECORD! RECORD! RECORD!!!
The Democratic Party Has an
Awful One to Face.
The Mask Torn Of and 1t
Stands Forth I'm All Its Ma
kcdness and Treachery. @
Let the Deluded Followers of
the G. o. Z. Grand Old
Pretender) Read.

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Democratic party, who loudly pro-
claim their love for the people with
regularity just before election time.
LAND GRANTS.
The first donation of land was made
by Democrats. Stephen A. Douglas
introduced the bill, which was en-
titled: "An act granting the right of
way and making grant of land to
the States of Illinois, Mississippi and
Alabama; in aid of the construction
of railroad from Chicago to Mobile" "
As much as 3O,42O,92O acres were
given the railroads by Democrats
prior to 1861.
The Union Pacific grants were the
largest ever made. Only two Demo-
Gratis voted against them in the house.
They make great howl over re-
claiming much of this land, forget
ting to mention the fact that the lands
were forfeited because of failures on
the part of railroads to comply with
the conditions Of the grant, and all
that was needed to reclaim them was
law authorizing the secretary Of the
interior to have the necessary surveys
made to determine what part of the
land had been forfeited.
NATIONAL BANKS.
They were chartered in 1862 and re-
chartered in 1882. The acts charter
ing provided that the law may be
repealed or amended at any time, yet
no Democrat has ever introduced a
bill for that purpose, and when Wat
sou, n rcformer, introduced one, a
Democratic committee refused to re-
port It. We fad such Democratic
senators as Ransom, Call, Hampton,
Jonas, Morgan and German voting for
rechnrtcr. Cleveland deposited over
500, ,OOO, 600 of the peoples money in
those banks, without interest, that
they might loan to the people at
usurious rates. Such leading lights
as Carlisle and Beck and Bayard ad-
NIT that they favor the system. and
will do all in their power to support
and foster it. No national Democrat
ic platform for over twenty years has
condemned the system, because ma
tiOnal bankers like August Belmont,
agent of tho Rothschilds, have been
the teachers Of finance; national bank
er. like Roswell p. Flower and Daniel
Manning have been chairmen of the
national committees, and borrowed
the public funds without so much as
ying interest. But give them lit
tie more time!
CONTRACTION.
The infamous act contracting the
currency was passed March %, 1866,
which resulted in retiring the green
backs. The vote was SO for, "a
against. % Democrats voted for con-
traction and only one against it; 30
Republicans voted for. 81 against.
Not Democrat in the Senate voted
againstit. In addition to this horri-
bly, black record the Democrats on
the supreme bench have as rule
been opposed to greenbacks as money,
which is the only currency that can
not be controlled by the bankers, yet
they profess to be the friends Of the
people and want more time!
Jefferson said that funding war
legalized robbery, yet when the vote
was taken in 1866, which funded into
interest bearing bonds the treasury
notes which circulated as money until
the circulation was reduced about
800. .OOO, 900, we find the following
record: Senate-yeas, Republican,
"a, Democrats S; nays 4, all Republi-
cans. House-yeas, Republicans 53i
nays, Democrats /. abuse
This act authorized an addition oi
5000, ,000, 900 to the debt, and gave the
secretary absolute control over the H.
nances of the country. Verify this ID
| q sweet record. Gaze on that lonely
Democratic no in the House!
\ INCOME TAX.
The record upon this question i
rather startling. The purpose Of an
Income tax is to force capital to beal
it's proportion of the burden OF taxa
tion; yet that law was repealed on
Jam. 26, 1871. The vote IN the Senate
was close--26 to 25, one vote woalt
have continued the tax, yet ssveI
Democrats voted to repeal and onl,
two against. o. give 'em little mor'
time and they'll give relief.
| When an attempt was made Feb. 4
1878, to re-enaet the law, twas de,
feated by these same fellows VII.
want more time-22 Democrats voting
mo. Had they voted yes, the eonsti