The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-20

cratic candidate for governor, opened the
campaign here today in the presence OF
large delegations from Columbus. Mans
field. Chillicothe, Circleville, Lancaster.
GAINESVILLE. Mt. Vernon and other points.
all Of which are within from thirty to
sixty miles of this city. AL the demo-
cratic candidates the state ticket
were present Mr.. Neal spoke upon the
tariff almost exclusively. The Hon. W.
A. Taylor, candidate for neutenant-gov-
ernor. spoke tonight on pensions and
the republican state legislature.
MIR. Meals Speech.
Mr. Neal. after referring to the pres
ent financial depression, said that the
Sherman silver law and the Mckinley
tariff law produced the want of conf
dence which is the cause Of the present
| trouble. and gave it as his belief that
| prosperity can only be obtained by
| Difference to the democratic faith in the
matter Of both currency and tariff re-
| form. Taking up first the silver ques-
| ton. the speaker said that the conflict
| ing claims Of gold and silver as money
/ must be determined in favor Of bimetal-
| lism as the relation Of debtor and cred
| itor classes cannot be equitably adjusted
1 on any other basis. The purchasing
1
| he. must be repealed, and the demo-
| cratic party stands committed not only
| to its repeal but to the unlimited use OF
! both gold and silver as money. The
| democracy of Ohio has reaffirmed this
declaration. and 1 give it my personal
| Endorsement"
] Mr.. Neal then expressed the opinion
| that the re-establishment OF bimetallism
| will not cure all the ills that affiict the
! country. and turned his attention to the
| law which bears the name Of his oppO-
! nent. He said:
The greatest foe to the prosperity ~
| the people is NcKinleyism. So long as
the federal system Of protective taxa
| ton is continued we can have no gen.
| eral and permanent prosperity in this
| country. To regain such prosperity we
| must apply the ak to the root Of the evil
| with earnestness and vigor. and forever
! destroy the Mckinley method Of taxa
| ton. The power of the government to
| levy and collect taxes for its own sup
! port cannot be cOntroverted. But when
| this sovereign power Of taxation ceases
| to be used for governmental purposes,
| and becomes the instrument of private
| interests to promote private gain, ii is
no longer constitutionally exercised. and
| becomes in turn an instrument Of wrong
and oppression.
"Of necessity we must, therefore, mark
| and prescribe the limit for the exercise
| Of such power. This principle has been
| universally recognized as fundamental
! one by judicial tribunes of the last re-
sort. But despite this principle, uncon-
| powerfully established, the leaders Of the
| republican party still assert that there
| can be no limitation OF the uses for
! which the power Of taxation can be eXer-
| cised, and boldly and defiantly maintain
| that the power to tax is the power 70
| absolutely destroy one citizen for the
| benefit Of another; aye. to destroy ten
| thousand citizens for the benefit Of one"
The Tariff.
Mr.. Neal stated that the receipts OF
the government during the fiscal year in
which the Mckinley law went into effect
exceeded expenditures. by nearly one
hundred million dollars, and the excess
was equally great during the two or
i three years which preceded the advent
of that tariff law. He then quoted be-
| wildering array Of statistics to show the
evil effects Of protection, using as an
| example wooden goods The speaker
| scoffed at the idea that under a pro-
| tective system the foreigner pays the
taxes and insisted that, on the contrary,
/ the burden falls on the American labor
ing man. He continued:
"The whole burden Of taxation under
such a system rests upon the consump-
| ton Of the people. The property and
wealth Of the people pay no part or its
| taxes. The rich and the poor are not
| placed on equality in their contribu-
| ton Of taxes under such a system. The
| taxes paid by them are not in proper
| ton to their ability to pay. The burden
| presses with the most unequal weight
upon those who are the least able TO
sustain it. This is true even where the
| tax is collected upon a purely revenue
basis for its own support. That which
is in such a case an injustice becomes
/ a crime against the great masses Of the
| people when the laws impose the highest
/ duties and return the lowest revenue to
1 compel the giving of gratuities and the
| payment Of tribute TO those whose riches
! and power already endanger the per-
/ petuity of our free institutions"
| Not forgetting the agricultural inter
ests of the country, Mr.. Neal said that
the farmer has been the principal vic
tim of the doctrine Of protection. In 1850.
/ he said. more than one-half of the people
! Of the United States were engaged in
| agricultural pursuits, and the farmers
] owned almost one-half Of all the wealth
| and property in the country. But to-
day. while still contributing about one
] half Of the population, they own less
| than one-fourth of the property Of the
/ country. The farmers loss has, in the
! speakers opinion, been the manufacture
| ers' gain. AS the one has grown poorer
the other has grown richer. He con-
| Guided:
The defeat Of the republican party in
| this state next November will, by COM
| mon consent, be everywhere received as
| the full and final decision Of the Amer
/ lean people upon the question of pro-
! tective taxation The overthrow Of Nc
| Kinleyism in Ohio will affirm the judg-
ment Of the people of the entire coun-
! try, entered in the presidential election
| of last year, in favor of a tariff for
! revenue alone.
Il appeal to you then to vote the DEM
ocratic ticket. Shall I appeal in vain?
! 1t is for you to answer. But in answer
! ing | beg you to remember that the DEM
ocratic party is the party Of the people;
that it has always been the party OF
| the people; that ii has at all times, and
i'm all places, and under all circunI-
stances, in sunshine and in storm in
prosperity and in adversely, in peace
and in war, watched as a guardian
angel over the rights, interests and lib
critics of the people; and that whether il
wins or loses the election in Ohio this
year it will continue this fight for tariff,
for revision, reduction and reform until
il shall break and destroy the strong hold
of the monopolist and protecdonist
upon the threats Of the people, and give
us system Of taxation which is Just
and equal i'm its provisions, which will
blot out all Determinations and distinc-
lions between one citizen and another,
and secure to each and all alike freedom
from taxation TO the fullest extent con-
sistent with a pure, honest. wise and
economical administration of the govern
ment."
Senator Hill VIII Help Neal.