The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1894-11-02

products. This is the object Of the
protectiUe tariff Of the Republican
party.
THE WILSON BILL.-INCOME TAX.
1t will be remembered that the
Democratic National Committee COM
menced the tariff agitation in 1892, by
promising what they would do in that
line if elected.
AS soon as Congress assembled
they introduced the Wilson Bill
which is tariff bill solely. They
then kept up the discussion on this
bill throughout the entire year, al
though they had a clear majority to
pass it, They thus made the tariff the
important issue before the people.
An income tax bill was also intro
duced. Mark Stevens in his TRADE on
Friday evening at Yale last week as
serted that all of the republicans of
the House of Representatives but two
voted against the income tax. These
are the facts.
The democratic majority had intro
duced the Wilson Bill. The Income
Tax ILL was introduced as separate
measure. The democratic managers
knew that Senator Hill, the democrat
ic leader in the Senate would oppose
the Income Tax and were certain that
it could not pass alone. For this
reason they attached the Income Tax
Bill to the Wilson Tariff Bill, so that
when a republican voted for the one
he must vote for the other. No repub-
lican could vote for the Wilson Bill
as it was running the industries of our
country, and so they were compelled
to vote against both measures, al
though many of them repeatedly
voted in favor of the Income Tax Bill
as Il separate measure. If Mr.. Stevens
had been fair enough to not adopt the
methods of third rate ward politician
he would have told the people the
whole truth.
1t is the business of the democratic
speakers to suppress the the truth, and
again mislead the people. 1t is their
business to get democrats whipped
into line-to stand up and be counted.
There are many honest democrats who
will refuse to be mislead.
STATE ISSUES.
The democratic speakers are again
singing mud at Governor Rich, and
lust as they did two years ago are
praising the economy of the democrat
ic administration and bowling fraud
and corruption on the part of republic
cans. Just as two years ago this VIII
fall fiat.
When the democrats got majority
in the state election they had not been
in power in years before and set out to
make great record. They refused to
spend the money needed to repair pub
lie buildings when it was needed; they
refused to build additional room for
the insane and sick laying in poor
houses and iails. When Rich was
elected his administration was COM
PEELED to make the repairs and I'M
provements that the democrats had
neglected, and also to build additional
buildings for the insane, and home
| for the feeble minded at Lapeer. These
| buildings cost some money but they
were needed. The money was not
squandered for the state has the build
ings. In addition TO this Governor
Rich was compelled to go to the ex-
pense of prosecuting the election
| frauds committed during Winans' adj
minstration as well as his own. The
people of Michigan remember that he
met these frauds fearlessly, turned out
of office the very men that he had APP
pointed and did his full duty in pros
ecuting these crimes. The voters OF the
state and of this county will now stand
by him, Notwithstanding the attacks of
democratic speakers who are using
this means to draw the attention of the
people away from the tariff question.
THE SILVER QUESTION.
Grover Cleveland, the political god
of the democratic party, has been a
most stubborn enemy to silver. Under
former laws silver had been deposited
with the L. 5. Treasurer IN the form of
silver bars. Instead of circulating the
silver itself the bills known as silver GER
titicates were issued and are now in
circulation as money. When the silver
dollar was coined it contained but
about 60 cents worth of pure silver,
and it circulated as 100 cents of money.
In order to make up for this difference
of 40 cents between the dollar as issued
and its actual market value, the gov
eminent kept in the form of silver
bars the value of 40 cents on the dollar.
This difference was termed Seignior-
age. 1t is of no use as money and Is
dead property.
THE sEIGNIoRAGE BILL.
Democrats and Republicans joined
in introducing a bill to coin this bar
silver into money. The bill was voted
for by both parties and passed both
houses. Grover Cleveland then vetoed
the bill and killed all silver legislation
for that term of Congress.
Mark Stevens and other democratic
speakers keep silent as to these facts.
They howl at the republicans on the
silver question but fail to show that
the great Stuffed Prophet that they
voted on the people is the real enemy
to silver.
The Republican party is in favor of
silver as money. The great majority
of the people are in favor of its use,
1t is not u party question. 1t is a
national question to be determined 10y
Congress Irrespective of party.
Electors should not be deceived by
the misstatements of political mounte
banks who are under instructions tC
misrepresent the real issues of the
campaign.