The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1894-09-22
THE DEMOCRATIC CaMPlIss Boex

" 'ne Nauonal Campaign Committee
which is an outline of the claims on
which the party goes before the couu-
Try In the November election:
The book win couiaiu as A pref.cs
printed In large type, the following
statement, which is brief enough and
strong enough for insertion here:
What the Democratic Congress did.
IL repealed the Sherman silver law
which required the Government 10
purchase annually 54,0oo,0OO ounces
OF silver and pay for the same in gold
Obligations, thereby menseinx The
credit OF tho Government and imper-
illing The stability of our commercial.
manufacturing and financial interests
II removed from the statutes the
Federal election law, the most odious
and undemocratlc measure ever enact.
cd, and thereby restored to the people
Of the sovereign States full and COM
plete control over their elections, free
from the Intervention of supervisors
and Deputy Marshals, whose sole du-
ties under Republican supremacy had
been 10 intimldste, arrest and lmprison
electors before they had cast their bal.
lots.
1t reduced the expenditures of the
Government below those of the last
Republican administration more than
$2S,OOo,OO0, thereby relieving the peo-
pie from the payment OF that immense
sum into the Federal Treasury to
stimulate extravagant jobs.
1t reformed the abuses in the vari-
Gus departments, aud by the aid of the
heads Of the same dispensed with use
less positions, thereby reducing the
salary list more than sl,0OO,0Oo snnu-
ally.
II repealed that most obnoxious, i'll
formed and oppressive measure called
the Mckinley law and substituted In
Its stead q measure of revenue reform
that will revive trade and restore
prosperity.
II destroyed the policy Of paying
out Of the public funds In the Treasu-
ry, derived from taxes collected by
the people, millions OF dollars annually
In the way Of bouniics to aid private
individuals In the prosecution Of their
private industries.
II provided for tho taxation by
| States, counties and municipalities Of
more than 100000, 900 Of taxable val
ues, which had heretofore not only
been exempt from taxation, but had
enabled unscrupulous persons by
| fraudulent practices to escape from
| their lust share Of me burdens Of do
nestle Government.
II placed upon tho statute books the
most drastic measure against combi-
nations, trusts and monopolics en-
gagged in foreign commerce ever Gu
acted.
II provided for an income tax upon
the wealth of the country, thereby
placing upon the shoulders Of the rici
a due share OF the burdens Of th'
Government.
II recognized the dignity of labol
by providing by law a national holi
dsy In the District of Columbia, upol
which the working people may ceas'
from toll and unite in peaceful cele
bration Of their achievements and tri
umphs.
II enacted more than 200 laws to-
the benefit of the people In diileren
sections of the country. :.
I The leading article in the book will
be one compiled at The campaign head
quarters by the various Congressiopa
members Of the committee, upon th'
cause of the panic of 1898. This 10
full exposition of Republican extrava
gance and Of The situation which con
| fronted the beginning of the presen
Democratic administration. Follow
ing this 10 al argument TO show tina
the Republican party IL responslDl
for ali the Importation Of labor 3!
contract which has been practioed Il
this country. 49,.
The bill making Labor Day holl
!, .Iay passed by Democratic Congres
for the benefit of wageworkers Is giv
...o;ol mage. The party recort
| for the restriction of Chinese immlgra'
tion Ia fully stated, concluding VIII
The Chinese treaty just ratified
A record of the strict enforcement
Of tho immigration laws In the inter
az, of American workmen by the pre-.
: snt an administration Is given 2 prom
nent men place. Ample and detailed com
nsr,aons of the Mckinley tarif &C
snd the new tariff law, both upon In
0 nortatiops moi In the past years ana .,
psrcentsge comparisons, Is given
Tben there Is q statement by group
vberelp the duty upon articles ha ~
been reduced by the new tarili -" ~
.hs % groups being those in which 10
radnction has been 100 per cent; tnos
~ which Il has been 80 to 70; tnos
> IN IN which it has been 25 to % per cen, &c !,
and those where 1t has been less 'na
7 20 per cent. ,,-,,,,,,n,o renor
Representative McMllll1v u. w.vs sspua an,
ilen Means 81 explaining and defending u t.a, ta
income o tax, as well as an extract frod %,
!, .ho ,hev snsecb Of Hon. Scott Wlke Of III
nois. moi Is given in support Of thal 'ea'uf
ne's, ~ .ha q tariff : law lately enacted. 49,,