Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-21
Alabama's Governor-Elect, Speaks
 at Trussville .
DEMOCRATIC LINES
And Tells the Good People What Democracy Has
 Done and Will Do.

TRUssvILLE, Oct. 20.-[Staff Corre- spondence. l-According to appointment Col. w. c. Oates, Alabama's next gov ernor, spoke here today upon the political issues of the day.
 He was introduced by Mir. George L. Griffin, president of the Trussville Demo- cratic club, in an eloquent and graceful manner.
 Alter explaining the cause of his delay and expressing his sorrow for not being able to fill the appointment at the time set, the speaker, Gov. .-elect w. 0. Oates, went directly into his argument.
 He began by saying that this was a very important crisis in our political af- fairs and that politics were next in import ance to religion; that the worship of his creator and man B future state was the first concern, and the next was the well being of his home and country. He proceeded to define democratic and republican theories of our government and to illustrate the difference by many important acts of legis- lation. He drew the distinction between them very sharply and clearly and showed to every upprejudced mind the superiority >Uf 0emocratic administration and how 1t secured to the people the equality of rights and privileges, while upon the other hand the republican theory rejecting constitu- tional restrictions and the exercise of thdaabt that theory ha ad 0tqm which the country, necessarily leads to class leg . lslation and hence trusts and monopolies. He said the democratic was therefore the poor mans party, because it treats the poor man as the equal of the rich man, while the republican is essentially that of the rich man. This he illustrated in many ways and showed how the republican tariff hnd been the multiplier Of millionaires and had taxed the labor of the poor and the at lor fnr tha nf building up and enriching those engaged in the. industries which it fosters. He showed the sXils.etffs Mckinley tariff and the great benefits set the tariff law tiy enacted by the democSlsssS SS.. 9s, and that the latter, while still m- perfect in some respects, is nevertheless most excellent law; that it destroys many Ofsthe trusts: that it puts upon the free list a number of articles of general use and necessity and reduces duties upon gen. eral) average of more than IS per gent, and by putting wool on the free list and the reduction of duties upon woolen goods that there was a saving to tho people of the United States annually of fro n S141 ,000, 900 to $16l ,o0O, ,00O which without other consideration, is an \aDple reward to the people for the election |Df Cleveland and democratic congress. He said that Mckinley is now running CT the country preaching his high tariff etrine for the republican nomination for 
 law, he said, contained many crudities Iome provisions which would benefit VI and with duties on wooden and cot tony ods still somewhat too high, but that Eye elected a majority of democratic meml s to the next congress the preseh congress, encouraged thereby, would ,\atyhis winters session, pass sup kplemenfaE bill, correcting the errors in and se the en$Aof tariff legislation for several that at y Jthen in la'G 1896 a I'd declared in rplf <-l9 against further tariff agita- in fa2oAo of revival of the Mckinley at the democrats would beat them of sigAt; as badly as at the last ial eiec&ipn.
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