Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-01-17

the tariff bill with an internal revenue
bill which would provide for the tenn
porary deficit in the revenues OF the
country. He stated, in passing, that
the committee contemplated an IN
come tax of 2 per cent. on personal in
comes in excess of $4,000, and an in
ternal revenue tax Ct 81. in place OF
the present tax of 80 cents on cigar
cites, and also an internal revenue tax
of 2 cents pack on playing cards and
an increase of 10 cents gallon on
whisky.
In his peroration he said: Now,
Mr.. Chairman, in closing these remarks
l want to say that if the economic OBJ
iections to protection are so great, il it
unbalances trade, if it causes fluctua-
tions and lop-sidedness in the indus
tries of the country, if it robs la.or of
employment, if it lessons the wages OF
labor, if it throws crushing burdens
upon the American farmer, if it makes
the support of this government an
onerous burden upon every man that
works for living in this country,
there are other objections to the pro-
tectIve system equally as strong,
equally as vital, in that it is under
mining equal free institutions in this
country.
IL uuCGTStdu(. UiiS utIOCIdCy, tHO
meaning of the fact that i: has had a
char med life in all the history of this
country is that with more or less cOur
age it has always stood for a govern
| ment of equal rights to all and special
privileges to none. Applause.
Whenever this party has borne that
| inspiring legend upon its banners and
| fought fearlessly and honestly for it,
the American people have never failed
| to rally with it and give to it control
of the federal government. Applause
| They have given US control of this gov
eminent, with tLeir commission to
make it government of equal rights
They have put into our hands the
power to strike down the spirit OF
privilege and caste that for so many
years controlled and fattened upon
| taxation of the American people. We
may have our honest, sincere differen-
ces of ideas as to the merits of particu-
lar items of the bill proposed. ques-
ton no mans judgment on that L
question no mans fealty to the demo
cratic party on that. But unless the
democratic party rallies itself as one
man, takes up this great cause of tariff
reform, plants it's standard here to sink
or swim, live or die, in defense of it,
the democratic party ought to go out
of power, as it will. Applause on
democratic side.
II re we plant the banner; here we
mean to have the fight here we call
on every man with a democratic COM
mission to rally TO our support. Change
he items of the bill if you choose, but
let us not disappoint the expectations
and hope of the American people, of
the silent masses who do not veX you
with their angry Outcries, the farmers,
scattered, unable to organize, who plod
their weary way borne down by bur-
den of taxes. Even if they are silent,
even if our halls and corridors and pc
tition boxes fill up with the protests of
the concentrated, consolidated monOp-
olies and trusts of the country, let us
be true to our faith, let us go forward
until we shall make this a country
where every man borne into its cit1zer-
ship shall see the gateway of oppor-
tunity open before him so that the
great avenues of industry shall no
: longer be the private possession of
wealth of the country, bet every man
borne into its citizenship shall see be-
, fore him the inspiration to rise to such
influence, to such prosperity, as his
: own merits and his own efforts may
; entitle him to-not crushed down by
] the burdens of taxation nor beaten
: back in contempt by those who speak
OF him as rebel when he seeks TO de-
mand his own rights. Let this be a
t country free to all, equal to all, with
: the golden ladder of opportunity plant
ed on every cabin, in every home and
S at every humble freside in the land
e Too Late.
= Perhaps Tennyson has written moth
ing which appeals TO the hearts of al
who read his poems more than the
lyric of TOO Late " The burden Of
e the sad refrain comes home with telling
e force to the hearts of those who have
= lost friends by that dread disease-con
x sumption. They realize, too late,
t the result of neglect. They feel thai
a the dear ones might have been saved il
e they had needed the warning of the
: hacking cough, the pallid cheek, anC
: weakening system. They feel this al
: the more keenly because they sec
i others being rescued from the grasp o
e the destroyer, and they think what j.
S saving others might have saved theil
s loved one. When the first signal o
e danger is seen, take steps to avert thu
catastrophe. Be wise in time. DIR
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery viii
drive away consumption. DO not wai1
:, until 90 late before putting its wonder
: full efficacy to the test. 1t succeed
where other remedies fail.