Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-25


period of tnrty-three years. All the |
measures that had been passed; all the |
measures, the consequences were OK
hibiting themselves and the fruits Of
which were before the country and the
consequences OF which were beginning
to be understood-these all had been
passed by the party to which VIC as
Democrats stand opposed.
For better or for worse, it was their
policy. II the trade policies Of the
country had been uuwise; If the cur
rency policies of The country had been
unwise; ii the distribution of public
powers to private hands and for private
use had followed; for all of that the Re-
publican party stood then and stand to.
day and ever will stand truly and justly
responsible. IL cannot be denied; it can
not be gausayed.
There arose in 1892 the demand from
the popular heart of this country for re-
form in existing measures of currency
and OF trade and of taxation. 1t was
that demand that was not heard, or ii
heard it was disobeyed in 1888, that
caused the change in 1899. And the
question is; Were the people wrong
when in 1892 they demanded the
change? Did they make mistake in
demanding the changer Let us look at
the facts.
II is the glory, it is the safety of this
country that we can make mistakes; that
although we do make mistakes, yet we
can recoil from them and rectify them.
My friends, was il mistaken Was it u
mistake to believe that there was q
necessity in this country fora reduction
ol the accumulation of taxation, no
matter from what source brought into
the treasury?
There was danger that the Demo-
cratic President of 1888 had stated to
the people, that by an honest and strict
collection of the taxes, by an honest and
economical expenditure of the funds Of
the government, u surplus was gather
ing and had gathered, that was danger
Gus to public business, was useless and
ought to be abated.
| The Democratic surplus was to be
abated how? BY diminishing the rate
of the taxes that brought it in; that the
| peoples money taken from them, flow
ing as revenue into the Treasury ought
equally flow out of it back again for the
public use If there was scarcity of
money created by the accumulation in
the Treasury, the obvious method was
to diminish the source of supply so that
the people would pay less and enjoy
more, and public business should not be
| disturbed by congested Treasury.
That was common sense. 1t was
honesty. But il did not suit the pur-
poses Of the incoming party.
They said, No" When they came
in they said, Gas to the surplus, well
soon manage that" Or, as one protli-
gate servant, who dealt with money
without apparent consideration that
money is the fruit of hard labor, and that
every dollar that passes into the treas
ury means some mans work from sun
rise until sunset; ana his phrDse was,
with bitter and protligate sneer, unre-
buked by his official chief, "God help
the surplus" And the surplus disap.
peared amid proiligate, excessive, law
less xpenditure-all expended for the
purpose of making the people of the
United States believe that the govern
ment should support the people and not
that the people should support the gov
ernment. [Applause.
But into power they went, and in
stantly there was enacted, upon the
demands of the influences that con
trolled their party then, that control
their party to-day, that are now seeking
to govern this country precisely by the
same methods by which they sought tC
govern it then-instantly the demand
came that they should hand over to tho
men who led the Republican party
those powers of the government that
are essential to its existence; those
powers of the government that are the
essential prerogatiyes of every govern
ment; they demanded that those sover
eign powers should be handed over fol
private use, for private profit, to be
divided and parceled up, us though il
were the plumber, the spoil of cap
tured city or II province.
THE TAXING POWER IN GREEDY HANDS
Into their hands the longest hand ant
the greedicst fingers clutching til,
largest share, they passed the taxing
power over this nation. Every maj
who had loud cry; every man with al
INSCRIPTIONS grasp; every man wht
was promised reward for the money
he had furnished to corrupt the votes 0
poor men.-to each of these was landel
, his share Of the plunder. And wha
was the outcome! Let us describe it ii
one word-proiligate expenditure hac
,, changed the surplus into deficit. Tha
emptied the Treasury and put il in debt
, and then u bill of enormous taxation
laid in the name of protection to Ameri
can industry, (the Mckinley Tariff bill)
and then bill urged on by tho sam
principle by those who owned the mine
: OF silver and were Interested in thel
development; the bill which bears til
name of Mr. Sherman-the Sherman
L Silver Purchase bill-which called 70
the purchase by the government tror
the people OF the United States not onl
of all the silver mined IN the Unite
States, but also Of an amount OF silVe
5 in excess of that, which could be bough
5 out of the United States having bee
u mined elsewhere. t'itty-siX millions {
:, dollars per year, or four and hal
u millions of dollars monthly was to b
u the purchase and the coinage of this 81
Il yer. My friends, those measures ha
II been passed before the election OF 1885,
IL Public policies do not declare the
j. results always quickly. 1t is like u
habits of u man. Health has no SYM
toms. You merely see that the man
@ step is light, that his eye is clear, thi
e his color is fresh, and you say that I'll
5 man has health. On the other hand,
o the habit is one fatal to health, you d
1t not perceive it at once, but gradual
| and gradually the evil habit proclaim
I'll itself. 1t tells upon him; but not unit
10 his constitution may be undermined, {
,f YOU perceive the haggard face, the feeb
/ Step, the CLASSY eye and all the symptom
ct ST i'll health upon that man. They d
D. not declare themselves in day, but d
! l.a un,.nlnns LhnN will md 90 of