The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-15
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SPHE Indiana Liucoln league Of Re
publican clubs held its annual
convention here today. re- elect
u ing Marcus Il. Su,z.r, OF Madi
sou. president, sud Il T. Mansfield. OF
Muucie. secretary The reports showed
over 500 clubs iu active operation. ln
the evening . mass meeting was held,
at wulca sx-Ptesiient Harrison made
speecl. He said
Mr.. President sud Fellow Citizens
There are some people who hold that an
eS-preSldsn. should b. = political deaf
mute. Laughter ! DO pos accept the
theory. \ mAn VINO hsS been honored by
his fellow citizens with the highest cIyi.
place IL the government ought not 20 have
less interest II those things that concern
the prosperity and happiness Oi the people
OF the glory u the country than be had
before he took the office. Unless he was
81 exceptionally dull man, be must IN the
cCutSc. with great affairs Aut with great
men have acquired 81 enlarged under
standing u those rruclp.ss I1At enter
into the ADMINISTRATION ~ the govern
msut.
The present condition e our country ls
not one OF prosperity. We w5rs recently
prosperous, and the recent prosperity We
enjoyed was not due 20 any mal. but % 4
great policy that had been adopted aui
put into law ard long maintained The
present distress wulcG wa ecloy ! not due
20 SCy man, but, a ! tCl-S. 70 the in nj
rsnt rcrsa; Of a reversal ot the old policy
ard the institution ot / new one ,Ap-
plAuse.
DEMOCRATIC -IEv OF TIE TARIFF
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but nv ulut aGs j. runs back 70 4 time
when Thons !. Hendricks and Joseph Z
Mcdonald were r-prsse1JaJIvs Indiana
Democrats. : have heard ny esteemed
and .ane1.ed friend Mr.. iNcDouald *
pound the Democratic view Ot tie tariff
De said that ii was the accepted principle
OF the Democratic party that the expenses
Of the government should be raised oy
crstoms d5,ies, and TIA: 10 was not only
proper bzs righr thst- n lSTIn- Jhess
cutlss they sccutf Dc imposed upon such
articles and il such way as 10 give in
cii-ntai prot lection 70 the American manu-
facsureT aud the laoorer
That was the old democratic doctrine.
II it were applied uov. IL the Wilson bill
had been Constructed on these lines it
would not have been 80 hErtfGl because
the present CecessIcIss-of the government
SUN 70 meet our annual expenditures, that
Il this sum were COW 90 Be collected by
Customs duties imposed 0y men EnO had
10 theories % exploit ald VINO were sn-
cersly friendly 10 the American mauu'ac-
tgrsr and iab1rer, We mIZlt Zs; along
pretty vel. -appa1sel Bat tn-re has come
rev Gospel and q new creed nas been
adopted BY the Democratic party. and il;
seems % b. now the theory that all pro-
tecrIou is unconstitutional, and that I5 is
better % resort 90 exceptional, eztraordi-
nary. aud even odi0us methods OF direct
internal tax than 10 derive the necessary
reyenue from !mPortations. -Appause.l
The oNERoCs VAR TAXES.
We Gls1 % hear a great deal about the
var iarI 1nl t1e war taL-s. They we're
ouerog- 10 tL- -Zi--ms. they searched out
every source ofr-vsnue foreign aud inter-
nal The JaX-gatherer aid his claim upon
every man and upon all property. But 40
soon "a the government had recovered it.
self from the stress of the war. Republican
Congresses entered upon the work oi re-
moving those war taxes.
Tell remember while ! was In the
senate the passage Of bill repeating The
law Imposing stamp duties On patent msdi-
cines, peTiumsry, and such like articles
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the duties On wbiskey. beer and tobacco.
And now bY those who have
40 often and 10 vigorously denounced
war taxes, We are invited 20 uss
some methods of tax that have been gen.
erally used in time IL war. What ia the
explanation of This, Ia IL that duties can
not % 10 laid a. 10 raise the necessary
Tevenues' Not at all. 10 ia that there ar'
those who are not willing that even th'
Incidental protection that results from the
collection Of the revenue necessary 20 sup
port the government shall 20 % the banefil
Of the American manufacturer and laborer.
tApplause.l
THE Duty OF THE GOVERNMENT
It ia generally accepted now aa q righI
principle that our city councils our county
commissioners our state legislatures
should oil les Hate 10 create work for tbt
unemployed You may read in tho sam,
Newspaper, On ons page an appeal 10 The
city council 10 appropriate money Z,
iuaugurate public work 10 give en-
ployment 70 the unemployed, and gr
another, an article fayoring the proposed
system Of tariff reduction that close
American mills tApplause1 The Re
publican theory has been all along that h
was right TO 30 legislats "a 10 prDyid,
work, employment comfort 90 the Amari.
can workinVman. We believe that Tn,
national government has duty In thi
respect a, well as the city council and tn
board OF county commissioners Iapplansel
and that duty is best discharged by ~
legslating that American mills can keel
their fire, going. [Applausel