San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-13

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1t is, that the Democratic party is com
posed of all the political driftwood, and
dissatisfied elements OF the country.
We have more kinds of Democrats than
the ancient Garter had oats" to emu.
merate them all. would be too much OF an
imposition on this audience, TO figure out
their likes and diSlikes would overtax the
celebrated capacity of tirst.class Phila-
delphia lawyer.
| never could understand why Demo
cratic orators all over the country, will
get out on the hastings and tell the PEG
pie In the most glowing language at their
command, of their glorious political an
ceStry.-laud TO the skies their Jeffersons,
their JackSOnS and their CalhounS, but
always fail TO inform the people of the
degenerated and fOsSiliZed condition they
are in today. Let me tell you, in language
more forcible than eloquent, the Demo-
cratic party has gone to seed. That's
what is the matter.
They elected their president in 1892 and
captured all branches Of the government,
had good working majOrities in both
House and Senate,-the people expected
them to legiSlatG according TO their prom
iSeS. The Democracy was turned loose
at both ends and in the middle What did
1t do? II legislated about one hun
dred million dollars into the pock-
cts OF the trusts. 1t had to do
this TO pay the campaign promises
of 1892. For five hundred thousand dol
lars contributed by "Havemyer," the
sugar King" the Senate tariff bill CIV
en- him about forty millions in return
Pretty good investment, wasn't II?
The whiSkey trust comes in for about
the same profits, and the other trust and
combines come In for equally good re-
turns on their investment. They put raw
wool on the free list, to let other coun-
tries dump their wool on our shores and
compete with our wool growers, which
virtually means the ruinatiOn
Of that industry in this coun-
try. Why was it done? 1t was done
to give the manufactures of wooden
goods free raw material. Are you going
to buy your wool hats, your wooden
clothes, your wooden blankets much
cheaper? Not to any great extent, why?
Because they have left a duty on all
manufactured wooden goods to, keep the
foreign manufacturer of wooden goods out
of the market. The result is, the poor
farmer and Stockman will be Obliged to
pay about the same for everything he
buys, but will have to sell the products
the half clad, half fed and half civilized
natives of Australia, South America and
other Democratic countries.
Democratic orators on the stump will
about go into SpaSmS, crying against all
kinds of class legislation, yet, when
elected, it seems they favor it at every
turn. In this, like some other things, they
act like Kansas Popullsts.
The Republican party believes in the
kind of protection that protect all the
people Of this government, the farmer.
the merchant, the manufacturer and the
miner, while the Democratic party be-
lieves in protecting the trusts and certain
favored manufacturers and let's the poor
farmer look out for himself. The repub-
lican party has often been called the
farmers party, Why? Because it has al
ways cared for him in all the legislation.
BY protecting his interests it has enabled
him to procure good prices for his pro-
ducts and thereby keep pace with the
balance of the world
This abOmnable Income Tax" which
was tackled on TO the tariff bill. as a tail
to kite, to sort balance things, Is
piece of the worst species of class legiSla-
ton, but doubtless meets with the appro-
baton of large majority of the Demo
cratic party, because it deals heavy re.
vengeful blow at the manufacturing and
moneyed interests of the county. The
very people to whom we owe the devel-
Opement OF this and other states. That
is not right. This kind Of tax might do
as war measure, but its not the correct
thing in times Of peace. 1t was tried
once during the war, but as soon as we
could do without it was repealed.
1t was cried down by everybody at
that time, and will meet with the
same fate this time. 1t contains to many
features that don't set well on the
stomach of the average American citizen.
THE MONEY QUESTION"
Mr.. President and fellow citizens, the
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ing the minds Of the people at this time
about as much as any other public queS-
ton on the docket, in fact might say, it
Is the most important one at this particu
lar time. Although this question, like
that of the tariff, has no direct bearing on
a state campaign, but in an indirect"
wav it has.
The sentiment of the people of state
as rule, is always reflected in the men
they elect to office. and ought to serve as
an index, what the people expect its rep
reSentatiyeS in Congress to advocate or
oppose. | therefore take 1t, that it is
best, that all public questions of vital in
tereSt to the people at large, ought in all
campaigns be discussed to a reasonable
extent
These sixteen to one Democrats and
POpulistS are always hOwiing for more
money, some want the government to is
sue wv uuulGlOuuI pbl CdpIId' OJl6IS
want 500, and still others $1,000. They
say if there was more money, they
would be more prosperous, the fact of the
matter is, if they were more economical
and more prosperous, they would have
more money. / have never seen the time
yet, that If a farmer had any cotton to
sell, he could always sell it at the highest
mark Of price for the cash. What good
would it do man that had nothing to
sell il the government issued money by
the trainlOad, he couldn't get any of it.
They say give us free coinage of silver
at sixteen to one. Would it benefit the
Texas farmer or merchant? | think not.
Do you know of anyone in Texas who has
any bullion they want to get coined into
dollars? / don't. have lived n Texas
sixteen years and have not seen or met
up with anybody who had any bullion
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