The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-10-19

are told that the ssople ilDr .ediateiy contein-
plated Min app chsnsion aId alarm what they
had themseiy.s achieved AZ the ballot box. In
| addition 10 this you are told that the sad con-
dition existing ut the close OF the Harrison adj
| fninistration the result Of apprehension
| upon the par. ~ the American people that the
| democratic president and congress would en-
| deayor 10 tinker with the tariff With the
beneneiaries OF high protection. any attempt
| To reduce taxation Il always tinkering with
! the tariff. The object OF protection, a. you
know. is 10 enable the producer TO sell his
goods at nm Increased price over what he
| would be otherwise able TO secure In the open
market The higher the tarn. 81 necessity.
the higher the price charged the consumer In
order 10 shield themselves from the response
bility OF the evils brought upon the country
by the enactment OF the Mckinley Law. re-
publican orators and papers declared these
evils the result not Of what the repub-
leans had done. but Of what the democrats
might possibly do. In other words. In
order to escape condemnation for the evils
| resulting from their own vicious legislation,
| republicans are driven 10 the assumption that
| the people shrank with horror from the con-
! templated tariff reform for which they had 50
earnestly and cmphatcally declared at the
polls Can q more incnstrous assumption he
| imagined: IL Is one that dscrcdits the intelii-
| rencc 81 the American people Both ~ the
elections Of 1890 and Of isg2 the Mckinley law
had been condemned In the light OF historic
facts, then. does any sane man believe that
| depleted treasury. and almost bankrupt coun-
| try. resulted from fear that democratic
| congress might do exactly what II had been
| elected to do reform the tariff and lessen to
the people the cost Of the necessaries OF ifes
| No my fellow citizens. trust sou Will not be
| deceived The enforced idleness which has
brought sorrow TO so many hearts and hearth
| stones was the direct result OF what repub-
lican congress had done. and not OF what IL
A. feared the incoming CemOcr
might do. The people were neither taken by
surprise nor alarmed by the bold declaration
! In President Cleyeland's inaugural in favor OF
! reduced taxation. Tarin reform had been the
shibboieth during the campaign A. have
said. both in the platform aud in debate. IL was
the battle cry of the supporters OF Cleveland
and the democratic party The people de-
| manded "A reform Of the tariff. and the dcciar-
| alton by the president and the bill passed by
the house Of representatives at the late ses-
Sion but voiced the viii Of the people de-
clared NJ the ballot box Again. my country
men. beg of you not 10 be deceived. but TO
hold 70 a il>t accountability the republican
| leaders who are solely responsible for the ter
| rible condition from which the country il
happily emerging.
Bear in MIND that from March 4. 1851. until
the inauguration OF Cleveland on the 9Th OF
| March. 1873 there was no single moment that
the democratic party controlled the presidency
| and botn houses Of congress never a moment
that II could place single law upon your stat
ute books For all OF the Legislation during
that period which has brought in its train
financial disaster monopoly. combinations
and trust, the republican party i alone re-
sponsible. And yet by republican orators We
are condemned in one breath that have
done too much. and In the next that We have
not accomplished more. Il IL not unr-asoa-
| able to demand that democratic congress in
single year repeal all OF the III Used enact
ments OF a third OF a century OF republican
dominutions
Il come now TO consider the question as to
how far the democratic party has redeemed It's
promises-how well II has kept faith with the
people. i, promised reduction Of the ex-
penditures OF the government. This promise
has been made cool by reduction OF the ex-
pendituvcs OF twenty-eight millions o. dollars
over those OF the previous year. when l..-
ccutive and the senate we're republican In
this connection. II must he remembered also
that the sum appropriated by the presen, DEM
ocratio congress for pensions exceeded BY
twenty millions that appropriated for the same
purpose by the republican 'biliion-dollar con-
gress
Have you orgo,ten that the entire extra scs-
sion OF congress- convened soon after Presi-
dent Cieveland's Inauguration was consumed
In repeating he herman la~. passed by re-
publican congress ard approved BY repub-
iican PRESIDENT This iil-adsised Enactment
which. in large measure. destroyed silver
money A. a part OF our AlftllAtllE lntllnfu,
anirrd ~. annual purchase OF fiffy-fOur mill
ion ounces VI silver bullion. and this AT an
mail cost ~ Iltti. less thin dts million 1o.-
lars. ana the bullion thi, pure based was a.
you know, hcaped mp 30 much merchundisc
Ia the vaults 81 The treasury. The great re-
publican leader senator s~hsr:.I the author
81 the bill voted for the repeal ~ the purcha>-
ING clause indicated. candidiy conirsSln. that
the law had not met the expectations % those
who enacted IL. and that its longer ntinuAnce
upon the statute books would prove disastrous
g. the country. Thus YOU viii sec
that the democratic adm illustration and
congress nj the outset were confronted with
the necessity OF repeating legislation which.
by the confession 81 republican leaders. had
only brought financial disaster
What further has the democratic congress
accomplished. BY its platform and the utter
ances OF lis candidates. the democratic party
stood pledged 10 tie repeal Of the odious fed
eral elet tion laws These laws. placed upon
our statute books when the republican party
was in the heyday Of power. provided for the
iEicrposition OF armed deputy United States
msrshals at the polls. II would be difficulf to
conceive OF legislation more hostile TO the
spirit OF our free institutions or more de-
structise Of the rights Of the elector For
years they had stood constant menace 10 the
freedom OF the ballot-box. 81 the act OF the
democratic congress. approved BY . demo-
cratic president these eLactments. like rcpub
sedIfion Laws have become things OF the past
II gill excite the wonder OF those who come
after how laws. hateful and tyrannicai
could ever have received the approval os the
American congress
The democratic congress- has Increased the
tax from rr-.y cents e one dollar and ten
cents per gallon on distilled spirits This Will
| increase government revenues annually
twenty millions .: dollars. Do you in the In
i.rest Of the whisky trust desire this Law re-
pcalcds The democratic congress has placed
la tax playing cards. which a. you
know. were unfaxed "a nder the Mckinley law
This will "-i-g to the trcs sury three million
dollars per a..--m. DO you wish this provi-'c~
Of IT, new law reps aicc ard the old law re-
stored. II so. your pathway OF duty Is clear
Vote TO return TO congress- the republican law
makers VINO opposed the tariff upon playing
card, and the increased Tux upon whisky.
Bot again. what has this democratic con-
grQks accomplished, You will bear in mind
than he 'billion-do.,a congress controlled by
the republicans created more than twelve
hundred new federal officcs at . total annual
cost TO the people OF more than two million
dollars. Tie present democratic congress- by
. series Of wise and weii-considered enact
Inents. greatly simpiined ana improved ad-
minioirative methods Ia the several depart
ments Of the government BY means OF which
more than six hundred useless federal oficeS