The herald., 1894-09-18
Proceedings of the Single Tax
ers Last Evening.
Members Of All Parties Give Voice to
Their Sentiments.
Mr.. Harris. Major DonnsiI, MIR. Rush
and Single FAX Advocates,
Make Up ths DIE
cuesion.

Repu blicanism and Populiam. The ad-
vocatss were Mr.. Harris, Major Don-
nell and Mr.. Rush, respectively. Mr..
Harris said:
l am a Democrat and I belong to a
party which did not pretend to talk
woman suffrage for years and then re-
fuse to nominate a wellqualitied woman
for superintendent of schools. am
Democrat Of the Thomas Jefferson kind,
who are opposed to Alexander Hamil-
toms scheme of centrslizing power in
national governments, where it can be.
and ia today, used for the protection of
trusts.
Here the speaker read an extract from
Andrew Jackson's farewell address to
the American people.
Mr.. Rush, the Populist, spoke next.
He said:
ut will be a dangerous thing for a
member of either OF the old parties to
ask himself on election day next No
veinber, Why do / vote as my isther
didP' But it is just the question our
party asks today.
"The producer of today 10 poor, and the
drone or dog in the manger grows 80
for him, SO he nabobs about in England
and Scotland. | give the old parties
credit for all they have done. But |
want to know what they are going to do
now to relieve the awful condition of the
producer of today. But they want to
give US more OF the same medicine
which made us poor, and we Populists
want something better and are going to
haVa il The D0puliata ara the nnlU
party which offers to make or change
laws in the interest OF the American
people"
Major Donnell spoke next as full
hedgsd Republican, aud said: my
party originated for the purpose of de-
stroying slavery, and it has settled the
question OF the American union forever.
The Republican party made a financial
record in the last thirty years which is
worthy of the admiration of the civilized
world. [Laughter.l Savings bank de-
posits OF this country have more than
doubled in the last fifteen wears. This
nation accumulates 81, 500 900 in wealth
every year. Voice from the audience:
who gets it?''l My party is in favor
OF protection to American labor. The
last eighteen months show the benefits
of Democratic free trade rule"
Mr.. Creighton said that the practical
symposium OF the evening under the
auspices of the Single Tax club had been
interesting and profitable that the gen
gslnseii gins iAityitiioan ia p ct minds charged with
to strike the spark of ruth. The three
champions OF the respective parties had
exemplified in their speeches the funda-
mental characteristics OF the organiza-
tions for which they spoke. The first
speaker had charged the two old parties
with political quackery, or worse; that
the public patient had steadily grown
worse under their respective ministras
tons or lack of proper medicaments.
The Populist claimed to have discovered
the true nostrum that would at once re-
vive the patient AMI put him on his
feet 1t was not the gold cure, nor
either the silver cure, but more money,
and, incidentally, the initiative and ref
erendum for plavthings while the
patient WAS convalescing. Mr.. Creigh-
ton thought that good and sufficient
money medium was as important fac
tor to body politio as mathematics was
important as q tool OF the sciences.
Mathematics was not science, but tho
handmaid OF the sciences. The money
unit OF value was simply a ysrdstick.
and it was important that it should al.
ways be yard. neither more nor leas.
| The PopuHets' more money nostrum dis
pensed with any necessity for studying
the science of government, which con-
cerned itsef with something profounder
and more important than money Jug
Cling. The last speaker OF tho evening
was imbued with the true publican
idea that governments are organized for
the support of the people and not q
mere creature OF the people to be sup
ported by them.
. The second speaker, Mr.. Harris,
stated the Democratic theory of what
constituted the true province and pre-
rogstives of government, which were
simply to keep the peace. punish crime
and force into as narrow channels as
possible (ou the principle OF sanitary
regulation) the natural and immemorial
tendency of full-rlooded human nature
to animal excesses. The rest must he
left to the dictates of conscience. to
lights OF philosophy, the precepts of re-
ligion and to God, who reigns supreme
over all. Government has no business
to trammel or trade our personal liberty
or extravagently squander the revenues
gathered from the citizens through tax
alton. Mr.. Creighton concurred with Mr.
Harris as far as he went; but something
more than free trade must be added tt
the Democratic creed. The single taz
on land values would complete thu
emancipation of the race. We have free
speech, free press, free schools. We wan
free trade and free land, and then We
shall have free men.
The announcement by President Hoy
that Mrs. Kate Tupper Gslpin woule
address the meeting next Monday nigh
was greeted with hearty applause.
Clarence A. Miller spoke next. Th'
Populists cry for silver. Supposing th'
Creator had never placed silver in ou
mountains--would it then be impossible
to solve the labor problem? No; w
could live just ss happily on this plane
if silver, aud even gold, had never ex
listed. There must be something NOR
important than silver or gold to caus'
the worldwide labor problems. sup
posing we reach out little and include
In addition to gold and silver, all othe
minerals and all other materials which
nature gave us-the land-and wheI
you give US free land. instead OF onl,
free silver. your labor problem would b
solved. No; free silver is too small
| thing to meet the trouble; we mus
have free planet, after which we vii
! have free silver.
Ralph e. Hoyt spoke in reply t
Major D,nnell. He arraigned protec
tionisn for various crimes and rlisde
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