Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-27

Senabe, tuey WCre eHauieu W oo9VieS'
the pathway of tariff reform even
though they could not, thank God, de-
feat it. That is the plain history In
very few words of what occurred III
Washington last winter. There u no
mystery about it. 1t is very plain
proposition. We were wheeling our.car
of progress and reform through sand, IT
is true, but we plowed through and we
are going to strike a trotting road after
while. Great applause and laughter.
NY feilow-citlzens, there is something
else to be remembered. Though we
have not done al! we intended to do,
we had to take some account OF tho
condition in which we found ourselves.
We took the first great step, and just as
sure as the second or the third step |
follows the first when you start home |
tonight, just so sure will the Demo-
cratic party carry out the commands
and hehests of the American people.
We have taken that step. We have
untuxed the clothing of the people. We
have said, LET this people go free 50
far as their wooden clothing is con-
cerned." The Democratic party has
said you should not any longer, in the
name of the American laborlng man,
take from the pockets Of those laboring
men tribute to build up a---"God save
the mark'-protected industry. These
industries were never SO industrious as
they were in 1890, when the Mckinley
bill was being framed at Washington
laughter their industry then was
marvel. II was something to behold.
They througed the corridors OF your
Capitol; they obstructed the passage.
ways of your halls of legislation; they
commanded the situation, and the
American people who did not get there
rose in their majesty and pronounced
that etict of 1882 which was commenced
to be carried out and obeyed on the 2Sth
of last August, when the Mckinley bill
was repealed.
Now do not want TO deceive you,
because if there is one thing that | try
to do In speaking to my fellow-citizens
of this dear little State, as well as of
my country, it is to speak candidly. l
want to tell them the truth as | see the
truth, and l would be ashamed OF
myself if | could for one moment at
tempt to deceive them about situation
that | thought | understood. covet
your confidence. am proud OF what
| have received from YOU in the past. l
have no higher ambition left me than to
retain that confidence that will enable
my fellow.citizens to say, whether he
differs with me or believes with me, III
think you are trying, Mr.. Gray, to tell
the truth" whether l am mistaken OF
not.
And now, let me say to you, "Not all
the ills of life can be remedied by law. y
When God pronounced his curse ol
labor upon mankind, it was not to be
governed by Congressional enactment
"By the sweat of thy brow shalt thor
eat thy daily bread" If that curse car
be turned into blessing, then so mucf
the better for the enlightenment, the
LOYALTY and the Christianity of the peo
pie who find it out. do not pretent
that high tariff or low tariff is goins
, to make, or unmake the American peo
pie in all the relations of life, and in al
/ their daily interests and avocations
$ You could get along some how or othe
i. with tariff as high as the Mckinley
4 law; and you will not be entirely ex
e empt from care and trouble though thl
a Mckinley law is repealed. There still i
@ privation; there still is labor; ther
n still is anxious thought of free peopll
$ to do the best they can for themselves
J, God forbid that should ask anyone t
n believe that all their hopes and pros
|. perity depended upon tariff laws.
J. will tell you what is the truth: Tha
II while you are working and toiling 10
d yourself and your family, while yo
|, are seeking to lay up just a little I
q keep the wolf from the door, while yo
}. are making some anxious provision fc
It the wife whom you love aud the littl
d ones for whom you are bound 10 pre-
rs vide, | say that no law ought to com
If in and stand between you and the II
it suits that you are honest in workin
If for / say that no set of men have I'll
" right to levy tribute upon that labo
A. except for public purpose. That III
ii body has right to take anything fro
50 you which you gained as the results
is your daily toll, other than that nece
| sary for public purposes. You pa
ID your taxes. You are IN honest peopl
at This is your government, and it is Il
C. government of free people, al
10 | do not wish any man to Gu
to himself my friend-l do not wa
xt fellowship in any party with any mt
| who are not willing to pay tho just al
OF necessary share which they owe for Il
ld support of free government You ha
at got to do that, and you are willing to
es 1t, provided that what you are paying
ju honestly collected and honestly G
or pended. You have got a right to q
Nv mand that, and that is the Democrat
nd theory of Democratic governmel
/ and that is what our Chicago platfol
02 of two years ago said: "Fhat no tax
Ic- shall be levied from the people exec
ug such as were necessary for the suppt
) a of a government honestly and eeomical
he administered" You all consent to tn
he You are freeman. You arc an hon
lily man. You love your country. Y
ID. love its institutions. You love
yn opportunities, and you would
pie ashamed if you were not will
to to put your hand in your pocl
,ur and pay your fair share. You do |
he want to be exempt, because, If you a
he YOU arc a pauper. You do not want
lp- be let off; but you have right to ST
cal mo more than my fair share, and
all only thing that can be taken from ms
Ger my part of the public expense, OF
lck funds necessary to support an hon
Id, and frugally Administered governmen
ro- We al! agree to that. And that is
the theory. But our Republican frien
the though they may put it in differ
ses way, when you come to talk to them
,an all comes down to this. They say IL
of believe in something else. What is
the do not say that they are not hon
rye They have given themselves 80 years
last protection, and believe that this gr
ped country cannot stand without a
is Kiniey bill; but they say they have
one to impose taxes for something else ii
less the support of the government. II
cal cone to you and say Il want s 80 fl