Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-11


appropriated for the same purpose by
the Republican billion dollar con-
gress-' Have You forgotten that the
entire extra session of congress, con-
vened soon after President cleveland's
inauguration. was consumed In re-
pealinB the sherman law, passed by
a Republican congress and approved
by Republican presidentY This M
advised enactment, which, in a large
measure destroyed silver money as a
part OF our circulating medium re-
CURED the annual purchase OF 45.000.-
900 ounces of silver bullion and this
az an annual cost Of a little less than
S5o,OOO.OOO and the bullion thus pur-
chased was. as YOU know heaped up
as so much merchandise in the vaults
OF the treasury. BY its platform and
the utterances OF its candidates the
Democratic party stood pledged to the
repeal OF the odlous federal election
laws. For years they had stood a
constant menace to the freedom OF
the ballot box. By the act OF Demo-
cratic congress, approved by a Demo-
cratic president, these enactments.
like Republican force bills and the
Old federal allen and sedition laws.
have become things of the past
THE Democratic congress has In
creased the tax from 80 cents to 81. 10
per gallon on distilled spirits This
VIII Increase government revenues an
nually s20.0O0,OOO. Do you, In the inter-
est OF the whisky trust. desire this law
repealed. The Democratic congress has
placed tax on playing cards, which,
as you know, were untaNed under the
Mckinley law. This will bring to the
treasury s9,00O000 per annum. One Sec
tion Of the Democratic tariff bill just
enacted provides for the payment OF an
income tax. Individual incomes OF
less than $1,000 are exempt. Its enact
ment became a necessity because Of
the bankrupt condition in which the
passage Of the Mckinley law and the
extravaganza of the Republican con-
2ress lad plunged The country. In
proportion as the burdens of taxation
were removed from the shoulders OF
the poor they were made to rest upon
those more able TO bear them. l now
ask your attention to a consideration
NJ other sections of the tariff bill which
mas passed both The house ana the sen.
ate and is now the law OF the land. |
state to you in all candor that It il
rot all that l desired. There never
was a moment that would not gladly
have given the casting vote in the
senate In favor Of the tariff bill as It
passed the house of representatives..
From tn, beginning / have been
firm believer In the doctrine OF free
raw material But II must not be for
gotten that while the house of represent
tatives contsined a Democratic ma
jorlty of nearly l00 our majority was
state fully represented In that body,
there would probably have been no
Democratic majority at ALL The SEN
ate contained but forty-four Demo-
Gratis, ana with the Republican sena-
tors voting solidly against the bill at
every stage 1t can easily be seen that
in body SO nearly balanced. tariff
reform had no easy battle TO fight.
At this critical moment of the struggle
the bill was only saved by the casting
vote of the presiding officer Of the sem
ate. / have thus gone somewhat into
detail In order that you may realize
something of the difficulties under
which the present law was enacted
Recalling. as | do. the hostility of
Republican senators to the tariff bill
from the moment crossed the thresh-
hold of that chamber / can Only Won
der that II ever became a law. Firmly
believing. as | do, that beneficial re-
suits must follow Its passage, | re-
jolce with you in its triumph, and that
the Mckinley law is no longer upon
our statute books e.
1.-THE Mckinley law gave to the sugar
planters bounty OF cents per pound
upon their product. This was to ex-
tend for period OF fifteen years from
the passage OF the bill. IT was paid
out OF the treasury OF the United States
and amounted during the last yenr to
the enormous sum OF $i2.0O0,O0O. The
tariff bill just passed by Democratic
congress repealed this sugar bounty
and removed from the statute books
this odioiis class legislation. You have
seen in the papers in the past few days
an account Of convention of sugar
planters in Louisiana. in which they
resolved TO abandon their former po-
litical associates and henceforth to sup
port the Republican party Why?
Simply for the reason that the Republic
can law makers favored the sugar
bounty which q Democratic congress
has swept from the statute books. II
the new tariff law had no other merit.
this provision alone would entitle 1t to
your warmers commentator.
"But this IL but the beginning. BY
the new tariff law more than 100 artl-
Giles. highly taxed under the Mckinley
law are placed upon the free list"
The vice president then entered into
an exhaustive review OF the tariff bill
and declared that 1t marked the turn
ing point on tariff legislation.
He made reference to the Illinois
campaign, paying n high tribute to
Senator John NJ. Palmer and the Dem
ocratic nominee for the senatorship,
Franklin MacNeagh. The Democratic
nominations for state officers were
commended. and the speaker closed
with an earnest plea for the reelection
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