Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-11-01

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Adlai E. Stevenson has been making some
stirring speeches during the last few days
throughout this state and he has been
met everywhere by degree of enthusiasm
that indicates Democratic victory next
week. In his Brooklyn speech the vice
president said:
II bring you tidings of good cheer
of revival of business prosperity and
of Democracy in the great valley of the
west.
"In the presidential campaign of 1892
the battle was wou by the Democracy al
most on
THE SINGLE ISSUE
of tariff reform. When Grover Cleveland
took his place in the White house, IN
March, 1898, the executive ard both
branches of congress we're Democratic
for the first time in third of century.
Under this conditions the people had
much to expect. How has the party kept
faith?
"The Democratic party has earnestly
endeavored to keep its pledges. It has
fought against the great monopolies fos-
tered by Republicanism and has taken
long strides along the path of true tariff
reform.
"When the Republicans went into power
in 1888, there was surplus yearly revenue
of $100,000,000, owing to the efficient and
economic administration of Grover Cleve-
land. You all know the situation when
the Democrats returned to power. The
Republicans left depleted treasury
The country was on the verge of bank
ruptcy.
"What was the cause? The distressing
conditions were in large degree
THE INEVITABLE RESULT
Of the enactment of the Mckinley bill.
The prices of goods were increased to
consumers and the government was de-
prived of revenues.
"The conditions under which Grover
Cleveland and his associates began their
efforts for tariff reform were most unfor-
tunate. A period of business depression
had been produced by the operations of
the Mckinley act, and idleness was the
common lot. This was before the arm of
the last congress was lifted to change the
tariff. These are the stubborn facts. Re-
publicans can not deny that these condi-
tions came into existence under the opera
tions of the Mckinley law.
"The Republicans say that the depres-
sion was caused by want of confidence in
the Democratic administration. 1 beg
you to reflect on this. Have You forgot
ten that the people elected Grover Cleve.
land by an
UNPRECEDENTED MAJORITY
in the electoral college? Yet we are told
that the people contemplated with alarm:
what they themselves had achieved at the
ballot box.
"In order to escape from the evils Of
their own vicious legislation, the Repub-
licans would have US believe that the pso-
pie believed Grover Cleveland and his
associates to be incompetent. They pre-
tend that the people shrank with horror
flouI contemplating what theY had do
clared for at the polls.
"The depleted treasury and the business
depression were caused by what the Re-
publicans had done, and not by any fear
of what the Democrats would do.
"Let us see what the Democrats have
done. Is it not enough that they have
abolished all
THE OBNOXIOUS ACTS
of third of a century of Republican
misrules"
Vice President Stevenson enumerated
the benefits conferred by the present tar
if bill.
"The Cleveland administration" he
said, "has reduced the expenses of the
government S2s,OO0,0oO per year. The
entire extra session was consumed in the
repeal of the Sherman law. The Demo-
cratic party has kept it's pledges to re-
peal the federal election law providing
for armed interference with elections.
"By tax on playing cards $3,000,000
has boen added to tho revenue. By the
increased tax on whisky, $2O,OOO.00O has
been added. Six hundred federal offices
have been abolished.
"One hundred articles used by the poor
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