The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1894-10-05

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CALL AND SEE us.
the peoples capaciti for seif-rovernment. m
invasion Of natural and inalionable lights
more odious and indt tcuslhle than tho British
stamp act against witch our fathers took up
arms moro than hundred years ago. will
not dwell at this tine and place on the repeal
OF the federal election laws further than &c
rejoice with YOU that the CLEAN OF the
bayonet nor the threat that II Is coming wili
ever again be seen or heard In the sacred pre-
cincts OF the American ballot box. We may
also rejoice with an exceeding great joy that
corrupt judges on the federal bench. partisan
marshas and their disrep1table deputies,
with Incidental straw bail viii never
any more IN Indiana, or in any other state.
pollute p0pula< elections or overthrow the
fundamental pr neiples OF free government
When some one again asks what the democrats
"a party has done in the past year ~ can be an
svered that among other good deeds. II has
restored the Weldon Of the ballot boz and the
purity al the elective franchise. In feet, tho
whole body Of the public service was 10 oDed
erammed and cho<ed up with partisan. cor
rupt and unpatri6tic legislation during the
long ascendency OF the republican party that
the task OF reform appears on every hanh and
wherever We turn. When / look out on the
vs~~nzd difie1lt work 10 I've done, ;is extep-
kmations required beforeseEs govern
- R,sasn Yield <barsests . prosperity
- a1ssf 1xIs :! :: 5. 3 80
poison vines. thistIes cookie burs, beggar
lice. gimpson weeds. dog fennel. smart
grass. skunk cabbage and yellow jack
cts nests. Old snagS and ugly
stumps also cumber such fields and hinder the
work Of the pillow and destroy the patience %
f.,s a. .Ifsl.
has the good fortune TO get change OF owner
ship and to pass into the hands Of a skillful
and honest farmer. you would hardly expect
him 10 clean out all its noxiOus distractions
and put IL In perfect order for corn, wheat.
oats, hay and clover In n single season You
would grant him III least two or three years to
overcome the evils with which his farm was
afflicted teiore he took possession. he bene-
At Of this illustration. and the same indulgence
you would extend TO the farmer In his work OF
agricultural reform. are all ask for the demo-
cratic party In It's present attitude. We have
begun our work nobly aud well; much has been
done and yet much more remains for Us 20 do
before all the FOUL growth in the political fields
/ for more than thirty years past can be entirely
extirpated,
The Tariff Law.
Senator Voorhees, said one OF the
greatest Of democracy's works was the
repeal of the Mckinley law and
| added
| L do not hesitate to declare that the bill
which passed both houses Of congress and be-
| came law on the 18th day Of August, 1894, what
| ever its other merits or defects may be. will do
| more IN the aggregate toward the inevitable
| reduction OF duties, and consequently will
! make . longer stride in the direction OF free
dom In trade and commerce, than any other
measure ever enacted into law by the Amer
/ lean congress.
OF the income tax he said:
| I'VE provided that at least thirty million
dollars a year should he collected hereafter
from people who have good net incomes, rather
| than from people who have nothing but their
| wants. and their labor with which TO meet
| them What is this but a transfer OF taxation
for the support OF the government from the
| laboring man 10 the idle and comfortable RICH
| What is it but relief from high protection
and direct and powerful blow 70 the whole
protective systemf On the floor of the senate
| said
The proposition contained in the pending
bill TO levy a tax OF two per cent on all net In
comes Of corporations and Of individuals in ex-
cess Of four thousand dollars per annum is so
just and equitable toward the Woodworking
! taxpayers OF meager resources throughout the
entire country that not a word In its defense or
explanation would seem necessary here or
1 anywhere else. But the narrow and cor
roding selashness Of riches has been aroused
by this simple measure OF justice Into nerce
resentment and contention We hear on all
| hands the dictatorial voice Of individual and
| corporation wealth demanding that II shall not
| be disturbed by the slightest touch OF the tax
gatherer whatever may be the demands OF the
government or the oppression of the toillng
masses
"On all the wants and necessaries Of life the
man OF wealth, with heavy income, pays less
rates OF tariff tax under existing laws than the
lsborinR man or laboring woman whose wear
ing apparel is OF coarser material and whose
household living is supplied with cheaper
goods bearing higher rates Of duty. His bonds.
his accumulated riches Of all kinds, and all In
comes arising from them. are exempt from all
government burdens, remaining not only d.
minlshed and unmolested, amidst the darkened
homes and fragrant distress, but growing fat
ter, stronger and more defiant as the days and
the years 90 by. He who has spent all his life
in making an amusement OF wealth looks out
upon the poor tired toiling world as II from
fortified castle. He feels himself sumptuousiy,
provisioned against all wants and amply pro-
teeted against all contact or concern with the
labor stained millions who struggle from one
ocean TO the other for the means OF existence
Mr.. Voorhees, then entered into an
elaborate explanation of the tariff, and
said: II stand with Grover Cleveland
on tariff reform, and with him | be-
lieve in the curative processes of fu.
ture legislation.
"The tariff on sugar has been great
ly reduced" said Mr.. Voorhees,, and
added:
have wiped It out IL we could have done so. A
solid phalanN on the republican side OF the
senate chamber, allied TO a small but well
known contingent on our side Is the only