The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-11
ADLAI ON THE ISSUES.
STE NSON
SPEAKS IN ILLINOIS.


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/ day. The Democracy OF Logan county de-
cided upon this being the main rally of
the campaign. and selected the county
capital as the place. The vice-President
( arrived Tuesday night.
Raw western winds prevailed this morn
ing and prevented many from attending.
Two hundred voters, with three brass
bands. proceeded to the stoppng-place OF
/ the President at 10 o'clock and es-
corted him TO the principal hotel, where
/ he held a reception until ~ O'Clock.
The elaborate outdoor arrangements for
the demonstration had to be abandoned at
noon, and the shelter Of a ball sought,
which only accommodated a portion Of
the crowd Of visitors, principally farmers.
At 2 +. NJ. the Nice-President was In
troduced by Dr. a. VI. Miller. He was
accorded a favorable reception and spent
an hour explaining and defending the
wisdom of the Wilson bill and other mea-
sures Of the Administration.
yICE-PREsIDENT sTEyLNsoS's sPEFcH.
In opening his speech, Mr.. Stevenson
referred at length TO the election OF Mr..
Cleveland I'm 1882, the conditions under
which he assumed the duties OF his office,
and the evil effects OF the Mckinley
law. After asserting that the Democrats
had kept faith with the people, he said:
II come now to consider the question as
to how far the Democratic party has re-
deemed its prCmises-how well 1t has
kept faith with the people. 1t promised
reduction Of the expenditures of the Gov
ernment This promise has been made
good by a reduction OF the expenditures
tWenty-eight millions OF dollars over
those of the previous year, wheh the FIX, FIX
ecutive and the Senate were Republican;
In this connection. IL must be remembered
also that the sum appropriated by the
present Democratic Congress for pensions
exceeded by twenty millions that apprO-
priated by the Republican Billion-dollar
"Haye YOU forgotten that the entire ex-
ira session of Congress. convened soon
after President Cleyeland's inauguration
was consumed In repeating the sherman
law. passed by a Republican Congress
and approved by a Republican Presl-
dent? This iI-advised enactment, which,
I'm a large measure, destroyed siiSeI ,N,a
dunn required the annual purchase OF
fftv-four million ounces OF silver Dulilon'
and this at an annual cost or niue iess
than fifty million dollars, ana thc Duliloh
thus purchased was, as you know, Hedp-
ed mn as so much merchandise IN the
vaults OF the Treasury. c.-
"What further has the Democratic con-
grcss accomplished? BY its platform ana ana
the uttcrances Of its candidates the
Democratic party stood pledged TO the
repeal of the odous Federal election
laws. These laws. placed upon our std,- st,
ute books when the Republican parry was
I'm the heyday OF ICwer. provided Tor th5
interposition Of armed deputy United
States marshals at the polls. 1t would De
difficult TO conceive OF legislation HiVle
hostile to the spirit or our iree lhStllu,
tions or more destructive OF the flshtS oI
the elector For years they had stood,
constant menace to the freedom OF tHe
ballOt-box BY the act OF the Deinoc6aIic D t1aIl
Congress approved by a DemoGIdtlc i,ac,, Io3-
ident. these enactn.ents, ike Republican
force bills and the old Federal aueh anu
seditiOn laws, naya become thiiEs Ct
the past 1t will excite the wonder o.
those who come after us now ld"S ~
hateful and tyrannical could ever haVe
received the approval OF the American
Congress
rREFERRED THE HOUSE BILL.
After calling attention to other advan'
tage0us features of the new tariff, Mr'
Il now ask your attention to a coz con,
sideration Of other seGuQns OF ba tne HonHe for.a
and the Senate, and is now the law OF
the land. l state to you IN all candor tt tllat
IL is not al that ] desired; lheIe
never was a moment that WOuld not sidu-
ly have given the casting vote In the sen,
ate i'm favor OF the tariff bill as II passed
the House Of Representatves' FROM 'i,e
beginning | have been a hrm b5heyer u.
the doctrine OF free raw material. But IL
must not be forgotten, that while the
House OF Representatives contained a
Democratic majority Of near one hundred
our majority was but one IN the oemd.eii
i'm that body, there would probably have
been no DEMOCRATIC majority at all Ine
Senate contained but torty-four Demo
Gratis, and with the Republican senator's
voting soidly against the bill at every |
stage. il can easily be seen that in BODY |
so nearly balanced, tariff reform had no J
easy battle to fight, Al one crltlcaI mo mo
ment OF the struggle, the bill was only |
saved By the casting vote OF the presid- /
ing officer OF the Senate. | have thus |
gone somewhat into details in order that
culties under which the present law vas
enacted. Recalling as ! do the hostility |
OF Republican senator's TO the tarin DIIi
from the moment il crossed the threshold |
of that chamber, | can only wonder tndt |
It ever became a law. Firmly believing, |
as | do, that beneficial results must fol- |
low its passage | rejoice with you in its |
triumph, and that the Mckinley law Is |
no longer upon our statute books.
THE DUTY on SUGAR.
After contrasting the Mckinley law TO |
the new tdrin faYoraDly 10 the latter, the |
You have heard much of the Sugar |
Trust and of the benefits 1t will derive |
under the new law. l am free to say tnat /
could my vote have controlled IL would /
have received none Of the benefits against /
which complaint has been made. l ia /
yored the bill as it passed the Demo /
upon the free list. But. Objectionable as /
some features OF the sugar schedule are
il must not be forgotten that they are a 4
great Improvement upon the Mckinley 4
aw. How? The Sugar Trust sprang into
existence under the Mckinley law-was, !
n fact. Il necessary outgrowth of that |
aw. The Mckinley law admitted raw
sugars free Of duty. This was in the in
.erest of the reiiners-in other words, of
he Sugar Trust. Was this I'm the interest
If the people? OF the consumer? MOI at
All. IL was solely in the interest OF the !
.efiner for the reason that the free /
of which you have heard so much,
was wholly unfit Ior domestic use. IL
INTO the hands of the refiners-of the
trusts' IL was not the sugar used upon
,our tables. Before IL reached your table
he refiner had added TO It's cost TO the
.Ianse OF the Mckinley law had provided
low? Upon the sugar used at your
,onnes IN cooking and upon the table.
he tariff tax was placed at fifty cents
mon every hundred pounds. TINS pro-
;ision. coupled with that allowing free
aY sugar TO the refiner, gave the Trust
for gain hitherto without
,araIlel i'm legislation. It's profits have
,een enormous. Under Its concessions,
,rs nted nv the Mckinley law, IL has be,
a",e the gigantic monopoly OF the age.
- cennot he too often reminded that
m of the trusts and monopolies thai are
nxy t1e bane OF this land are the or
pring OF Republican ,hish tariff enact
er the Mckinley law to give free sugar
q the people, why tax OF one-half Gent
er noitnd on that ready for domestic |
lse? Why not as IN the oil winch mas
list passed the Dehi"eia'c HOUSE. aunt
IN sugars free!
SOME OF rHE BESHFITs.
Concluding. the speaker said: