Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-04-14
he HAs SHIFTED AROUND.

thing else could nave done.
BE HAS SHIFTED AROUND.
In his speech before the Senate on the
Wilson tariff bill, which classed him as
a protectionist and won for him the
plaudits of Republicans throughout the
country, the Honorable DAVID BENNETT
HILL attempts TO convey the idea that
he is still a Democrat and as firm be-
lever in the principles OF the party as
he was in September, 1892, when he
opened the Democratic campaign in
Brooklyn. 81 stand to-day" says he,
where I stood then. have nothing
to add and nothing to retract."
At the time referred TO Mr.. HILL
was, according to his public utterances,
a pretty good Democrat. He believed
in the Democratic platform and gave
the tariff plank in it his approval on
Sept. 10, 1892, in the following Ian
guage:
The Democratic platform gives forth no
uncertain sound upon this subject ana cor
rectly states the true position OF the party.
IL denies the constitutional power OF tne
government 70 impose taxes for otner tnan
public purposes. But whether such tarlH
is constitutional or not, or whether IL IS
impracticable 20 have the question properly
raised or decided. the subject itself is
vicious in the extreme, unjust TO the PEG
nle and contrary TO the spirit or our Iree
institutions.
Republican protection does not coustitu-
tiopallv exist but is imposed upon the peo-
pie by fraud, false pretense ana evasion
and gross abuse OF taxing power All th5
so-called protection for which our OPP
pOnents have ClamOred, and which they
have obtained in recent years, has been
secured, not, by constitutional SANCTION
but by the abuse Of the conceded taxing
power Of the Government.
How can Senator HILL reconcile this
language with that uttered by him on
April 9, 1894? If Republican protec-
ton was unconstitutional then, would
not Democratic protection be uncon-
stltutional now? And yet the same
protection which he then denounced as
unconstitutional and fraud, imposed
upon the people by false pretense,
evasion and gross abuse Of the taxing
power, he is now an ardent ad-
vocate OF, and can scarcely find lam
guage vigorous enough to denounce the
Democrats and the Democratic meas
urs designed to wipe out this same
fraudulent protective tariff law he then
denounced, and to reduce the unconsti-
tutional taxation which it imposes. He
does not stand where he stood in '92.
Neither does he stand where he stood
six months ago. ON October %, 1898,
in the same Academy of Music in
Brooklyn where he had previously de-
nounced protection, Senator HILL out
lined what the new tariff bill should be.
At that time he was in perfect accord
with the Democratic platform and e1-
pressed himself as follows regarding
the then unpublished measure.
First Of all, it will be q revenue bill and
not a scheme for the promotion OF private
interests at the public expense. Its pur-
pose will be the raising Of the needed
funds for governmental purposes strictly
in the mode ana WAYS less burdensOme TO
the masses. RuC materials needed in our
manufactures irU Do placed upon the Jrcc
list for c0Hc'isjrc reasons FULLY crp'dWet ,n
hc debates of last year, and trhlch ertry man.
ufGcttrer ard lroriingmdH entirely Under
No an rr.I.H
This relief viii give an impetus 70 certain
of our manufacturing industries, and at
ford work 90 tens o. thousands OF our Idle
labOrers The neccsSaries Of life
will be substantially free. In nix
ing the necessary tariff upon
manufactured articles due consideration
will be given 10 the difference in wages be-
tween this and other countries, and such
differences will be squalizcd in the rates
imposed here IN the general interest OF the
labor Of our country. There shall De no
unjust discrimination anywhere tolerated
among its provisions. Bouutes and SUD-
sides will md httie favor in its compost
ton. The free list will De enlarged, and
the complicated schedules viii be greatly
simphfied. Every sort Of favOrltlsm, here
tofore permitted, Will be conspicuous by
its omission, and, in that respect 10 Will
stand out in bold contrast with the Mchin-
ley BILL
II free raw materials and the abolition
Of "every sort Of favoritiSm" were
thought by the distinguished Senator six
months ago to be- in accord with Demo-
cratic principles, why does he not think
so nowP II he stands to-day where he
stood then, why does he now denounce
the Wilson bill which embodies all his
recommendations as to what Demo-
cratic reform measure should embrace?
The Senator's public utterances show
that be does not "stand to-day where
he stood then" or that, if he does, he
was either then or is now a demagogue.
The Senator should be more explicit in
his utteranccs.
The Book OF the Fair.
The Mining and Fisheries buildings
at the Columbian Exposition are the
subjects OF description and illustration
in Part 10 Of THE Book Of the Fair. s"
The interesting exhibits in these Ouild-
Ings are graphically described aud ele-