Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-08-26

liar intercourse of private resi-
Observation-Disclosures andfriend,
| who is a Democrat of note in Mis-
souri, and an ex-Judge of exception.
al ability. l said to him:
'.ludge, you are a Democrat?"
He assented. ''You are In favor
of a tariff for revenue. He again
assented. 'sFor revenue only!" /
continued. He answered, ''certain-
ly, that has always been a plank IN
the platform of the party to which
/ have belonged" l then called
his attention to Benton's statement
(to. be found on page 80, vol. 1,
''Thirty Years in U. S. Senate),"
sit (protection) was admitted by
all at that time and ever since the
first tariff act of 1799> to be an in
cident to the revenue raising power
and an incident to be regarded in
the exercise of that power. And
Benton proceeded to say that,
''revenue the object, protection
the incident, had been the rule in
the earlier tariffs" and to complain
that ''now that rule was sought to
be- reversed and to make protection
the object Of the law and revenue
the incident
| l further called the Judges at
tention to the fight in the United
States Constitutional Convention
over the grant of powers of taxa
ton to the general government
wholly to duties on imports for
raising its revenue, and the grant
of full powers of taxation was
finally made on two pleas: QsD
that in case Of foreign war, duties
would cease and the government
would expire for want of resources,
and (2d) that it was not expected
! by any member of the convention
that the government would ever
need to, or ever would, raise its
revenues otherwise than by duties
upon imports. And said to the
: Judge, ''you say you favor a tariff
| for revenue only, are you not in
, favor of a tariff that will produce a
revenue sufficient for the needs OF
the government" and he assented
to that. Then l asked him, wheth.
e er, in view of the increasing ex-
penditures of the general govern
1 ment, the interest upon the public
, debt, including the increase of that
S debt by 1852, 900, 900 under Cleve
: land for want Of sufficient revenue
q under the Wilson law, and The
n need of making reasonable pay
t ments on the principal, it was not
: in his opinion, that tariff for suf
y ficient revenue to do this, woult
afford all the incidental protection
that any Wing or Republican coul'
d reasonably ask? His reply was
b sumner. 1t was, eyes! and TO
, that reason I consider the tariff
d past ISSUE"
II This l took and take to be equiv
j. alent to saying that the Democrat
J. party of today is in favor of th
a same doctrine it was in the day
le that Benton describes, a tariff fo
is revenue with incidental protection
,; and further taking it for granite
v that such tariff now would fu1
j. nish all the incidental protectio
re needed, then surely there is n
Of reason now why such a Democrs
in should not vote for Mckinley, wh
in is distinctively in favor of just sue
T. a tariff and was the author of a bi
er for a tariff "to reduce the revenue
T. for the very purpose of coming
H. a revenue only basis and preve1
a piling up surplus; that is, the
lts can be no reason, unles such Den
ds ocrat has abandoned the views
ut his party in the past on the none
ar question, for he must know th'
or in history his party has alwa.
or been distinguished as soun
he money party, many of its membe
er- even declaring for ''hard-money
ii, as did Benton, who thereby a
lat quired the title of ''Old Bullion.
lar Yours truly,
in n. w. Bliss.
inc Chicago, ILL.,, August II, 1896.
ne Confidence Needed.
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