Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04
Income Tax.

Income Tax.
The income tax is right and Just and
| fair. The rich, whose property is pro-
tected by our law, ought to willingly help
bear the burdens of government.
Fellow citizens, they will have to bear
| their part of the burdens of taxation or
| get out of this country. They threaten,
| If the law is passed, that they will go to
| Europe. Let them go; if they have no
| more patriotism than that, the sooner
| this country is rid of them the better.
Our opponents also urge it against us
| that in our platform we denounce "arbl-
| trary interference by federal authorities
| In local affairs, as violation of the con-
stitution of the United States and crime
against our free institutions" BY their
criticism of us on this question they put
themselves in the position of advocating
which they don't hesitate to do when
ever an opportunity presents itself to
| further their own selfish ends-"arbitrary
| interference by federal authorities in local
affairs"
But the boilers say it is covert at
| tack on the so-called democratic admin
| istration in sending troops to Chicago 70
suppress the strikers. But they are not
| sincere If So why are they supporting
| Mr.. Palmer for president, VINO, wnen
| Chicago was in ruins after the great iire,
| denounced President Grant and quit the
| republican party because federal troops
| were sent there to suppress those human
vultures who were there preying upon
| the helpless and unfortunate?
| Fellow citizens, in order 10 always pe
| able to demand our rights, redress our
| wrongs and perpetuate our free govern
| ment there must be a strict adherence
| to our dual scheme of government OF the
| republic of republics ever preserving
| the constitutional autonomy or the states
and the right of local self-goVernment,
and forever fighting arbitrary interior
| once nv federal authorities in local al
| fairs,, with odious force bills and rule by
| Injunction Better far that great CITY
| should be swept from the face OF the
earth than to trample' unoer loo' oui
F., constitution and laws.
Local Self Government.
| yUbataver the tools of the money pow
er cav to the contrary, the constitution
| of the United States is plain ana expire
| it that the federal authorities nave no no
| right to send troops inside state until
| called upon by the legislature or the
state IL in session, or the governor or
| the state If the legislature is not IN SEES
| sion IF the states are not adequate 10
| protect property within their nIni,s,
| then amend the constitution. An oiheiai
| who rides over the law-whetner .iie Jaw
| Is good or bad-is an enemy OF our couh-
try. 80 90 t,o ,,onev
What was the first act or the money
| mower after Mr.. Lincoln's famous proph-
i ecv-and by the money power we 40 not
| mean the country banker, paWnplo,hel
| that he is part of. and resents every
| attack on, the money power! lie Is put
| a part of the common masses VI tnv
| common people, and cannot prosper untiI
| those around him prosper. But what we
mean bv the money power IS that class
who are able and willing to contribute
| sio0 mo- apiece to Mark Hanna's corrup-
| lion fund. of which Mark Hanna Is
| type and leader-a man who, IN TINS cam
paign. overshadows even Mckinney MINI
self. -. ,r ~
| colin nrophesied, in order to increase their
| wealth and to fix things so they coulo the
| more easily dictate to the masses, seizeu
| upon the opportunity In 1873 to strike
! down secretly, and without the knowi-
| edge or consent of the people, one-half
| the metallic money of the country, by
| Accommodating silver, so that the value OF
| the gold held and controlled by them
| might be accordingly appreciated IN val
| ue and all property held by the MASSES
| deprecated in value.
| silver Secretly Demonetized.
| Before al jury of honest men in this
| country-from the Congressional Record
| ITSELF can convict John Sherman or
| purposely concealing from the people
| secretly passed through congress.
| The United States monetary commits
| sion of 1876, page SO. refers to the enact
| ment of this law as follows: "Ihe act'
| when passed, was not read, except by IL
t1e and 1t is notorious that this tran
| scendant change in the money system of
| the country affecting the most vital In
terests, was carried through without the
| knowledge or observation of the country.
| 1t was neither demanded by the resolu-
| tions Of public meetings nor asked for
| in the petitions of the people"
Senator Beck in a speech made in the
| senate January 10, 1878 Congressional
| Record, Vol 7, part 1, Forty-ffth con-
| gress second session, page 26O), said: II
| (the bill demonetizing silver never was
| understood by either house Of congress.
| 1 say that with full knowledge OF the
| facts No newspaper reporter-and they
are the most vigilant men !. ever saw in
obtaining OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1t had
been done"
Mr.. Kelley of Pennsylvania also said:
Though chairman of the committee on
| coinage I was ignorant of the fact that
| 1T would demonetize the silver dollar
In all the legislation or this coun-
| try there Is no mystery equal to the de-
| monetization of the standard silver dol
| lar"
| house. says: II did not know anything
| that was in the bill at ALL" and President
| Grant, who signed the bill. admitted that
| he didn't know 1t demonetized silver
But two men of any prominence-Sher-
man who had charge of the bill in the
| senate and Hooper who had charge or II
| in the house, knew of its purport. And,
| fellow citizens, only in recent years, have
| the people generally become acquainted
| with the fact that silver was demonetized
| in 1879. The republican national conven-
ton as late as 1888, accuses the demo-
| cratic party of attempting to demonetize
| silver, showing that the members OF the
| convention, did not at that time, know
| that silver had been demonetized by the
| republican congress, as far back as 1878.
| In 1873, therefore, was the beginning