Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-01-09
PINE BLUFF, ARK. IAN. 9. 1896
LARGEST DAILY CITY CIRCULATION.
TESTS GREAT SPEECH.

Senator George 6. Vest, :the sen for Senator from Missouri, delivered one of his characteristic speeches in the Senate Tuesday which was the moss remarkable speech of the session. He put the Republicans on the gridiron and literally roasted them alive. He "manacled" them, to use his own words, and then ssgibbeted" them. He 4fraigned the Supreme Court for its income tax decision; he laid the responsibility for the lack of revenue at their door when they exempted the "sordid wealth of the land" from taxation he contrasted the records of the past and present administrations;he threw some light hitherto unknown upon the passage of the Mckinley tariff bill, and declared that on the night of the passage of the bill hides were suddenly transferred from the autiable list to the free list in obedi- ence to tke demand of New Eng land member who is now a mem Der of the Senate.
 In reference to the income tax de- cision Mr. Vest said that "the terri ble effect of this decision had not yet been apprehended by the people of
 
 this country" He declared that it marked a new era in this country, and ''it is beyond credibllity," he continued, that a Vanderbilt, with his hundreds of millions, should have to pay no more taxation than the poorest of men, and that the army and navy must be used to sup port him in his rights, as must be the case if the decision was to stand
 He then reviewed the record of the last three administrations and de- elared that no administration in the history of the country had been more successful than Cleve- lands from 1885 to 1889. He went extensively into the figures of reve- nues, expenditures, etc., to show that the present condition of the Treasury was largely heritage of preceding Republican administra- tions. sIf success were to be meas ured, be declared, 'Sby the amount of gold exported he desired to call the attention of the Republicans to the fact that during Cleveland's first administration but about $9, 900, GOO of gold had been exported against $213, GOO, 900 for Mir. Harrison's ad- ministration, while so far only $181, 900, 900 had been exported under the present administration He charged the Harrison administration with defaulting in the payment of obliga- tians of the government and the mis- appropriation of trust funds amount ing to $56. .0O0, 000 When the Re publicans returned to power in all branches of the government in ls90," be declared ironically, "they thought they owned the country; they rested their fate on three measures the force bill, the Me kinley bill and the Sherman law They went to the people and came back funeral procession stamped beneath the feet of popular disap- proval," etc., etc.
 Time and space will not admit of a more extended synopsis of Sena- tor Vests great beech, but enough has been recited above to give our readers an intelligent understand ing of the tenor of his remarks. Mir. Vest is not regarded as very warm supporter of ths present administra- tion, but his review of the record of his party and the administration clearly shows that neither has been as bad as painted. As compared with the record of the Republican party, the Democratic party has everything to gain and nothing to lose, and when the people come to sum up results they will find that