The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-07-31

". NHecIS. say IL WAS lot q
question of persons; it was question
Of principle, and it is not with glad
ness, my friends, that we find ourselves
brought into conflict with those who
are now arrayed on the other side.
The gentleman who just preceded
Gov. RusselD spoke of the old State
of Massachusetts. Let me assure him
that not one person in all this Conven-
tion entertains the least hostility to the
people Of the State OF Massachusetts.
Applase. But westand here repre-
senting people who are the equals be-
fore the law of the largest citizens in
the State of Massachusetts. APP
plause. When you come before us
and tell us that we shall disturb your
business interests, we reply that you
have disturbed our business interests
10y your course. Great applause and
cheering.
I'VE say to you that You have made
too limited in its application the def
milton of the business man. The man
who is employed for wages is as much
a business man as his employer The
attorney in country town is as much
a business man as the Corporation
Counsel in a great metropolis. The
merchant at the crossroads store is as
much a business man as the merchant
of New York. The farmer who goes
forth i'm the morning and tolls all sum-
mer, and by the application of brain
and muscle to the natural resources of
this country creates wealth, is as much
business man as the man who goes
upon the Board of Trade and bets upon
the price of grain. The miners who
go thousand feet into the earth or
climb 1000 feet upon the cliffs and
bring forth from their hiding places
the precious metals to he poured in the
channels of trade are as much business
men as the few financial magnates who
in Il back room corner the money of the
world.
"We come to speak for this broader
class of business men. All, my friends,
We say not one word against those who
live upon the Atlantic coast; but those
hardy pioneers who braved all the dan
gers of the wilderness, who have made
the desert to blossom as the rose
those pioneers away out there, rearing
their children near to natures heart,
where they can mingle their voices
with the voices of the birds; out there
where they have erected schoolhouses
for the education of their young, and
churches where they praise their Crea-
tor, and cemeteries where sleep the
ashes of their dead, are rs deserving
of the consideration of this party as
any people in this country. Great
applause.
''It is for these that we speak. We
do not come as aggressors. Our war
is not war of conquest. Weare fight
ing i'm the defence of our homes. our
famili>s and posterity. Loud APP
plause. We have petitioned, and our
petitions have been scorned We have
entreated, and our entreaties have been
disregarded We have begged and
they have mOcked. and our calamity
came. We beg no longer. We en-
treat no more. We petition no more:
We defy them. Great applause and
confusion in the silver delegations
'sThe gentleman from Wisconsin has
said he fears Il Robspierre. My friend,
in this land Of the free you need fear
no tyrant who will spring up from
among the people. What we need is
an Andrew jackson to stand as Jack
son stood against the encroachments
of aggrandized wealth. Great APP
applause.
They tell us that this platform was
made to catch votes We reply to
them that changing conditions make
new issues; that the principles upon
which rest Democracy are as everlast-
ing as the hills, but that they must be
applied to new conditions as they aris..
Conditions have arisen, and we are at
tempting to meet those conditions.
They tell us that the income tax ought
not to he brought in here That is new
idea. They criticize us for our criti-
cism of the Supreme Court of the
United States. My friends, we nave
not criticised, we have simply called
attention to what You know. If YOU
want criticisms, read the dissenting
opinions of the Court. That will give
You crltlclsmS Applause. They
say we passed an unconstitutional law.
| deny 1.-THE income tax was not un-
unconstitutional when it went before
the Supreme Court for the first time.
1t did not become unconstitutional un-
til one Judge changed his mind, and
we cannot be expected to know when
Il Judge will change his mind. APP
plauSe. and Il voice. hit 'em again.
The income tax is Just law. 1t
simply intends to put the burdens of
government justly upon the backs Of
the people. | am in favor Of an in
come tax. Applause. When find
Il man who is not willing to pay his
share of the burden of the Government
which protects him, find man who
is unworthy to enjoy the blessings ofa