The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-05-27

dispel the clouds hanging above us,
bringing back the sunshine and illu-
minating the whole country"
Ii had been said, Mr.. Vest proceeded,
that adversely came with the advent Of
the Democratic party and prosperity
with the Republican party. But that
adversely diu not come with the advent
OF the Democratic party. Mr.. Vest said
he would summon as witness no less
an authority than Mr.. William McKin-
ley. Tbelseuutor read from report
made by Mr. Mckinley on April /,
1890, setting forth the distress which
the farmers of the country were suffer-
ing. How was it expected, the senator
asked, that by increasing the burden of
tariff taxes the farmers would be helped
to buy more goods All agreed that
there must be sufficient revenue to
meet the requirements of the govern
ment, that the government credit shall
be sustained and her flag honored. But
every dollar collected by the govern
ment beyond ITS needs is crime.
Why was it, Mr.. Vest asked, that
the Republican party was about to
abandon its re, ord and urge q tariff
not for protection, but for the amount
of revenue It will produce. Why does
it abandon its record and propose a tax
on teai The senator said there was at
this time an available BALANCE in the
treasury of 1929, 9,350,650. Deducting
the gold reserve of 500, 200. 900, the
available balance was 1929, 1850, $50
This vast amount of idle money was
now accumulated in the treasury And
yet the senate was told that it must inn
pose on our suffering people additional
taxes. When President Harrison
turned over the government to Presi-
dent Cleveland the treasury balance
stood at S2I .l2S, ,OS7. Today there was
$105, 900, GOO more than when Mr., Har-
rison turned over government affairs
to Mr.. Oleveand. How could this
obvious fact be avoided.
Mr.. Chandler interrupted with an in
quiry as to Were tAe vast accumula-
tion in the treasury, to which Mr.. Vest
had alluded. came from.
1--WE all know" answered Mr.. Vest,
"that it came from the sale OF bonds
which did not approve, but it makes
no difference where it came from.
There it Is in the treasury and what
right have you to increase the taxes on
the people when enough is in the
treasury already" The senator de-
clared that the urgent need was not for
greater taxes, but FOR more money and
better prices.
The fall in prices must be stayed be-
fore there could be any prosperity. He
mentioned as oife source of evil that
our workers were paid on a gold basis
and came into competition with those
paid on a silver basis.
"The senator from Nevada (Stewart)
usually makes that argument" inter-
posed Mr.. Gallinger IN. H.. He has
based it usually on Japan's use of sill
yer, and now Japan has repudiated sill
YER"
"You mean Japan was bought out"
Mr.. Stewart put in.
Mr.. Vest then turned to several of
the schedules and discussed them in de-
tail
Mr.. Cannon (Silver Rep, Utah) in
troduced an amendment for bounty
on agricultural exports and spoke
briefly. He said the pending bill
offered no protection to agricultural
staples. The passage of the bill with
out any pro ection to the farmer would
be violation of the pledge which the
victorious party made in its platform to
the voters Iagt wear