Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-11-03

Wihiot VfNl wing Dub biS Wbi' al
parties had united in support of the
flag and the war ended, but then the
boys came home and told how lily they
had been treated. The Republicans
themselves had to appoint an investi-
eating commission On the conduct of
the war. That might have been all
right, hut the chairman of the com
mission was himself convicted of dis
honesty, in the Union Pacific trans
actions. by a Congressional committee.
He was chief engineer in that enter
prise. II looked to the speaker AS if the
war Investigating commission. was m
tended to suppress and not reveal the
truth. No evidence was introduced TO
show that the generals of the army
were starving to death. The Baptist
preacher who visited Chickamauga
camp said that Spain never treated
the Cubans as badly as our volunteers
were treated.
Touching upon the award of con-
tracts for carrying on the war the rule
requiring advertising for bids having
been suspended, he said the Republic
cans would have to take the RESPONSE
bility if money was badly spent. They
were to buy in the market, not the
cheapest, but the bost, the best being
cheap enough for the soldier who wears
the uniform. He charged that horse
doctors were employed in some camps
and referred specifically TO DR.. Huide
koper, who he said had been doctoring
dogs and horses for years but was not a
physician. He had, however, influen-
tial relatives. The soldiers had meals
with food that person would not feed
to his dogs. They slept in tents with
thair onlyatc cpraol On tho efrpunI
| When the war was over, the Peace
| Commission was sent over the water to
| Paris to settle question that ought to
be settled at Washington. The COM
missioners are in the finest room in
the finest hotel in Paris, a place re-
| served for royal personages. The
| American commissioners live in luxury
beyond the dream of avarice; while
| the American soldier has to sleep on
the ground. This is the way the Re-
| publican party makes the distinction
| between the rich and the poor.
| Congressman Bailey criticised also
the war revenue bill claiming that it
Disseminated against the poor. He
had favored the passage of a moderate
income tax and had drawn attention
to the income tax approved by Lincoln
in Civil War time. From his point of
view the wealthy might well give of
their treasure while the people were
| giving their blood. When the Repub-
licans reminded him that the Supreme
Court had ruled the income tax un-
constitutional, he asked il Lincoln
violated his oath when he approved
tho income tax bill in his admins
tration. In the war revenue bill, a
poor man pays more tax on a plug OF
tobacco than William Waldorf Aston on
IS, 900, 600 Of property in New. York, On
q 10-cent cigar, the tax is per cent
on five-cent cigar almost per cent,
showing discrimination against the
poor man. The Republicans them
selves hardly stand to defend the bill.
, THE MONEY QUESTION.
/ The money question then received
J the attention of the speaker He sale
that the Democratic proposition is tt
, make money out of gold and silver. AS
, it is announcement to carry much silver
, it is proposed to leave the coin will
| the government treasurer and receive
from him u certificate showing that il
| is there. If the treasurer be honest
i the certificate can be redeemed at an,
t time. As to the assertion of the danger
J of having too much money. he declaret
] that there was not day in the histor,
, of the world when there was too muef
> gold and silver money, and il there
+ never was too much in the past, HI
0 saw no cause for fear in the future
Free coinage of gold and silver was il
existence the first and best 80 years o
l the country. He denied the proposition
) that money is not needed anyhow ant
that business can be done on credit
but held rather that there must b.
some money as basis for credit.
:. was to the overuse of credit that h,
! ascribed every panic in the history o
: the world. What is wanted is none,
that will BIO good for one and good TO
: ali and not two kinds of money, ON
= for Che poor and the other for the rich
. 1t enters the soul of the people to SCI
l the government take money and give j
! to those who have no claim upon it
= They make anarchists by discrimi
!, Mating among the people. The red fla
of anarchy is not more dangerous thai
i men who buy Legislatures and Con
- crosses are.
The speaker alleged that to escap
a their responsibility the Republican
y are seeking to raise new issues with
y out regard either to the faith of tn
! Republic or peace. From the war the
v are evolving an arrangement by whic
- they hope to divert the people fror
= economic questions. They are pre-
y pairing to trample on the Declaration
= ON which. we went to wal. The Cuba
u resolution declares, following tn
y language of our Declaration that tn
y people of Cuba are of right and ougt
q to be free and Independent. Whe
y Spain left Cuba we were to leave
y ourselves, but already 10000 men al
y. ~ under marching orders to go to Cubi
u Spain has gone; why send these me
y there2 The deliberate purpose is
" violate. the nation S pledge. They nev'
~ intended that Cuban people shall res
y the republic there of which they ma,
70 Dreamed. We strike it down althoug
4, we had pledged ourselves to hold
70 up. This will be crime not on
80 against the Cuban but also against IL
= American people. They are also goir
u to Manila, 1000 miles away. For th
~ purpose of extending commerce, thu
y say; when the commerce exports an
~ imports of the Philippine Islands il a
~ paid to tho United States, would nj
~ pay the expense of the standing arm
~ ~ necessary TOR holding them III
% natives are about as bad lot as ol
4. could find, according to his DESERT
vi tion, 100000 to 1900, 900 in numbe
are barbarians, worship snakes, al
re are the cheapest laborers on earth.
80 oppospn IN ANaJo- AMERICAN ALLIANC