The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-11

II was a member OF that Convention and
voted Tor the platforms but never would l
have voted for It II had thousht K could
be what he says understood Il to mean
that taxation should be equal and lust, ard
| not sccticaal, not discrimin ,mg between
| classes and moropolfes I'LL had thought
II meant this universal, exp,u,lyS rrotcr-
| tion to everything Ia the country by im-
| posing tariff upon everything, without
regard to expnriation, Without regard To
| Importation. Without rcgNri 10 the neccss-
| lies OF tao government, would not have
touched that platform any more nan l
would touch n rattlcsnalse when there was
no whisky within 100 miles, hut, AIR.
President, when 1t comes TO that, What
would my friend from Georgia think OF tho
platform OF the democratic parry. not neh-
| ulous and indistinct and liable to iniscon-
struction hui SO emphatic aud 40 plain
that the wayfnring. though q fool. need not
! err therein? In 1883 we nialr a platform
unanimously, before the Democratic party
| was divided as II Is now in regard 10 this
| question Of tariff and finance, and The very
[ first clause OF that PLATFORM declared for
| the Mills bill and for free lumbor That
platform declared that the Mills bill mist
be cnatted speedily, and that its PRINCIPLES
| were correct VIVA. were they Free raw
InSterials. free lumber free aalt and freq
wool and vet we are told now by This
modern democracy TINT the democroin
1
hut must tax everything IN the whole
country" tsce page 1859. con. Record.
tSpl. S0l
| Again, whom Mr. Allison had proposed an
amendment To add 10 per cent duty addi-
| tional TO the rates fixed IN the bill on all
manufactured cotton goods finer than No.
| 10 single. Mr.. Neat baked him II be would
have offered that amendment had not a
duty OF 20 per cent heor placed on cotton.
| TO which Mr.. Allihon responded ~ the neg-
ativc. Mr.. Vest them said This Is tho
| whole of TIA compensatory duty Tor tho
duty on raw material, which ALWAYS follows
| rs a matter of course,
| Senator Jones. the chairman OF Tie Ma.
tional democratic committee. followed Ia
| the same line OF argument showing that
whether necessary or not compensatory
| duty would BIO added TO the finiahed prod
4 uet aud afford an excuse for ~: that ~ VIA
inst to the LIKING OF the republican party,
They were anxious TO add this duty h.s
cause 1t furnished an excuse for II duty On
Ecorn and wheat
4 Tho votefo tho amendment showed that
all the democratic senator's except the hyr
| mentioned agreed with Senators Jones and
/ Vest Not only as suggested by Senatar
| Vest was the declaration of tho marty on.
posed to such a niJdo OF Increasing the
burdens OF taxation upon The poor people,
| but IN tho convention at Chicago In 1909
the platform committee brought In IL resu-
| luton In favor Of u tariff for revenue With
a declaration IN favor of Incidental pros
| tortion One member OF the committees.
whose name have now forgot an, but he
was tho delegate from Ohio on the plat
| form committee who was aftcrward the
| democratic nominee for governor Of that
/ State. brought in 4 minority report, co.
| clnring str1ight for a tariff for reycuur'
| only leaving on the expression which
favored inniicnts1 protection. which report
nj
| ing vote tho entire roSaa delegation VAT
ling for II. Thus again TIE dpmocrhtie COM
ycntlon refused 10 declare In favor or pro-
tentiun. or 10 admit even that n revnano
duty WIS incidentally protective.
Tho governor however. while declaring
himself in favor of FREQ trade IA far as IL
is practicable. !, and in beautiful expression
alieps himself along by the side Of ths
leaders OF the party and In accord with
It's cherished history. goes on further. how
ever. TO say That the platform az Aastin.
| which was right In the teeth Of the Ilat.
forms OF 1884. 1883 and 1882. as wolf as thar
OF 1885, as construed by all the Democratic
| senators except the FIVE heretofore named,
| more eleariy or explicitly EXPRESSES his 10
sition. In other words, his position neenis
J 10 be explained In IA Illustration some
thing like this: A. passing the cornerib Of
! II, sees 9 stealing the corn from b's crib.
A, observing the state OF ailairs, con
! cludes that II BIS corn is 10 BIO stolen h;
XVIII himself Steal some OF IL ignoring tho
Fact that is himself doing wrong in
stealing corn from Is. In the above Illus
| tration represents tho democratic party,
as the governor wonld hayo IL. q the re-
| publican or protective party, and y The
! great mass OF struggling poor people nf
| this country who In The main are sun
| porting this tremendous governmental fiib-
| rlc. Senator Tillmnn urged tho same sag
| gestlous as those expressed by The gov
ernor 10 Senator Chiffon willis tho senate
| was debating the subject OF iaxiDg fnw
| materials But Senator Chiffon replied that
| There IA no way In which yon rsp benefit
| tho farmer by protection Their wheat apd
| cotton hoing export cropa. and being raiffd
more largely than the demand In his counT
liry. they arc beyond any help from pro-
! lection. and The oDiy way to beDefit the
| farmer Is to strike down protection All
| along the line" This expression TO my
mind. haA tho ring OF true democracy J.
| take ~ thHt when the governor gets - The
| senate and this great and pyer~prcHsiiig
! question or tariff taxation comes UP Tor
| consideration, fl,ix question as to whether
raw material shall be tsxes for the benefit
| OF few farmers against the many thou
sands md millions % ccns,irncrss Texas
| would have no vote NJ all Whyy Bfcause
Senator chiit0ns would VOC with the DEM
ocrais Of the - school and faith whlis
| the goyernnr ssactt,ated by the aggressive
spirit Of c16X would vote with Senator's
! Bacon and Tiilmdn, and thus ono vote
! would cancel the other. And II the senate
| should be ci0se. Us II most frequently y,
| The party would be In dire extremity for q
| fun democratic yotc from Texas
Nov, the Austin platform. as Il % called.
was but merely recommendation 70 thu
| National convention. and war rejected py
that convention. rs shown by the constitute
tlon placed upon u t'y all tbs Democratic
senators except the iys named Among
the many reasons why duty on raw ma
terIal is undemncraac u because y but
adds TO the number Of protActionisss who
are cIainorous for high taxes IN their own
Interest and 10 the burden Of the Masses.
The owners Of protected raw material unite
i with the owners Of protected manufactures
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