The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-04
THE TARIFF DISCUSSED
Farmers Too Pusy Paying it to Pro-
tect Their Interests.
JEFFERSON ABANDONED FOR HAMILTON
This Has Been Done by Republicans Because
Hamilton Taught That the AristccracY
Should Rule. The Porto Rcan Bill
Measure Of DespotiSm.
(By the Associated Press.)

Waukesha, Wis, Oct 3.-hr. Bryan tC-
and travelled by easy stages from Poi
tage City to this place, speaking only
at Portage, Columbus, Watertown, Ocon-
omowoc and Waukesha. He said tonight
he would give the eighth and ninth of
this month to Illinois, the tenth and elev-
enth to Michigan and the velftn, thir-
teenth and fifteenth to Ohio. He will go
direct from Cleveland to New York.
At Portage Mr.. Bryan took up the ques-
tion of taxation. He said
Unjust taxation simply transfers mon
ey from one mans pocket to another's and
is larceny perpetrated by law, and do you
know, my friends, as I have, studied gov
ernment and the policies OF government
/ have made up my mind that the steal
ing done by those in the penitentiary is
not so great as the stealing that is done
by unjust law You may think that is a
strong statement but just remember that
the number of men in the ponitentiary
is small compared with the population"
Then Mr.. Bryan branched oTt into q
general discussion of national taxes TAX
ing up the question of the tariff. lie spoke
of the tax on binding twine. White the
increase amounted, he said, 10 Grly half
a cent an acre, the aggregate benefit to
the manufacturers was not less than
$700, GEO. He said that while the binding
twine men were on hand to look after the
tariff in this case there were no farmers
in Washington to protect themselves.
They had enough to do at hOme,' some
one interjected, to which Mr.. Bryan re-
sponded Eyes, they were busy making
enough to pay the tax"
At Watertown, Mr.. Bryan said that at
the beginning of its history the Republi
can party had confessed to be followers
of Jefferson. Now Jefferson's name was
never mentioned, but Alexander Hamilton
had become their great exemplar. Ham
PiIton had taught that society was divided
into two classes, the well born and the
Iowly born, and that the we'll born were
entitled to govern the lowly born. 1t was
unnecessary, Mr.. Bryan said, to state
that Mr.. Hamilton considered himself well
born. Men who taught that doctrine
always classed themselves with what they
considered the better class. The DOM
mating thought of the Republican party
Of the present day, and therefore JEFF
ferSon's doctrine of the equality of men,
was no longer promulgated by the mem
bers of that party. He appealed to Re-
publicans to make their party affiliations
correspond with their convictions. He
spoke of the difficulty Of securing the hon
est administration of affairs SO far off as
the Philippines, and said: "If you notice
what this Administration has done in
Havana you can get some idea of what
to expect if they go to the Philippine
Islands benevolently assimilating the
revenues for the natives
He declared again that the Porto Rican
legislation was the best indication of what
could be expected in the Philippines, and
declared: "If you approve of the Porto
Rican bill you will approve a theory that
is as dangerous and damnable as any
despot in the world ever promulgated"
HE GOES TO INDIANAPOLIS.
Mr. Bryan was accorded a brilliant re-
ception here tonight. His train was met
by an immense concourse of people, in
cluding a big flambeaux club. At the
Casino theatre he spoke to an immense
audience. He took up the trust question,
saying:
'If you are willing to apply remedy
to the trusts now you will get relief, but
if you do not apply it soon you will need
relief before you get it. The remedy is
to vote the Democratic ticket"
Mr.. Bryan late tonight left for Chicago
en- route to Indianapolis, where he goes
to attend the meeting of the national
clubs representatives tomorrow.