The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-01-09
THE JACKSON DAY BANQUET
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then there will be trouble. 1t is good
idea to set before him good example.
II want this nation to be a conquer
! ing nation. I want to contrast the ideas
of those who believe as I do with the
! ideas of the imperialists. | want this
| nation to dominate not only the people
of the Orient who have something we
want but I also want this nation to
overcome the world by overcoming evil
with good. I know Of no service that
this nation can render to the world
greater than to show to the world the
highest type of government and of cit
izenship. 1 don't say that our govern
ment is perfect. If I did | would lose
what little reputation | now have. The
people can make the government as
good as they deserve to have. / have
wondered whether the people realize
the glories of American citizenship and
the responsibilities which that citizen
ship briggs.
II quote from the Declaration of In
dependence that all men are created
equal, and do not apologize for quoting
from that document although it is now
under a cloud. | never heard that prin-
ciple disputed until now. 1t does not
mean that men are of equal ability
equal in moral character or equal in the
worlds goods-and it is on this last in
depreciation that those who object to 1t
base their objection. They say you
want to take from the provident and
give to the improvident. 7 deny this
Jefferson or Jackson never construed
the principle in that way 1t means
equal rights to all and special privileges
to no one.
IF we are going to make the govern
ment favor some at the expense Of 9TH
ers it is wrong Are you going to say
you will favor the educated man? He
is already better off than the unedu-
Gated. Are you going to say you will
favor the man with money? He also
is already better off. Money has it's ad-
vantages. and if. you doubt 1t run for
president
Adam Smith says that every citizen
should contribute to the government In
proportion to the benefits which he re-
ceives from it, That principle is not
carried out. Taxes are collected in
proportion to the visible property, and
the man with visible property pays
taxes for those with invisible property.
In the growth of corpora lions is anoth-
err cause of Inequality Great corpora
tons don't pay in proportion with the
owners of little homes, Take. for in
stance the railroads. the street railway
lines. the waterworks. applause and
cheers). I hope I have not said any
thing out of order IF what / say APP
plies to your local conditions you may
know that you are in the same condi
ton as other people, AS a rule, the as
sessments of these corpora tions is not
on the same basis as the assessments of
those little homes A part Of the val
ues on which they refuse to pay taxes
is given by the city and taken from the
city by corruption on the part of city
officials (Applause).
"Ex- President HARRISON said at Chica-
go after he left the White house that if
the owners of great properties refused
TO pay their share of the taxes they
ought not to be surprised if the poor
people refused to give their lives to
protect property that escapes taxation
But | am ashamed to speak of local
taxa ton when things are so much
worse in national taxation 1t is time
that we were so modifying our system
of taxation as to make the burden of
government more equitable. 7 believe
in the income tax and expect to con-
tinue to fight for it,"
Mr. Bryan then went on to speak of
the money question. He said: people
who say that the money question is
l., = 4 ,.l, a.
believe it. I want dollar that makes
the nearest possible approach to hon
esty I don't say that | want to abso-
lutely honest, but tolerably honest. If
we get that it will be so much better
than what we have had that 7 will be
satisfied 1t is only a question of time
when the republican scheme of finance
will fall. Wall street can never build a
money scheme for Wall street that will
be advantageous to people outside of
Wall street"
Speaking of trusts he said: Don't !
let them tell you that there are good
trusts and bad trusts. Would you say
a monopoly was good if it's head was
good I believe that we must destroy !
The principle of private monopoly and |
that we can't destroy it by publicity !
alone Can y3u destroy horse stealing |
by making the horse thief file a sched- !
ule of the horses he has stolen and go |
on using the horses?'
He next spoke Of Imperialism, and re- |
ferring to the recent decision of the |
supreme court in the Downes case he |
said that that decision turned the ma 4
ton back to the point from which it |
started century and a quarter ago. |
He said, TT says that the president |
and congress can deal with colonies as
deals with them, that the pres |
ident and congress can deal with Porto
Rico as England deals with India The |
republican party didn't meet the issue !