Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-10-23
revenue laws"

revenue laws"
Let us admit for the sake of argu-
enue laws. What has it cost the peo-
pie to have such a revenue law enact
ed? They spent ninety days enacting
revenue law which turned out to be
unconstitutional. presume they
would tell you that it was Republi-
can judge who declared that law un-
constitutional Suppose that it was a
Republican judge that declared it un-
constitutional If it was unconstitu-
you who declared it to be so? What
ever the source of declaration maybe,
do you want law of that kind to go
on, and lead you into all manner of
complicated litigation, or do you want
il closed up and determined once for
all whether it was good Legislation.
do not know what the condition is
in La Plata county. but the way the
Democratic party has handled the af-
fairs shows lack of capacity The rail
roads are not paying their taxes, while
you, farmers and business men, are
paying your taxes. Now. what became
necessary after the Rpublican Judge
had declared the law unconstitution-
al? A federal judge. a man without
any connection whatever with the peo-
pie of Colorado, Judge Rhiner, declar-
ed the law unconstitutional. They
then called the Legislature in special
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three times, possibly four times. long
er than necessary, enacted a new reve-
nue. law. What price will you
have to pay for that piece of work
made necessary by the incapacity of
the Democratic party and the Demo
cratic members of the legislature? 1t
is estimated that $4,000 to 100000
was paid for it. How do you like this
party's management? / charge any
Democrat here whether he be lawyer
or editor, to point out where the new
revenue bill adds anything in favor
of the people to the old revenue law
in the matter of assessments and tax
eS.
But you say, what have our Demo
cratic friends done?" The record is
made by the Democratic News and
the Democratic Post | am assured
that Judge Stimson and his associates
have talked to you about what they
will do. The question is not what
they will do. but what they have done
What right have you to expect any
thing more after having tried them
for three terms. and they have showed
you worse and worse record each
term that you have intrusted them
with power? AS William Mckinley
said. you do not have to ask or guess
at what the Republican party enacted
in legislature and executed in admin
istration. You know that when Re-
publicans go into power 1t means they
will carry out in a systematic manner
what they have promised the people
to do. Our Democratic friends are en-
deavoring to avoid their state record
by pretending they have accomplished
many wonderful things. If they had
represented MS in the United States
government, of course. we would have
had no sugar, no irrigation, not much
of anything. 1t is strange, my Demo
cratic friends, that your leaders have
so suddenly taken kindly to the use
of water and sugar. No. my friends
they cannot afford to show their state
record. They have not done anything
that the Republican party has not
done before them. The eight hour
law was a part of the Republican
platform two years ago. How many
cfo ai an iob tn 10,
and how many OF them are Repub-
lican and how many Democratic?
Twenty-one states in this union have
enacted legislation in the interests of
labor. and of the twenty-one states,
sixteen were Republican and five were
Democratic. ask my labOring
friends to go to the state Legislatures
and see II the laws enacted have been
in favor of the laboring man. Thirty
one states have enacted laws provid-
ing labor bureaus. of which twenty
one are Republican nd ten are Dem
ocratic. OF the forty-five states in
our Union twenty-seven are Republi-
can and eighteen are Democratic. On
the subject of factories, union labor
laws have been enacted In twenty Re
publican states and three Democratic
states. trust that none of our Dem
ocratic editors who are here will think
that they are friends to labor. for
am going to give you some truths to
think about. to pray over, and see If
you cannot turn from the error of your
ways and come along with the great,
grand Republican party that has made
this country splendid, Sixteen Repub-
lican states and six Democratic states
have enacted laws forbidding child la
Dor in the mines. Eighteen Republi-
can and eight Democratic states have
passed laws against sweat shops, the
most infamous thing that labor has
to deal with. Ten Republican and two
Democratic states have enacted laws
forbidding the issuing of script. oblig-
ing workmen to buy their goods at
the companys shops at the company's
prices. Labor is the spinal column
of our country. and when labor Is well
paid the merchant is prosperous. the
farmer is prosperous and the stock
man is prosperous.
The railroads and every business is