The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-20


equal struggle. expressed on the part
of this-the greatest republic of the
world-whose influence should always
be exerted on the side Of free institu-
| tions.
Monroe Doctrine Enforced.
I'm contrast with that supine atti-
tude of the Roosevelt administration
we should not forget the vigorous and
patriotic action of that Democratic
I president who honors this club with his
/ presence here tonight, who. when that
same mighty empire Of Great Britain
in 1895 attempted to crush the republic
OF Venezuela, promptly sent that IA
nous message to congress which cleo
/ trified the country, wherein he insisted
that Great Britain must not be per-
mitted under the pretense Of a boundary
dispute, to seize Venezuela without
first submitting the alleged difference
| 70 arbitration, or else this government
would interpose its strong arm for the
protection of that republic. And Great
| Britain finally concluded to arbitrate
the dispute and Venezuela was saved
from destruction
The ex-senator then took up the sub
Ject Of Cuba, dealing first with the adj
miDistratiOn of General Wood, whom he
! bitterly arraigned. The use Of money
for partisan and lobbying purposes in
aid Of the administrative measures
pending before congress- he declared,
served to emphasize the irresponsible
and dangerous character Of arbitrary
military rule anywhere, whether tempo
rary or permanent
The subject" he went on, demands
the investigation of congress and the
prompt punishment of the offending
Official if he can be reached through
criminal or military law.
Woods Breach Of Duty.
THE history Of the country does not
furnish g more fragrant breach Of Of
/ fetal duty, as we'll as official pro-
/ priety. than that presented by the mis-
conduct Of Wood. Yet he had neither
been arrested nor rebuked, nor CEN
sured, nor called to account by the
administration. but public attention to
the scandal was sought to be diverted
/ by the sudden interposition of a spe-
! ciaI message to congress imperiously
/ demanding the passage Of a miserable
compromise 20 per cent measure of
/ Justice to Cuba.
Discussing the Cuban tariff Ques-
ton. Mr. Hill said the present con-
trOyersy in Cuba over that subject
/ served to illustrate the hypocrisy as
well as the unsoundness of the whole
Republican position on the subject Of
tariffs"
Proceeding on this topic. he said:
THE whole system of governmental
favoritism whereby the constitutional
power to tax for the purpose of giving
revenue for the needs of the federal
treasury is improperly used to build
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OF another's. by discriminating in favor
Of one industry as against another--is
a vicious system which has long af-
dicted the country, and which has
grown more and more intOlerable with
years and against which the Democ-
racy has ever protested.
1T is utterly indefensible upon any
just and proper principle of govern
ment. There is no justification for the
/ exercise of power of legislation to
make milliOnaiTes of one class of peO-
pie and paupers of another
Scores Dingley Tariff.
"The country is just now aroused to
/ the injustice and enormity Of the Ding
| ley tariff (which it should not be forgot
! ten was passed by a Republican con-
gress and approved by a Republican
] presidenO. especially in its application
to the sister republic Of Cuba. and pub
! lie sentiment is apparently demanding
that the whole wrong should be righted,
| but instead of that being proposed to
be done. the subject is being juggled
I with in the senate. and a tub is pro-
] posed to be thrown TO the whale IN
/ the shape Of an unsatisfactory COM
I promise with injustice, whereby four
l ffths of the official robbery shall be
/ permitted to remain-not in the inter-
/ est of the country. but solely in the
| interest of the preservation Of Re
/ publican harmony.
( 1T is not believed that II is the prov
/ ince Of the Democrats in congress to
/ assist in the consumption of any such
I inadequate and questionable scheme.
Let the injustice be wholly or sub
stantiaIy righted. not by piece-meal
/ legislation, but by a complete and
] comprehensive measure based upon
sound Democratic principles and along
/ right lines
Should Aid Cuba
! "A reciprocity measure is a mis-
/ homer which does not contemplate at
i least 50 per cent reduction of the ex-
/ listing tariff burdens. When the people
/ of Cuba are asking for bread we should
/ not offer them a stone.
/ If the policy of protection is to
/ continue in whole or in part to be
/ tolerated by the country it may be
/ well TO consider whether il were not
better that its evils should not be at
/ tempted TO be mitigated by piece-meal
/ or popgun legislation, but that our
| efforts should be reserved until the
/ country has become so Surfeited with
! its monstrous injustice that ii is pre-
pared to destroy the whole system Of
/ protection and TO return TO a cOnsti-
/ tutional and just system of taxation
/ for purposes of revenue only
Neither are we insensible TO the APP
peals OF Cuba for relief from the tariff
/ exactions imposed by the Republican
party We were the friends of Cuha
when she was suffering from Spanish
/ oppression and when Republican adj
/ ministratiOn was reluctant to interfere
/ I'm its behalf.
I'VE are the true friends of cuba to-
day. and we are prepared to mete out
to her not merely a paltry 20 per cent.
1 but the full measure Of justice to which
( she is entitled. and which the present
/ national administration refuses to con-
cede 60 her"
Tariff Caused Strikes.
Dir. Hill asserted that the logic OF
events had demonstrated the soundness
[ Of many Democratic contentious of re-
cent years He recalled that portion OF
the Kansas city platform which con-
demned the Dingley Law as a trust
breeding. measure. and said that this
measure had not only succeeded in ere
ating more trusts than ever before in
the history of the country. but it has
also succeeded in sitting competition
to a greater extent than was evel
known. He declared further that il
had succeeded in unnecessarily raising
! the cost Of living and had caused NOR,