The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-11
Spoke Before an Audience at Infan.
try Hall and His Theme Was a
COnQuering Nation.

want this nation TO be a conquerng
nation. and destroy every throne on earth
by showing the human race a government
resting on strong moral principles. We
have one advantage over nations OF the
past In that we have the modern inven-
tions OF telephone, telegraph ETC. We
nave gathered here the best blood OF al
the races of the old world. and we are as
a city set on hill, light that cannot
be hid. Then, We have, too. the best form
OF government on the face of the earth
Not that II is perfect. No, indeed. for ii
the administration Is Democratic, / can
prove to you by all OF the Republicans
that 1t is not perfect and II IL is Repub-
lic~~, no proof Ii necessary. But IL Is the
best form OF government that the world
has ever known. Now. All men are cre-
ated equal, and don't apologize for taxi
ing this from. the Declaration OF Inde-
pendence, for, although that document Is
somewhat under a cloud at present, yet
1t will come up bright by and by. Does
this mean that all men are equal In ply
sical strength? No. Does II mean that all
men are equally bright2 No Yet you
can't find man who will deny that all
men are created equal.
1T is a great advantage 10 have money
but should the government favor those
who have IL 10 the loss OF the less fortu-
nate? Jefferson gives us a maxim that
covers this question, He said: OF equal
rights to all and special strength to
none.
BURDEN OF TAXATION.
ITO apply this to the question OF taxa
ton. l think that there is a rule of dis
tributirS the burden OF taxation equally
among all. The nearest attempt that
We have TO justice In taxation is the local
tax assessed where man pays on his
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visible property often escapes.
with the growth of great corporations,
as rule these corporations don't pay
taxes on their franchises and other prop
erty In the same proportion as other peo-
pie do. In Ohio, for instance, Tom
Johnson says that II the railroad paid
the same proportion OF tax as assessed
against the common people there would
be S,OO000O more I'm the State treasury
yearly don't say that the condition
Is the same here, for never make a gen.
eral rule OF one that applies TO localities
Perhapss IL isn't so here, and even II IL
IL you must not expect the people os Ne
braska TO have any energy left for your
troubles after they have disposed of their
own So the poor man is taxed more In
proportion than the rich man. Someone
says that poor man travels from one
watering place TO another 90 find food
for his stomach while the rich man
travels from watering place 20 watering
place to find stomach for his food
This government Is unlimited when Il
deals with citizens, but Il cannot deal
with power. because we have made money
more precious than blood care not
what system OF money standard you like.
stability is the best standard OF money
value. The nearer the dollar approaches
10 stability the nearer II gets to honesty.
j would like 20 have a 'strickly honest
dollar, but " ! had tolerably honest
dollar should he satisfied until we could
set something better found some I'm
96 who thought that they could not spend
their money I'm England n they had free
coinage OF silver. People who never
went 30 Europe people who never eN-
pected to So % Europe. We don't hear
these arguments now. The very mon
who I'm ,6 said that We had plenty 0f
money and didn need any moro aro TO-
day Dragging IF the increase They
take credit for an increase that thcy had
no part In producing bat mako no pro-
vision for the future Less than half
OF the people OF the world use gold today:
what will happen when the other half
want it, The monov question Is not
deaa The branch bank system would
take away IN n ereat extent the good
that we have from the gold What will
happen when the supply Of gold ceases?
Every boy knows that he cannot keen
his top on end unless q Is spinning. with
tho decrease IN the supply the sold will
so into hiding ard must be brought for
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