The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-09

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90 3 'Whiled sepulcheF, beautiful with
cot, but within full Of dead men,
bones II the policy Of the present rul
ing power IN this nation il 70 con
tinue"
The bombastie Republican title Of
Grand Old Party" was rolled IN ridi
cule. Governor GilchTist charged thai
the Republican party had been grand
only IN its frauds, is false pretGnces
hypOcFicies, deeeits end Us thefts anc
purchases Of Offices and, as % lie age,
that it was not nearly half as "Old" al
Tammany Hall
Governor GllchFist then turned 20 the
tariff question, and pointed out the fal-
lacies and absurditieB Of the Republican
platform promises and assertions, ex.
pressing wonder that the Republicans
had not claimed credit for ell the natu.
raj advantages Of the country. He
showed that every financial panic on
crisis which this country has suffered
has started while the Republicans were
In power
when the high protective tariff was
FIRST established, he said, cit was e.
tabllshed for the benefit Of infant IN.
dustFies After fOrty-eight years, and
after they have become able 70 COM
pete successfully with the world, do
you still consider them infants Then
they said that the foreigner paid the
tariff. Do you suppose that the Amer
lean News paper Publishers Association
believed that, when thsy unanimously
Resolved that 70 10 the sense Of this
meeting that the duty on printing paper,
wood pulp and other material entering
into the manufacture Of printing paper
be Immediately repealed The Demo
cratic party very properly styled this
s. per ton not tax upon the foreigner,
but q tax upon the spread OF knOWL
edge Thanks 90 the protests Of the
press and the Democratic party, II Ia
now proposed 10 revise downward this
particular tax.
Then the Republicans claimed that
owing 10 increased protection In our
country that thereby competition would
reduce the prices at home. With the
Of the mammoth trusts
and cancellations, does any one now
believe that statement Now they
cannot fool the people on these points
They now say that the labOrer 10 the
principal beneficiary Does any one
believe that now 7 They tell Us ia their
platform that abuse Of wealth and the
tyranny Of power, and all the evils OF
privileges and favOritisms, have been
put 10 BcoFn by the simple manly viz
tues Of justice and fair play. You
would think the world was getting 30
good that Gabriel was about 70 blow his
last horn. As % the abuse Of wealth
and tyranny Of power growing out Of
its abuse, during the last campaign did
you not hear Of notices being BOsted In
the shops that they would run at half
mastif the Democratic party succeeded7
That they would throw the financial
and industrial interests Of the country
10 the four winds II q party succeeded
10 power which would pass laws 90 that
he evils Of privileges and favOFitisms'
would not assert themselves In securing
= per cent. or 100 per cent. more than
hey should receive In the annual dis.
Of the wealth Of the country 7
They practically threaten the country
With ruin u their privileges were cut
Town. It 10 the aame old tactics which |
we're used when Tammany was success |
.ul In fighting for the election Of An
rev Jackson.
elm their platform Of 1900 they re-
ieWed their faith In the policy Of pro- |
eetion 20 American labor In 1904 they
declared that under the bingley Tariff |
aboT was fully employed. The DIngley
arilt d now IN operation and was last
rear. Does any one Of this audience be. |
leve that labor was fully employed last
rear anu IN fully employed noWi In
9OS they stated that labor IL the prin.
.ipal Beneficiary Does any one be-
ieye that nowl Il has elsewhere been
Ihown from the report Of 1905 that
products In this country |
represent $l4, 600, 900, 900. OF which |
IA, 900. 900, 900 were used In this coun- |
ny. The average tariff duties are 43 |
yer cent, this would represent q benefit |
o the manufacturers OF about 5000
100, 900. The amount Of money collect |
Il by the government through tariff |
Iuties was 1888, go, 1875, According 20
his, for every one dollar Of taxes that |
vent into the treasury, about SIS Of |
axes was collected by the manufac.
urer.
'Is II possible that any one can fail
o understand the reason Of the consOl- /
dation Of the wealth OF the country In |
he hands Of the fewf OF the Sis, 600,
90, 900 Of value In this country, can one
Wonder that about 10 per cent OF Il Il
wned BY 200. 900 people; that the other
. per cent Of Il Il distributed among
he remainder Of the 90, O00, 900 Of peo-
lei Others have put Il that 10 per cent
{ our people own % per cent Of the
leslth q the country Can any one
gOndor that lt IL claimed that when the
ireetors Of the great steel trust meet