Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16
cOWARDLY INCONSISTENCY
OF Party Leaders Exposed BY . Demo.
cratic Free Trade Paper-0orman
and Davis Placed 10 an
unenviabie Light.

Farker's election through the break
down OF the system OF protection. 10y ex!
planning that after all Il would be I'M.
possible to break down the system be-
cause the Republican Senate would
stand In the way.
The logic OF this Democratic reason
Ing Is somewhat Ike that OF the boy
who explained that by refusing To eat
pins he had saved his life-only that In
the Democratic cas-. the country would be
| saved not by the Democratic refusal to
do harm. but only by the Democratic
| Inability 10 do the harm Il was openly
trying to do. Judge Parker In his speech
OF acceptance said:
1T is A FACT AND SHOULD ne
FRANKLY CONCEDED THAT
| THOUGH OUR rARTY he Sue
CEsSfuL IN THE COMING con.
TEST WE CANNOT HOPE 70 Sc
CURE A MAJORITY IN THE SEN.
ATE DURING THE NEXT FOUR
YEARS. HENCE WE SHALL DE
| UNABLE TO SECURE ANY MODi-
FiCATiOS IN THE TARIFF SAVE
| THAT TO WHICH THE HEFUBLi-
CAN MAJORITY IN THE SENATE
MAY CONSENT"
| Mr.. Parker further thinks that this
fact Of Democratic Inability 10 modify
the tariff should serve To prcrcnt rr-
/ suEF~utr stssNsIs oE Wv
CERTAINTY AND INSTABILITY
THAT on NTHER OCCASIONS
MANiFESrED\rsELf."
| Dem ,cratie sr.s. wssken..
mcciin: in BrcokI lurking fcsr va.
workInsm-n. orG)cmocratic talk against
III, tariff. The tenor Of the remarks OF
the his Democrats who talked was to
the effect that free trade was beautiful
theory and the Democrats should he
pn; In power because they stood sponsor
FOR Il: and since. after all. they would
he unable when put In power To put that
theory Into practice. the country with
perfect safety could iniorsc the bsauti.
fal theory by putting It's sponsors Into
power.
The New York Evening Post. a mug.
wump free trade organ which Il activaly
supporting Parker. but nevertheless can
not resist the temptation TO expose cow
| arily Inconsistency when II secs Il. had
this to say abou, the brooklyn ra,ihca-
ton meeting:
Now that tho party ora'ors are face 10
face with the voters on the hnsiines. their
courage has weakened. Having. In their
| exalted moments. declared that protection.
as a principle. IL robbery and works incai.
,ss BARN to s, ss Ssoes s:r 'hss as..
sp' ned 90 at ,ss sse ,SS s9; .n we'd c %ssss ,Ss INF f.
.ais saSP1 ass, wsS the sns panasss sGss .an
for 4 sincere and persistent effort to re-
sS' rsdase ,has. dare The plain 20 .es, of
which !. mot TO extend or diversity Amer.
lean a., indas'5y:. How striking the contrast
with protection IL 1t extends and divcrsi.
admitted that prosseticn Is I good good thing
In certain cases. who Is going to n1 the
argument that protection Is an evil Der %
| Il apparently thrown overheard.
The Alarm Of Senator bailey.
"As much fault can be found with Sen.
courage S % mSsn, slsS SSa as he % aselafSss @ " do
| not hesitate n single moment to declare
a tax no, for the purpose Of raising rcrenas
to support the government. but for the pur.
pose OF compelling an American citizen to
| a downright robbery This has the true
| fright In the Senator'S mind Ills prophetic
soul secs the Republican orators using his
Inc '1 Sen no $50 Ss Ss sT srir. out a % the wage
sarncrs Of ;hIs is,o country who nIs . employed
Pse'seisd ,nanssr's ,ss mnn Gnh who ns, are sgs:
Democratic party fayors absolute free
,5ads not 70 be ,,s 1sraid .i,nIrH; TnE pULLEsT II
tests; Knows rEKFEcTLY we'll TliXr
WiEN THE plMocRArs ARE CALLED
EEherhE 70 ADM!slsTnn GHfsASSG PHIs aoY.
IT IMPOSSIBLE. MowEvER Much wR
MAY DESIRE TO DO so. TO REDUCE
THE AVERAGE DUTY BELOW A POINT
| THAT WILL BE HIGHER THAN THE
TECTfONISTS EVER CLAIMED WAS
| NECESSARY, AND HIGHER THAN ANY
| MODERATE PKOrECr!ONiST OF TO.
DAY BELIEVES ESSENTIAL for the pro-
| tprtipu n 10 inIusfrvs
such Good Lord. good Devil talk will
not help the Democratic party In the least.
| II protection, MS Democratic platforms
nature evil. 1t is n thing to be got rid Of
| as promptly rs possible. II the purty
| orators should frankly say that, no one
| would misunderstood them.'
Protection for Democratic Leaders.
Tho cowardly inconsistency which the
Evening Post thus exposes is character.
| istic of most OF tho Democratic lead.
ers. They are afraid Of their own medi-
cine. which they advertise to the coun.
try Us being such fine thing-cspccial-
ly WHEN NOT TAKEN.
| When the Wilson tariff bill wus
| framed prominent Democratic leaders
took the precaution to see to 1t that
industries in which they themselves hap
pened to be interested were not ad-
versely affected by the bill. no matter
how much harm might befall other in
dustries. For instance, Senator Cor
man took pains to keep the sugar trust
protected. The present Vice Presidential
candidate, Henry Gassnway Davis. took
pains to see that coal was kept off the
| free list, for his own immense fortune
was largely represented in the coal lands