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national committee and the leaders of
the party were putting the present
campaign upon basis that shall re-
suit in certain Democratic victory.
The Democrats have such an issue,
which, If brought forward and pressed
with vigor would awaken the. greatest
enthusiasm and cause a revolution in
the public sentiment, and thus bring
to. the support of the party tens Of
thousands Of Republicans. refer to
the tariff issue and the necessary re-;
suitant of the high protective tariff,
the trust issue. s..
1.-THE great victory of the Democratic
party in 1902 was won upon this issue.
Mckinley was elected in 1895 solely
upon the money issue. The tariff ques-
ton was not discussed, or If talked
about, only in perfunctory way. In
the first session of congress, immedi-
ately after the election of Mckinley,
the Dingley tariff bill was passed, the
highest protective tariff bill ever en-
acted in law in this country For eight
years we have been living under that
law. In 1900 the money question again
reelected Mr.. Mckinley and discus
sion of the tariff was neglected. This
issue is clear ent and clean between the
two partiessco KS
''The opportunity has been given to
the Democratic party to bring this issue
forward and make it the vital one OF
the campaign by President Roosevelt
in his letter of acceptance, who, at
great length, argued for and defended
high protective tariff,
Democrats Can Stand
I'm it's platform at st. Louis the
Democraties party denounced protec-
tionism as, a robbery OF the many to
enrich the few 1t said: We favor a
revision and asgradual reduction Of the
tariff by the friends of the masses and
for the common veal, and not by the
friends of Its, abuses, its extortions and
its discrimfnations.'
During the last eight years under
the Dingley tariff gigantic trusts and
combinations have been formed, the
sole purpose of which was to rob the
many for the benefit Of the few. Upon
this issue every Democrat, silver or
gold, can get together and enthusiasts
tically support the ticket, and they will
do so If allowed the opportunity. Upon
this issue thousands of Democrats, who
now think that they will support the
Republican party in this campaign,
would return to their old home, and
would find there the happiness and
comfort of which they have been de-
prived during the last eight years.
am certain that the tens of thousands
of Republicans, were this made the
supreme issue, would go quietly to the
polls and vote the Democratic ticket.
7stTTho iowa iaaQ' ia nnf dead In tho
West. 1t has been throttled and killed
in Iowa by leaders of the Republican
party, but thousands of Republicans
&believe in it today more strongly than
ever. 1t is no answer to say that to
present this issue now would be to dis
turb the business interests of the coun-
try. If this be true. then we must al
ways live under the Dingley tariff bill.
because discussion at any time would
disturb the business interests of the
country, If Republican leaders are to
be belieyed.Rtes
with this law in force the manu-
facturers. of the country during the
past year and a half have suffered,
and today hundreds of manufacturing
orders to keep them, at work. Hun
dreds of them are working on short
time because they have not sufficient
orders to give full employment to their
employees. The last year has demon
strated the bitter fallacy of the Repub-
lican theory that high tariff was
necessary to- protect the wages of the
laboring man. For six years prior to
1903 the wages of the laboring man
under the Dingley tariff bill advanced,
not becauseJofl that tariff, but because
a great dema1d set in for manufactured
articles of ALI kinds, necessarily caus-
ing great 1emand for. labor of all
kinds in factories, and under this de-
mand for labor wages advanced.
Wages Constantly Decreasing
During the last year, under this