The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-21

THE Democratic party must show
no half-heartedness in dealing with
this issue. The policy of protection is
a policy of robbery. 1t is a device to
enable one man to eat his bread in
the sweat of another's brow. It is
legislative jimmy with which burglari-
Gus monopolies break into the private
treasures of the American people.
The rigid rule that taxation shall be
only for revenue. is the only rule that
will protect the people from that abuse
of the taxing power which has been
the source of nearly all the misgov-
ernment that has cursed mankind. We
cannot reach that goal at bound, but |
that. nevertheless, must be the goal.
@There are other monopolies than
those that have their origin in the
protective tariff. One of the great
sources of monopoly and oppression is
found in the conditions that have gov
erned railroad transportation. Any
man who pauses to reflect that there
is practically no competition between
railroads, and that the price of every
article of common consumption is al
fected by the cost of railroad trans
portation, whether it is actually trans
norted or not, must realize the ne
cessity of effective Government con-
troll. There is not Government on
earth which can WELD taxing power
t for the public treasury; such as is
: welded by the great railroad COM
1 panies for private profit, when not
3 rigidly restrained and regulated by
, law. Mr.. Bryan believes with many
+ others. that the country must ulti-
f mately come to Government owner
e ship as the only solution of this great
l. question; prefer to think OF that
i. only as a last resort, after the dem
= onstrated failure of all other methods
a I hope that long before public sentl
n ment can be brought to approve GOV
o eminent ownership, it will have De
d come strong enough to compel thor
oughly effective Government reguia
c. lion and control.
n, aBut. we are told that the countr!
to has no further need of the Democratl
g. marty. since Republican Presiden
lie has blossomed out as the foe OF Iaonol
A oly. / would give the President a
s, the credit that is his due; but ! mus
of saw. that all the glory he has won
IS. measured by the faithfulness wit
or which he has followed the teaching
is. of William ]. Bryan, and compelled tn
it Republican party to fulfill the promise
1t. of the Democratic platform. Inc vel
III nlank which we put in our plat1orl
on for increasing the powers OF the Col
is, mission was urged upon the Repub
all can convention, which nominated M
his Roosevelt and it did not find there
to single champion or single friend.
on, no time during his whole adminlstr
net tiou. or during his campaign, dld Y
Ing president ever whisper one word
lis hehalf Of this policy. On the contral
of his campaign manager was greedl
in soliciting and receiving contribute
rial from every trust and law-breaking G
;ov- noration in the land. He dared =
ties trust the people to sustain him Ia
troll fair and open fight with the railro
the mower; and beg leave to say, that
man who cannot trust the people,
zen not 4 man whom the people can tru
tive But. however, that may BE- neiel
tenn Mr. Roosevelt nor any other man
ion. change the character OF the hepu
vely can party. You may whitewasn
ton Ethiopian and paint the Leopard,
ion. Won cannot make one a Caucasian
the the other a lamb. Those VINO DEN
tax that the Republican party has turl
his from its evil ways have larger Il
item than mine. I know that there wa
can thief who repented on the cross
his I know that he was on the cross "
gov he repented. The very moment
the Republican party Is relieved Oh
pressure Of Mr.. Roosevelt's per-
,,na atty. It will go back to its old
'ar;T and its old masters as naturally as
aers dog returneth to his vomit and the
tnov that was washed to her wallowinl
yised the mire.
the .sMy countrymen, the trusts o.
layer to be destroyed. but not by the hs
of their mother. Every man w
,,,res exterminate the she-woif's breed
oc;a,- who does not admire the mate
n Of courage and fidelity with wnicn
re- guards and defends them? Ana
: ~ does not loathe the hideous D
a., ~ which devours her own offspr
,ntor. Assuming that we could trust the
= in publican party to exterminate
! and trusts, we ought yet 70 cohnue
eople. duty to the Democratic party anu
fdnI