The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-08
Hearst,s Type of Campaign.


meeting. Red fire, rockets and music |
are we'll calculated to attract a mot
ley throng. The claquers are scatter
ed through the crowd and play their
parts admirably. starting the cheers
whenever Hearst's name is mentioned
or whenever reference is made to his
labors in behalf of the people, and
leading in jeers whenever the orators
speak of Hearst's enemies.
None of the speakers employ argu-
ment. 1t is either fulsome praise of
the candidate or invectiye against his
detractors. Demagoguery here finds its
most complete exploitation. "Ah, SON.
n.y. says one of the Hearst orators
pointing his finger TO a waif OF the
street. you can't vote, but when Mr..
Hearst is Governor you will have the
same rights as the millionaire's son Oh
Fifth avenue" Then the band plays
and the crowd breaks into tumultuous
applause while the speaker. having
reached his climax. retires to make
way for another.
In due course OF time Hearst PUSHES
ND in his automobile. He springs out
lightly. takes off his hat as the men
begin to cheer him, responds to their
welcome and then mounts the platform.
He doesn't say much, sometimes not
over a dozen words, but he is sure to
launch an epigram that hits the spot
Like those who preceded him, he does
not pretend to make an argument. but
seeks to impress on his auditors that
there are two classes In the world-the
wolfish trust barons and the common
people-and he stands as did David of
old before Goliath, to give battle for
the common people.
Hearstism is menace to the coun-
try. Where will 1t end? Is the ques-
ton. How long will people chase the
shadow and imagine they are pursuing
the substance-Toledo Blade.
Canada,s Free-Trade Farmers.
The farmers of Canada have yet tG
learn the rudimentary facts relating
to the policy Of protection TO domestic
labor and industry. In recent session
at Toronto, the Farmers Association
of Ontario discussed the revision Of the
Canadian tariff that Is to be made next
winter. The discussion resulted In the
unanimous adoption Of resolution,
declaring professionalism to be prolific
source of political corruption and mora.
degradation Of the national life, as well
as unjust to the great masses of the
Canadian people," and demanding that
1.-The tariff should be revised in a low
cred or downward direction with a
view to eliminating wholly the protec-
ton principle"
sClear-cut, plucky talk" the Buffalo
Courier" calls this. That Is what 1t
would be called by Mr.. Bryan, who as
tremendously oppressed with a sense OF
the immortality Of protection. Foolish
talk we should call ii. The American
farmer sees nothing immoral in getting
big prices for the foodstuffs and raw
materials which he sells to nearby
wage-earners and busy factories. The
Canadian farmer, blind to these adj
vantages. and forced to sell his prod
ucts three thousand miles away. would
abolish protection and stamp out Can
adian industry. Some day he will
learn his mistake. He will discover
that his best customers are home wage
earners and home feeders, who con
sumo of farm products fully double the
amount per capita that foreign wage
earners are able to take and pay for.
Hut Half True.
) Zone Of the worst features Of a tar
: iii levied not for revenue, but for the
: avowed purpose of protection, is that
it fosters the idea that men should use
! their votes to advance their own finan
D cial interests" That was declara
i. ton made by Mr.. Bryan in his recent
e Madison Square speech. 1t is but hall
tx,,a Drofoctfou faStQrS tho idaa fba1