The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-02
Especial Correspondence

washington, IL. u, NOV. las
have been introducing to the read.
ers OF these letters the men whose
names have been prominently
mentioned for the Democratic
presidential nomination next year
and as have had a good deal
To say about Lieut-Governor Chan.
Ter, Of New York. also mentioned
the fact that he did make q
speech at Atlanta, Ca, on the 25th
Of October, guess can do no
better than to let the people see
what manner of speech he Is cap
able Of making. especially as his
friends are asking the people to
regard him as presidential size.
The best way to. Judge man in
public life 10 by his public utter
ances and the best Judge Of those
utterances is the whole people
when they get the chance to read
and study them. read and en-
dorsed the speech made by Gov
erhor Chanler before 1t was
made. will give the readers OF
this letter extracts from the
speech and they may pass their
Judgment on 1t. 1t proves to me
that the man is big enough, as a
Democrat. for any old job within
the gift OF the people. II proves
that he is not pessimist nor a
calamity howler. but true Amerl-
can full OF warm, red blood and
who believes in the institutions Of
hie country, and the common sense
OF the people. He hits bull .
eye every time when he talks
about putting the big thieves in
itil and does not believe in fin
ing them, only to have the fines
pAid BY the people in Increased
pyices Of commodities, he Is sound
pRifhp question Of protection and
y dea6 fIeht when he advocates
the / placing Of the tariff question
beyond the pale Of partisan poll
tics and taking 1t out OF the way
Of soaring the people to death ev-
cry two years when the question
is to be exploited by partisan
committee of the Congress. But,
here are some of the things Mr..
Chanler said. Read and judge Tor
yourselves.
81 have not come to cry calam-
ity. chaos and corruption. Our
country was never greater than to-
day, our past history never more
appreciated, our present power
never better understood and our
future prosperity never more GER
tain. The evils that alarm us are
the evils that belong to and are
part of great and sudden devel-
opment The mere fact that we
are alarmed at their existence Is
evidence that our general condi-
tion is one OF health. Ours is not
the whining CT chronic invalid:
II iss the natural outcry OF the
stropg man who finds himself in
pain, dislikes 1t, and demands to
be made we'll again. II we have
a heartache. suicide Is not the
cure; and II no more than an
aching tooth, 1t is often better
to refill the tooth than to pull
it.u
"Tampering with our Constitu-
tiou has caused many existing evils
We have glanced at the history of
our Nation as a doctor glances at
that Of his patient and we find
the National pulse strong, with
constitution weakened for the mo-
fnent by sudden development, un-
digested Legislation and spurious
remedies recommended by quack
doctors. who enrich themselves at
the patients expense. We started
with clean bill of health. Equal
rlshts and no special privileges
Az we grew from sea-board colon
les into Nation, we needed rev.
enue. For revenue we adopted a
tariff. At first. the tariff acted
~ tonic; but, like all tonics,
larger and larger dcses became
Imperative. Rightly or wrongly
the tariff has become such
prop TO our commercial develop
rnept that suddenly to destroy it
by free trade would deprive the
whole Nation of stimulant. with
out which II might exist but could
not prosper. l believe tina: our
present protective system is dis
ease from which has sprung every
really great evil that threatens our
National life. A tariff. bounty
or 2 rebate Is special privilege
and is opposed to equal rights.
We began with the tariff We
found that railroads were necessary
and We gave to them bounties In
the form Of eminent domain. The
protested manufacturer and the
privileged railroad were necessary
TO {our development. without gov