Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-09-18

election of Senators by the direct vote o
the people.
After denouncing the despotic rules o
the House of Representatives, by means o
which "the great corporations have pre-
vented the rule Of the people," Mr.. Bryan
presented mastery and conclusive argu
ment in favor OF the Democratic position OF
the labor question, which aroused his audi
ence to the highest pitch Of enthusiasm. III
then took up the tariff question, saying, IL
part:
Governor Crothers has very properly EN-
phasized the importance of the tariff ques
J ton. l want to call your attention to thu
Republican platform on this subject. Have
you read that PLATFORM will give you thu
first sentence from memory and see how you
like it. 1t Is about like this:
1.-THE Republican party declares unequivo
cally In favor of revision OF the tariff at
special session Of Congress to be called i'm.
mediately after the Inauguration OF the next
I President"
Now that Is a promise, and there are two
words to which l invite attention-"un
equivocally" and Immediately" What Is
that word "unequivocally" put In there for
Why do they promise "unequivocally Is
il because in the past they have promised
"equivocally
Is 1t to separate this new promise from the
other ones that have been keptp Is that
what it means Why, my friends, the word
'unequivocally" when attached to promise
veakens the promise. tdoes not strengthen
L. II casts suspicion on the man who uses 1t.
Let me illustrate. You go to the bank
and arrange for loan. You agree with the
| aaah;ar ho npnnnnt thu tntaraak and the
security, and then when the cashier presents
the note for you to sign 1t will read like this
1--WE, either Of us, for value received promise
to pay" Now you take your pen and write
| In the word "unequivocally" before that
promise and you will have to get another
indorser.
That word "unequivocally" is a comics.
sion that they are under suspicion, and 1t is
like child saying, Upon my honor, CROSS
my heart, sure enough will.
Now, what about the word Immediate
lyt" What Is 1t doing In thereP Why, they
have had 10 years In which to do this. Why
then are they now In such hurryr
That word Immediately" 10 recognition
of the fact that the patience OF the people
has been strained to the point Of breaking,
and they know 1t, and they say that If the
people will just let them In once more they
will Immediately do what they ought to have
done long ago.
My friends, l have given you what seems
TO me the most reasonable construction.
Yet recognize that In constituting language
you must always try different constructions
to see which one fits the best. There is an
other construction that | sometimes have
thought OF and that Is this: That they put
those two words In that sentence In order to
make you laugh 80 heartily you would not
notice that the word reduction" did notap'
pear at all.
1t 10 an unequivocal promise to have
O session Immediately TO revise the tariff.
What does revision meanp Why, it may
mean to raise 1t and 1t may mean to lower It.
Mr.. TAFT In his notification speech states
that some OF the schedules are too high and
that others are too low, and the most DELI
mite promise that he has yet made is that he
Ia In favor Of lowering the schedules that
are too high and of raising the schedules
that are too low.
But there is nothing there to indicate
| whether the new tariff will average higher
or lower than the old one-not one word
about reduction In that platform-and they
give you the rule by which to guage the
| tariff, and that rule would contemplate, II
you can Judge the future by the past, a
higher tariff than the present one; for when
| the theory that 1t ought TO be just equal to
the difference In the cost OF production here
and abroad. But the new platform adds
another provision-plus reasonable profit
to American industry.
MY friends, II the old tariff was honestly
drawn according TO the plan and the new
tariff Is drawn In the same manner accord
log TO the new plan, II will be higher than
the old one when they get through. And
remind you that although the Republican
party does not guarantee work to the labor
ing man, IL does not guarantee wages TO those
who toll, II does not guarantee income to the
farmer or reasonable profits TO the merchant
there Is q guarantee OF reasonable profit tc
those industries that are taken out
10 that platform they intimate that the
tariff Is drawn Ia the interest OF the laborer
and would like TO put them TO this test
Let them publish their contributions and
limit before the election, and let US Judge by
the contribution who IL Is that regards the
tariff as a blessing.
WIN they get their contributions from
labor or from the farmer or from the mer
chantH No. They will get their contribu-
tions from the benedclaries OF the tariff, who
will buy the right TO take the money out OF
your pocket.
On the subject OF pancs Mr.. Bryan said
What about last falls panica Who was
President then Mr.. Roosevelt was, aud he
is Republican. Now, my friends, the
Republicans had been In power Tor 10 years
last fall They had o chance to do every
thing they wanted TO do. They had a
chancs 10 repeal every law they wanted TO
repeal and they had q tariff law so high that
they promised unequivocally to revise II
Immediately. What assurance, therefore,
have you that they can guarantee prosperity
next year If they could not do II last year 7
Why, my friends, If Mr.. Roosevelt could
not keep off panic, how can his appointee
hope TO keep 1t Off Mr.. Roosevelt indorsee
Mr.. Taft, but what 10 the advantage Of hav.
ing an Endorsement by man who had q
panic himself.
Alter discussing the trust question, the
guarantee Of bank deposits and other issuel
of the campaign, Mr.. Bryan concluded as
follows:
There is a divine law. When God gave
ma the earth with It's fruitful soil, the sun
Anime with It's warmth and the rains with
their moisture, His voice proclaimed as
clearly as If II had issued from the clouds
| Go 10 work, and in proportion 10 your In.
| dustry and your intelligence so shall be
vour reward. That Ia Gods plan, that as
| man gives In Bervlce TO his fellows he shall
draw q reward from society.
The Republican leaders have overturned
this law OF the Almighty, and we want TO
restore II 10 Government and 10 society, and
| II am elected President pledge TO the
people that for four years shall dedicate
what ability have TO the end that this shall
become peoples Government, and that, as
far as government can, 1t will protect every
citizen in the eniovmeut of the proceeds OF
bis toll and reward him according to his