The daily sentinel., 1908-08-25

the course of legislation during the
past few years that there is power
within the Republican party determ-
ined that the people shall not rule.
That power has manifested itself
! whenever effort has been made to
check the destructive work of un-
lawful combination. reduce the op-
/ pressve tariff tax, or enact any leg
tion or tightening of the burdens
resting upon the peopIe.
| "That dominant power which now
guides and directs the Republican
party, has on many occasions defied
| the president in cases where he has,
ON the demand of the masses, made
sporadic efforts i'm their behalf. In
some instances he has persuaded this
handful of leaders to compromise on
their own terms, with the eighty mill
lions of people whom he assumed to
represent, but in most cases he has
been absolutely powerless.
| That dominant leadership elects
the speaker of the house, names the
committees of the senate, and is in
fun charge of the ingenious machin-
cry provided for the protection of in
trenched monopoly against the de-
mands of the people.
1T dictated the platform adopted
by that party in its national conven-
Roosevelt for three and half years,
and killing or Gripping nearly all his
proposed reform Legislation and haV-
ing received his unstinted denuncia-
| tion therefore, proceeded with the
finest irony to endorse his admins
tration, after which it dictated COM
mittee to take charge of the cam
paign, and is now in full command of
the party organization.
"A InnL hi is
circulating two kinds of campaign
Iiterature-one being designed for
the East and the other for the West
the first being placed in the hands
of trust magnates, tariff bcneficiar-
les, stock gamblers, and others who
are supposed to be enemies of the
president, declaring that Mr.. Taft is
| sane and safe, free from the faults
of Roosevelt, while the second goes
TO the business men, the farmers and
laborers who are presumed to be adj
lnirers of the president, and declare
that Taft is Roosevelt's double and
may be safely counted on to insist
upon his policies and see that they
are carried out.
This leadership of the Republican
j party, responsible for all the political
ills from which the country now suf-
fers. is satisfied with the party's
nominees, giving them active and
: substantial support all the while
, shouting the praises of Roosevelt in
the West and South and damning
! him and his policies to the privileged
, interests out of which they are fry
ing the fat with which they hope to
carry the election.
The question of tariff taxation
is one of vital interest. am in
hearty accord with our platform dec
larations on that subject.
Mr. Kern referred to the laudation
of the Dingley bill made by the Re
publican candidate for vice presi-
1 dent. In this connection, he said:
''Fhe hundreds of thousands of
American workingmen who are now
vainly seeking employment, We're
doubtless delighted when they read
about that industrial prosperity
which surpassed our most rose
ate expectations In thousands OF
American homes, families will gather
about dinner tables which for many
months have not been encumbered
with IA beefsteak and indulge in
'rOseate expectations of their own.
american manufacturers, whose
factories are idle by reason of re-
stricted market, and those whose
business has been crippled by reason
of IA high tariff tax OF raw materials,
will read this speech with peculiar
satisfaction. If by reason of the high
tariff tax provided for in the Dingley
bill, factories were opened, and labor
given employment Mt remunerativc
wages, and our 'roseate expectations
realized, why should we now, when
factories are closed and an army OF
men unemployed, seek to revise the
beneficient measure ut all?
IF the wages of labor depend upon
"A high tariff. why should any man
/ favor reduction of that tariff, after
eleven years of surprising prosperity
brought about by the Dingley bill,
business conditions and labors af-
fairs, why not excite some more rose
ate expectations by raising the tariff
rate, to the end that there may be a
much needed revival of business and
that labor may again find employ
ment?
THE voters of America are not
likely to be deceived as to the tariff
question by the stock arguments OF
the opposition.
The speaker declared that the av-
erage voter understands that the tar
iff is a tax to be paid by the consumer
of the article taxed. Mr.. Kern says
that the voter also is learning to
know that the taxing power is being
used in such ways that few fevored
ones may enrich themselves by levy
ing tribute upon the masses. He de-
clares that every legitimate business
interest in the country is demanding
tariff reform. He proves that under
the present system the cost of living
has so increased as to absorb the |
earnings of the laborer, even after
most rigid economy and self-denial
on his part and that of his family |
He calls attention to the hundreds of
thousands of American laborers who