Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-09
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o"eue on DOarn wanted ms uncle to
join him and he shouted, "Yumr. un-
Gle yunp; Yump. II you can't make /,
in one yump. you can make it in two
Yump" And the uncle jumped, and
they fis,led him out of the water with
boat hook.
My fellow citizens, any man, who, In
the face, of the last twelve years of
American progress and prosperity So
licits my vote for Bryan, asks me to
leave the solid rock of absolute Ger
tainty and to take my chances on be-
ing fiShed out of the water with a
boat hook.
But we are told that this campaign
IS broad one, broader than any of the
particular issues of which it is consti-
tuted; so broad that it has for its ulti-
mate purpose, THE rule of the people,
My fellow citizens, there is the ring of
the demagOgue in that; The rule of
the people" What people? The rule Of
the people in the South where in most
states, under Democratic rule 50 per
cent. of :he whites and so per cent of
the blacks are disfranchised. Is that
the rule of the people?
/ am reminded of the colored boy
the Civil War shouting, Hot pies: hot
pies" a soldier boy bought one, dis
covered that it was frozen, then turn
ing to the vendor of pies he said. See
here, you black rascal, you said this
was hot pie" ''Lor' bless you," re-
piled TIE colored boy, "'dat is only de
name oh it." And so. THE rule of the
people" so-called. under Democratic
control is only the name of it. 1.-THE
people" is very ambiguous phrase
and so far as l have knowledge The
rule OF the people becomes crystalized
in law. and law is administrated by The
representatives of the people. This
is representative government and
therefore the people must rule
through their representatives. and
just now they rule through the Rcpub-
liCan party. If the Republican party is
not the party of the people. what does
it represent? 1t was born as ting cham
pion of the people. and 1t has steadily
advanced through it's adherence to that
principle. In 1904 it was continued i'm
power by an unprecedented popular and
electoral vote and today under the
leadership of President Roosevelt the
interests of the people are being guard
ed and protected and the Republican
party, as when Abraham Lincoln ut
tered the immortal truth stands for. "A
government of the people. for the peo-
pie and by the people" We are gently
Informed, however, at this point that
Thomas jefferson was the father of
this peoples" idea; that, in fact. he
wrote for his political maxim. Equal
rights for all. and special privileges for
none" Whether that epigram can be
verified or not, it is founded in justice
and represents the attitude of the Re
publican party today. Our opponents
use it, however, as an expression from
jefferson against the policy of Repub
iican protection, for they insist that all
tariff laws except for revenue only, arc
in the nature of "class legislation" My
friends. have you ever studied the his
tory of tariff legislation in this coun-
try? If SO, you have discovered that the
chb and flow of American prosperity
has been largely determined by the at
titEde Of the country towards its tariffs.
Rightly to solve this problem, then.
it is important that we should familiar
IL" ourselves with the history of tariff
legislation. This is an educational cam
paign. and just as it was necessary for
the Republican party to become the
school master of the people in 1856. and
educate them out of the peril of the
free silver horeSy, so this same great
Republican teacher. renowned Tor in
telligence, patriotism and ability to IN
Struct all who are willing to be taught.
comes once more into the field to cdu
cate the people along the lines of po-
litical science, duties, tariffs, trusts.
courts and all the great questions
which are now appealing for adiudica-
ton
1t is necessary, therefore. for us to
think Some men have a superb facui
ty of speech. and are most deft anil agile
in substituting talk for thought In
deed Mr.. Bryan is second to none in
this re spect. His capacity for continu-
Gus speech reminds me of the unfortu-
nate man whose wife was i'm the habit
of talking him to sleep every night. and
most of her talk was made up of crit
icism, fau,t-fintling and grumbling; and
it was on one occasion when after en-
during her mercless volley for threee
hours. he fell asleep and when upon
awakening. three hours later. he again
heard tnct precious voice, tufnii'S oNei
he asked. Mary, are you talking yet
or again." l fear Mr.. Bryan is talking
yet.
Now. let us think about this tariff
que stion a little, and in order to help
our thinking. let us consult history.
Under the protective tariff leg
islaton of 1928 a period of un-
precedentcd prosperity came to the
country. In the Congressional mes
sage of President Jackson, submitted
in 1922. speaking of that prosperity he
said, "Our country presents on all sides
marked prosperity and happiness I'M
equallcd in any other portion Of the
world"
The people, however, were not Wiling
t. let good enough alone: and in 1865
by special legislation the tariffs were
reduced Within five years from the
passage of this law public revenues had
dropped 81! per cent. and the Govern
ment was borrower of money; and
then there came to the country the
worst panic experienced in the history
of the country, viz the panic of 1881,
until the OF