The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-28

in his speech on the tariff tonight, spoke
as follows: ..
In my notification speech stated stated thst dist
cuss the question Shall the People Rule
as it applies to the various issues involve?eq
in this Gsgh s the "11 most thf asng sting
of our economic questions and the one
upon which the leading parties have d46sr m6sr
oH co@e and so but questions
which affect taxation, like Tennysom
Brook, go on forever As the G9vern-
ment is not a Lady Bountiful, with .gal, un,
which must collect on the one hand what
it pays out on the other, the SUBJECT VI
I'VE may discuss how much we should
collect, what methods we should emploS
in collecting and. how best 10 @ ulstripua1' ua1
through appropriations. the money money from con,
iected. but we are never rar removed from
the subject of taxation. Iowa mas Deeh
selected for the presentation OF oansa wma1 f the
etrort en" to Secure tariff revision at the hands
Of the RepSgnlieana ana 6afegd 6eegd the
position on the tariff question. because 3eaa1
believe it will commend itself to them.
Catch Phrases Worn Out.
.It will be noticed that the Republican
nartv has abandoned the earlier arguments NJ 8
advanced in support OF hlgh gs,nsi tar.F' tbst mt
hear no Of the infant ant n t6ey
must be tenderiy ears ssIeo there ol is no
ton that the foreigner pays the tarln'
and and nothing about the home market
theV are worn out and cast aside. The Re.
nu6lican leaders are no longer arrogaant ad1
and insolent; they cannot longer e to Seem SEEM
to tar! sed EffGF Without really Yielding n,,ttorm
accurately describes ii the tbs Pbeated prom
i.e' made by the Republican leaders as
a tardy recognition Of the rignteousness gte snes
Of the RGs'tort narty On in it's plat
farms and through its representatives IN
Congress has for years pointed OUT ,imb .hI,
the tariff sc ed ssf snt the Repb
cans have until recently, refused TO TO aqn1' qinn
that there was any necessity for reduction; Oh;
snd snsS through huM their presidential candidate,
that the need for revision Is SO grea. as
to justify the party In deelartne rms r, ,rirP I'M
and the need is SO urgent that the .oS.iah WORK
is to be undertaken at special session
Of Congress immediatelyp yprdS,dopt IGi,oWlns 'ne
aiTRe use Of the word 'unequivocaily IN
dicates that those who wrote the platform
Tseogze that It thy this prPoms
adding as emphatic an adjective as eopla po
be found in the dictionary @ III nsoientiousfv I4rgr
fulfilled it might not have been necessary
to thus strengthen the promise mace
ately after the Inauguration is evidence
that the Republican leaders are conscious
that the patience Of the public mas 9een
strained to the point OF breaking, ana ~ II
which they now feel about doing a thing
which but for willful neglect, might have
been done at any time during the last III
years.
Fat-Frying Process Familiar.
Are we not justified in saying that
the people cannot safely intrust the exc
cutioIl Of this important work to party
which is so deeply obligated to the highly
protected interests as is the Republican
party', The atfryng process has asonIe Ge-
Pressure has been brought to bear upon
the protected interests every four years
and to less extent in the CongresslonaI
to compel contributions to the campaign
fund in return for former favors and In
anticipation of favors yet to come; tho cor
rupting influences introduced into the
political life Of the nation by this part
nership between the Government ana the
f9sh .tudio"sly @ y"tPGi cultivated at the idea that sui
frage should be employed to secure pecunhi,
Republican leaders has come to be more
and more a selfish one. Every man en-
gagged in protected fh ndastry has tbof 9eeh
is dollars in his pocket to maintain the
system. while those who could not possibly
trace any tangible benefits to themselves
that it was all a matter of public spirit
and that they ought to support the system
out Of patri9tie love OF country tho II ,srmnr aIten
was taxed for the benefit of the manufac,,
turer, the triple answer was that 1t would
not amount to much for each farmer any;
how, and that man was small. minded
who would begrudge SO insignificant a
"The plan has been to keep the taxpay-
ers quiet by keeping. them in the, dark
as to the operation Of the law, and then
the tn ~ taXeaters in ia favor f Of a eco Continuation of
high tariff legislation. If tariff of so
per cent. was imposed upon given article
engaged in the production of the article
would contribute literally to keep up the
tariff. 1t was also assumed that the en-
to keep from having their wages reduced.
and it was expected that the business men
of the town would also vote for the tariff
community by the protected industry.
Those who are acquainted with the
tariff fight know to what an extent me
recent Republican platform is bugle call
to enlist again under the Republican ban
Republican committee publishes the list
of contributors-too late to make the in
formation valuable-it will be found that
the Republican party has again 80 obligat-
ed itself to the protecres interests as to
be unable to make a revision in the in
terests Of the consumers.
Refused to Permit Revision.
with a President who. toward the close
of his term, admitted the necessity for
tariff revision, with two-thirds majority
in the Senate and nearly 60 majority in
the House. the Republican party has re-
fused to permit any revision whatever. Mr..
Williams, the leader Of the minority in
the House, introduced a bill providing for
wherever it is now more than 100 per
cent. 1t would look like the Republican
party might have taken this step toward
tariff revision had it been deeply in earn
from the committee. Whenever attention
was called to an indefensible schedule, the
answer was that they could not afford to
open the subject for debate Just before
objection. because the House rules are so
framed that the majority can cut off de-
bate. prevent amendment and silence op-
"The Administration mas claimed credit
fer the fine against the Standard Oil Com
pany In the case which was lately revers-
ed, but no effort has been made to relieve
upon them every day by the Standard Oil
Company through the operation Of the
tarif lay law which gives that company more W
tariff reformer, whether he be Republican
Democrat, repose in the Republican
leaders, when they deliberately put off all
reduction until after election, and then
ing that the public shall not know the
names of the contributors until after the
the polls are closed?