The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-12-05
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! returns show that ! had about three
votes to one for Mr. Taft in Texas.
That is pretty good ratio and l only
wish 1t had kept up throughout the
United States. ="
Mr.. Bryan then set forth his party S
position in the past three campaigns
along the same lines as his speech at
Brownsville, touching upon the
money question. Imperialism and the
trusts. In connection with the last
subject he said:
THE trusts are so strong that they
not only attempt to substitute the
press of the country, but coerce the
people by the threat of panic. I
believe one of the most potent infiu-
ences in this campaign was the threat
of panic, and if these great combin-
ations of capital have today such a
hold upo nthe country that they can
keep a panic in cold storage, and
threaten to bring it on whenever the
people declare their independence of
these great combinations, then it is
time that the Republicans as well as
! Democrats should exert every effort
to put stop to it. The Democratic
party insists that there shall be no
group of men who shall assume to
dole out bread to the rest of the
people, and. in doing it, demand the
surrender of their convictions upon
all subjects" Continuing he spoke of
the tariff:
I'VE have demanded, also a reduc-
ton in the tariff The reduction will
come some day | am not looking
for it this year or from the coming
congress or from the coming admins
tration, or from q party that will
put the word revision in its platform
instead of reduction A party that
will say revision before the election
is not apt to say reduction after the
election, for revision does not ne
cessarily mean reduction. You can
revise the tariff up or down or side
ways. Revision is as deep as longi-
tude and as broad as latitude and
mean any thing anderudycaayRFR
may mean anything and everything
except certainty. That is one of the
things it lacks. If you will follow the
testimony before the committee. you
will find that they are all wanting
tariff The fellow that pays the tariff
hasn't money enough to go down
there. and it is only the fellow that
gets the tariff that has the money. I
was on the Ways and Means Commit
tee four years and never saw man
come there who was a taxpayer, and
who represented the people. Would
you like to know how they make that
tariff and of the fellows who talk be-
fore that committee when il meets?
l will give you an illustration. We
had two men one morning before the
committee. one producing cotton yarn
and the other lace curtains. The fell
low making lace curtains had to
buy cotton yarn and he thought the
tariff on cotton yarn should be re-
duced and that the tariff on lace cur
tains Should be raised The man
producing cotton yarn thought the
tariff on cotton yarn should be raised
and that on lace curtains reduced. and
| they got into a quarrel about the tar
4 if on cotton yarn and we thought
I there was going TO be a falling out.
But when the noon recess came, one
of them invited the other to lunch
and when they came back they said
they had it all fixed up. They said
I there was to be an increase on cotton
yarn and an increase on lace curtains
| to make up for the increase on cot
ton yarn The fellow who bought the
/ lace curtains and paid the tariff on
/ both was not there That is the way
/ they agree. The fellows who are
getting the benefit of the tariff have
! been writing the law, and this will
go on until the consumers of the
country take as much interest in cleo
] tions as the men who write the tariff
/ laws take"
The conclusion of Mr.. Bryan's
speech dealt with the publication of
contributions to the campaigns and
the Democrats demand for reforms,
very much along the same lines as
/ he has spoken in other places.
He was interrupted frequently by
applause and a great demonstration
of popular approval followed his final
words