The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-03

Of railroad rates, provided such reduc-
ton can be effected without reducing
either wages of railroad employees or
the dividends on railroad stocks ana
bonds. That reminds me of their posi-
t;on during the war. They were ID
favor of the Union, but opposed TO
every Republican measure to preserve
it.
IT also favors the building up OF our
merchant marine, provided IL can %
done without any subsidies or ana from
the government. That reminds me OF
the advice that Louis XII gave to nus
son: "Honor the church," said the
king, "but give it nothing"
Out of the "a planks in that platform
there are only three that are OF any
Importance: Surrender the Philippines,
revision of the tariff on lines that will
establish a tariff for revenue only and
war on Incorporated wealth. -
One word about the Philippines. III
II was unwise for us to acquire those
islands. il was an act of unwisdom for
which the Democratic candidate for
the presidency is more responsible than
anyone else in the United States. The
treaty of Paris, under which these
islands were acquired, required ratlh-
cation by the United States senate, and
there were not two-thirds of the sena-
tors in favor of its ratification; so
what happened? The Democratic nom
inee for president put on his c%olonel's
uniform, and girded on his sword that
was not dripping with Spanish gore:
He went to Washington and persuaded
nineteen Democratic senators to vote
for the ratification of that treaty, and
without his efforts that treaty could mo-
have been ratified and the Philippines
could not have been acquired.
Ladies and gentlemen, he Philip
pines will be developed under William
Howard Taft's policy of gradual and
beneficial assimilation. We cannot
and must not give them up.
But the great issue of this campaign
is the same as it has been for the past
80 years. The question of the tariff
has been discussed and rediscussed for
over a third of a century. | regret
the necessity of discussing it again, but
though the fires of '92 are out, so far as
the flames are concerned, yet so long rs
the embers are there, the fremen cannot
depart from the scene of the confia-
grafton.
Now since we have something to say
about it, one or two homely illustra-
tions occur to me. Take two woollen
undershirts, alike in texture, weight
and finish. One was made in Mapches-
ter, New Hampshire; the other in Man
chester, England, the former with wool
from Nevada, the latter with wool
from the Argentine Republic. The
American garment was made by men
who live in their own modest homes,
who eat meat two or three times a day,
whose children are educated, whose
wive have a silk dress for occasions,
who belong to secret societies, clubs,
churches and other organizations-the
noblest, the happiest, the most content
ed man on the face of the earth.
The English garment was made by
men who live in huts or tenement
houses. who eat meat but once or
twice a week, if at all. whose children
are uneducated, and who have no voice
in the government of the country in
which they live. Now, when the En-.
glish garment reaches our country, the
customs officer says, "This garment,
every thread in which speaks of oppres-
sion and has been washed in the tears
of the oppressed, shall not enter upon
our shores to compete with the handi-
work of our citizens, until you pay a
duty equivalent to the difference be.
tween the wages paid the wool spin
ners in England and the wages paid
the wool spinners in our country. This
is a tribute exacted from John Bull
for the benefit of the American work,
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