Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-09-17
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS
NOMINATE CHARlER
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manlikc solution OF the problems
presented would have ensmcd.
unfortunately, impatience. most
human. Though regrctable. il Not IN
deed an intolerance OF antag0nl a.,
view, was allowed full rlSh. IN"
conservative prfw to ln regarded h'
one wing OF the party a affiliated with
the so-cail"d Interests viii" H. III
turn Looked upon the radical as on"
who sought but to use the machinery
~ ."yerumrnt to dCspoil tn" savings
of others.
"Norhin. was ever frrth.r i.nm III e
truth; and this the people r" 'aS'
coming to know. NeVerth"'" $. ana
from the mere exiHtcnc' Of III =" M
UNDERSTANDINGS. the party tom asnn-
der, has met unGece 'sary defeats. I"
Tho dctrfmrnt, as We helicV". 4 II"
best interests Of the people, fey 'htAr
defeats hav,' not by any means meas
ur"d the los. either in III" nationa!
or in IL mere party sense.
Nest serious still. has h" n IN"
destruction of that approxma'" Ia
HTVlnT VI litp IS"'i VI So 80 f'''''
which is over the best gnarant e o.
liberty IN Democratic rount:i 8 It Is
a public, as we'll as parry, misi"r-
tunn that Democrats shcul hv"
been so largely excluded ir M nc
No ,pssarv training fer publ" station
throughout this vast territory.
Money Riotously Wasted.
RENDERED inscnsata by the "xor-
else Of power. Republican l"elsa-
tutes both state and federal. hav"
riotouslv wasted the peoples money.
New schemes have been devised. on"
upon the other. to create and pr"vih"
for an army of party workers at tn"
public expense. Since Mr.. R"1s"v""
became pr resident. the country has b."
burdened IT,. an addition CT ovsr 30
GOO federal uffice-holdcrs al an annuai
charge upon the genera! tre1snry Of
nearly seventy million OF dollars.
AMI "a great extravaganza" ca IL
for great revenues and as great r"r'
nues must be raised by great taxation.
and "a all taxation in the end comes
to be paid bv the people however III
direct it be in form. and as IN" rais'
ing by great taxation Of great reVc-
nucS affords great opportunities fNr
unjust gain we need not be astonish-
ed to find that the Republican Party
in order TO obtain the vast sums tf
money necessary to meet the demancs
Of its cxtrayagances has w'l'fhily
through its PRONUNCIATION and enforce
ment OF excessive tariffs aided in
and brought about the upbuilding or
the majority Of those giant fortunes
which the president has d2nCunc
SO vehemcntiv.
passing Strange"
Passing strange though. is it not.
that in such denunc!atiOn h. the
crstwhile free-trader. did not suegcSi
that the primary step must Re to :"
modify the tariffs as tc render impcr-
sihle the future creation CT similar
fortunes. Obviously that step was
then, is now, and must continue to ne
the foremost step toward any rea'
IMPROVEMENT CT the YER, conditions
which he assails
Judge Taft in his letter OF accep
tanco admits that the great majority
of the combinations in restraint or
trade the formation Of which the
high tariff especially irs ties. hav-
arisen within tn last ten years. Dur
ing all that time the RepnbIicaI Party
has controlled beth the Federal GOV
ernmcrt and TIL government # sui"
stantially all those states which nav"
created or tolerate them-for We
have vet to hear of their creation or
federation in the southern states which
are under Democratic control
And so the contributing corpora
tons have grown in number. swelrd
in affluenca and gained in influence
INIT! the point was reached OF
practical working business alliance be-
tween the Republican Party and the
favCr-seeking corporations. This a.
lance continued in full force unt''
the revelations II the insurance In
vestisa;ions in 1905 disclosed its exis-
tenca b yirrefraeable testimony which
shocked the public sense.
" It is not only the highest desire
Of all good citizens Of all parties what
soever that our political life should DC
clean. but it is essential 10 the ibeT
tic. Of the people. That resuh viii
not be accomplished until bis ness
and politics are divorced b. statutes
the violation Of which will result u;
jmpriscnment. W can never hope ftr
that result while IN, Republican par
is in power.
II was at this point that JUDGE Par-
ker made his attack en- Mr.. sherman
and from that he went to the case OF
President Roosevelt and Mr.. Harri-
man saying:
The President and Hartman.
"uere ne see a man Of great am
hilton. and. as We ar" told. Of lofty
ideals become so accustomed TO this
marty custom that he does MT hest
tate to invite Mr.. Farriman to Wash
,urtor 70 score his good offices for
money raising purpns :. takiRg IN
deed the Erec II absolutely 10 AZ
sure his comirg by suggesting IN
letter that after N" election he 80