The Washington herald., 1908-02-27
DALzELL sings HIGH
Pennsylvania Defends 6. O.
2. in Great Speech.
SEES A VICTORY AT POLLS
High MOguI OF Tariff Contrasts Two
Great Political Parties-RecallS the
Deeds Of BOtb-says Tariff viii Be
Revised "Up or Down After March
4, 10O9-Has Produced Prosperity.

I'VE are about TO enter upon a cam
pdign for the Presidency and for the con-
troll Of this House OF Representatives.
The issue will be to some extent the
platforms of the contending parties: 20
some extent, perhaps. the personality Of
the candidates; but mainly, / take It, the
party records. And party records are to
be judged not alone by party professions.
or by achievements even; regard must be
had to the consistency of party policies.
to the measure of party loyalty thereto.
and to the fidelity with which party
pledges have been kept
THE Republican party invites the issue
upon every ground; on that OF its pro-
fessions. its achievements. its consistency.
and its loyalty 10 principles and pledges"
Representative John DalzeH of Penn
| sylvanla, chief high mogul of the tariff.
yesterday outlined, with short but telling
strokes. the history Of the two great
political parties OF the country; showed
what he considered each to have DONE
and wound up by drawing a horoscope OF
the coming campaign.
Mr.. Dalzell's oratory has perhaps been
surpassed on the floor OF the House before
during the round Of political speech
making which has marked this session; II
| is possible that other Representatives
] have more moving addresses. but it IS
doubtful If any man has made a speech
which seemed at least 20 be a more COM
prehensive defense OF his party than did
the Pennsylvania member yesterday
The House listened attentively through
out the hour and more that Mr. Dalzeu
consumed and at many points he was
applauded vigorously. AT the end OF the
speech he stood by his seat, and held an
informal reception for several minutes.
until Representative Sherman. acting
chairman, called the House 20 order.
Time Was we'll spent.
The time that had been spent in making
political speeches in the House recently.
Mr. Dalzell said. had been wisely spent
They were characteristic OF our system
Of government. a government by parties.
and while there had been something OF
! eXaggeration and even INSTRUMENTATION
/ in them. a dlspassionate review OF all that
had been said would separate the true
/ from the false.
The most noticeable thing OF the discus
/ sion so far. lie said. ives the measure of
| credit-accorded by the Democrats 10 the
Republican President. Quoting from
Messrs- Williams. Clark and Cochran.
And" he added. while I am not one
| Of those who heretofore have shared the
views or the gentleman from New York
l beg him now that he permit me 10 be
counted as one OF the company that
shares in bis estimate of Theodore Roose-
veIt."
Mr. Dalzell discussed at length the
| claims made by Mr. Cochran for the
| Democratic party that Andrew Jackson
was not the first to announce that the
| government had power 20 prevent a nulii-
/ fication Of the law; George Washington
WAS long before him when he sent an
army under Alexander Hamilton 10 put
down the whisky rebellion in Western
| Pennsylvania Tho doctrine Of the inde-
structibility OF the Union. imputed TO
Jackson by Cochran. Mr.. DalzeI de-
/ clsred, was the antithesis Of Democratic
doctrines down to 1866.
Has Stripped Party.
'Tf the gentleman from New York is
correct in saying that the indestructIbnlty
Of the Union was Democratic doctrine in
1851" said Mr.. Dalzell. then he has
stripped the Democratic party OF the
South. who sought to destroy the Union.
OF every vestige Of claim that In so doing
| they believed they were acting within
their rights. When they made war on the
| Union they either believed I'm the doctrine
/ Of the Kentucky and Virginia resolution,
OF they were inexpressibly wicked and
deserved the condemnation Of history"
! The truth was that a Democratic
/ President permitted the enemies Of the
nation 10 seize its arsenals and stores.
and it was a Republican President who
! saved the Union the priceless heritage Of
our fathers
1.-The saving Of the Union by Andrew
| Jackson" said Mr.. Dalzell. was not the
| only achievement that the gentleman
claims for his party. He ventured the as
sertion that from the very first estab-
lishment of this government there never
! has been a policy permanently incorpO-
rated in our political system that was not
| OF Democratic origin. I assert that there
never has been such policy that was Of
/ Democratic origin, with the exception
/ Of the establishment of the Independent
Treasury system and the extension Of
territory in the interest of slavery
The history Of the Union. said Mr.
/ Dalzell, was the history Of continuous
Z SluBEle BtLNEtu Two SCtopIS OF potlIlcai
thought as represented by Alexander
| Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. and he
| certainly was a bold man who. in the
face of history. denies to-day that the
| permanent policies which have entered
into and constitute our character as A
nation. are not the policies advocated by
Alexander Hamilton and his followers.
Is No More Fortunate.
The gentleman from New York is no
more fortunate in claiming for Andrew
Jackson the credit of saving the Union
than he is in claiming for Thomas Jeffer-
son credit of the Louisiana Purchase. -
That was due. he said, to Robert Living
ston. minister to France. and jefferson s
objections and fears were overcome by
a resort to Hamiltons doctrine that The
Constitution created nation with all the
powers thereof.
! Mr.. Dalzell briefly reviewed the parts
taken by the two parties in the nations
history. He said that the Republican
party has been consistent always. that
it has been the party that has done some
thing. and declared that the Democratic
party has never done anything at all. but
has criticised the party which has.
He spoke Of the fact that the panic of
1907 has been dubbed a Republican
| panic" and said that no would so much