The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-21
RICHARDSON OPENS
 THE CAMP A|GN Makes a Strong Democratic Speech At Meulton THE REPUBLICAN RECORD Is censured Severely by the Congress- man from the Eighth District.
 Plays Double in Alleged
 Reform Measures.
THE REPUBLICAN RECORD

Moulton. July 2O.-(Special) )-Congress- man William Richardson opened the campaign for Bryan and Kern today with an address at pubic parpecue' which was attended by several hunoreo people. Judge Richardson reviewed the record of the republican party, censur- ing it severely for playing double in us alleged reform measures and claiming that the national administration Illus sought to perpetuate it's power oy ere ating nearly 100000 new offices In tue last six years and over 23,O0O in the last year.
 He expressed belief that the democratic party has the best chance to win It has had since the Civil War. The real is sues of the campaign, he says, are tariff revision. reserved constitutional rights or the state and the integrity of the courts both federal and state.
 Among other things Judge Richardson said:
 The Real Issues. "As understand it, the real issues In this campaign between the democratic and republican parties, are;
 "1. Tariff revision.
 .2. Reserved constitutional rights of the states.
 "S. The integrity of the courts, state and federal
 "I do not understand the real true con- dtions that we confront in this cam paign. not directly embraced in either one of the issues named. We must un- derstand that the underlying question is this: Can the people of this country by their own unaided strength control our government against the solidly-marchins and steady tramp of the army of federal officeholders? Supported as they are, by unlimited supplies, either wrung from CT contributed by corporations, fostered and maintained by laws put upon the statute books by the republican party? That is the vital question.
 "rhe republican party enters this cam paign with a record, that in the past year it has added 237S4 officeholders to the service of the government costing sl6,- i 156,0O0, and in the past six years it has l added 99,S19 adtional officeholders at an | expenditure of government money of $7O,- l OOO. .OOO. while under Cleveland and Me- 1 Kinley only 10000 new offices were creat- | ed with an additional cost of $6000,OOO. MT. Webster in speaking of this menace to the liberties of the people, said that I when the offices of the government reached 100000, the republic would be in danger. Every man who had his eyes l open saw the steady march of federal officeholders to Chicago for Taft, the 1 chosen instrument of MT. Roosevelt.
 Republican Record. 'The record of the republican party | on the question of the tariff is one of duplicity and false pretense. It has for l it's maintenance a support built upon great monopolistic corporations, trusts and combines that, for the preference granted by statute, contributes vast sums l of money to the treasury box of the re- l publican party. No denial is entered now l that millions upon millions of manufac- | tured products of this country are sold to foreigners cheaper than to our home | people.
 | ''The old hackneyed cry of a surplus being the cause of these products selling 1 cheaper in foreign countries than at home has been utterly worn out, and hence,
 extravagant standpatters have not the courage to use such argument now. The | recklessness of the republican platform
 is illustrated in it's tariff plank when it | says: Tn all tariff legislation the true principle of protection is best maintained by the imposition of such duties as will
 equal the difference between the cost of
 production at home and abroad, together l with reasonable profit to the Ameri- | can industries
 ''They are at their old game of delusion
 and cheat. deceiving the people when 1 they talk about the difference in the cost of production at home and abroad Every
 intelligent man knows that in different
 countries and at different times the cos'
 of production varies, just like it varies in our country, even in different states and in different localities.
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