The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-15

and to furnish eighty-fye million pc
pie with material for discussion,
reach them with information and q
guments and rcfutation Of argumen
and appeals, through public speech az
through the mails and private canvas
. req'4.res organization, the labor {
thousands CT men and tAe expenditul
CT great sums. The repetition
small expenses among a great mu {
tude of people spread over a vast te
ritory mounts up with a rapidly diff
cult to realize. The postage on
single letter mailed to each Of tn
fourteen million voters of the cout
try amounts to $2S0000. TO sue
proper and useful purposes and t
such purpcsesf only was the Repub,
! can campaign fund Of the last elet
/ tion devoted
Election of Senators.
The second reason why Mr. Bryar
says the people do not rl1ie is that W.
have not direct elections Of senators
and he holds the Republican party re
sponsible for not having procured al
amendment to the Constitution of thC
United States to provide for that
There is no more necessity for an
amendment to the Constitution pro
yiding for the direct election of sen
ators than there is for an amendment
t the Constitution providing for the
direct election of president. If the
people Of any state wish any particu
lar man to he chosen as senator, they
have only to instruct theri legislature.
as the people Of a considerable mum
Der Of states make 1t their practice to
do now, and no legislature will ever
for moment think of disoheying the
instructions any more than presiden.
tial electors violate their obligations
Fhc proposed amendment Is simply to
enable the people of each state to
escape from the performance OF the
luty of electing a legislature that cal
De trusted Are We prepared to abau
ton the performance Of that duty?
Are we to assume that our state legs-
atures must necessarily and for all
tme be unfit to represent the people
# the state? If SO, what becomes of
he government of the state? Is that
With all its multitude of important
uties TO be left unfit? If any state |
legislature cannot now be trusted the |
rue reform would seem TO be in the |
ERECTION Of selecting the legislature
Corporate Wealth.
Mr.. Bryan charges that the Repub.
can party is responsible for the
buses of corporate wealth. As well
tight he charge that the man who
Iants cotton is responsible for the
oil weevil or that the man who
ANTS fruit trees is responsible for the
an Jose scale. Until the millennium
as brought the eradication of human
'lfishness and greed social abuses
III come according to the shifting
,nditions of the times. Adversely
ld prosperity. wealth and poverty
we each their own kinds of abuse
Dnstant vigilance and constant ac-
sity to meet and put an end to
'uses as they arise is the task of gov
nment and of good citizenship; but
e work is never finished. The Re
hiican party has produced the con
rs which have made our great pros
rity possible, and It is dealing with |
@ evils which bave been incident TO
at prosperity with vigor and ef s
ltyeness. Upon the course to he {
rsued regarding these evils. upon =
p attitude of the Government to- e
icl trusts. railroads and all the
eat corporations. there is no sub
initial issue between the two parties
lcstions of detail aud OF minor tao n
3 in the conduct of Government n
Dcedure alone remain for discussion. b
e great difference between the two ,
lties is that in dealing with these h
lis the Republican party shows eff n
mt performance and proved compa- !
ICY. while the Democratic party ten
rs nothing but campaign promises.
There are two substantial propose
de by the Democratic party as TO
policy which they will follow If
- are brought into power.
Protective Tariff.
)ue is that they will wipe out the
tective tariff and substitute a tariff r
revenue only ! shall not discuss
i proposition. but IL ought not t.
forgotten. The eleven years which
-e passed since the Dingley tariff
: enacted have brought about many
nses in the conditions Of which e.
tariff law is applied. Many Of y
50 changes have resulted from the \"
= prosperity which the protection d
reed the tariff has produced. In T"
nature Of things. such changes ~
81 occrr ami from time 70 time ey- -
tariff must be revised and sdsnfag ~