The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-09-25
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est: Have they not been capable; Have
they not been citicicntf Have they no,
get before the people 81 America exam.
pies of pure. hish.mindcd aud patriotic
servic" In public ofiicct Have they not
raised the standard Of public duty
which the Young men of America lave
set for themSelvcst Have they not
done US honor before the world:"
MIR. Bryan Answered.
Mr.. Root took up and answered at
length Bryan's question. shall the Peo-
pie Rule including the various ar
raignments of Republican party and
Its leaders mi by the Democratic can
didatc in recent speeches. Among other
things he said:
Mr.. Bryan charges that the Repub-
lican party Is responsible for the abuses
OF corporate wealth. As well might he
charge that the man who plants cotton
Is responsible for the boil weevil. or
that the man who plants fruit trees is
responsible for the a Jose scale. Tn
til the millennium has brought the
eradication of human selfishness aud
greed, social abuses will come accord
ing 10 the shifting conditions OF the
times. Adversely and prosperity. wealth
and poverty have each their own kinds
of abuse. Constant vigilance and con-
slant activity to meet and put an end
TO abuses as they arise is the task of
government and of good citizenship;
but the work Is never finished. The
Republican party has produced the con-
ditions which have made our great pros
perity possible. and 1t is dealing with
the evils which have been incident to
that prosperity with vigor and effective
ness. Upon the course to be pursued
regarding these evils, upon the attitude
and action of the government towards
trusts, railroads. and all the great cor
porations, there is no substantial issue
between the two parties.
Tariff Revision.
The Democratic party proposes that
they will wipe out the protective tariff
and substitute Il tariff for revenue only.
| shall not discuss that proposition. but
it ought not to be forgotten. The elev-
en- years which have passed since the
Dingley tariff was enacted have brought
about many changes In the conditions
to which the tariff law is applied. Many
of these changes have resulted from the
very prosperity which the protection
afforded by the tariff has produced. In
the nature of things, such changes must
occur and from time to time every tar
iff must be revised and adapted to the
new conditions. As the period of revis-
ion, however. is always II of uncer-
tainty and a consequent injury TO bust
ness, revisions ought not to be made too
often Dr. upon slight grounds. The
Republican party has not considered
that sufficient grounds for thus disturb
ing business have existed heretofore.
1t now considers that sufficient grounds
do now exist, and it has pledged itself
Immediately after the 4th of March
next to devote an extraordinary session
of Congress to making such a revision
in accordance with the true principles
of protection.
The last time the Democratic party
was in power the result was the Will
son-Gorman tariff of 1898. The very
threat of such n proceeding at that
time stopped business, closed the mills,
threw millions of men III of employ
ment, and was accompanied by uni
versal business depression and disaster.
Are we ready to repeat that experience
now, as we surely shall II we put the
Democratic party in power?
The Railroads.
"Tha Raruhlican narty haliavac In
the regulation of railroads. 1t believes
that their managers ought to be made.
and can be made, to obey the law. 1t
believes that by m enforcement of the
law, not spasmodic and sensational, but
steady, firm, and persistent, excessive
and discriminating rates can be
stopped; and it is now, and has been