Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24
A SPECIMEN OF "HoNEsT JOHNS"
HONESTY.


with speech delivered In Arvada
Thursday night to an audience com
posed largely Of farmers living in the
vicinity Of that town; and. there be-
ing no patrol wagon In sight and no
danger that one woulG come. he In
dulged In = perfect riot Of misreprc-
sentstion concerning the sugar tariff
and the attitude of the great
parties toward the beet sugar industry
of this state.
It reminds one OF the honesty"
which prompted him to surrender his
seat In congress to Mr.. Bonynge only
after he saw that he would ne com-
PEELED to deliver up the stolen goods.
the patrol wagon having already swnng
into view. He held on to the seat
as long as he could and stepped out
only when he found that II he remain
ed any longer he would be pitched
out bodily. heels over head.
Evidently tho convention which nom
mated him recognized the quality OF
his honesty and felt that 1t could trls.
him to go down the line. just as the
big Mitt" did when It stole the cleo
tion certificate which enabled him to
occupy Mr.. Bonynge's seat In con
gress for nearly half OF one term.
In his Arvada speech Honest John"
paid special attention to the sugar
In fnr
present. and he had the effrontery to
assert that the hope of the beet sugar
growers In Colorado depends upon the
success Of the Democratic free traders
in the approaching election. He did
this in the face OF the platform decla
rations OF the Democratic and Re-
publican parties; aud to say that he
did not know that he was misrepre
senting the facts, would be to say that
he did not know how the two parties
stand respecting this Important Ques
tion. Surely II he does not know that
much, he does not know enough to
be governor OF Colorado.
Honest John" said that to admit
Philippine sugar free would be to de-
stroy the beetsugar industry In this
state; and that was the only honest
thing he said In his entire discussion
of the subject. But this is what the
Democratic national platform says on
the tariff:
I'VE favor immediate revision of the
tariff by the reduction of import du
ties. Articles entering into compe-
tition with trust-controlled products
should be placed upon the free list, and
material reductions should be made In
the tariff upon the necessaries of life
especially upon articles competing
with such American manufactures as
are sold abroad more cheaply than
at home; and graduate reductions
should be made In such other sched-
ules as may be necessary to restore
the tariff to revenue basis"
Following this assault upon the beet.
sugar industry, the Democratic plat
form adopted by the state convention
which nominated Honest John" for
governor contained the following dec
laration:
1--WE favor and demand reduction Of
the tariff schedules in accordance
with the national platform adopted at
Denver"
In other words. the Democratic ma
tional convention drove a nail into
the coffin Of the beet-sugar industry,
and the Democratic state convention
clinched 1t on the other side.
VIII Honest John" say that sugar
Is or is not a "trust-controlled" prod.
uct? We leave that to him. But let
him bear In mind that the national
platform Of his party declares that for.
eign-producede articles entering into
competition with trust-controlled arti-
cles should be placed upon the free
list" Does he include sugar among
the "necessaries Of life," on which ma
terial reductions are demanded? OBJ
serve also the demand that reductions
be made on all other articles in order
that the tariff may be placed upon
revenue basis"
Contrast the declarations Of the
Democratic platforms with the follow.
ing clear-cut, definite declaration by
the Republican platform adopted by
the national convention which met In
Chicago and upon which Judge Taft
stands. that the aim and purpose OF
the Republican policy is:
mot only to preserve without ex.
cessive duties, that security against
foreign competition to which Ameri.
can manufacturers, farmers and pro.
ducers are entitled. but also to main.
tain the high standard OF living of
the wage earners Of this country, who
are the most direct beneficiaries Of the
protective system. Between the United
States and the Philippines we believe
in free interchange of products with
such limitations as to sugar and to-
bacco' as will afford adequate pro-
lection to domestic interests"
Thus the Republican party declares
for the principle Of protective tar
In behind which American industries
may find shelter against destructive
|oreign competition. and adds a speci.