Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04
PARKER SEES
VICTORY AHEAD
DEMOCRATS HAVE PLATFORM,
CANDIDATE AND CAUSE
PARTY WAS NEVER BEFORE so
THOROUGHLY UNITED
Tariff Leading Issue, for on 1t Trusts
Depend, and Republicans Posing
as Would-Be ReVisionists
Are Absurd
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should imagine some Importance might
be attached to the direction which re-
vision will take. 1 shall be very mucf
surprised If they do not revise some
of It I'D. They may do a little of bott
kinds Just to keep from hurting any
body's feelings.
"The Democratic party is united anc
harmonious on the question of tariff
reform and the immediate necessity
for tariff reform. We must reform tht
tariff; and it is not a matter on WhlcE
to procrastinate. l believe the tarih
system is at the root of much of the
financial and economical results from
the effects of which the country has
been suffering. That the country has
suffered from economical evils is GER
tain, and that many dinner pals were
emptied and were left empty is GER
tain.
IF the Republican party, the party
of high tariff, is not to blame for the
economic disturbance and the hard
times which affected many portions o.
the United States, then who is tc
blame? If the Democrats were II
power the Republicans would not hesi-
tate to attribute to their tariff policies
all the evils from which the country
had suffered. / cannot see how the
party in power can escape the respon'
sibility of taking the blame of the
consequences of it's own policies, ant
that it knows it will be blamed |:
evident from its apologetic attitude
with regard to the tariff, for the sug'
gestion of tariff revision is in the ma
ture of an apology, although, I re-
peat, the idea of Republican tariff re
vision is comical, and not economical
1t will be revision, but not reform.
mot only on the question of tariff
reform, but on every other great ques.
tion, the Democratic party is com
pletely harmonious. There are no dis
sensions. There are no divisions. We
are all working for Americanism ono
for the only American platform before
the country.
THE tariff has been the principa
subject discussed by the Democratic
party for some time past 1t was thu
principal subject of discussion in 1904
In that year, however, the party die
not succeed in arousing at any stage
of the campaign the same amount ol
popular interest in the subject which
exists today. This is certainly 6
Democratic year. The party is
aroused. alert. alive and willing tc
work, and there will be an intelligent
discussion of the subject on which the
nation will be asked to decide.
VIII Campaign Actively
do I intend to take much part il
the discussion?'
And after repeating the question
Judge Parker nodded his head EN-
phatically and said, "Yes, sir!
shall certainly speak wherever anc
whenever 1 can. Every Democrat IL
the land will do his best to promote
party success this year. And ever.
Democrat should work for 1T. If w
cannot all speak in public, at any rat
we can all engage in missionary ettort
and can explain the Democratic posi-
tion to our friends and neighbors. AL
most every question may be traced
or referred to the great central ques
ton, that of the tariff. With tarlf
reform there would be an immediate
amelioration of conditions IN Tn
United States, and we would agan
have a truly prosperous and thor
o11ghlv happy and contented nation.
"a reform of the tariff, in order tina
it may help and not hinder nationa
progress, will be responsive to nationa
| conditions as they exist today, AM
will deal with what our great, lament
| ed former President Cleveland woul'
have called the condition not tn
theory which confronts us.
| DlaIIOTIl
the principal issue. That is the or
| thodox doctrine and Democrats ar
united and orthodox. If I had an op
portunity of doing anything in a polit
jcaI way in California I would do II
understand the political situation
here. as far as the Republican party /
concerned, is somewhat unusual, ana
must try to inform myself about 1t.
hope Democrats will all remembe
nf Oh fYn T1d Wi
work together willingly and harmon
iously for the good old cause.
"It is the nations cause. The con
tinued and uninterrupted prosperity o
the American nation in r~eat measur
depends on the success of the Demo
cratic party. OF course, there ar
many important topics to be discusse
besides the tariff, but that is the cen
tral topic, and I sincerely hope ever
voter will take the trouble to becom
informed intelligently on the subject
Ali other discussions will be founde
on that of the tariff.
Means Trust Reform
s'Tariff reform will mean trust re
form. That is as certain as that tw
and two add UP to four. With tarli
reform a great many puzzling ques
tions will be solved without trouble
| with the e1biliiSSicii NAie'
the tariff is bad and needs mendine
we do not need to. ask the voters
the United States to take only ou
word for it that the time has com
when an outworn tariff must b
| amended. Republicans admit that tn
tariff is in very poor health and need
Matching up. But we don't believe /
patching up, especially when tn
patches are to be put on by gentleme
who will accent the word up an
will patch the tariff up to suit thei
tastes and those of their friends. Tar
iff reform must be undertaken b
friends of the great United States, no
of any special section of the Unite
Sttaes or of any special interest in tn
United States.
at is clearly the patriotic duty G
the Democratic party to undertake tn
great work of tariff reform, and tn
nation, for it's own good, should in
trust that work to the Democrat
party, and 1 have no doubt 1t will.
"I repeat, the pemocratic part
MUST win for the sake of the Unite
States of America, and If we all pu
together for the cause that is righ
and patriotic and that for many rea
sons deserves success, the Democrat
party will win. Now 1t is certain W