Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-08-27
Subject Of William Jennings Bryan'S Speech
in Des Mones To-day.
A Fearless Enunciation Of the Democratic Partys
Position on the Great ISSUE Both Of
Politics and Business.

tariff" and nothing abeut the "heme
These catch phrases have
b ad their day-they are worn cut and
east aside. The Republican leaders
are no longer arrogant and imsolent;
they cannot longer dsfy tariG reform.
Their plan 1eow is TO seem rto yield
without really yielding.
I submit that the Democratic plse-
form accurately described she Repuso-
lican position when it refers to "the
belated premise made by the Repgb-
liean leaders as tse tardy recognition
of the righteousness of the Democratic
position On this question: The Demo
cratic party in it's pla tforms and through
it's repres seniatives in Congress hes for
years pointed out that tine tariff sche-
dulles are excessively high and ought
to be reduced, ibut the Republicans
have, until recently, refused to submit
that there waseany necessity Tor re-
duction. They now COZ tess, tarough
their pat atform end through thsic presi
vision is SO great as to jas tify' tasa party
in declaring +<unequivoeally ker,a re-
vision OF the aariff'' aafi the nesd is SO
urgent that tine work tc is to u1dertak-
en- ,at-a special session of congress inn
mediately following the inanguratiou
Of the next ,presidsast. The use OF
the word t.EnequivDcally" indicates
that those who wrotssthe platform re-
eognized that they are under sls picion~
They want te distinguish this promise
froRa the u naz ept promises OF the past
by adding az emphatic an adjective Rs
could befoE nd in tho dictionary. H
former Repaz blioan promises had been
cons Glen tieNsly ful6lled, it might not
have been necessary to thus strength
the promise made this year. The use
Inauguration" is evidenced that tie
Repu blican leaders are conscious th2t
the patienas of the public has been
strained to the point of breaking, and
it is almest pathstie to nots the soli-
tude which they now feel akout4doing
thing which, but for wiltul neglect
might have been done at any time dur
ing the last,tsn years.
Are we not justified in saying thai
"ths peopls'sannot safely eentrust this
execution of this important work to4a
party which is so deeply obligated to
the highly protected interests as is the
Reps blican sparty?"
Those who are acquainted with the
tariff fight know to what antextent the
pecuniary argument has bean used.
The recent Republican platform is a
bugls eall to every beneficiary Of spe-
eia1 privilege to enlist again under the
Republican banner, and wien the
election is over and the Republican
G am ittse publishes the list of contri-
| butors-too late to make the iHforma-
tion valua b1e-i8 will be found that
She Republican party has again SO OBJ
ligated itself to the protected interests
as to be unable to make q revision in
theinterests Of the consumers.
/ The administration has claimed
| credit for the fine against the Standard
| Oil Company in the case which was
lately reversed, but no effort has been
made to relieve the people from the
fine which is imposed upon them every
day by the Standard Oil Company
| through the operation of the tariff law
which gives that company moro than
100 per cent protection against its chie1
rival, Russia. What faith can real
tariff reformer, whether he be Re-
publican or Democrat, repose in the
Republican leaders, when they deliber-
ately put off all reduction until after
election, and thea call for contribu.
tions, with the understanding that the
public shall not know the names of the
contributors until after the polls are
elosed7
The schemes resorted to by the msr
who have grown rich by laying tariff
burdens upon the country are more
numerous than novel. Tariff measures
which embody the principles of pro
lection are not Idrawn by legislators