The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-25


tention There is no reason why 1t
should not be Senator Aldrich, the
tor Bailey, who Is at least suspicion"
ed of being democrat. now engaged
in the effort to soft-soap the Texas
democracy so as to accelerate It's
speed in the slide" from Jefferson
ianism to Aldrichism, in fact there
is every reason why it should be Al
drich and not Bailey. However, in
either case the work in hand
might be consistent with personal
beliefs, but in the case as 1t Is there
is an insurmountabIe difference be-
tween the preachings of the person
and the teachings Of the party to
which that person belongs.
I Senator Bailey is too deep man
too shrewd a politician-to come
before democratic constituency as
an open and avowed protectionist,
even though there are those men
and newspapers that would stick to
! him in such an extremity. The seed
of protection which was sown in the
! democracy of the state when, in or
| der to maintain it's usual majority,
the party sacrificed principle and
plead for protection for the wool
growers, has given an abundant
yield, and while the infection is more
widespread than many of us realize,
as yet working majority of the
Texas democracy is engaged in carry
ing water for this white elephant"
that has been bought with our fear
of a reduced majority From time
to time, and as occasions permit and
our liable statesmen" suggest, the
protected classes" are encouraged
to encroach on the democratic mass
es, and with each encroachment the
party gets nearer to protection and
further away from its time-honored
principles. For every pound of pro-
tected wool you, your wife, your son
and your daughter must, by the
sweat of your brow, pay for the pro-
lection of the producer and manu-
facturer against outside competition,
while the protected fellow pays
nothing but takes your toll of sweat
and tears and whispers into your ear
that, never so long as the manufac-
turer is protected should democracy
adv ocate the repeal or reduction OF
the protection given to the producer
of the raw material. Sounds nice, this
logic, doesn't it, And it is nice for
the protected fellows, but how
about the consumer? Like Jones,
he pays the freight. He is the Peter
( that must be robbed to pay Paul
/ Uncle Sam Is made by your senators
and congressman to promise the bo-
nus but you are one of the fellows
who has to dig to pay it. Great
thing, this protection, isn't it?
But this is not all. These same
fellows VINO are telling you that it
was by their superior knowledge,
their controlling conscience, their
loyalty to right when even that right
was opposed by the national party
that the greedy north, east and west
clothed in the name of democracy
has been circumvented in its effort
to relase to itself a channel of wealth
and saddle upon their suffering con-
stituency an additional burden of tax
atIon-these fellows who, with the
club OF protection clothed in sleeps
wool are engaged in hammering the
true democracy of TeXas-by their
votes and endorsements of those
votes brand themselves as the real
servants Of those protected indus
tries which levy upon the people of
Texas the greatest tax. There is wis
dom in counsel, and when there
gathers from the four winds of these
/ United States representative men
who are accredited democrats, 1t is
! but right and reasonable to believe
that from such source should emi-
nate greater wisdom than Is to be
found In one man. Why should we
accept the mere statement that one
man was right in all his conclusions
as 10 true democracy, while the
| thousands were entirely wrong
! Democracy declares that the major
/! ity shall rule, and may heaven grant
| that 80 long as time stands there
shall control in this great state a
democratic majority that cannot be
privileged" into the camp Of the
protectionists.