The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-06
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 Not Keep Promises IN. COUNTRY IS AROUSEp Coalition With Insurgent Republicans VIII Not Help Democratic Party.
 Roosevelt and President Taft
 Are Working Together
 

Scottsboro, September 5.-(Special)- Congressman William Richardson spoke today at the courthouse. It was the open Ing day of circuit court and the court was adjourned to give the crowd the oppor- tunity to hear the distinguished speaker. The room was crowded with people from all sections of the great county of Jack son, many republicans being in the audi ence. Judge Richardson spoke for about an hour. 'The overshadowing issue in this national campaign is the tariff" he said "A great reformer has truthfully said that the great sin of the tariff is not SO much In the unjust exactions of millions of dollars from the masses of the people for private purposes as the sin that the republican party has commit ted in fostering and insulting into the hearts of the youth of our country that the doctrine of picking pockets is one of the ten commandments"
 He pointed out how the Payne tariff law had violated the promise of the republic an party to reduce tariff duties but had increased them. Articles of every day use in the families of the plain people are classed as luxuries in order to tax them. and other articles classed as necessaries and used mostly by the wealthy are placed on the free list. It was this principle, he said, that had aroused the country and melted revolt against the Payne law and threatened and justified the defeat of the republican party at the polls next November. Other fea- lures of the tariff, together. with Can nonism'' and republican extravaganza were forcibly presented to the large audi ence The complex question of the tariff was handled with marked ability and ex- plained in clear and simple words to the audience.
 Judge Richardson was most earnest and emphatic in his views that democrats could only win in this great national campaign by standing unalterably for the great and fundamental doctrine and faith-a tariff for revenue Let it dis card all other theories and dogmas that for years have obscured and misrepre- sented the vital living principle of our great party. tariff for revenue" he said, lis not in conflict with the growth and development of the expanding ten dencies of our great republic. The coun- try at large has suffered so grievously fl on the cruel and wicked policy of the republican party by it's unequal distribu- tion of wealth under the arbitrary ex- actions of law that I believe the ad- vent of the democratic party. proclaim ing a tariff for revenue and equal rights 10 all and special privileges to none would be hailed with joy throughout our land"
 Judge Richardson said that no coalition with insurgent republicans would help the democratic party. for the insurgent IS Tor protection as upheld by the republican party Our party leaders will be as blind men,"-he continued. If they do not see that Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft are standing and working together with the promise of an imme- diate pieee-meal, fragmentary revision or the tariff, and with this as campaign shibboleth, they expect to weld the In surgents and the standpatters into con- pact voting mass in the November cleo tion It is a plea only to retain the re- publican party in power. Who during Theodores service as President for seven and a half years ever heard him say or do anything to encourage the revision of the tariff? He was the loyal friend and supporter of Aldrich and Cannon"
 Judge Richardson commented at some length on the railroad legislation or the last session of Congress. He said he aid not fully believe shat the country fully realizes the position taken by Presioen. Taft in the railroad bill that the Presi- dent and Attorney General Wickershom advocated, the leading features of which failed to become law. That provision Of the Presidents bill he said, which au- thorized tte railroads 10 make argu- ments as to their charges without sut'- mi.tirg the same to the commerce com mission vas Load and dangerous pow CT. This ..commendation of MT. Iatt was in ,i:fiict with the platform Of the republican party. Judge Richardson Tn this connec son took up the President Beverly letter of August 29, called hii ''keynot= lc,ler." in wnict ne said thar President Taft had failed to speak frank lv of t.ae position he took about the railroa.i lag.s,a!ion that was embodied ln the bill that Attorney Ge.,eral W'cker- sham haG prepared and supported. lie said taa country knows that MT. Tar failed n his, own bill.
 Judge I.iehardson in conclusion spoke of the state campaign in Alabama ana said he is slad that there is no issue di- viding the democracy of Alabama, buy that th- tariy is united anI harmoIlous.