Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-15

before the democratic governor for 51ds'
mt mt thousands of active. loyal Democrat
over the state petiuoned him 70 veto II
Trainloads Of directors and petitioners II
boots came to the capitol, many OF thcn
active and influential party workers, who
vowed II the executive approved the bill
hey would not only decapitate him polite
ally. but they would forever desert th'
party. Few democratic leaders OF promt
hence rallied TO its support. In the fac,
OF seeming party condemnation, the bill
was approved; It. Is gaining ground every
day; thousands of democrats who con
demned now approve u. Much is to b'
done yet to make its provisions effective
Because OF the advantage gained by reason
o. the enactment Of this law and its ap
proyal by the people, opposing the radical
ism Of prohibition upon one hand and th'
lawless liberty of unbri6led license upor
the other, standing always for loyalty &c
law and good government, we win win th'
unquestioned approval ofrthe people of Ne
braska at the next election
w. n. Thorn son on, Tariff.
w. II. Thompson. the first speaker. talked
Of the Payne tariff bill and among other
things said:
That the Payne-Aldrich law is a con-
temptible betrayal of confidence needs nc
other or different proof than calling atten-
ton to those who In congress supported IL,
and those who voted against II; OF those
who now lend 1t their praise and those who
Condemn It. Even the president, who has
declared 1t the best tariff bill ever enacted,
viii not be heard to deny it's infamy by
trying to hide behind the shadow of the
My policy Of the man In darkest Africa
But | hear the cry from the opposition
that some democrats helped In this iniquity.
Let It be remembered. my republican
friends who raise this cry, that your mem
bers Of congress gained their victory by
joining with what you call the worst ele-
ment OF the democratic party, and the
democrats Joined with what you call the
best element Of the republican party. Let
II be further remembered that our worst
minority Joined with your majority, and
your best minority Joined with our ma
jortty. '-I t~>.ev''
There is an old adage that Birds Of a
feather flock together Make your own
application" tf D.,
G. M. Hitchcock Sees Ruin.
Congressman G. M. Hitchcock Of the Sec
ond district could not attend in person, but
sent a letter to State Chairman Byrnes,
which was read, in which he expatiated
on national Legislative conditions tina he
declared were move n amusing" His
letter in part follows.s
Republican leaders after years Of strug-
gle to increase the cost OF living gravely
form committees to ascertain why the
cost of living has Increased.
"They appear to harbor no suspicion
that enormous monopoly profits have any
thing to do with the wholesale plumber
Of the masses.
Some of them point to the retail mer-
chant and declare him to be the william,
yet the obvious fact is that competition
in the retail trade is so intense and condi-
lions SO hard that during the last two
years business failures in the United
States have averaged over 1000 per month,
most Of them in the retail trade.
"Some point 10 the farmer and say
he Is the one who Is expressing the coun-
try. They point to, the price of farm
products with horror, and yet they know
the farmer is selling his products in COM
petition with the 'pauper' farm products
Of Europe, which the tariff protected man
ufacturer is not supposed to be able tc
do, They know that farming instead Of
being ORGANIZED into trusts is. compelled
to sell much OF its products to trusts
They know that the. farmer Instead of be-
ing aided by a tariff has been for years
burdened by, II. "a, NJ oo,t
-~ DemorsltEstkoR ,iR the AIR! ,,e-.
II might easily, be tempted, Mr.. Chair.
man, were. l presentrat your dinner, to g
on with a review of, the disqualification Sc
apparent to the s~tapdpst camp. Of repub.
lican headquarters. could tell you OF
desperate insurgents. staggering through
their congressional duties first trying t
cajole their dissatisfied- constituents q
home and then trying to placate th'
party, organization here which controls
patronage and campaign funds. l coult
tell you Of the land fraud investigation
which even the enormous poweT Of thu
administration was not able to smother
l could tell you OF the suppressed sugar
fraud investigation which is a scandal a.
great In its present, treatment as in IT.
past ~iniquities. L eoud tell you Of
cabinet officer who is chiefly a broke
of patronage to control the next ,repubi
can national convention. l could tell yOl
OF a republican party that for years hai
boosted of the sherman .anti-trust Law
now worried to, desperation at the pros
pect that the supreme court in the pend
ing tobacco and Standard OIL cases will
decide that the law means what it says.
81 could go on indefinitely and pain
q picture OF g, o. p. rehabilitation, blu
l nave already taken too much of th'
time which should belong to those wh'
are present to address you"
i Metz BOftIed Beer.
Call Douglas 119, Ind. A-2l19. same phone
numbers for METZ Bottled Beer to homl