The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-10-21
OF THE MARYLAND
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
FOR CONGRESS. E

1aign involving national issues alone.
hereby declare our firm adherence to the
fundamental Democratic principle that
tariff taxation is constitutional for the
single purpose Of producing funds ne
cessary for the support or the government
administered; and WE de
nounce the Republican doctrine Of pro-
lection as a system primarily intended to
benefit private and selfish interests. The
continued operation of this doctrine
through Republican legislation has been
the creating cause of those monopolies
and trusts which have oppressed the peo
pie by the excessive prices OF
the ordinary necessaries Of life;
and the failure Of the Republican Party
TO keep its solemn platform promise to
the people to revise the tariff downward,
in order to reduce the cost of living and
Of the ordinary manufactured articles
used i'm every day life, il positive proof
that the only party which can be trusted
to revise the tariff for the welfare Of the
people, and not for the benefit of the pro-
tected interests. is the Democratic Party
which always has been and is today i'll
favor of a tariff for revenue.
The enactment into law of the Payne
Aldrich tariff bill not only failed to re
deem the Republican platform promise to
bring about a much needed reduction to
the American consumer, but by inordi-
nate taxation through the operation of
this law there has been caused an oppres
sive increase in the cost of living to every
family in the land. The question Of an
honest reduction Of the tariff to revenue
basis, thereby reducing the cost of living,
is, therefore, the overshadowing issue to
be settled by the American people ut the
coming election. and we pledge ourselves,
if elected. to aid in the accomplishment OF
this graf purpose ut the earliest possible
moment.
Furthermore, the insidious robbery to
which the American people have been sub
jected by the protection extended by the
Republican Party to specially favored in
terests has produced a coalition between
Republican Party government and mono
poly. The maintenance of such a coali-
tion and the continued ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of
the federal power are Republican policies
that 70 hand in hand, and they have
made the Republican Party essentially Il
party of eXtrava gancc. Under the adj
ministration of that party there is Il
riotous waste and prOhigacy Of eXpcndi-
ture which constitute all indefensibIe
drain upon the purses Of the people. Pub
lie sentiment demands that there be an
end Of this wasteful and runious extrav-
agance and we declare that such an end
can only come by the destruction of the
partnership now maintained between pre-
datory business and government. And
this can only be accomplished through the
instrumentality of the Democratic Party
standing for the rights Of the people MS
against the illegal Legislative benefits of
the privileged classes. and pledged to
taxation solely for government ecOnOmi-
cally administered. Moreover, we speciti-
cally assert our intention to advocate Il
searching investigation Of the several de-
partmcnts of the government i'm order to
expose the existing waste and eXtrava-
gance and to inaugurate those honest
and economical business methods which
will result in the saving of hundreds of
millions of the peoples money annually. !
according to the unchalIenged declara-
tons Of Republican leaders themselves.
The Democratic party believes that the
powers of the federal government are su-
preme within their true sphere In the
restriction Of the national activities of |
and trusts, in the protection
of the rights Of the people through all the
various avenues OF Interstate commerce.
In the effective conservation OF our natural |
resources on the public domain and their
protection from plumber, and in the pre-
servation of equal rights for all and
special privileges for none, through every
lawful channel of federal legislation, its
if elected, will actively aid.
ut il, however a cardinal tenet of Demo
+tyE .tt# tI,.,+
States must be resolutely maintained
against federal encroachment. In the
alone are to be found the ex-
tent and limitations of federal jurisdic-
ton, and we declare our unalterable OPP
position to that dangerous doctrine of
the Republicanism Of today that the
may De elasticalIy expanded |
by executive Interpretation.
The issue of CannOniSm so called. is
of serious Importance to the American
people, but it is by no means enttrIy en-
bodied in the personality of the present
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives, .
and it will not do for tile Republican !
Party through its candidates, to seek to
obtain public favor by the valucleSS |,
pledge that they will not vote for the re- !
election of Joseph G. Cannon as speaker !
of the House of Representatives in the |
next Congress. CannoniSm il merely Il |
,,Grd coined to describe the great question H
Of the maintenance unimpaired Of thr
Legislative power Of the House of Rep |
resentatives as a whole The Republican
machine in the House, in order to per-
petuate the alliance between predatory
business and that party, has devised
system Of control by which the House
has ceased to Dc deliberative body. The
power Of the majority. to lcEislnte against
the will Of the leaders of that machine
has been throttled almost entirely. To
the continuance of this system the whole
power of the Republican National Organ
ization is pledged. and the only way to
destroy this system il bE preventing the
future control off the House ny any Of the
leaders Of the existing machine. To ac-
Complish this purpose and thereby restore
to the House its original vigor as the
primary constructive body in the Iegis-
lative branch of the federal governmnt,
it must be Obvious to all that it is neces-
sary to elect Democrats i'll such numbers
a. to insure q working majority In that
body. ...r.tur.r
The wide range Of national politics
necessarily embraces many issues of i'm
portance, and we have dwelt only upon
those which most Immediately and seri-
ously concern the welfare Of the people.
Upon nll other national issues standing
upon tine sound ground or steady adher-
ence To the fundamental traditions Of the
Democratic party, we shall advocate 4
definite constructive program which will