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virtue of their own rottenness. I might
parapnrase what was said by the immor-
tai Henry more than one hundred years
ago: Caesar had his Brutus. Charles 1
his Cromwell. George III his thirteen
colonies. Joe Cannon his insurgents-and
Tom Taggart may profit by their exam
pie"
Tariff the Paramount Issue.
In discussing the issue. ne said
'sTha unprecedented betrayal OF public
confidence by the Republican party in the
passage of the Aldrich bin over the un-
mistakable protest Of the masses Of the
people mas furnished US with the para
mount issue of this campaign. With the
demand going UP from every section Of
the country for a downward revision Of
the tariff: with monopolies born OF tariff
privileges becoming an unbearable bur
den TO the poor. with the cost of living
depriving the toner of necessary nouTish-
ment through the deprivation OF his table.
the leaders OF the dominating wing OF the
party in power brazenly re-enacted high
tariff measure in answer TO the prayers
Of the people for redress-a measure be-
hind whose walls the trusts and COM
bines are growing more arrogant. while
the masses of the people are crying out
for sUcc9r and redress. That act of I'M
speakable cruelty has made a profound i'm
preston upon the electorate of the ma
ton. and has brought home to the peo-
pie the sinister meaning OF a govern
mont of special interests.
Until the party gives as a downward
revision of the tariff in accordance with
the demands OF public opinion there will
be no cessation of tariff agitation. The
party in power took Office with the pledge
20 meet the demands OF the masses Its
candidate for President during the cam
paign promised that if Ire was elected
there should be tariff revision downward
He has the temerity now TO say that the
Payne-Aldrich bill is the best tariff law
ever enacted by the Republican party
Upon that issue the Democratic party is
ready to meet him. II did meet him last
Tuesday in a Congressional district in
the old bedrock Republican State of Mas
sachusetts-the first chance the people
had to answer the Republican President
and Republican Congress. They spoke in
no uncertain tones. Their answer viii be
echoed from the Atlantic 90 the Pacific.
and from the Lakes to the Gulf.
Extravaganza of Roosevelt Regime.
THE time has come to cali halt on
the criminal extravaganza which has
come to characterize the Republican ad-
of national affairs When
we stop to contemplate the significant
fact that the administration of Theodore
during a period Of profound
peace, cost the taxpayers of the nation
more than did the administrator OF
Abraham Lincoln, when the nation was
involved in the most stupendous strus-
gle OF modern times. the thoughtful man
must be impressed with the necessity for
and reform.
The Roosevelt regime. which involved
the nation in a deficit while boasting of
its businesslike administration. will one
day be subjected to the calm scrutiny of
reason. and the verdict of history will be
that it was marked By criminal extrava-
gance and wiliful waste The traditional
Democratic policy Of public economy in
the expenditure OF the peoples money
has assumed an enticing aspect to the
citizen. who believes that II
IS not good policy to dissipate with
reckless hand the money raised by the
taxation OF the people.