The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
NEATLY FLAYED
Taa and His Party Taken 10 Task for
Decei7ing The People.
A WARM HOUSE SPEECH
Palmer of Pennsylvania Attacks the

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PLANT President and tina: Roose-
velt is the Greatest Insurgent.-
Republican Party Helps the Rich.
Referring to President Taft as a
rather plant executive" and charac-
terizing former President Roosevelt
as the greatest insursent OF them
all. who taught the insurgents how
70 Iasurge, Representative Nit
chell Palmer. Democrat. OF Pennsyl-
vania. attacked the administration
from the floor Of the house Tuesday.
Mr.. Palmer. in introducing his at
tack upon the Republican orsaniza-
ton and the administration meas
ure. 81 d that the country could eS-
pect little real benefit from this
show of effort on the part OF the
president TO redeem the pledges OF
the Republican platform.
The speaker said he did not In
pute TO the president any lack OF good
faith, but, he added. ANY student
OF recent and present conditions in
the Republican party must realize
that. however much the president
may desire to carry out the promises
OF his party in relation 20 these meas
ures. ne has bound himself hand
and foot to an organization in the
congress, which has demonstrated
on innumerable occasions in the
past that It can be true to nothing
except its own false traditions.
The first effort of the administra-
ton nayed by Representative Pal
mer was the tariff. He related how
President Taft had promised the
voters in his public addresses before
election that the pledges OF the Re
publican party for tariff revision
meant tariff reductions.
The people understood theI, :
said Mr.. Palmer. that in presenting
the platform the Republican party
gave its proniissory note to the peo-
pie. Il was endorsed by William 4.
Taft and accepted by the people at
the election. 1t never would have
been accepted without tina; endorse
nent. for the credit OF the maker
OF the obligation lad been sadly i'm
paired by the record OF years OF
broken pledges.
IL President Taft had displayed
but half the zeal in an attempt TO
force Congress to reduce the tariff
taxation or the necessities of life
that ne displayed in securing these
reductions Of duties which will result
IN greater profits TO the protected
manufacturers. already enriched by
operation Of tariff laws beyond the
dreams of ayarice. he would have
earned the right 10 say that as the
endorser OF the Republican party 5
promise he had saved its obligation
from protest.
If he had been but half as anv-
ious 10 save the pennies OF the work
ingnan by giving him cheaper cot
ton goods as he was 70 save the
dollars OF the steel trust by dumping
into its mills its raw materials at
much reduced expense. his name
would have been enshrined in the
hearts OF the poor as his praises are
now sung in the counting houses Of
protected wealth.
The reduction in The tariff on lum-
Der was described by Mr. Palmer
as purchased "at the price trade
war with Canada. now all too immi-
nent. which is liable 70 bring into
operation the maximum rate pro-
yided in the law and increase the
tariff on lumber products b. 100 per
cent.
ITO say that the American people
were deceived" he proceeded, by
the double play OF rather plant
executive and an astute leader of
the Republican organization during
t:.e last inning of the tariff game. is
to impute to the citizens of this coun-
try OF lack of intelligence for which
there is no warrant in their record
for the prompt punishment they nave
meced out in the past to parties re-
creant 10 their trust
Now. uhat the insur:ents have
been whipped into line" he said.
by the refusal OF the public pap
and by the successful! issue OF the
most gigantic bluff in the history of
This body. and th"se men Of inde
pendent thought and action have
been corralled into the party caucus
and made 10 promise 20 be good |
what has become OF these pledges in
he Republican platform? The Re
publican legislative program start
ID out bravely 10 redeem the nartp
promises and 70 carry ont the poli-
les which prevailed in the election |
If 1905. but one after another we
see the items Of this program go
:own before the ias;Gious assaults I
II the organization which. now. nm
cctunately. controls. the executive
IS well as legislative branch OF the
government.
We have witnessed The s7ecta-
le Of the greatest friend that coase--
alton ever had beng hurled from