The Cairo bulletin., 1910-07-13
THE DEMOCRATS
Of WISCONSIN
STATE CONVENTION OPENED IN
MILWAUKEE, YESTERDAY
AT NOON.
STRONG TALK BY REILLY.
Temporary Chairman Declares Prin-
ciples Of Party Stolen by Re-,
publicans--T arlff Law is
Riddled.

Milwaukee. July 12.-The Demo
cratic state convention opened at
noon with an address by Michael X.
Reilly, of Fon du Lac, temporary
chairman. William Wolf, of La
Crosse, was namde permanent chair
man. In. his address Wolfe said he
could never understand why Wiscon'
sin people should have voted to main
tain protective tariff. He declared
tnat ths lumber schedule had simply
made "a number of millionares.
Mr., ReiiIy's Speech.
Mr.. Reilly said in part:
While it will be most readily ad-
mittel that the Democratic party has
been most signally unsuccessful in
securing of spoils OF office for its
followers il cannot be dtnied that
has been most triumphantly success.
ful after almost quarter OF a cen
tnry OF warfare, in securing theadopt
ion of its principles, and the ratifica-
tion of its economic theories, by its
conquering political opponents and at
the last national election, although
defeated in the nation, the Democrat
ic party achieved important victories
in six of the northern states and
today, six Democratic governors are
serving the people in the former
stlongholds of Republ canism.
And Democratic ideas and Demo
cratic theories once denounced by
our political opponents are now
claimed as their own.
while the Democratic party has
continually suffered defeat and her
champions. many of them brilliant.
patriotic men, who have embell sned
the history of the country have fell
en- fighting gloriously under her flag
the principles for which the party
nas stood still live and will continue
to live, for they are as eternal az
justice itself.
Upon the rgnt Of the government
to levy tribute upon one class for the
benefit of another, the Democratic
party takes decisive issue with the
Republican party.
THE taxing power of the govern
ment is being employed today and
has been employed for the last thirty
years or more through laws enacted
by the Republican party for the bene-
fit of a favored few.
Through it's tariff leg station, the
Republican party has enabled certain
producers to eliminate competition,
to form gigantic monopolies to con
troll markets to arbitrarily fix prices
in def ance of the law Of supply and
demand so as to compel every fire
side. every shop, every factory and
every profession to pay tribute to the
favored few
I'VE nave reached such stage in
cur Industrial and commercial devel'
opments as a result of special prlVl-
lege, that the question no LONGER is
win the government be able to con
troll the corporation rut instead we
have win the corporations b. ab' >
to own and control tae government
Seeing political destruction ahead.
a supreme effort Is being made to
make the country believe that the re
tirment of Aldrich and Hale and the
removal of Cannon from the speaker
shin will enable the Republican party
to become the servant of the people
WHY condemn Cannon? Why con
denim Aldrich? What about the $50
coneressmen who aided Mr.. Cannon
in his efforts to the interest? What
about the Republican majority IN the
United States that back up Aldrich
in the effort to tax privileges
and what about Mr.. Taft elected up
on a platform pledged to reduction
of the tariff when he declared tnat
the tariff bill now condemned and de-
nounced universally as fraud on the
people was the best tariff bill ever
framed by any party in this country
"This is a remarkable day ami age.
Remarkable for many things ana
most remarkable of all for the kinds
and varties of Republicans tnat we
have
Our platform should be progress
sive and not reactionary. There is
great contest going on In our land TO-
day between the forces of react on
and the forces of progress and our
creed should Enthusiastically place our
party with forces of progress.
while the various elements of the
Republican party are at meetings
to read each other out of the party
let it be our aim to keep our door
steps swept clean and to welcome
into the home of our party the dis
satisfied arm of Republicans"
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