The sun., 1910-07-13
OLLIE JAMES IS TEKLED
DE HOCRaTS GOTNG TO NV avn
INVESTIGATE ELERfTBING.
Nine Departments % the Gssernment %
ne PIT On TTiaI ~ the NeNt CsaEre..
The q. %. v nilghird ~ Alirirh.
Betrayed by the Empty Dinner PAN.

The O.. %. v niightrd ~ Alsirt-h.
Betrayed bJ the Empty Dinner pan.
ollie James. Representative" IN Congress
from the F-zt district % ksntirky. cAfne
up from Washington on Monday ~ grt a
hr~ath of fr~sh air and ~snt bark that
night Mr. James says this - Demo
cratic year The Republicans ar~ not
going % win anything worth taking into
account. They may got ons diz,rtr, In
Kentucky. but the Congress which as-
ssmblss In December. 1911. or perhaps in
a special session before tha. time l. gning
to be As Overwhelmingly Democratic
a. 10 was in the dAvs which now fev can
recall
Tho only elsctions to b. held in hen-
tlcky next fall are hoes for Congressmen
and cor Judges OF the Court ot ApT-,als.'
said Mr. James. but there IL going 20
bs a protty warm campaign. The Fight
viii he on Republican policies. tho trusts,
the tariff and extravagant eSpsnditures
This has teen q very extravagant Con
xress there have beon % mAnv it"tns
Appropriated and - many unnecessary
ofices created helieve IL costs twcnty
six times as much p-r capita tn run our
Government az n did whom John Quincy
Adams was Prrsdent.
.Of course tn. great issue Of tho cam
paign IL going 10 be the Payne -Aldrich
tariff bill and the Increased cost Of living.
which Is ths tariff bill over again There
are now three Reput licSn Congressman
from kentucky. In the next Congress
there will bs hut ons. and that in tho
Eleventh district. where that fellow Pow
ers il running Practically all the Demo
cratic Congressmen are going Ia stand
for reelection My district is frequently
spoken Of as the Democratic Gibraltar
Of the State
Senator Aldrich certainly did get him
self in a mess when he said he could save
the people 500, OOO. .O1o a year in the ex-
pensss of their Government Tn" people
know that the Republican party has had
fifteen years OF opportunity 20 do this.
having had complete control of the Gov
ernment for that tiup. II he could sav-
that much the Democratic PARTY could
save \ great deal more. II WAS a fatal
admission continued Mr. James. -heing
tantamount Ia saying that IN all the
years the Republican party has hcen IN
power II has heen looting tn" paople's
treasury Of that much. n not more
Why are you confident II Demo
cratic victoress- Mr.. James was asked.
This IL a Democratic year WAS IN.
reply. The people have an idea that
graft exists under thus Administration
and that any party in power 50 long
ought TO be stigated.
How do you think Gov. Wilson il
getting alongs-
Gov. Wilson has been great dis
appointment To the people - TN" state
in many ways. There is man who was
going To reduce all the expenses Of the
State Instead ne has increased them.
When he went into Office there was 81
OlD uUO in the state Treasury. Now the
state II borrowing money.
There's no doubt. continued Mr.
James, that the Democrats will control
the next Congress by one OF the biggest
ma joriti~s they have ever had. When
We get that and have put into operation
about nine investigating committees
We shall rea what ~ can get together
for 1912 Why specify nine conmitteesg
Well one for each 81 the great depart
mants uf the Government which will
have t. h. investigated
jovmant 10 the New York Legislature
turning down Col. Roosevelt m regard
to the primary bill. i once said though.
said Mr. James, that the one great diff
Col Roosevelt ~ that the PEOPLE used -
have AN ides. that whether right oT wrong
Roosevelt was always trying to do some
thing for them, hut that Taft - always
irving to do something To- them
What has defeated the Democratic
,,arty the last few years j. just what's
going to defeat the Republicans next
fall. When the ordinary man - con
tented and has plenty 10 eat u iz next
10 impossible 10 get him 10 take an in
isr,-st in politics: hut now. with tho
rn-t 81 living gone up loo per cent. hut
with the pric,. - labor standing Etill the
reople generally are going - hold the
Re- spublican party responsible for this
condition 81 things. just a. they would
give the credit of good times 90 tho party
in power This election will b" Indicative
II what is going 10 take place two years
hence
Have YOU any Presidential possihil-
II Ies picked out A. YETI
It's much too early to pick Candi-
dates Tor o. Pre-id-ncy." was tn" reply
4 grat deal depends upon what the
fall elections show.
Mr. James eNpects to- remain IN Wash
gton until Mrs. James who recently
underwent an operation. RECEIVERS -uf-
fcentlv TO ba taken to the mountains or
fh. saashore But ! shall he III Ken
lucky IN time for the opening of the
campaign in September snId ia" Con
grc--man.