Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1910-10-07
Platform OF The Maryland Demo-
cratic Candidates For Congress-.
CAMPAIGN 1910.

CAMPAIGN 1910.
We, the Democratic Candidates for Con-
gress in the State of Maryland, in a cam
paign 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 necessary for
the support of the government, economi-
cally administered and we denounce the
Republican doctrine of protection as sys-
TEN primarily intended to benefit private
and selfish interests. The continued oper-
alton of this doctrine through Republican
legislation has been the creating cause OF
those mOnopOlies and trusts which have
oppressed the people 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 in
everyday life, is 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 protected inter
ests, is the Democratic party which al
ways has been and is today in favor OF a
tariff for revenue.
The enactment into law of the Payne
Aldrich tariff bill not only failed to redeem
the Republican platform promise to bring
about a much needed reduction Of prices
to the American consumer. but by inordl-
nate taxation through the operation OF this
law there has been caused an oppressive
increase in the cost of living to every
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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 at the
coming election. and we pledge ourselves,
If elected, to aid in the accomplishment OF
this great purpose at 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 coalition between
Republcan-pa government and mOnOp-
oily. The maintenance of such a coalition
and the continued ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the
federal power are Republican policies that
90 hand in hand, and they have made the
Republican party essentially a party of
extravagance Under the administration
of that party there is riOt0us waste and
prOtiigacy of expenditure which constitute
an indefensible drain upon the purses of
the people. Public sentiment demands
that there be an end of this wasteful and
ruinOus extravagance. and we declare that
such an end can only come by the destruc-
ton of the partnership maintained between
predatory business and government And
this can only be accomplished through the
instTumentality of the Democratic party,
standing for the rights of the people as
against the illegal legislative benefits Of
the privileged classes, and pledged to taxa
ton solely for government economically
administered. Moreover, we specifically
assert our intention to advocate a search
ing investigation of the several depart
ments of the government in order to ex-
pose the existing waste and extravaganza,
and to inaugurate those honest and eco
nOmical business methods which will re-
suit in the saving of hundreds of millions
of the peoples money annually, according
to the unchallenged declarations of Repub-
lican leaders themselves.
The Democratic party believes that the
powers Of the federal government are SUI
preme within their sphere. In the restrc-
ton of national activities of monopolies
and trusts, in the protection of the rights
of the people through all the various ave-
nues of interstate commerce, in the effec-
tive conservation of our natural resources
on the public domain and their protection
from plumber, and in the preservation of
equal rights for all and special privileges
for none. through every lawful channel Of
federal legislation, its candidates, il elected,
will actively aid. IL is, however, cardi-
nal tenet of the Democratic faith that the
reserved rights of the States must be reso-
lutely maintained against federal encroach-
ment. In the constitution alone are TO be
found the extent and limitations Of federal
jurisdiction. and we declare our unalter-
able opposition to that dangerous doctrine
of the Republicanism of today. that the
constitution may be elastcally expanded
by executive Interpretation.
The issue of CannOnism, so called, is Of
serious importance 10 the American people,
but il is by no means entirely embodied in
the personality Of the present Speaker Of
the House of Representatives, and il will
not do for the Republican party, through
its candidates. to seek to obtain public ia
vOr by the valueless pledge that they will
not vote for the reelection of Joseph G.
Cannon as Speaker Of the House Of Rep
resentative in the next Congress. Canon
ism is only word coined to describe the
great question Of the maintenance unim-
paired of the legislative power of the House
of Representatives as whole. The Re-
publican machine in the House, in order
to perpetuate the alliance between preda-
tory business and that party, has devised
a system Of control by which the House
has ceased to be deliberative body The
power Of the majority to legislate against
| the will of the leaders Of that machine has
been throttled almost entirely. To the
continuace Of this system the whole power
of the Republican National Organization
is pledged, and the only way to destroy
this system is by preventing the future
control Of the House by any Of the leaders
of the existing machine. To accomplish
| this purpose and thereby restore to the
House its original vigOr as the primary
constructive body in the legislative branch
| of the federal government, IL must be OBJ
viOus TO all that II is necessary TO elect Demo-
Gratis in such numbers as TO insure work
ing majority in that body.
| The wide range of national politics neces-
sarily embraces many issues Of importance,
| and we have dwelt only upon those which
most Immediately and seriously concern
the welfare of the people. Upon all other
national issues, standing upon the sound
| ground Of adherence TO the fundamental
traditions Of the Democratic party, we
shall advocate a definite constructive pro-
gram which will meet in the interest Of
the whole people the great problems that
\ are facing the country.
Home Coming At Goshen.