The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-27
TAFT AND THE
NEW TARIFF
fcontInuea ICON rsrr one.,


and The county option plan OF regulat-
Ing the liquor tranic.
Mentioning the Democratic state
convention being held today at Grand
Island. Ncb.. Senator Brown declared
that Il Is useless for Democrats TO
fight over a platform. as a Democratic
platform L. neither useful nor orna-
mental" Said ne.
The u,en who make IL forget. and
the men who are elected on Il are ex-
pected 20 repudiate a."
To support this declaration he cited
the record OF Democrats In the last
Congress. lie said.
Record OF Democrats.
Their last national platform
pledged the party 20 free Iunb Der. but
they voted against free lumber. They
promised a postal savings bank. They
kept their promise in the Senate b.
casting thirty-Ouc out OF thirty-twO
votes In that body against e. They
promised the people free coal. they
voted for a duty on coal They prom
ised free iron ore they voted mo- on
the proposition"
Contrasting this record with that OF
The Republican, party. Senator Brown
said.
Fourteen years ago. when Mr.. Nc
kinley was chosen President on the
pledge that he would pass a tariff law
with protection 10 American industries
In II. he kept the pledge and the coun-
try prospered. Five years later
Roosevelt succeeded % the presidency.
and IN 1904 when reelected by the
people. he promised TO carry out the
Mckinley policies and retain the pro-
tcctive features Of McKinley's tariff
act, he. too. kept the pledge, and the
country continued 20 prosper. When,
Your years later. IN 1908. William Il
Tart was chosen President on the
pledge TO revise the tariff law. but to
retain its protective principles. he
likewise kept the faith and the coun-
Try still prosDered."
Talked ON State Matters.
Turning TO state matters, the
speaker named a number OF bene-
iicient laws enacted under the lead
crship and inspiration OF George Shell
con, the last real governor Of this
state.
The elective railway commission
and other laws regulating common
carriers the pure food law and the
ulrect primary law were mentioned.
And remember" continued the
senator. during HIS administration
and since, under the whip-and-spur
energy OF Attorney General William
A.NAAENaAs GNNAI one OF LneEe laws
has been enforced"
Senator Brown again took up the
record OF the Republican party in ma
uonal Affairs declaring that never in
the history OF the legislature has
congress In a single session enacted
50 many important and progressive
laws as did the Republican Congress
Just adjourned"
The conservation law. the postal saw
inEs bank law, the admission OF Arr.
roma and New Mexico. the provision Tor
tariff board 20 Investigate and 10
report facts relating TO manufacfurfnp
end commerce. we're mentioned as In
stances OF the Republican party re-
deeminE It's platfor mpledReE. the
speaker giving the credit to President
Taft Tor the success OF the measures.
OF the new tariff laws be said:
No one has ever pretended that act
Was perfect Its warmest friends have
always admitted It's irnperfections. but
Notwithstanding its imperfections with
the Information Congress had az the
time. 10 was a better law than the law
II superseded. and IS entitled to the