The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-05

|
stanzas Of Byron's splendid poem, The
| Destruction of Sennachcribt
II submit to a candid world tha,
| the Democrats OF the House OF Repre-.
| sentatives have sct a fine example TO
Democrats everywhere, and deserve
| we'll of the country. our unity of pur.
| pose and unity Of action should he
| come contagious to the end that we
| may sweep the land from sea to sea
| and hurl from power those who have
abused the sacred trust which tho peo-
| pie committed to their hands
But we must fight IL we would win.
! The Republicans are so split i'm that
| some folks seem to think that all we
have to do is to stand still and see
the salvation of the Lord. Such over
confidence may cost us dear. The sure
way to win is to fight to-day, to-mor-
row and every day till the polls close
on the first Tuesday after the first
Alonuay in November
Special privilege, which Jefferson
fought in his day and over which
Andrew Jackson. of blessed and heroic
memory, triumphed In his day, is firm
~ intrenched III power now through
years and years of Republican malad-
mtnistration, and cannot be rooted out
without terrific struggle The bene-
fctaries thereof will pour stream Of
gold like unto the River Pactolus into
the Republican Doodle fund with which
to dcbauch the voters of the land and
then recoup themselves by more OF
special privilege granted by the men
for whom they buy the offices. For
years that endless chain has been in
operation. and it Will continue to oper-
ate TIL our system of government IL
thoroughly purged OF every variety
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THE tariffff graft--one species Of
special privilege-became SO offensive
that five or six years ago even certain
Republicans became dissatisfied and
began to demand a revision downward
First, there were only what the doc
tors call sporadic cases OF Republican
dissatisfaction; but the Republican dis.
senters increased so rapidly that In the
spring Of 1908, Hon. Serene f. Payne
chairman of the great Committee on
Ways and Means and ex-officio Repub-
lican floor leader in the House, was
driven into declaring that he violated
no confidence in stating that the Re-
publicans would revise the tariff. His
statement was eduivocal. as he did
not say whether the revision was to
be down or up, but, considering all the
circumstances under which his utter
ance was made, he intended 1t to be
understood as promise of revision
downward. and to do him perfect JUS
tice, he claims that his bill is re-
vision downward.
Clearly he has been imposed upon
by his arithmeticians. for his bill
frevises IT up about Ill per cent. on
the average. His declaration, however,
did not allay the oamor among Re-
pitolicans. 1t swelled into such roar
that when the Republicans held their
national convention in 1908 they were
forced to promise tariff revision in
their platform. Again the promise
was equivocal, as it did not state
whether the revision was 10 be up or
down. But the demand for tariff re-
vision downward was so strong and
so insistent that a majority of Re-
publican orators and editors declared
that the revision was to be downward,
On that promise they won. Having got
in, they proceeded to revise 1t up
ward. SO that in the impending cam
paign the overshadowing issue Is
whether men in conducting campaign
are under any obligation to tell the
truth or whether they are licensed to
palter in a double sense-to keep the
words of promise TO the ear and break S
1t TO the hope Query: Is 1t any /.
less dishonest TO secure Offices under
false pretenses than, 10 obtain money
in that felonious manner?
Agree With Taft.
President Taft himself admitted in
his Winona speech that the wooden
to be reduced. / agree with him on
that; SO do you all Why. then. have
they not reduced it? 1t is eleven :
months lacking one day since he
signed the Payne Aldrich- smoot tariff
bill. He is Republican.
Both Houses of Congress are Re-
As the Democratic floor leader in the
House I guaranteed that IL the Presi-
dent would send In message urging
that the WOODEN goods schedule be
cut to reasonable basis. so that the
people could have cheaper clothing I
and cheaper blankets, and Mr.. Chair. {
man Payne would report such bill
Democrat would vote for it, and every /,
Democrat in the House applauded my
Offer, thereby proving that I spoke
their sentiments. That was on May ,
in any such message and MFR. Chair !
man Payne has never reported any !
such bill.
Every newspaper in the land that
dent said that it was fair proposi- !
ton and should be accepted. BY rea- +
son of Republican refusal to cure that
great nso Outrage gs hundrsds Of Thousands
H.,
through tn ensuing winter. Doctors
and philanthropists are waging war
against the Great White Pleague, which 1,
the wooden goods schedule of the
Snloot tariff bill does
so much to foster. Shame upon men
who will not remedy such gross
outrage: an outrage whose existence
they admit, an outrage which causes
ncalculable sickness, suffering and
death, an outrage which they have
abundant power to stop!
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believe we will have, we will honestly
and courageously report bill to revise
The tariff down to revenue basis, pass i
II through he House and send 1t over
20 the Senate. Perhaps by that time
The Senate yielding to the public de-
nand, will also pass 1t. If it does not. ,
we Will go to the people on that issue :
n 1912.
An Invitation.
"A Democrat is man who believes {