The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-15
REPUBLICAN PARTY
IN ALABAMA A JOKE
Hefin Calls 1T "Officeholders
and Postmasters'
PREDICTS OVERTHROW
saws House VIII BE Democratic, Champ
Clark Speaker and Work of Turn
ing the Rascals Out VIII Be-
gin systematically
PREDICTS OVERTHROW


Fifth congressional district was in Bir
mingham yesterday and handed out {
severe Indictment of the Republican par
ty. I'VE will~carry the next House. hi
said land we will bring to light evi
dence of republican graft and corruption
that will open the eyes of all justiee-lov
ing people and convict the republican
party of deceit and unfaithfulness to thu
American people,
Mr.. Hefiin did not fail, in passing, t.
speak of the republican party in Ala
bama, which he characterized as the
party of office holders and postmasters
THE republican party is weaker IL
Alabama than it has been for many
years. Mr.. Thompson will not poll as
many votes as did Vince Smith.
There isn't any republican party II
Alabama to speak of. There are severa
old-time republicans who have practi-
ealIy quit the republican party as it II
today In Alabama. They don't take tc
those republicans who are republicans
for revenue.
here the other day, but their convention
ought to have been called a convention
of postmasters and office holders. | UNI
derstand that Mr.. Thompson says that
he has many letters from democrats say
| ing they would vote the republican tick
eft this year in Alabama. This is GER
tainly a joke. OF course no real demo
erat has written any such letter. and II
Mr.. Thompson has any such letters II
would be interesting for him to publish
some, and unless he does publish them
the failure to do so will establish the
fact that the claim was a joke.
o,Neai BY $4,000
The republican party is in bad odor
not only in Alabama, but throughout the
country. As far as Mr.. O'NeaPs election
is concerned, no well-informed man will
question but that he will be elected by
IS, 900 majority.
1.-THE situation with reference to the
republican party in Alabama or the new
referee and spols party, is best Illus
trated by what a New York republican
said two or three years ago when he was
sent down here to speak for the repub-
lican ticket in Alabama. He abandoned
his campaign tour and returned to New
York. saying as be departed: You had
Just as we'll try to grow oranges on
Greenland icy. mountains as to try to
build up the republican party in Ala
bama.'"
About National Affairs
Speaking of national affairs, Mr. Hef-
| lin continued:
1.-The democratic outlook Is brighter
than It has been since 1892, and the dis
position among democrats everywhere is
| TO harmonize-to get together and pull
| together The party Is really In better
fighting condition than it was in 1892
Democrats everywhere realize now
more than ever the necessity of demo-
Gratis getting control of the federal gov
eminent. The republican party has been
in power so long that certain special in
terests have come to feel that they own
the government of the United States,
and that 1t ought to be run in such a
manner as to put dollars in their pock-
cts and increased burdens upon the backs
of the people, and today the republican
party is literally holding up the pro-
Queer with one hand and robbing the
consumer with the other.
1.-THE republican party is guilty of de-
ceit and unfaithfulness to the American
federal government In 1903 1t solemnly
promised to reduce the tariff tax that
had become such burden to the people
The people accepted the party's pledge
| and the republicans were again success
| full at the polls. An extra session OF
Congress was called-to do what? II
was called, the. people were led to be-
| lieve, for the purpose of complying with
the promise that the republican party
had made to the people-to reduce the
tariff tax. What that party did in the
face of its solemn pledges is known to
all the people of our country. 1t com
mitted a great crime against the sover-
eign power-the American voter-by re-
fusing to comply with the pledges or
which it obtained his vote. 1t secured
office under false pretenses, and exer-
cises official power today at the hands
of deceived and outraged people
Obeyed Tarfff Masters
/ "It obeyed its tariff masters and in
creased the tariff tax and through THU
contemplate betrayal of the American
people it has increased the cost o
living to such an extent that millions
of our people are denied the simpl
necessities of life. Do you wonder thei
than the American people are great.
W
Germ about the misconduct and decep
ton of those whom they have intrust
ed with power? Do you wonder tina
they are making ready to call thes
unfaithful officials to judgment? Pres
| ident Taft admitted at the close o
the extra session of Congress that tb
| tariff bill was not what the repub
llican party had promised to the PEG
pie. What followed the operation o
that law? The increased cost of 1iv
ing, the taxing of one class of PEG
pie to enrich another Was 1t neces
sary to violate the party pledges an
increase the tariff tax in order to NEE
the legitimate expenses of the gov
| eminent economically administered
Not at all Senator Aldrich, the Ieade
of the republican party in the Sen
ate and the chief agent of the tart
barons of the United States, said re
Gently that s3oO.ooO.Oo0 could he save
to the American people If the govern
ment were economically administered
| The republican President admits tina
his party in framing the tariff bill vic
lated It's pledge to the American PEG
pie Senator Aldrich admits that tn
| government did not and does not nee
the additional tariff tax to meet tn
expenses of a government honestly an
economically administered. Then VIII
was this additional tariff tax put upo
the people? Republican insurgents i
the House and republican insurgents i
the senate, Dolliver, Cummins and La
Toilette say that 1t was done becaus
special interests demanded 1t. and the
denounee the present tariff law as
| tiOlatiOn of their party pledges an