The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-01
CONVENTION WAS
A NOTABLE ONE
,Concluded iron, First Page


'stanl@ai' dishonest tariff revision.
and their advancement to the adyo-
cacy Of tariff reform. SO long and SO
consistently urged by the De loefatc
party
I'VE are pleased too. to find that
this proeressveness has led 10 tie
Adoption Oh recommendations made
by tie last Democratic president for
the regulation arl control Of inter
state prhlic service corporations; and
of the recommendation so eloqueatly
urged by the last Democratic candi-
date for president, for the proven
ton Of corrupt practices and the in
reference Of corporations in politics,
by insisting on the publication OF
campaign contributions. before anil
after elections"
Mr.. Bisscll then went into wiatshH
termed the "wasteful extravagant
use of public funds in state and
nation.
To-day" he said, we find the pro
agacy and recklessness Of Republic
can adm inistration calling for the ap-
preparation by each congress OF the
fabulous sum of two billions fioi'
lars. comparison Of the last four
years OF Democratic administration
illustrates with graphic and telling
force the strenuously sDrcndtnrift
phase of Rooseveltlsm, and its feeble
proxy Taftism
II have dwelt rpon tais public eX'
travagance for the purpose OF expos
ing the underlying cause Of continued
lish tariff taxation on the nenessarics
Of life, and the betrayal Of the peo-
pie Ivy revision of the tariff upward
instead of downward, as promised by
the Republican platform and the Re
publican candidate.
rs It not easy to understand why
the cost Of living is so high, why tho
burdens of taxation are so heavy, and
why the promises OF substantial
revision Of the tariff downward have
| been broken9
1T Is our duty to present TO the
people the plain facts and can not
believe that their attention viii be
diverted from the real and momen-
| tous questions to be determined al
| the NoyeTAer election by any amoun
Of sncetacular c'aptr3p or copyhoo'
| platitndes about honesty and Virtue
unanimously reiterated ny tie unique
and entertaining lion hunter who IL
the wilds G Africa. or in the i1s'
| Of The salanAars Of European courts
seems to Iave entirely forgotten his
! share OF responsibility for this caf1i
7 val Of extravaganza excessive taxa
ton and dishonest tariff revision.
THE patriotic business men and
workers Of the country can not lone
be misled by impulsive and reckless
| attacks upon the business organiza
lions of the country. whether goot
or bad, or by demagogic appeals Il
passion and prejudice.
| The Democratic party Is now. ant
| always has been, loyal to the princi
| pies advocated by the founders .
the republic. We are in sympath,
with the doctrines of a so-callej
now patonalsm. which disregard
loyal seIfgoyernment aud forget thu
limitations of the constitution
We are opposed to this daw srou
tendency TO further Capitalization
Of power in the national government
We are upholders of the Democrat
of old nationalism. We believe In TIL
equal rights ald equality of all me
before the law. We insist upon a
honest. economical and business q.
minlstration of goyernn entail affairs
hoth in the state and in The nation.
Synopsis Of the Platform.
The platform adopted this aftel
noon condemns the attacks on th
supreme court OF the United States
opposes any nsurpation by the fec
| eral government Of the rights of tn
states; Payne tariff law Is denounce
as betrayal Of the trust of the pee
lple, because Il failed in the promis
for a revision downward The tart
law Is declared to be contribute
largely TO the high cost OF living. Tn
platform declases for true revisit
downward,
1t says; Fourteen years of Repul