The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-23

all the money you have that I don't
want the office for which I am candi-
date
Politicians warned me that I blum
dered whenever 1 opend my mouth. We
never saw such a fool of a candidate,
they said among themselves and ~ me,
in signs, if not in words. But I knew
that I was going TO be elected; I never
doubted it but once. and that was. after
the votes had been cast. The wires got
crossed in bringing the news to my
house. and at midnight l said to Mrs
MARSHALL The battle IS lost, l guess
Then I went to bed. Ten minutes later
was asleep. At o'clock 1T the morn
ing Mrs Marshall awoke me Gov. Mar
Shall she joyfully said, let me be the
first 10 congratulate you Thereupon,
arose and dressed"
Party Is All Right.
What is the matter with the Demo-
cratic party?'' I asked.
Nothing. The Democratic party IS as
solid as the immovabIe rocks on which It
has always stood since the days Of
THONGS Jefferson and Gen. Jackson. The
American people sometimes fall into the
error Of believing that five or SIX men
constitute q political party. A half dozen
colonies don't make an army. Because q
handful Of supposed leaders contradict
one another, It does not follow that the
| Republicans or the Democrats. as a whole,
have abandoned their principles or are
fighting among themselves And let me
tell you, sir, that If some of the men who
think they are the chosen and official
representatives Of the Democracy Of this
country. and who go up and down the
earth with a great noise, would reach in
their pockets for their credentials they
would find them missing. The plain men
of America are pretty close together in
their opinions, and alleged leaders. can
neither deceive nor nisinterpret them"
What is the most important question
before the people Of to-day?" 1 asked.
4 shall undertake to answer your ques-
ton IN my own way" Gov. Marshall re-
piled. THE Democratic party has failed
TO elect a President because it has spread
itself over and exhausted itself with IN
necessary and unpopular issues. We have
piled plank upon plank and principle upon
principle gaining some support here. but
losing more there, and being worse off
than when we started. The speed OF a
fleet is it's slowest ship. The strength of
party platform is its weakest plank. A
national convention may declare and re-
declare and point with pride and view
with alarm until the crack Of doom. but
half a dozen foolish OF in-considered words
will wreck the campaign that IS to follow.
Tariff Question Important.
THE one great question before the peo-
pie IS the tariff" Gov. Marshall went on
TO say. Il should Ike TO see the Demo-
cratic party go 10 the country with two
issues-protection and eoonomy-and not
a single line about anything else. Ask
the voter If 1t is right in morals. laws,
or justice to put dollar in one mans
packet that has been taken from the
pocket Of another man. So long as there
are schedules there will be bargains back
and forth in Congress-Smith calling for
tariff on one thing and Jones ON some
thing else, and each yielding to the other
and getting exactly what he wants.
II would first ascertain the yearly cost
OF an honest and economical administra-
ton OF the national government Then 1
would get the approximate value of the
goods that are annually imported by the
United States. Dividing the one by the
other and ascertaining what rate of per-
centage levied on imports would equal
the cost Of government, l would make
the Quotient the one Axed rate of tariff