Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1910-08-18

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cial schemes Of the large railroads.
banking and manufacturing inter-
ests he Uodgel serves In the halls
Of Congress.
Roosevelt's great popularity has
been largely due 20 the belief Of the
people thas he was the enemy Of
such corporation servers IS Lodge.
Therefore all over the land the
ex-presidsnfs friends are asking:
"How can RooseveIt conscientiously
speak for Q man like Lodge, Nhen
he does nothing for men like La
Follette7
The mere asking Of this question
has the tendency Of placing Roose-
Welt on the defensive. And tits bad
for any politician, great or small. TO
be On the defensive
TIE DnoCRATIc PosITIox.
Republican spellbinders have in
timsted the Democratic party stands
for free trade. Absolute free trade
is impractical With the United States.
Every country in the world. includ.
ing Great Britain, levies some tar
III. and this country must always
do %.
The Democratic position On the
subject is substantially as follows:
First: The government should
never collect one penny more Of
revenue than necessary 10 admins
Ter It's affairs with rigid economy.
Second: The lowest rate that
will yield the greatest amount OF
revenue should De imposed.
Third: Luxuries should always
bear the highest revenue duties.
Fourth; Experience has vindica-
ted the wisdom Of advaIoren duties
as being the correct practice.
Fifth: Revenue duties should De
laid 50 as 10 operate with equality
throughout the union, discriminat-
ing neither for nor against any class
or section.
Sixth: Absolute necessities should
go on the free list.
Seventh: There should be impos-
ed revenue duty upon practically
all imports. with certain exceptions.
These exceptions should be deter
mined by the test:
Imports coming in competition
withtrust-controlled prod
be placed on the free list. and srti-
cles Of absolute necessity should be
imported free Of duty.
ALDRIcH AT HEADQUARTERS.
Quite an important conference was
held ON J. Pierpont Morgan's yacht
"Corsair" Of Newport. r. /. re-
Gently.
II is understood that Morgan s
guests included Senator Nelson W.
Aldrich, Senator George P. Wet
more. who bad just returned from
seeing President Taft at Beverly,
and Charles D. Norton. the Presi-
dents secretary.
Morgan is known to take the view
that Aldrich's promised retirement
from the Senate would be o nation
al calamity" and il is believed he
urged Aldrich TO consider the mat
ter.
Politicians in Rhode Island have
never believed Aldrich would re-
tire st the end Of this term, as he
announced last spring. Il was not
expected that Wall street would
consent TO lose its most able repre-
sentative in the Senate,
FAvoRISo NECESSITIES"
President Taft asserts that in the
Payne-Aldrich bill necessities were
favored" at the expense of luxu-
ries. Here are q few comparisons
which show how the Republicans
really favored" the necessities:
The necessity raw sugar was taxed
So per cent, while the luxury dia-
monds, cut but not set, we're taxed
only 10 per cent. Such necessities
as blankets, fannels, women 8 dress
goods, shawls. knit goods, wearing
apparel and other WOODEN manufac-
lures, were made to pay a tax of
from 50 TO 40 per cent. while the
luxury automobiles were taxed but
IS per cent.
ALASKA GOES ISsURGESr.
Even the people Of far-awsy Alaska
have rebelled at Republican stand.
patism. James Wickersham, insur-
gent Republican OF Juneau. has Just
been reelected 70 Congress over
Edward Orr tina Taft n,-~~-Ln: