The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-30
TAMMANY HEAD
IS IN CONTROL D /
Murphy Dominates New York
Democratic Convention.
G0YERNORSHlP In DOUBT

Edward M. Shepard Appears to Be in
the Lead, but an Upstate Man May
Secure the Standardization B.
Parker, Selected as Temporary
Chairman, Pays His Respects to
Colonel Roosevelt.
Rochester, N. Y, Sept. 30.--With
213 of the $50 votes under his control
Charles F. Murphy Of Tammany Hall
is in position to dominate the Demo-
cratic state convention here Upon
Mr.. Murphy's use of this power, that
came to him through the coalition OF
the delegates from New York, Kings
Queens and Erie counties, depends
the composition of the ticket that will
be placed in the field to oppose the
candidates nominated at Saratoga by
the Republicans.
Thus far no combination has de-
veloped strong enough to threaten the
supremacy of the leaders. The ques.
ton was not one of the Tammany
leaders power, however, but of his
disposition to use it. While the sup.
porters of Edward M. Shepard and the
several upstate candidates acknowl-
edged that the nomination of their
men depends upon Mr.. Murphy's word,
they bore in mind his reiterated dec.
laration that the upstate delegates
would name the ticket. But few ven
tured to predict how broad an inter.
probation the Tammany leader would
give this promise.
Parker for Temporary Chairman.
The uncertainty as to the guberna.
torial candidate continued up to the
time the convention was called to or.
der. Alton B. Parker, former presi.
Dental candidate, was elected tenn
porary chairman and delivered the
keynote speech.
Mr.. Parker began his address with
an attack upon Colonel Roosevelt, say.
ing he had, while president, been Civ
en- to "executive usurpation" to an ex-
tent that political prophets in other
lands were now predicting the speedy
coming of the dictator in the United
States. He continued:
"Other champions there are of the
doctrine that the people of the states
and their officials are less competent
to deal with business matters than the
eminent, the courts share therein be-
ing particularly obnoxious. According
to this school as large a share as can
be of the powers of congress and the
courts shall be taken from them and
ultimately lodged in the federal ex-
ecutive. For, say their leader, in his
address to the Hamilton club: This
new nationallsm regards the executive
powers as the steward of the public
Welfare.' This means that the legisla-
tive and the judicial departments of
government, exercising their powers
independently, but are to be subordi-
nate to and controlled by the steward
OF all power-the executive.
Discusses Tariff Question.
1.-THE first tariff act was in 1885 and
the average duties were 814 per cent.
Now the average is so per cent
I'm 1912 the average was 80 per
cent. BY the Walker act of 1916 they
were reduced to an average of about
rs per cent. This worked so we'll that
in 1857 the average was further re-
duced to 20 per cent. It probably
would never have been increased but
for the war, for the census of 1860
disclosed higher percentage of in
crease of capital invested in manufac-
turing than during any similar period
of our history.
THE tariff beneficiaries, however,
availed themselves of the exigencies
of the Civil war to secure two in
creases, the first to an average of
271a per cent, the second to an aver
age of Al per cent. And now, forty
six years later, the average is so per
cent.
1.-THE Republican party is RESPONSE
BILE for this increase from the average
of 20 per cent, as it stood in 1862, to
so per cent, as it stands today, and
for the thousands of millions of dol
lars that through it have been taken
from the people to create the swollen
fortunes that President Roosevelt de-
nounced so vigorously. Strange, is it
not, that he did not then suggest that
the way to prevent their creation in
the future was to reduce the tariff
which made them possible?"