The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-18

Democrats have uq lack oi Use IS
anes thIs ycal upOn Whlcn w wage I
tleir campaign M tacl there are SO /
Hiany ISSUES forced oil tine attention of /
thc voters through Republican SINS
"a commission and omission as tol
almost cOniound many voters the
campaign book ISSUED Dy the National
Democratic Congressional Committee
ID lts table ol contents places The
taNlf and cost of living as the pafa
mount issue of lho campaign and
Republican extravaganza as second
IN Importance
The independent voter II more tha1
over worth attention this year, s1d
cause Of his greater numbers and hF
evident trend toward Democracy
Nothing Nlll anpoal more TO tho i'm
dependent voter than the two leading
issues 9aboyg mentioned, for Doln
touch the ponkeuf iand after al its is
the material side that appea u in pOll4
lies. hut there are also great moral
4 issues involved In the tariff and IN cX.
I trayagance lIy reason OF the tariff
4 the tax Is imposed, and by reason OF
/ eXtrayagant appropriations much oil
! this Is wasted, Such is evidently the
idea Of Governor Austin l.. Crothers
4 OF Maryland, who the Baltimore sun
reports has accepted number OF in
4 yIlations 70 speak, and who win make
as many speeches as the duties Of his
office will permit The Sun also pub
lishes statement Of Governor Croth.
ers. outlining the main issues upon
/ wnlch he Will speak, in which he says.
The Republican party in It's last plat
form promised that II 1t were again en-
trusted with power IL would revise the
tariff downward, SO as to lessen the
burdens OF the people. It's candidates
won. Congress assembled, and a
/ shameful reputation OF that promise
was made by the enactment of the
I Payne-Aldrich tariff law. In this cam
paign the Republican party and its
/ candidates are confronted by the fail
/ ure 10 carry out this solemn pledge
4 70 the people.
"a party can not make q more SER
ious mistake than TO violate plat
form pledge. As a result of the fai-
ure Of the Republican party to re-
wise the tariff downward. the cost OF
+ living has continued to increase, con
stituting a great hardship upon the
millions OF the toiing masses and
consumers Of this country. The
4 Payne-Aldrich law has also served 10
enrich further the privileged classes,
IN whose interests ii was manifestly
! passed.
IT will not suffice now to promise
to relieve this overburdened aud sink
ing ship by the promise to cast Speak
er Cannon the captain OF the vessel,
overheard. It is cowardly for the Re
publican party to try TO visit its own
sins upon Cannon alone. Cannon Is
simply The product Of the recent pol
Icy and system Of the Republican
party lie has stood firmly for evcr>
move made by the party in the inter
esis Of the privileged classes. While
j may teach Cannon as an individual
n valuable lesson. il by no means re-
! lioves the party from the responsible
tiles of the policy it has been pursuing
Had Cannon served the people with
one-haf Of the zeal he has served the
special interests they would not now
be turning him over naked to his en-.
cniies
The ! mocratc party. from all in.
dicatlon throughout the country,
seems assured OF a triumphant vic
tory. The people seem to fully real.
lze that there Is no other way by
which they can be relieved from the
burdens of exormitant tariff taxa
ton except by the election should be
reduced by The friends OF the consum
err