The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-06-23


time and again I demanded of the Re-
publican candidate that he tell the
people what he meant by revise
whether he intended to reduce the
tariff, the nearest he ever came to
stating was that it would mean the
reformation of the schedules, and fin
ally he said that it would probably
be downward. But the people thought
it would be certainly downward, and
T had Democrats to tell me they
thought was not fair to the Republi-
>can candidate when even suggested
that the revision might be upward.
But the people have found that the
word revise does not mean down.
ward; it may be up or down, or side
ways. or any way. But they will never
use the word revise again in a plat
form It served it's day; it is obso-
lete: it can not fool any more
'Now, if this were an appropriate
OCCASION said Mr. Bryan, II would
be glad to show you what tremendous
progress has been made, and while
this progress has been so widesDcead
that it takes from the Democratic
party any claim that it may have had
to monopoly of good ideas, still it
is so much more important that the
people should have reforms than it is
that those reforms should come from
any party, that think, even as Demo-
Gratis, we can rejoice that things that
were partisan because advocated by
our party alone have now become the
accepted policies of the country.
sTake the election of senators by
the people. That began 19 years ago
in a Democratic congress. The Demo-
Gratis led in the advocacy Of it. They
put ii. in three national campaigns.
Itwas never endorsed in Republican
national platform, and in the last Re
publican national convention, it was
not only not endorsed, but repudiated
by a vote of seven to one. And yet
when it passed the house the other
day only fifteen Repuh hlicans voted
against it, and VIXEN it. passed the sen
ate it had a majority of nearly three
to one. The sentiment has grown un-
til every party is in favor of the elec-
ton of senators by direct vote of the
people, and that which the Democrats
) urged and had the Republicans oppos-
ing them in is now accepted by Re-
publicans, as we'll as Democrats, and
the resolution is in conference, and We
are only waiting on the getting to-
gether of these. two houses upon the
phraeselogoy that both will accept,
and then I am satisfied it will be en-
dorsed in both houses by an almost
unanimous vote. Not that all those
people there believe in it. They do
not. We have men in the senate and
some in the house who do not believe
in letting the people have what they
want. But they have not the courage
to oppose the people when the people
express themselves with the emphasis
that they have on this subject.
''The income tax fight began seven
teen years ago, and We had great op-
position, and I have lived to see Re-
publican president take plank out
of the Democratic platform-and, if
you will pardon me for saying so, I
have lived to see the man who defeat
ed me take a. plank that wrote my
self, out of my platform, and put it
through a Republican senate without
opposition, and I have seen that doc
trine that I have been called an an
archist for advocating, more than for
any other thing that have advocated
Il have seen it endorsed by thirty
States of the Union; as many Demo-
cratic as Republican, I think. I have
seen it endorsed by one branch of the
legislature of Massachusetts, of New
York ard of New Jersey, and endors-
ed by both branches way up in Maine.
This has now become an accepted doc
trine in this country, and yet it arous-
ed bitter opposition only a few years
ago.
*'Three years ago we had the parties
divided on the subject of campaign
contributions. Our party said that the
publication should be before the elec-
ton. The Republicans said not until
afterwards. Mr.. Taft said not until
afterwards. Mr.. Roosevelt said not
before, that would be very improper.
And the bill that was afterwards pass