Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-01-20
TARIFF FOR REVEN UE rs TIE
BATTLE CRY

iuesudy last was very largely attended b.
all wings.of the party including the Bryal
element. the members of which were Their
in numbers
Thrilled with the achievements of tn
past, vibrant with hope for the future
facing an outlook glowing with promis,
and inspired by the confidence of tn,
country, two great gatherings. typifyinl
the reunited and rejuvenated Democracy
were held in Baltimore on Tuesday, mark
ing celebration of the recent party vic
tory, which will echo throughout the land
Speaking to vast audience. which EN-
braced every section Of the country, mer
high in the councils of the Democratic
party Tuesday afternoon at the Lyric
boldly attacked the entire structure of pro-
lection and announced the fixed intention
of the party to enact tariff for the pur-
pose of raising revenue only.
1t was the greatest political gathering
that ever assembled in America in an of
year, according to veterans present.
The orators were Gov. Judson Harmon,
of Ohio; Senator Jos. W. Bailey, of Texas
Representative Champ Clark, of Missouri
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of Kentucky.
Governor Crothers presided being intro
duced by State Treasurer Murray Vandiver.
The speakers declared that with tariff
revenue only, with Governments expenses
cut to the lowest plane of economy, and
with the necessaries of life on the free list,
where possible, the party would redeem
the pledges it had made to the people, and
that the Democratic hosts would sweep the
country in 1912
Senator Bailey and Governor Harmon
declared for tariff for revenue only, with
out going into exact details of how the bill
should be prepared. while Representative
Clark declared that the consensus of opinion
among Democrats favored separate sched-
ules for separate items. disposine of the
most obnoxious first.
The Lyric was throneed and many could
not gain entrance. The hall was deco
rated with bunting, flags and State en-
blems
The scene at the great banquet in the
Fifth Regiment Armory at night was one
of rare beauty. The great hall cleaned
with electric lights and resounded with
the inspiring music of the Fifth Regiment
band. The thousand and more diners
gathered at the armory at O'Clock and
in an amazingly short time order was OBJ
tanned out of the confusion that reiened
and the march to the banquet hall began.
The entire assemblage was seated a few
minutes after 7:30 O'Clock, and for two
hours while the band played the BAN
queters went through a menu that did
credit even to Maryland.
The following are extracts from speeches
delivered at the mass meeting in the after
noon by the three leaders of the Democracy:
Governor Harmon said THE people have
turned to us so far as they can at this
time. And they have done it with full
knowledge of our views on the subject.
They know we believe in the raising of
public revenues to be the proper objects of
all taxation; that, whatever the process, the
Government can and does tax nobody but
its own citizens, from whom comes every
dollar it gets; that the tariff taxes on arti-
cles for consumption apportion themselves
among the people according to the amounts
consumed, so that levying them properly
means an adjustment of burdens among
consumers according to their ability to pay,
and not distribution among manufac-
tuners of rights to collect tribute from con-
sumers; that what the Government needs
is known and the way to collect it without
injustice to any citizen is easily found,
while no man or body of men can discover
OF apply proper rule for levying taxes on
all citizens for the benefit of few, and,
besides what is wrong cannot be made
right by the way it is done that taxes on
imports for needed public revenue afford
the only advantage to American manufac-
turers which the Government can Justly
give or that the country ought to be bur
dened with, in view of the cost and risk
OF the long shipment imported goods must
undergo and that American labor does
not get the benefit of exactions from the
people demanded and authorized in its
pretended interest"
Senator Bailey said Without assuming
to be wiser than they are, venture to be-
lieve that can lay down rule to which
no Democrat can offer a valid objection
and by which our friends in the House
can draft tariff measure above just and
successful criticism. My rule would be
this; Levy duty on every article from
the importation of which an appreciable
amount of revenue can be collected and
make the duty on each article as low as
the necessities of the Government will per
nit. The only exception would make to
this rule would be in favor Of the ne,
Fies of life, and so far as the Government,
could dispense with the revenue from then
would place them on the free list"
Representative Clark said: There are
two ways of revising the tariff-one By a
general bill, the other by particular bills
for particular schedules, or even particular
bills for particular items The consensu.
of opinion among Democrats seems to be
that the latter is the preferable method
and that we should proceed to revise Il BY
separate bills, taking the most obnoxiou.
schedule first
Our first duty in that regard is to tlt
of the excrescences. TO cure the injusuCes
and to remove the cruel features OF the
general bill. The proper function OF the
tariff is to raise revenue, and we should SO
arrange the rates as to raise the maximum
amount of revenue, at the same time
taking from the pockets Of the peopl,
the minimum amount of money. In ar
ranging the rates the highest should be-
on the luxuries, and the lowest, or none
at all, on the necessaries of life"