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that we would elect a majority of the
house in the siXty-second congress,
our majority would have been $50 in
stead of 65. Many democrats were as
much astonished as were the repub-
licans at the results on the eighth of
November. Now they realize that we
have more than an even chance OF
sweeping the country from sea to sea
IL 1912. This glorious result can be
accomplished by the very simple pro-
cess of carrying out religiously the
promises which we made in order to
win last November and that is the
only way known among men of ach-
ieving success. The people deserve
to be treated honestly and fairly.
Even if we were not disposed to re-
deem our promises as a matter of
principle, when we look upon the
wreck of the republican party we have
most valuable object lesson of the
low estate to which great organiza-
| ton may fall by failure to live up
to its promises.
"It has been generally stated in
the public press that this meeting is
for the purpose of securing harmony
among the democrats. That Is not
true for harmony already exists am
ong democrats and this meeting is for
the purpose of maintaining rather than
securing harmony.
IN order to give the country proof
positive that we intend to redeem the
pledges by which we won last Au-
tumn, the house democrats have call
.Nf l,nr -aln of
the sixty-second congress to be held
on the nineteenth day of this month
for the purpose of selecting the DEM
ocratic portion of the ways and means
committee in order that we may have
time to collect the Information to con-
struct a tariff bill or bills, wisely and
Systematically so as to have the tariff
bills or bills introduced at as early a
day as possible to reduce the effects of
uncertainty to the minimum.
J 1--WE could not afford to slap to-
gether a tariff bill or bills without due
: information on which to base them
} and the country could not afford to
have us to do so. Therefore, the only
rational thing to do is the thing
which we are about to do: that is. to
tariff wisely, scientifically and syste.
matically in accordance with oul
I promise.
. There are two ways of revising the
: when on the fourth day of March
1901, Thomas Jefferson delivered hi
r inaugural address, he enunciated tn
p democratic creed, among other thing
|, for which he declared was econom.
: in the public expense that labor nigh
be lightly burdened.
Nothing could cloud his clear Wis
ion to the fact that labor foots tn
e bills and pays all the taxes. There
: fore, the burden of taxation shoul
: be made as light as possible. Econom
e in the public expense is another prom
IS Use that we will redeem. The curtail
70 ment of appropriations will prove pei
st haps as difficult as the reduction c
l. the tariff, but that both will be ac
al complished, there can be little dout
l. for this year democrats are united b
ID the determination to work harmon
IN ously together and by the hope of az
he preaching victory-a victory whic
Is will restore democratic supremacy
r. every department of the government
10 when we analyze the figures {
THE country has concluded to giN
us another chance to demonstrate oil
fitness to conduct the government a
Mt ter sixteen years of exclusion fro
le power If We are equal to the OF
lie portunity, il we meet the respons
sc bilities with wisdom, courage ar
oil patriotism, we will have a long lea:
p of power. We should not forget th
IN so far as the democratic party is col
Id cerned-and, therefore, so far as Il
IN fortunes of the country are concerl
j. ised,-more depends upon the action
a 1.-The sixty-second congress than upc
KS teny that has met since the forty-fourt
IN congress. Therefore. it Is only natu
IN lsl to assume that every democrat W
y realize the Importance of carrying o.
III tour promises to the end that we mi
of lreceive the appreciation of the publ
w2lo, as servants we are"