St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-08-19
Opelousas, La, Aug. IL, 1911.
Hon. Raymond Breaux,
Editor st. Landry Clarion:

Editor st. Landry Clarion:
In to-day's issue of the Clarion
is a reply to my 4th of July ad-
dress recently published in your
paper, in which Mr.. Chevis, the
talented campaign manager of
Senator Foster, takes exception
to the subject matter of my dis
course on the 4th, to-wit: A dis
section of the Tariff record of
Senator Foster of La, and the
conclusion drawn from it's peru
sal, that no consistent Democrat
can vote for his reelection. |
confess it is with considerable
temerity that | undertake to
answer SO renowned a knight of
the pen as my friend Chevis,
whose polemics for the past de-
cade as Editor of the States,
have brought so much comfort to
Revenue Tariff Democrats, who
have been compelled by the in
exorable logic of events to
breathe a Republican atmosphere
of high protection. 1t is some.
what singular that Mr.. Chevis
should in SO short a time, in his
effort to bolster up a high priest
of the protective principle, shift
his position to the point, where
he is unable to differentiate be-
tween Democratic and Republi-
can doctrine on the Tariff as evil
denced by his reply" wherein
he says: The tariff being large
ly an economic question, pre-
sents MANY PHASES upon
which Democrats and Republi-
cans may vote together" if this
phrase is not purposely intended
to cloud the issue, I confess to
an inability to understand it's
meaning; if there is any differ
ence in the economic views Of
the two great national parties, it.
is certainly on the Tariff, the
zone being wed to the high pro-
tective principle and the other
to a tariff for revenue only with
the incident of protection; where
the principle of either doctrine
is involved | can't conceive of
the MANY PHASES upon
which Democrats and Republi-
cans may vote together, unless
the Republicans are Insurgents,
in open revolt against the prin-
ciples of their party and the
Democrats on some particular
schedule that their sections are
especially interested in, vote
with them when principle is cast
aside and they are determined
that their respective states shall
have a part Of the pirates loot,
as was the case in the lumber
schedule; for reasons set forth
in my address on the 4ht, Demo
Gratis like Daniels of Va, Money,
the minority leader, and many
other Democrats, in fact all, but
one or two, if ! remember cor
rectIy, voted for the lumber
schedule; it seems to me an eX-
labored effort on the
part of Mr.. Chevis to excuse, or
gloze over the frequent points of
c t on t h MANY {
PHASES" Of the Tariff Bill, be-
tween Senators Foster, Aldrich, {
ct al. MI. Chevis {
takes the singular view that a {
vote on one schedule, like hm- I
Der, confessedly a violation of !
The revenue tariff principle, is as !
bad as a violation of the same S
principle on many, Dr. on all the [
schedules; in other words an oc- |
,asional lapse from grace, even y
there maybe mitigating $
circumstances, is as bad as a life t.
line of crime; the breaking of v
me commandment is as bad as t
| violation Of the entire decalog: L
Tod help US all if at the lasthour n
We are to be measured by such a L
and judged by SO stern ii