El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-25
PARKER CALLS
TEDDY 4 MENACE
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I[UUI Il WILNHUL
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an increase of federal power by usUrpa-
ton of state rights and without author
itv of constitutional amendments; The
man who took the isthmUs OF Panama,
and let congress debate about 1t alter
ward The man who. having enough
money to send the flee on its famous
cruise to the Pacific, sent 1t without
sanction of congress, leaving 1t to appro-
pirate the money for the return when
congress deemed that necessary.
"This IS the man who advocated fed
eral incorporation for the increase OF
power at Washington and the Tightening
of the legal burdens on the corporations;
the man who authorized the absorption
of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company
bv the steel trust; the man who, by
many such drastic acts. and by unnum-
bered words. has sought to batter down
our statutory and constitutional safe
guards.
The Diaz Example.
"IIe WHO rurq may read the danger
that threatens the country ruled by such
a man. 10 we envy Mexico her 80 years
of welded life. or the war Diaz pTecipi-
tated. the end of which no man may
prophesy2 The way to prevent a life
series of terms is to prevent the present
attempt tC capture the office for third
term. One of our opportunities in this
campaign Is to lead the fight against the
third term. That opportunity should
appeal to every drop of patriotic blood in
our veins.
Enthusiastically we have been wrong
hot rsGt q
third term constitutes a sufficient safe
guard against INSCRIPTIONS ambition for
unlimited power. We need a definite
constitutional limitation which shall pre-
vent imperialistic souls from forcing per-
sOnal continuation in office for long
periods or for life and the personal Sc
lection of a successor in office. And the
constitutional provision should 90 one
step further than our recently assailed
tradition.
''The provision should limit to a single
term. Then will the occupants of the
office have before them but the one am
Ditto nso to fulfill the great trust
repOsed in them that upon retirement
they shall hear from a grateful people
the commentator, "Well done, thou
good and faithful servant
in this great country. which boasts of
a wealth of s130,000.000 900 as against
$50, 600, 100000 for Great Britain and
Ireland, S65.000, 100000 for France and
$50 000,0 100000 for Germany, all are
conscious that too large a part of our
wealth has been secured by a small per-
centage of our population and that the
cost of living rises faster than the aver
age income.
''The principal cause of all this is to be
found in the tariff statutes and in the
combinations restraining trade and COM
petition created for the purpose of
wringing from L e public every dollar
which the tariff statutes make possible.
'The average of duties under the tariff
of 1888 was s IL percent. Now the
average Is so percent. In 1912 the aver
age was 50 percent. In 1916 it was re-
duced to rs percent, which worked so
well that reduction to an average of
20 percent followed in 1851
Probably it would never again have
been increased. but for the war. for the
census of 1860 disclosed higher per-
centage of increase of the national
wealth during the preceding 10 wears
! than for any other decade before or since
and the percentage of increase in capital
invested in manufacturing was greater
than during any similar period in our
history
AOGGCLtQ luJtEEsIS DeIelLLtQ DIV Two
increases DURING the war. the first to an
average of 371-2 percent. the second to
Al percent. That high average, then ex-
cused only by the eXigencies of the war
Is exceeded now as the average Is nearly
80 percent.
'Ennches Few at Expense of Many"
The Republican party thus has gath
cred the machinery of government to
enrich the few at the expense of the
many. That increase of 80 percent in
the average has taken thousands of mil
hons from the general public and devoted
1t to the creation of swollen fortunes.
An awakening of the people led the
Republican national convention of 1908
by its platform to promise a revision
True. it did not in term promise a re-
vision Of the tariff downward but its as
surance of revision of the tariff bv q
special session Of congress to be called
Immediately after the ,auguration of
the next president was intended to hold
the tariff reduction Republicans in line,
while the trick e phraseoiOgv was TO
be made clear TO the tariff beneficiaries.
''In vain did the people demand of con,
gress the fulfillment of the Republican
pledge Tor the masters of that party
protected interests-insisted upon the
pound of flesh nominated in the bond
And 1t was Welded. Congress passed
and the president gned the Payne
Aldrich bill
"One outcome of this breach OF faith
was a Democratic house, which has acted
so wisely and courageausly as to arouse
the enthusiasm of the 1eopIe and in
spire the Democratic party with iusti-
fable hope of early opportunity to rem
der a public service sOrely needed.
"Under sagaeious and intrepid Demo
cratic leadership special bills have been
passed having Tor tEcir purpose a re-
vision of the tariff downward ultimately
to a revenue basis. These bills are known
as free list wool, cotton, metals. chem
icals, sugar and excise The president
by the use of the veto power has post
poned the hour when the people shall
enter into the enjoyment of the relief
proposed until after the Inauguration of
the next president.
The Reciprocity Failure.
"The temporary failure owing to the
action of the electorate of Canada of
the effort to effectuate reciprocity with
that country is regrettable. The agree
ment proposed was in the interest of the
people of both countries.
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