The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-03-15
INTERESTING WASHING.
TON news.
DEMOCRATS PUTTING FORWARD GOOD
MEASURES IN CONGRESS.
Presidential Candidates Are Boosted
by Their Boomers.

The Democratic party in the House
Of Representatives has put the Re-
publicans in hole and sOaped the
sides and pulled up the ladder. Their
latest move has absolutely astounded
the Republicans and made their eyes
bulge out like buck eyes On a mud
wall. This contamination devoutlb
to be wished has been brought about
by the move the Democrats have
made in bringing a bill In for free
sugar and an amendment to the Elk
else Law which will produce the same
amount OF revenue cut of by free
sugar. This proposition means by
taking the tax orr of raw sugar, will
cut down revenues OF the government
about $50,000,000.00 per annum. By
adding the amendment TO the Excise
Law, which will tax all incomes over
100000 a year one per cent, means
that $4,000, 100000 year will b. add
ed to the revenues, thus adding not
less than $10,000,00000 per annum
more than was received by the sugar
tax and saving the consumers of this
country not less than 100000 100000
a year in taxes, and compelling the
rich people of this country to pay that
tax. This is what I call constructive
craftsmanship and Champ Clark and
the leaders, i'm the Democratic House
Of Representatives are responsible fol-
this piece Of legislation that will
make new issue i'm the coming cam
paign.
The Democrats were very secretive
concerning the sugar schedule until
the night Of the caucus where the
whole thing was sprung as a sur
prise and unanimously adopted by
the Democrats in caucus as a Demo
cratic measure with the exception OF
the Democrats from Louisiana and
Colorado, the two big producing sug-
ar States, one cane sugar and the
other beet sugar.
III il claimed by some that III this
bill becomes a law it will ruin the
sugar Industries of those two States
and put nearly half million peo-
pie out Of business. In the first
place it will do no such thing. Tt
will cut down their profits, perhaps,
a cent and half pound on sugar,
which will 60 into the pockets Of the
consumers of this country and which
the consumers OF this country ought
to be pleased at Even if it did put
that many people out OF business
what is 100000 people compared to
the interest Of 100000 people who
use sugar every day or their tables?
AS I have said previously, this will
save the people Of this country not
less than $100,0O0,000.00 per annum.
Now, III the duties on raw sugar place
only $50 ,000, 100000 in revenue into the
Treasury, where does the other $780,
000,00000 come from that will be
saved to the consumers of this coun-
try? Simply from the pockets of the
sugar trust and that's all there il to
it. If this move on the part of the
Democrats il not popular with the
people, saving them all this money
every year in living expenses and
compelling the rich who have incomes
of over 100000 a year to make up
the difference in the Treasury, then
/ cannot conceive OF anything that
would be popular with the people OF
this country.
There is no doubt that the Demo-
cratic House OF Representatives will
speedily pass this bill for free sugar
and the Excise or Income tax, which
the Supreme Court of the United
States has already passed on and de-
clared constitutional and send it ov-
1T to a Republican Senate. + am
frank to say that T don't believe the
Republican Senate will pass it and
if it does not, The people of this
country will know where to place the
blame for their failure to save $780,
000,000.00 in taxes each year.
The Republicans in the Senate
were not only surprised and chagrin-
ed at this sudden flank movement on
the part OF the Democrats, but are al
ready shying at the proposition like a
moon-eyed horse at black stump.
The Republicans know full well
what it means to them, either to fail
to pass this proposition or have a
Republican President To veto 1t if 1t
should be passed.
The Democrats are now sitting i'm
the rocking chair and will soon pass
this proposition over to Republican
Senate where it will be their next
move.
III the people Of this country don't
think that the Democrats have their
interest at heart, let them reflect up
on the above proposition and vote &C
cordingly in the next campaign.
1t may be interesting to the readers
of this correspondence to know just
exactly how the boomers of the diff
ferent candidates are booming their
favorities and the arguments they
are using to convince the people that
their man i the man to nominate.
Among the Democratic candidates,
the Wilson boomers are boosting
their man a., the scholar in politics;
the fact that he redeemed the State
of New Jersey and made it a Demo-
cratic State and his record al Cover
nor and the speeches that he has
made all over the country since his
election to that high office, being the
first political position he ever filed.
They also claim that Wilson is a pro-
gressive Democrat of the progressives
and that he will draw very largely
from the progressive Republican vote
in the coming election if nominated.
The Harmon people are making
much of the fact that their candidate
has redeemed the State of Ohio, a
rock-ribbed Republican State hereto
fore, having twice been elected Gov
ernor for that great State. They claim
that he has saved the taxpayers OF
Ohio not less than $25,000,000 since
he has been Governor by increasing
the tax rate Of corporations and com
polling the railroads and others, to
pay their portion of the taxes, which
they have hitherto been lodging They
claim that he is conservative and
will appeal to the conservative ele-