The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1912-09-26
OVATION given
CONG. JACOWAY
Big CROWD HEARS HIM
DELIVERS MASTERLY DEMO
CRATIC SPEECH AT GRAND
THEATER.
rom Tuesdays Daily.

Given a reception that was nothing
less than an ovation, Congressman II.
M. Jacoway, as the guest of the Con-
way Wilson Marshall Democratic
Club, last night delivered an eloquent
Democratic speech before crowded
audience at the new Grand theater.
On his arrival at SIS o'clock the dis
tinguished visitor was met at the sta
ton by the Conway brass band and
was escorted by committee OF the
club to the theater, where an audi
ence which filled the auditorium and
balconies almost to their capacity
had assembled The large number of
ladies present was especially noticek
BILE. The few vacant seats in the the
alter would doubtless have been filled
if the train on which Mr.. Jacoway
had arrived had not been late, caus-
ing some to understand the speaking
would be postponed.
Mr.. Jacoway was introduced by s.
w. Rogers, president of the Wilson
Marshal club and a former fellow.
townsman of the congressman. The
speaker was visibly touched by the
splendid reception accorded him and
seemed at loss for words to express
his qualification. After apologizing
for lack of time for preparation of
an address, due to illness in his fam
lily, and expressing his appreciation
of the large audience, Mr.. Jacoway
went into a discussion of the para
mount political issue of the day, the
tariff, and compared the records of
the Democratic and Republican par
ties ON this great question.
Citing governmental statistics to
prove his assertions, Mr.. Jacoway
showed that the tariff protected
trusts are shipping their products B.
600 miles across the Atlantic and
selling them to European consumers
at prices from 20 to so per cent low
er than they demand of the American
consumer. If there were no other ar
gument, the speaker said, this alone
is sufficient to cause every American
voter to denounce the Republican tar
if idea and join with the Democratic
party in removing this great aid to
trust domination. Mr.. Jacoway said
at heart he was a believer in absolute
free trade, and was willing to sup
port a tariff only sufficiently high to
produce the revenue needed for the
federal government.
Mr.. Jacoway contrasted the legis-
1ation enacted by the Democratic ma
tional house of representatives with
the record of the Republican senate
and president and showed that every
bill passed by the lower house which
had for its purpose the relief of the
people from tariff burdens had either
been defeated by Republican SEN
ate or vetoed by Republican presi-
dent. The bill reducing the tariff on
wooden goods, he said, would save the
American consumers $4,000, 900,
while the cotton goods bill would
have saved them $32,0O0,OO0. The
passage of the proposed amendment
for the popular election of senator's
and the excise tax bill were also
pointed out as some of the praise
worthy performances of the Demo-
cratic congress. The speaker also
strongly advocated federal aid for
good roads and said Democratic adj
ministration would certainly enact
such measure.
In concluding, Mr.. Jacoway pre-
dicted the triumphant election of
Wilson and Marshall on November
5. The states that are usually con-
sidered doubtful and which have for
16 years swung into the Republican
column, are no longer doubtful, he
said, the split in the Republican
ranks and the dissatisfaction of the
people with Republican policies MAX
ing them now surely Democratic.
Mr.. Jacoway was freely applauded
throughout his address, and at its
conclusion was congratulated by a
large portion of the audience. He
left on the II o'clock train this MORN
ing to attend the Deep Waterways
convention at Little Rock, where he
SC an Tho ,orosr,.ap, fnr ON address