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vas ever drawn upon field Of battle In
any Of the great wars OF history.
ELECTS Admiration.

their attention and in1erest in the direc-
| ton Of solving the problems Of scivil
government; of saying who shall bt
chosen to direct the greatest organized
force for liberty and peace that the
world has ever known, ELECTS the re-
spect and admiration Of mankind"
Referring to the Democratic VIC
those republicans as weak sisters who
have arrived at the conclusion that II
is all up with the republican party.
DO we meet tonight to hold a wake?"
he asked. "Oh, no."
1T is not for me to read people out
OF the republican party" he contin-
ued But l am ready to say now on
the eve of the campaign we are about
to enter and In the spirit Of the older
republicans. you men who are faint
hearted, go home and hide
Those republicans who are In the
republican party for what they can get
out Of II. let them go home and stay out
OF the party But the oid-time type OF
slavery. and fought the war for the
Union, and maintained the credit OF
the nation. and substituted sound
currency for a debased one. and fou hi
down our country and defeat liberty.
let them stay and prepare for the
fray"
Always On CklSuC due.
Mr.. Root declared that no man was
able to predict what issue would be
chosen by the people to decide the cleo
ton. On all issues, however. he declared,
the republican party was on the right
side and ready to go to the polls.
In praise Of President Taft he said:
Since the last presidential election we
have had an honest efficient and faith
ful administration. 1t is no slight thing
to guide the movements Of such great
FORCES as make nation; 1t has been
done effectively. We may we'll be proud
OF the record Of the administration. Let
US stand by it. We have had a Presi-
dent who in personal character. In merit
Of performance. in fidelity to duty and
soundness Of judgment has won the
plaudits Of the country"
Mr.. 'Longworth Discusses Tariff.
The tariff as the issue Of the cam
paign was the theme of Representative
Longworth. He said in part:
If you were to give heed to all the
gloomy things that are written and
spoken nowadays. you would think that
the republican party that all was not
| joyous harmony more than eight
| months before the election: but If you
Will read your political history you will
iilu tiidL tIc present SlCuatlOu Is not only
not exceptional. but not even unjust al.
| II we can put good cheer into the hearts
Of our fighting men, II doubt shall give
place to confidence and apathy to en-
thusiasm, we shall win another victory
next November, and the man whom we
shall renominate at the republican con-
vention In June will be the next Presi-
| dent Of the United States.
rs there any indication today that
| the democratic party has amended it's
L constitution nd IN
Of happy harmony. Of q unanimity of
| sentiment, in the democratic ranks
| which some think does not abide in
| ours?
Democrats are making today a
great parade OF the unanimity with
pieces; but I permit myself to question
whether that unanimity comes, not so
1 much because of their belief in the
| merits of their cause. as because Of the
absolute certainty that under existing
circumstances none Of their tariff bills
can by any possibility be enacted into
law.
Under the Caucus Whip.
''They go laundering along through one
tariff schedule after another, under the
| caucus whip and practically without de-
bate, passing bills either through dense
ignorance of facts and figures or a reck-
| less disregard Of consequences, which,
II enacted into law would wipe out abso-
| lutely billions Of dollars worth Of Ameri-
can industries and the jobs of millions
| Of American workingmen.
1.-THE democrats have taken machine
| tools. the finished product of a great
| American industry, and put them on
| the free list. leaving at the same time a
substantial duty on every single article
that Is used In their manufacture.
| "IlndAr what nnecfhla on1ip theory
can this be done? 1t is not free trade. be-
cause duties are left on every inter-
| mediate product. 1t is not tariff for rev.
enue. because the free list yields no rev.
protection. This is a new theory. the
offspring Of the brains, or the lack of
them. of those now In charge of lesis-
lation in the House Of Representatives.
1T is a theory indefensible in any
school Of political economy. If it is any
thing at all it is policy Of destruction
the destruction Of American industry and
American labor. OF course, no such
monstrous proposition as this will become
q law In this administration, but 1t is ar
indication and an earnest of what will
happen If the democracy shall be success
| full In the next election.
No War on Principle.
II am not one of those who are blind to
the fact that the present tariff law Is not
universally popular. I believe that the
American people expected greater re-
duction in some of the duties tfan were
made and had right to SO expect. But
do not believe. and nothing can make
me believe, that this disapproval is d.
rected at the principle under which the
duties In the Payne law we're laid-the
principle of protection. In my view it is
directed against the excess of protection
in some cases and not against the policy
itself.
"Since the passage Of the Payne law
| the republican party has formulated q
| policy which will In the future be q
part Of our PLATFORM as much as the
policy of protection. and that Is the
creation Of q permanent. non partisan
tariff board-a board which shall
| gather in a scientific and unbiased
manner the facts upon which duties
| ought to be based
I'm my judgment the country will
never again approve a tariff law which
| il not made In accordance with the
facts as found by a tariff commission
and there is nothing which can prevent
the creation Of a permanent tariff com
mission except only the democratic
party. We have its nucleus now. We
have a tariff board which has already
amply justified Its creation by Its re-
| ,aat raoort IN vvool tina fnoat com nj ct q