Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-01-11
Washington Correspondence.
BY CLYDE H. TAvENNER.

AhS AZ WhSu viz nov JOoA AVA-J %
year in which the Democratic
hosts confidently expect to elect
president and march into the
promised land, the jackson day
banquet in Washington January
8th, marks a triumph in the as
tendency of the Democracy that
has not been signified in any SIM
liar gathering in many years.
With an array of leaders at the
banquet board such as the party
has not boasted for perhaps half a
century, with 700 prominent party
men present from far and wide to
add Importance and brilliance-
this coupled with the knowledge
of all that the enemy is hopelessly
divided and dumbfounded, makes
the jackson day gathering an
auspicious occasion to every dem
ocrat.
On the list of speakers are to be-
found the names of Norman E.
Mack of New York, Chairman of
the National Democratic Commit
tee; Champ Clark of Missouri,
Speaker of the Democratic House;
Joseph R. Folk, Ex-Governor of
Missouri; James 7. Lloyd, Chair
man of the National Democratic
Congressional Committee; Will
liam j. Bryan of Nebraska, three
times Democratic candidate for
President; Woodrow Wilson,
Governor of New Jersey; John
w. Kern, United States Senator
from Indiana; William R. Hearst
of New York; Alton B. Parker of
New York; and United States
Senators Chas. F. johnson of
Maine and Atlee Pomerene of
Ohio, with Senator James A.
OGorman of New York City as
POSTMASTER.
When the banquet was first
mentioned it was not expected that
1t would grow to the proportions
in Importance that it has. Much
of the credit is due National DEM
ocratic Committeeman, Edwin A.
Newman, of the District of Col
nmbia, who, because of the selec-
ton of Washington as the meet-
ing place has been wholly in
charge of the arrangements.
Mr.. Newman, however, has had
the assistance of two advisory
committees of prominent demo-
Gratis, one named by Chairman
Mack of the National Committee,
consisting of National Commits
teemen j. Taylor Ellyson of Vir-
ginia, John j. McGraw of West
Virginia, j. F. @. Talbot of
Maryland and another named by
Chairman Lloyd of the Congress
sional Committee, consisting of
Senator VIM. j. Stone of Missouri; !;
Senator Robert L. Owen of Okla
homa; Representative Lincoln
Dixon of Indiana; Representative
Ed 7. Taylor of Colorado and
Representative A. j. Peters of
Massachusetts,.
''woRLD WIDE" CAUSES.
Already during this session of
Congress many of the orators
among the Standpat Republicans
have tried to explain the prevail
ing high prices with the argument
the high price wave is worldwide.
This is another of the half-truths
which the Republicans seek to
have the people accept as whole
excuse.
Mr.. R. HI. Hooker, of London,
read a paper before the Royal
Statistical Society of England re-
Gently, in which he showed that
the increased cost of of call COM
modities' was twice ais much in
high protection Germany and
high protection United States, as
as in free trade England.
Comparing food prices for this
year with 1885," said Mr.. Hooker,
"we find there has been an in
crease Of 4 per cent. in France;
8 per cent. in England; 25 pei
cent. in Germany; 28 per cent. in
Canada, and "a per cent. in the
United States"
Why is it that "world wide
causes" result in an increase Of
per cent. in France and England,
and 81 per cent. in this country?
PROTECTION AND IMMIGRATION.
High protectionists always ad.
dress their appeals to farmers and
workingmen. "High tariff, they
argue, means high prices for farm
products and high wages for the
workers.
Last year 145,000 American