The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-04-19
DEMOCRAT|CG GOSPEL AS PREACHED BY
 GOV. HARMON
Able Governor, of Ohio In. Nebraska, Advocates True Democratic Prin- cipIes as Opposed to G. o.
 p. In the Nation.

Governor Judson Harmon, of Ohio, was invited to Nebraska last week and while there took advantage of the opportunity to tell his hearers a few pertinent democratic truths, free from buncombe and bombast. Speaking to 5000 voters in the big auditorium at Omaha, Governor Harmon said:
 From whatever state our National leader may come this year, Ohio has furnished the object lesson for the campaign. The conditions at her cap- 1tal were like those in Washington.
 The revenues were raised by taxation unfairly apportioned and spent with wastefulness and extravaganza. The
 government had fallen into the hands
 of men who administered it for their own advantage and that of others
 whom it was to their interest to favor
 in order to prolong their control. Spe- cial privilege was rampant on all sides. There was a strong suspicion of graft, great and small, in the gross form of common stealing and under the various disguises which skilfull rascality employs.
 The people, weary of unkept prom i ises of retrenchment and reform by the Republican party, turned to the Democrats but gave them only partial control of the government These set about the task assigned them only to | find themselves hampered and obstruc- | ted at every turn by Republican offic- ials. But their efforts. though unsuc- cessful, were not in vain because at the next election the voters swept the State House clean and turned it over to the Democrats.
 | In 1908, the people gave the Repubti- cans another chance, on their express promise to reduce the tariff taxes and m naada6 R11f fhoU eworse than forgot the promise. They broke it by raising these taxes and making their iniquities in distribution and by way of favoritism worse than before.
 1 And as to retrenchment, that was only a stock platform phrase anyway. The President who as a candidate had added his personal promise to that of his party not only signed the Payne-Aldrich-Sm -Smoot tariff bill, but praised it as the best ever devised by man.
 At the next election the voters smote him and his party all over the Union and sent up Democratic House to give them relief and justice. They would have sent Democratic Senate and President, too, if they could.
 "The House promptly set to work, reducing it's own expenses to begin with, and set it's committees to en- quiring into the enormous expenses of the various departments with a view to reducing them too. And it passed bills to reduce the tariff taxes and correct the monstrous injustice in the existing schedules. The elections were not entirely without effect on the Republican Senate, because it con cured in these bills, with some modi- ficatiOn, and they went to the PreSi- dent for approval.
 He vetoed them, and the reasons he gave were, if anything, worse than his action. He will doubtless veto the bills passed at the present session if they get through the senate. He in- siSts that the favored manufacturers shall be guaranteed reasonable profit at the expense of the consumers of the country, though everybody else has to take his chances of profit.
 The Republican tariff has been the chief breeder of trusts and combina- tiOnS to suppress competition and raise prices. It has encouraged extra vagance as an excuse for high duties. It has aggravated the inequalities in wealth which have spread socialism among the people. It's reform on Dem- focratic principles will accomplish more for the welfare of the country at large than any other single meas ure.
 "On this there is hardly a dissent among Democrats. We favor it hs strongly as we oppose a central bank. The need of such reform is confessed The voters have demanded it. It will be the key to the Democratic position this fall.
 'The house by it's action has given, assurance of due care in dealing with questions which affect the business of the country and at the same time giv- en an earnest of the fulfillment of our promises of economy. And it has knife to be brought forth in the var ious executive departments. It has pointed out and cleared the way which leads to success.
 We are fortunate too, in having. so many Democratic administrations which have made good in states we must carry to succeed. The party has well as in the Nation that our oppon- ents had created the impression among the voters that it had no mem bers capable of managing public af- fairs. And this was long a serious handicap to us. It now appears that it is possible to have too much exper- fence in public life and many of our adversaries have been retired in con- sequence.
 While the Executive has. duties connected with legisration, it is. the business department of the govern ment which expends' the peoples mon ey and is looked to for the results which that money is provided to ob- tain; and the same qualities and mo- thods are required there as in any other enterprise. The incentive of personal gain is lacking, but patriot ism more than fills it's place with the right sort of men, for what is better worth while than really to help make our free institutions bring forth the good they were founded to secure.