The Cairo bulletin., 1912-01-13
Ohio Governor Eulogizes Andrew
Jackson's Principles at
East St. Louis
ADVOCATES RETRENCHMENT
Cutting Expenses Of Legislative
Bodies one Of Best Means
Of Saving

East st. Louis, H., Jan. 12.-That
the tariff must be cut down until
ii Is revenue measure only, was
the declaration OF Governor Judson
Harmon of Ohio, in an address to
the Democrats of Illinois here to-
night, at a meeting celebrating
Jacksons victory at New Orleans.
He advocated the gradual reduction
of the tariff, from protective
measure to the proportions OF a
revenue measure.
Retrenchment in the conduct of
the government also was advocated
by the governor. The cutting off of
the heads of unnecessary employees
in the House of Representatives was
cited by Harmon as one of the best
means of getting the government on
solid basis and he declared such
measures would easily reduce the
the expenses of the United States
$500, 100000
He also praised the work of An
drew Jackson and showed that "Old
Hickory" made an exhaustive in
vestigation of the governmental ex-
penses 80 years ago. Other works
of the noted Democrat were cited by
the governor
Harmon said, ins part:
''The defeat of Wellington's vet
Grams at New Orleans by half their
number of American volunteers was
an extraordinary feat of arms. 1t
wiped out the disgrace of Hull's
surrender and the capture of Wash
ington And, though the battle was
fought in ignorance that the treaty
of peace had been signed, its results
were most important in making Sc
cure our newly acquired western
territory
There has seldom been a cam
paign whose success was so largely
due to its commander. But, while
it is the anniversary of that battle
which for nearly century has
tion all over the land it is not
Jackson, the General that draws
them so much as Jackson, the Demo-
crat, though he is the only one Of
our presidents, besides Washington,
who has reached place in the
hearts of his countrymen by SER
vice Of the highest order in both
war and peace
Jackson Eulogized.
In Jackson the people first came
fully into their own, not merely by
his election, because if he had not
acquitted himself with credit they
would not soon have recovered from
the loss of prestige. But they did not
put forward a man untried in pub
lie life. He had served as prosecut-
ing attorney at the age of 81; then
as a member of the convention
which framed the constitution OF
Tennessee; then as her first repre-
sentative in Congress, when only 2S
years old. Soon after he was pro-
noted to the Senate, and, resigning
that, was for six years a Judge of
the supreme. court of his state. After
bo h.
ernor of Florida, and was again
Senator from Tennessee.
IF this first typically popular
president were only a memory, the
celebration of Jackson Day would be
most fitting but the principles of
Jefferson, which this man prac-
ticed; will always be associated with
his name. And these have not be-
come obsolete and never will. They
constitute the code of political NOR
ality and wisdom which few will
dispute, but many forget or find pre-
text for disregarding, as new in
stances for their application arise
1t is well for the country that one
OF its great parties is committed to
them by the traditions and expert
ence of more than century.
1t woud be a reflection on the
genius of the American people to
claim that they cannot evolve from
experience improvements in the
methods by which their purposes