Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-11
ZAlIDS BRYAN IN
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Chairman James Pays Tribute
to NebraSkan in ASSun-
ing the Gavei.
TARIFF THE ISSUE, he SAYS
Declares Record Of Republican Party
Is One OF Broken Promises, While
That of Democrats Is One
Of Promises Fulfilled.

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iive spirit that sweeps this country
low is called by some the principles
Of the progressiyes, by others the doc
.rines>o Of the insurgents; but back yon-
der, when voice in the western wild
erness called out for them, they were
called the vagaries Of Bryan, the
dreamer. However much we may diff
fer in national conventions upon minor
questions, all just men must admit
that the one living American whose
name will shine in history, studded
by a thousand flaming stars, alongside
those Of Jefferson and Jackson, is that
of William Jennings Bryan
This was the peToration Of the adj
dress Of Senator-elect Ollie N. James
of Kentucky when he assumed the
gavel as permanent chairman Of the
Democratic convention.
Broken promises by the Republican
party relative to a reduction Of tariff
duties formed the burden of the ad-
dress Of Mr.. James.
Denounces Wool Bill Veto.
After telling of the passage by the
Democrats in the house, and the
Democrats and some Republicans in
the senate, of the amended wooden
schedule and veto by President Taft,
Mr.. James said:
The tax upon wooden goods is the
most indefensible of all taxes laid
upon the American consumer. 1t is a
tax collected at the drug store and at
the undertaking establishments. A
bill was passed by the Democratic
house and vetoed by the president,
which would have saved 10 the con
Stunning Americans upon the price of
their clothing 100000, 600 per annum,
but the wool trust cried out to the
president and he Embossed the clutch
that we had upon the throat of the
wool monopoly by vetoing this bill
and returning it to congress.
When the veto Of the wool bill was
being considered, four members of
the presidents cabinet, for the first
time through d service of ten years
that have been there, appeared upon
the floor as a mighty lobby with the
patronage club in one hand and prom
Uses in the other to satisfy the pres
ident's veto upon this bill.
Then the speaker took up the free
list bill, which had an experience SINH
lar to that of the wool schedule, and
his conclusions regarding the fate Of
that measure were as follows:
Notwithstanding the cost Of living
had increased more than 100 per cent
in the last few years and the working
mans wages had stood STILL notwith-
standing nonmeat eating clubs were
being formed in various cities of the
United States by men, women and
hildren, denying themselves the fooC
they desired and needed as a protest
against the beef trust; LotWithstand-
ing the harvester trust was pushing it's
hand into the pockets of every farmer
In America; Notwithstanding the lum-
Der trust was denying to millions of
Americans the right to build a home
they could call their own, the presi-
dent vetoed the bill and returned it tC
the congress Of the United States.
Is Hot After the Trusts.
Passage of the resolution for the
election of senators by a direct vote
of the people, and Of the income tax
amendment to the Constitution, were
by the conventions chair
man, who then demanded a rigid en-
forcement of the Sherman antitrust
law Continuing he said:
I'VE would write a tariff law strictly
for revenue only and place the tax
first upon the luxuries, and if that did
not produce sufficient revenue. then
upon the comforts Of life, and lastly,
We would lay the burden of taxation
upon the necessities of life. These
infant industries must be weaned. In
fants they begun, but today are
mighty giants who have coalesced
their strength-to drive skyward the
cost Of living and Cypress the people.
president Taft did not take time
to carry out, but he kicked out, the
policies. The atOnement
that Roosevelt offers the American
voters he succeeded in deceiving by
the election of President Taft is pre-
senting to them the one who made the
mistake. who is himself The Amer
lean people fear he will be as much
mistaken in himself as he was in Pres |
ident Taft. The atonement is not suf-
fcient If he wants to come with |
clean hands, and a clear conscience,
let him join with us and do what
ought to have been done four years
ago, elect a Democratic president.