Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-10-16

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sou4e slignt acknowledgment. Q. Ms
i~ndeD.ednees 70 4e Desperate party
for s~uggesting ras Issue TO hin. Al
le&st, 1T might Dgt tie issue Il quota
ton n&fkE.
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election Ct ssnaDore, but il he ever ex~
PRESET hinseit iE favor o. this reform
earlier than two yearg ego tne fac.
has escayed ny ~oDServaLion, and !
hare not Only watched carefully, but
w&tted anxiouslg Tor soae favorable
e~xpressien from him
Long Fight For Popular Election Of
Senators.
The Democratic party began the
fight for the popular election Of sena-
tors twenty years ago this summer,
when q Democratic house Of repre-
sent&riYeS at Washington paused for
the fret time Z resolution submitting
the Aecefgary Amendment Since that
tine q similar resolution has been
passed BY the house In FIVE other con
gresEe~hfgt, IL 1894 By another Dem
ocraEic house; then, after two con
gresseE had elaDsed, BY three Republi
car houses. and, last, by the present
Democratic hopse. During the twenty
years the reform has been Endorsed in
three Democratic platforms, the plat
forms Of 1900. 1904 and 1908. and it
has been indorged by the Legislatures
Of nearly two-thtrds Of the states. Mr..
Roosevelt augt have known Of the ef-
tort which was being made by the peo-
pie TO eecBre the popular election Of
Eenatorg, and yet be took no part In
the fight. During this time he waa
president for seven and one half years.
and IT, La quite certain that a ringing
mesgage from him would have brought
victory 10 the peoples cause, but no
message came. -Four years ago the
convention Witch he controlled and
which nominated Mr.. Taft rejected.
by a vote Of seven TO one, q resolution
tndorsipg this reform.
Still Mr. Roosevelt did not say any
thing, He neither rebuked the Repub-
ican convention nor tndoreed the
strong plank which was included In
the Denver platform. Even Mr. Taft
went 10 far during the campaign of
1908 BIS TO say that PERSONALLY he
WIS INCLINED TO favor the popular
election Of senators by the people, but
Mr.. Roosevelt did not even indicate an
intention In that direction. Now, when
the reform Ia practically secured-the
amendment being before the states for
raufcstion-he declares himself In ia
0 OF 1t. Would 1t not be fair for
him TO Indicate In some way his ap-
probation of the long continued fight
wsged by the Democrats In behalf of
this reform before he espoused 1t?
T. r. and tho Income Tax
MI. Roosevelt La In favor Of an in
come tax. How long since? His first
Endorsement Of 1t was during his SEQ
ond term, and then 1t was suggested
as O means Of limiting swollen for.
tunes and not as a mean of raising
revenue, The Democratic party in.
cluded an income tax provision In the
Wilson law OF 1894. When this pro-
vision WAS declared unconstitutional
by the supreme court by a majority
Of one the Democratic party renewed
the fight and has ~contended for the
income tax In three national cam
paigns. In 1903 the Democratic plat
form demanded the submission of an
amendment specifically authorizing
an income tax-the very amendment
now before the states for ratification.
Mr.. R%ooseveIt's candidate, Mr.. Taft,
declared during the campaign that an