El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-27

( majority or the ldWLldkeIS o. llLS re
1 public, but behind the veto of the presl-
/ dent and the II more than one-third
| Of the representatives of the American
J people, picking the pockets of the poor
| and ragged people of America
Arrogant Republicans.
! "The Republican party became so ar
| rOgant and confident that TINS character
/ of robbery would continue to meet
( the favor of the people that 1t boldly
wrote into their platform or 1yOo a
] declaration that the tariff should not
! only cover the difference in the cost OF
| production at home and abroad, but
| should be high enough, in addition to
this, to give a profit to the manufac-
! turer here.
| .sThe Republicans offered no profit
| to the farmer, though the drouth might
! come.
''The Iaborer was offered no profit,
! although he might toll from early
morning to late at night and sleep in
an humble tenement.
THE tax upon wooden goods is the
most indefensible tax laid on the
| American consumer. It is a tax col
| Iected at the drug store and by the IN
/ dertaking establishment. The bill was
passed by the Democratic house and
vetoed by the president, which would
have saved to the consuming Americans,
upon the price of their clothing, $780,
600. 600 per annum.
When the veto of the wool bill was
being considered four members of the
.
floor as a mighty lobby with the pat
ronage club in one hand and promises
in the other, to sustain the presidents
veto upon this bill.
The Farmers Free List.
The Democratic party next passed
a farmers and labOrers' free list bill.
This bill found its way through a sen
ate controlled by the opposition. and was
passed on to the president.
Notwithstanding the cost of living
had increased more than 100 percent in
the last four years and the working
mems wages had stood still, the presi-
Trusts Hide Behind Taft.
we undertook to pass 1t over the
presidents veto. We lacked less than
q dozen votes, and today the harvester |
trust, the lumber trust the beef trust 1
all stand hidden behind president Taft !
dozen more than One-third Of the
American representatives in congress, |
Iooung the pockets of the American /
consumers.
President Taft has the lone and
singular distinction of being the only /
president in the life of this republic, |
who ever vetoed bills cheapening cloth !
ing to the people lumber to the home /
less and meat and bread to the hungry, |
farmer.
The next bill we passed was the one |
reducing the tariff on cotton goods |
rms too, met with the veto of the /
Then we offered to the American
people a Dill taking the tax off of su- /
gar, giving to them free sugar and /
Placing an excise tax on all incomes in /
excess of $4,000 This bill is now in the /
senate of the United States, Enacted on
believe IN tax upon incomes. 1 be-
ueYe IN an excise tax.
The Motion for Continuance.
The American people are told in the
tariff plank recently adopted in Cali
Cago tnat they want a report from the
ldIlII BOARD before any legislation IS
attempted. This is a motion for con-
unuance from guilty client made by
an expert criminal lawyer.
ITS sole purpose is delay
believe in the RUE of the people |
90 not fear From the ranks has
come every army that mas fought for
lberty In the history of the world !
am q progressive Democrat.
we passed through the house of
representatives resolution submitting
an amendment to the federal cOnsti-
tutlon providing for the election of
united states senators by direct vote
OF the people, in obedience to our
promise IN former Democratic national
Campaign Contributions.
e then passed a bill providing for
puPilclty Of campaign funds before as
Wei as after election and denying to n
corporations the right to contribute TO
political parties at all
This measure is now tabled.
,oo pun eIecJon OF senators by the
people and publicity of campaign funds
met the dtsapprOvaI of the Republican
held in 1908 by more than
800 majority.
We submitted to the country an
amendment to the federal constitu-
uon providing for an income tax.
believe in the rigid enforcement of
the sherman antitrust law 1 would |
not proceed against the great monoD-
oues and when found Them |
guilty tell them not to co Sc any more
or 10 divide their army of pillaee into
separate maraudlng banGss but 1 would |
proceed against them under rha Grim !
mai statutes and place upon them the
-eIon's stripes. I do not believe that
a monopoly can be reasonable
Not Opposed to Big Business.
", we are not opposed TO big business
W recognize that in a big country. |
mere must be big business, but we |
say with all the emphasis of our souls
-nat D-g business like little business,
from these trusts every character of
protection.
We would write a tariff law strictly
Tor revenue only and place the tax first
upon the luxuries, and if that did nor
produce sufficient revenue then upon
ne comforts Of life and, lastly. we |
would lay the burden of taxation upon
me necessities of life.
Praise for Bryan. {
ID, Inc progressive spirit that sweeps
TINS country is called by some the | J
principles Of progressives' by others I
tne doctrines of the insurgents but
back yonder when a voice in the I
western wilderness crieG out for them I
-hey were called the vagaries of BRYAN. / I
ne dreamer However much we NAV !
llIIer In national conventions upon | {
IinoE questions' all Just men must
-omlt that the one living American | I
FhoSe name will shine in history | [
tudded by a thousand flaming stars |
-Iong beside that of Jefferson and | i
ackson, is that of william Jennings
9ryan, of Nebraska" There was '
tremendous cheerfnc o