The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-08-23
GOVERNOR WILSON
: ON TARIFF INJUSTICE
TO FARMING CLASS
FIRST CAMPAIGN SPEECH OF
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE Is
TO THE FARMERS.
TOOK HIT At ALDRICH
Disavows Any Attempt to Stir Up
Feeling of Glass Against Class and
Suggests That the Tilers of the
Soil Live at Home.

|GLOUCESIEh, IN. Jo Aug. lo' ~
der the glare of hot sun thousands
of farmers massed about Gov. Wood
row Wilson here today and heard him
make his first campaign speech since
he was officially notified week ago
of his nomination for the preside ncy
The Governor spoke extempora-
neously at washington Park. where
the farmers of New Jersey, Delaware
and Pennsylvania were participating
in celebration.
The candidate dwelt mostly upon
the protective tariff which he called
"the restrictive tariff" attacked Sen
ator Aldrich and his tariff making as
ISOLATION, pointed out the benefits OF
a merchant marine in Connection with
1.-The Panama Canal, and blamed the In
fluence of express companies in halt
ling parcels post legislation.
i Governor Wilson said in part:
81 am interested in politics not as
"a search for Office but as a great
contest devoted to something very
definite and practical indeed. Poll
tics ought not to be considered rs a
mere occasion for oratory. Politics
ought to be considered as a branch
of the national business and a man
who talks politics ought to tell hif
fellow citizens very distinctly what
: The thinks about their affairs and what
: his own attitude toward them is.
Here we are at a farmers picnic
and on this day suppose we nigh
say that the farmers occupy the cen
ter of the stage. When did the farm
ers ever occupy the center OF tn
, stage in our politics? / don't re
u member any time. have seen tn
. Interests of a great many classes
Especially regarded in legislation, bu
u I must frankly say that / have Sc
& dom seen the interests Of the farme
L regarded in legislation. And one
n the greatest impositions upon tn
x farmer of this country that has eve
u been devised is the present tariff lei
N islation Of the United States.
b. ~ have not heard Of farmers wal
ID ing for a hearing before the commi
tee of ways and means of the hous
ne and the finance committee of the Sc
ny ate in order to take part in determi
at ing what the tariff schedules shou
81 be. While you we're feeding u
us world congress was feeding Il
III trusts Nobody doubts what the pr
VI cess Of tariff legislation has bee
Nc because everybody who has been
ao' rious enough to inquire, knows VIII
~ the process of tariff legislation h
=, been.
'ro 81 would be ashamed of myst
'no if tried to stir up any feeling on t
'ie' part of any class against any 9th
ei class. I wish to disavow all int
an ton of suggesting to- the farmer II
III he go in and do somebody up. III
go is not the point. All that / am MI
.e' estly suggesting to you is that ,
Inc break into your own house and i
ivy there. And 1 want you to exam
= very critically the character OF
n'o tenants who have been occupying
eNo and the rent has been demanded
YOU you and not of them. You have p
!" the money which enabled them
live in your own house and domir
'no your own premises.
81 regard this campaign as | regs
~ ed every campaign in which pee
NO have taken part since the world BEL
io' as simply a struggle to see to 1t I
'' the people were taken care OF
rue their own government, and my ind
nv ment against the tariff is that 1t
th"s resents special partnerships and d
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