The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-07-04
JAMES ATTACKS
PRESIDENT TAFT
UnfaithfUl to Great Mass OF
Americans, He Says.
ONE BIG ISSUE IS TARIFF
Democracy United, Harmonious ano
Militant, While the Once Great
Republican Party Is Divided,
Distracted and Torn
Asunder.

Mu., JAhC 90 49,
James, senator-elect from Kentucky,
permanent chairman OF the Democrat
ic national convention, said to the
delegates on taking the chair:
81 congratulate the Democrats OF
the nation upon the fortunate aus
pices under which we have assembled
No charge of bribery hovers above
this hall. no cry Of thief and rob
ber' is hurled by one fellow Demo
crat at another. No soldiers stand
in reserve to keep us from eacn
others throats Our deliberations
here shall be- for the country's good
tolerant Of each others views, be
lieving, as | do, that when the nom
inees are named by this convention
they will have back OF them every
loyal Democrat In the republic, az
we'll as the hearty support OF prog
ressives everywhere.
Two Records for the People.
There are two records that will be
presented to the American people In
the coming campaign for their con
sideration. One is the record OF the
Republican party with promises be
trayed. arrogantly, defiantly betrayed
and the other is the record OF the
Democratic party of promises faith
fully and honestly kept The Repup
lcan party itself, recognizing that
President Taft had ben unfaithful tc
the great mass OF Americans, refused
by an honest majority of the conven'
ton to renominate him. and his re
nomination was brought about only by
the most wholesale. constituencies
and deliberate unseatlng of delegates
honestly elected that was ever per
petrated In American politics. The
Republican party. flushed with many
victories, tmperious as tyrant, nn.
needing the demands of the people
took the rcins of the government In
1908 under the solemn promise that
they would revise the tariff in the In
terest of the consumer, Instead oil
keeping this promise, as they should
have done, because it was their bono
of honor. they betrayed 1t. They
raised the tariff higher than ever be
fore until It reached its maximum oil
protection, AZ per cent.
Hits at Tariff Boards.
"The American people are told IN
the tariff plank recently adopted In
Chicago that n report from the tariff
board Is wanted before any legisla
ton IL attempted This is a motion
for continuance from guilty client
made by an expert criminal lawyer
When does n demand for report oil
a tariff board come TO our ears? II
Is when the tariff has already been
fixed so high that they know they
can get It no higher, and II the PEG
pies representatives were allowed to
speak they would reduce II. Then
we are told the tariff board must re-
port. this great right Of taxation must
be taken out Of the hands Of the peo'
ple and lodged in the hands Of q
board Of five men and their report
must be awaited by the suffering PEG
pie of the United States.
81 believe In the rigid enforcement
of the Sherman antitrust law,
would not proceed against these great
monopoles in equity and when
found them guilty tell them not to do
so any more or to divide their army
of pillage into separate marauding
bands, but / would proceed against
them under the criminal statutes and
place upon them tho felon's stripes
! do not believe that monopoly can
be reasonable and | would no more
give to a trust the right TO monopolize
reasonably than I would give thief
the right to steal reasonably. These
trusts must be destroyed.
Does Not Oppose big Business"
1--WE are not opposed TO big bust
ness We recognize that In big
country there must be big BUSINESS
but we say with all the emphasis OF
our souls that big business. like little
business. must obey the law We
would strike from these trusts every
character of protection. We would
write tariff law strictly for revenue
only and place the tax first upon the
Injuries and If that did not produce
sufficient revenue. then upon the com
forts of life. and. lastly. we would
lay the burden OF taxation upon the
necessities OF life. These infant In
tustries' must be weaned Infants
they began, but they are today mighty
giants. who have coalesced their
strength to drive skyward the cost OF
living and Cypress the poop, ="