The Washington herald., 1912-06-28


turning It to Congress- when the veto
OF the wool bill was being considered.
four members OF the Presidents Cabinet.
for the hrst time through seryies OF
ten years that I have been there, ap-
peared upon the door as mighty lobby
with the patronage club In one hand and
promises IN the other 10 sustain the,
Presidents veto upon this bill.
THE Democratic party next passed q
farmers and Iaborers' free list bill. CIV
ing free, untaxed meat and bread to
hungry mouths; giving free farming i'm
plements to the toilers Of the American
soil; offering free lumber TO the homeless
OF the republic. This bill was 30 Just
that It found its way through the Sen
ate, controlled by the opposition, and
was passed on TO the President. Not
withstanding the cost OF living had In
creased more than 100 per cent in the last
few years, and the wordngman's wages
had stood still; notwithstanding nom
meat-eating clubs were being formed In
various cities OF the United States by
men. women, and children, denying them
selves the food they desired and needed
as q protest against the Beef Trust; not
withstanding the Harvester Trust was
reaching its hand into the pockets Of
every farmer in America; notwtthstand-
ing the Lumber Trust was denying TO
millions Of Americans the right to build
home that they could call their own,
the President vetoed the bill and re-
turned It to the Congress Of the United
States.
Tried to Override Veto.
I'VE undertook to psss It over the
Presidents veto. We lacked less than q
dozen votes OF the suficient number, and
to-day the Harvester Trust, the Lumber
~
behind President Taft and q dozen more
than one-third OF the American Repre-
sentatives in Congress, looting the pock-
cts OF the American consumers. Presi-
dent Taft has the lone and singular dis
tinction OF being the only President In
the life Of this republic who over vetoed
bills cheapening clothing to the people.
lumber to the homeless, and meat and
bread to hungry Americans, and free
farming implements to the toiling farmer.
This bill would have saved to the con-
sumIng public $3.50. 100000 a year.
The next bill We passed was the one
reducing the tarif on. cotton goods,
which would have saved many million
dollars to our people. This. too, met with
the veto OF the President. Then We offer-
ed to the American people a bill taking
the tax OF sugar, giving TO them free
sugar and placing an excise tax on all
incomes in excess Of 5000. This bill Is
now in the Senate OF the United States
unacted upon. I believe in free sugar.
It will save to every householder in this
country cents upon every pound of
sugar. believe in a tax upon incomes:
I believe in an excise tax, and I deny
that the people who are well TO do, those
who are rich. those who are 50 fortunate
as TO have their thousands pouring IN
every year are unwilling to bear their
part OF the burden OF taxation to sus- !
tain this mighty government OF ours.
The Republican Platform.
The platform adopted by one branch !
OF the Republican party at Chicago in
dorses the veto Of President Taft, yet
at the same time they had to censure and
condemn the record OF from thirty TO
one hundred Republicans in the House
OF Representatives who supported US in
favor Of the Passage OF these bills. The
American people are told in the tariff
plank recently adopted in Chicago that
they want a report from the tariff board |
before any legislation is attempted. This |
IS q motion for continuance from a |
guilty client made by an expert crimi- |
nal lawyer. Its sole purpose 10 delay. |
They want TO take the power lodged by |
the Fedral Constitution in the hands OF |
the peoples representatives and place Il |
in the hands Of tariff board appointed !
by the President Of the United States, |
those whom he can dismiss at will. And |
upon the report OF this board the Amer !
lean people must depend for relief Moth |
ing was said about a tariff report when |
the Mckinley bill was passed: a tariff |
board report was not thought necessary |
when the Mckinley bill was passed; We
heard nothing from the Republican party |
in favor OF the tariff board report when |
the Payne-Aldrich tarif bill was carried |
through Congress amid the cheers OF |
every trust and monopoly throughout the |
land. When does a demand for the re-
port OF a tariff board come to our ears?
It's when the tariff has already been rxed !
so high that they know they can get Il
no higher. and II the peoples represen-
tatlves were allowed the opportunity TO
speak they would reduce II. Then we
are told the tsrih board must report
and this great right Of taxation must
be taken out OF the hands Of the people