Evening star., 1912-08-30
SPEAKS AT BAR HARB0R
Declares Country Is in Need of
Democratic Administration.
GOES INTO TARIFF QUESTION
Address at Rockland Takes Up What
He Considers Most I'm
portant Issue.


Representatives, delivered a speech here
! this afternoon which was in part as fol-
lows:
Under the rules Of the democratic
party Gov. Woodrow Wilson of New
Jersey and Gov. Thomas r. Marshall Of
Indiana We're at the Baltimore conven-
tion nominated as our standard bearers
in the impending contest They are men
of high character and democrats are
united in their SUPPORT This is as 1t
should be. for the chief work in hand is
to rescue the government from republican
maladmnistration. AS ! have already
sad We have not what the British have
"a responsible government'-the nearest
approach thereto which We can have un-
der the Constitution is to have House,
Senate and President all of the same
political faith. Hence l am anxious to
see the democrats capture all three legis-
lativc branches of the government SO
that we can try our theory. Then if it
works well. the people will recognize the
fact and reward us. If 1t proves bad in
practice. the people will throw us out, as
they should do.
IF, however, all three branches of the
legislature are not the same political
faith. neither. party gets an opportunity
to try its theory. We have recently
witnessed at Washington a spectacle of a
democratic House passing good bills
the high cost of living and which would
have gone far toward relieving the peo-
pie of the burden of heavy taxes-and
of republican President vetong these
bills as fast as they reached him. So l
repeat that we want House, Senate and
President all three to be democratic
Acting in the Present.
so far in this campaign the two politi-
cal CRITICS ms leveled against Gov Wilson
are: First, that he has had little expe-
rlence in public life: second that his
opinion on certain subjects have changed
IN the lapse of time. AS to the latter,
while consistency is ranked among the
virtues, it is much better to be right,
though inconsistent, than to be consistent,
though wrong. The question is not what
Gov. Wilson or. any other man thought
twenty. or fifteen, or ten, or five years
ago. but what he thinks now We are
acting in the living present. for people
now In this country and for the millions
yet to be-not cropping in the dead past
AS to his lack of experience as pub
lie man, / may be permitted to suggest
to those most concerned that Gen. Taylor
had no experience whatsoever, never hav-
ing voted even a single time, and that
Gen. Arthur had very little experience.
1t was universally conceded that those
Presidents discharged their duties as chief
executives of the nation faithfully and
well. Everybody admits that Abraham
Lincoln was great President. Many
deem him the greatest of the twentysix.
All agree that he was one of the four
greatest His name is written high on
the scanty list of the immortals; yet prior
to his election to the presidency his entire
public service consisted of a term or two
in the Illinois legislature and one term in
Congress. Gov. Wilson's public career
consists of two years governor of
great commonwealth. Everybody declares
tnat ne mas made good governor and If
he makes as great a President as Lincoln
even the most faStidious should be salts
he'd. He was for years professor in
famous institutions of learning and presi-
dent OF one of the greatest universities
in the lane or in the world AS a presi-
dental scholar he will rank with Thomas
Jefferson. James Madison, John quincy
Adams and James A. Garfield"
Speaks on the Tariff.
n his speech at Rockland last night
Speaker Clark confined his address to
the tariff. He said in part:
History demonstrates beyond al qlies-
tion the fact that in a country whose in
ernment will be government by parties.
or as Mr.. Speaker Cannon is fond of
putting it, by majoraties.' 1t does not
make a particle of difference whether we
want it that way or not; that is the way
it is and the way 1t always will be-
AT the present time at least five
parties are in the field with candidates
for the presidency. Each of these parties
has formulated and published a platform
of principles, which ii proposes to enact
into law if IL gets the chance.
What is Platform. anyway? 1t
ought to be plain and honest statement
of what those who make 1t intend to do
If they are given the power to legislate.
1t ought to be, not mere a contrivance
to get in on. but a thing to stand on
after the victory is won. 1t ought to be
net merely a device to use curing the
campaign for the purpose of catching
votes but should set forth the serious
intentions of it's trainers.
Tariff in the Platform.
while the platforms discuss and refer
to a multitude of things, some of great
Importance. all of more or less impor-
tance, the American public is formed on
such a plan that it will not seriously
consider more than one or two issues
simu tanec.sly. Beth Gov. Wilson and
President Taft in their speeches of ac-
ceptance have made the tariff their chief
topic of thought in the minds Of the
voters of the land. Col. Roosevelt in his
speeches also attaches great Importance
to the subject and has plan of his own
for handling it. All men are agreed that
IL Is a question of great importance to
every human being living under the flag.
Barring for the present Col. ROOse-
Welt s SclleItic Ol SCtuSihSht' tHC pOsllAoh
of the two great parties may be succinct-
ly stated in this way: The democrats are
i'm favor of a tariff for revenue only: the
republicans are in favor of a tariff for
protection. Upon this question the plat
forms are explicit. In the tariff plank Of
all the democratic platforms the idea of
revenue only has been found. not always
EXPRESSED in the same language, but al
ways expressing the same idea. Likewise,
the republican platforms all declare for
a protective tariff.
1.-THE democratic House proceeded with
as much expedition as possible under the
circumstances to pass certain tariff bills
which would have reduced the amount
of money extracted from the peoples
pockets by the tariff laws by something
approximating $500 100000 yearly and at
the same time would have provided ample
revenue to run the government, for 1t
he Uha-