The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-07-04
SENATOR JAMES
TALKS ON TARIFF
in ADDRESS BEFORE CONVENTION
PERMANENT CHAIRMAN MAKES
ABLE ADDRESS ON TARIFF.

CONVENTION HALL, BALTI-
MORE, MD, Special.-After Sena-
tor-elect ollie James, of Kentucky,
had been elected permanent chair
man OF the Democratic National Con-
Venuon he made an address, in which
he paid close attention TO the tariff
He said in part:
Il am deeply grateful to this great
convention of patriotic American
Democrats for the high honor YOU
have bestowed upon me in calling
me to preside over your deliberations
while you select the next Presidnt of
this great republic.
L congratulate the Democrats Of
the nation upon the fortunate aus
pices under which we have assem-
bled. Here no charge of bribery
hoVers above this hall, no cry of
thief and 'robber" is hurled by one
fellow Democrat at another. No sol
diers stand in reserve to keep US from
each others throats.
our deliberations here shall be
for the cOuntry's good, tolerant of
each others views, believing, as l do,
that when the nominees are named
by this convention they will have
back of them every loyal Democrat
in esQ republic, as well as the hearty
support OF progressiVeS everywhere.
The Democratic party is essentially
a party of the people. because il is
the people. 1t has fought a long. hard
would never end and that day would
never dawn; but the battle in the in
terest of the rights of the people they
have continued to make, until we see
Republican party, divided. distracted
and torn asunder, while Democracy is
united, harmonious and militant.
Promises ''ArrOgantly Betrayed"
There are two records that will
be presented to the American peo-
fY,cr
consideration. One is the record of
the Republican party with promises
betrayed arrOgantly - defiantly be-
trayed; and the other is the record
of the Democratic party of promises
faithfully and honestly kept
THE Republican party itself, recog-
nizing that President Taft had been
unfaithful to the mass Of Americans,
refused by an honest majority of the
convention to renOminate him, and it
was only brought about by the most
wholesale, constituencies and DELHI
crate unseatng of delegates honestly
elected that was ever perpetrated in
American politics.
The Republican party, flushed with
many victories. imperious as a tyrant
unheeding the demands of the people
took the reigns of government in 1908
under the solemn promise that they
would revise the tariff in the interest
Of the consumer.
Instead of keeping this promise as
they should have done because il was
their bond Of honor, they betray ed it,
They raised the tariff higher than
ever before until it reached its maxi
mum Of protection, being AZ per cent.
THE story Of this base betrayal is
known to all men. The Democratic
party appealed on their record in the
SiXty-first Congress upon the Payne
Aldrich tariff bill to the American
people, and we received from them
verdict Of guilty against the Re-
publican party and the bestowal Of
power upon ourselves.
How faithfully we have kept our
promises to them is but resume of
our official action. Having control
of but one branch of the lawmaking
power. that Of the House Of Repre-
sentaives. we undertook to reform
the tariff in the interest of the con-
Stunning public, believing, as we do,
that ii is a tax that is paid by the
consumer most generally to the trust
or monopoly that is sheltered by it,
sometimes to the government; be-
lieving as we do that the right of
taxation is a governmental right, \
that it cannot be delegated to indi-
trusts, corporations or
believing as we do that
the right to levy a tariff exists only
for the purpose of running the gov
eminent economically and efficiently
we presented the tariff
question to the people in Segregated
'orm.
First we reduced the tariff upon
voolen clothes 40 per cent. This was
he one schedule that President Taft |
himself had said was too high; that |
( was only made possible by( reason |
= the strength a&4& wool trust in
ho EAST and 60 nxowez In the
Vest. b -, 90 because