Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-26

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cause he knew they never intended to
do so. l said at the time and | say
now that the declaration was equivo-
cal. 1t didn't mean a single thing on
earth.
When the Republicans went into ma
tional convention that year they were
afraid of the growing sentiment that
we had been stirring up. and they put
In their platform that If returned to
power they would revise the tariff
They did not say up; they did not say
down. That enabled them to play
both ends against the middle" But
the tariff discussion became too hot
for them. They began to fear they
would lose the election, and by pre-
concerted arrangement one fine morn
ing in October they declared the plat
form meant revision downward.
They swept the country and they re-
vised the tariff-that is. they revamped
the old Dingley law and called 1t the
Payne act. The people would not stand
for that sort of deceitful business.
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trouncing in 1910 and worse one in
1912 By those elections we Demo
Gratis were commissioned to revise the
tariff downward and that Is what we
have done We were not such fools
as to allow the Republicans and Pro
gressives to make our tariff. although
we saw with satisfaction men Of both
those parties voting for our bill.
During the debates in the house first
and last great deal was said about
President Wilson's actions In relation
to- the tariff bill | congratulate him
for the part he took in the legislation
If l had been elected president would
have secured as good a tariff bill as was
possible Since the house has been in
active | have been reading Il great deal.
and find that the man who as presi
dent managed congress most thorough
ly and completely. who dominated it
entirely. was the great Democratic
saint. Thomas jefferson. He did not
do it by the big stick, but by the force
of his intellect and skill in handling
men The president of the United
States in aiding his party to pass a
beneficent tariff bill was simply dis
charging his duty
Praise Fer Income Tax.
One great thing in the tariff bill is
the income tax. The amendment to
the constitution which permitted the
levying of an income tax was wrung
from reluctant Republican congress
by the very revolution which | men
toned. We have placed upon the stat
ute books law which will compel the
rich people with large incomes to pay
proportiOnate share of the expense
Of maintaining the government. | want
to give full credit to the Hon. COrdell
Hull of Tennessee. who carefully work
ed out the income tax plan in the new
tariff. hnlinva in the graduated in
come tax on larger fortunes. ami /
justify the exemptions What Is more.
l believe that % per cent Of the Amer
lean people would vote for just such a
measure If 1t was submitted to them.
Our friends in the senate have been
uONiAS tiCuOiC ONCt IhC tut
rency bill which we sent to them
There is upother case where caucus
action is justified. The efforts of the
senate committee to consider the meas
ure in nOnpartisan way resulted in
practically no action. The party In
power being responsible should formu
late its currency bill and members Of
party should subordinate their person
al desires to the majority for the gen
eral good.
1t is universally acknowledged by
sensible men that we have the worst
financial system of all the great ma
tons Of the earth. Everybody who
has anything to do with business
knows there must be more currency in
the country than there is now, and un
der the national banking system we
cannot increase the currency to any
considerable extent without increasing
the bonded debt Of the country. and
we are all opposed to that. The ma
tional banking system as we have
known it. growing out Of the exigen-
cies of the civil war. has about reach
cd the end of its tether So we are
in the process of redeeming that prom
Use of the Baltimore platform. So far
us the house of representatives is con
cerned. it has already taken action
Manfully. bravely and with the full
knowledge Of their responsibility the
Democrats of the house took up and
passed a financial reform bill In the
fullness of time that bill will become
a law. and thus two great and impor-
tAnt promises of the Democratic party
will be redeemed.
In passing the tariff bill and in plac-
ing the currency bill well on its way
the first session of the Sixty-third con
gress can pass into history with rec
ord of work well done and duty con-
cientiously performed.