The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-06-13
SUGAR AND DEMOCRACY PLATFORM.


plenty subsantiate them. As delegate the
Democratic national convention and member of the platform
what what intended in regard free
and what he the intention of the platform build
ing heel at the command of the President repudiate all The
bulletin the domestic issued May ~ before the
idea of lobby probe of Mr. Twins appearance before it.
1.-THE revolt Of Democratic voters and ocehoe in Louisiana
Michigan Ohio Colorado Nevada, California and many
other States well the protests coming from individual
bs of the Democratic party in all points of the country against
evidence that the placing OF sugar the free list not
ported the party in the last campaign.
adopted Baltimore and the which campaign orator
from the head of the ticket down laid emphatic stress the
destroy any legitimate industry attempt bubble by pre-
lending that this referred only to industries which could compete
labor cost exposed by the recent statement of Senator Neands
when he said:
platform. l heard such renen,ents there. assumed,
and think the committee assumed, that any industry was
legitimate which legally organized in this country and
under public policies that permitted its organization Under
the administration of both parties from time mnemorial
duties have been imposed upon and wool and the
industries of producing these commodities were certainly
Equally FAR fetched with the attempt claim that the
ing under the American flag engaged iegitmate
orsed free sugar by its blanket approval of the acts of the party
While the majority of the Democrats the house sup
ported free Sugar bill in 1912 all the Democratic members of the
with the exception of the from louisiana voted for
moderate reduction the duty On this subject Senator
John Sharp Williams said in speech delivered in the last
| July:
There the slightest anticipation the mind of
intelligent that will be placed upon the free list
not even Democratic senate and Democratic President
Il into power.
On the subcommittee of eleven that drafted the plat
form five of the who had taken the
by their that should be subject
member Representative oussad against
the free bill in the house Judging by the record majority
of the platform committee could form other conclusion than
that they against free Senator James that he
before the Baltimore
but this of nobody himself
free policy One other voice aside from that of the
from Kentucky raised OF the refners
f.
Lowry weknown grocer sales Federal
Refining Company Mr. Lowry lavish with his kilograms
betted backed by the of the big refining
There plenty OF evidence that the platform
mttee of the Democratic national convention from endorsing
free specifically refused take action In letter
in the May 10TH Representative Broussard shows
what in the committee that drafted the platform Otfe
senators who had been members of that the foo
mnt Mr. oussrd shows clearly that it not by accident bu
e by design that free plank omitted He said part
e 1t was not an oversight y that it written in tn
y platform but the contrary, this action the deli
berae conclusion that the Democratic stood the I'm
derwood Free Sugar Bill and in favor OF duty sugar.
Coroboratng Mr. Brousard the published of a
r Irwin, of llilo, Hawaii which reads in part:
AT the Democratic at Baltimore number of tel
grams sent to the leaders them the
s of Incorporating the platform straight out and
declaration in favor OF free and resolution actual
time by the leaders that the kilograms
the resolution the convention but
It tualy thrown in the basket
e ut plain therefore, that the Democratic platform
interpreted by the partisan construction avorn
Tree The platform makers realized such declaration
n was incompatible with the platform pledge which later
paed and emphasized by the candidate in his speech accepting tn
nomination that no legitimate industry would be injured de
If stroyed"
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