The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-10-29
.MOYLE AND
ROOSEVELT
Which Shall Il BE, M. Progressive
Do You Admit Teddy Stole
Panama.

Candidate James II. Moyle appear.
cd Tuesday night in Nibley hall in
the interest Of his candidacy for
election to the United States Senate.
He announced to begin with that he
wasn't discussing the tariff this year
1--WE think for obvious reasons) but
that the issue was between the inter-
ests and the masses. His talk was
quite the characteristic one on such
theme, consisting of sensational
charges and unsupported assertions
calculated to appeal to the prejudic-
es rather than to instruct the reason
Of his hearers. So long as Mr.. Moyle
confined himself to the general TRADE
against everything non-Democratic,
he got along very well. but when he
approached the ticklish task of try.
ing to give plausible reason why a
Progressive voter should cast his
ballot for q Democratic Senator, his
troubles began.
Pursuing his policy OF sweeping
general assertion Mr.. Moyle made
the startling announcement that the
Democrats and Progressives stood for
the same thing anyway and that a
name signifies nothing when objects
are identical. Taking heart by the ap,
parent smoothness of the assertion 80
far. the speaker yentured a little fur.
Their, declaring that the Democrats
and Progressives did not differ very
much upon the tariff. We wonder II
the gentleman has been SO busy can
wasting for votes that he has not had
time to read that Theodore Roosevelt
has said that the Democratic policy
has caused the pinch Of poverty to
be felt In many a household" and
that the Democratic party is charac-
teristically ''the party of incompet-
ency."
II Mr.. Moyle is elected to the Uni
ted States Senate. he must support
the Colombian treaty Of the admins
tration. This brands President Roose-
welt the Progressive chieftan, as a
brigand and q violator of national
honor. How can progressive vote
for man who will of necessity cast
his vote for the besmurching Of the
honor and good name Of the Progress
sive leader? Or how can such a
voter cast his ballot for Mr.. Moyle
who must work for a tariff policy
condemned In unmsasured terms by
Mr.. Roosevelt? Mr.. Moyle's reas-
oning like the Peace of God, passeth
understanding.
II he had adhered to his announced
policy Of not discussing the tariff
and had confined himself to a TRADE
against the interests he would have
Jared better. But he allowed him
self to venture upon the interdicted
ground with, of course, disastrous re
suits. -
. First, he forgot facts when he said
that the war tax which he labored SO
hard to justify. was upon only intox.
icants. stimulants and tobacco and
that 1t touched the masses nowhere.
Let us see. The tax is upon amuse-
'ments. theatres, perfumeries, chew
ing gum. bonds. sales. agreements to
sell. promissory notes. express aud
freight bills OF lading. newspaper
shipments. telegraph and telephone
messages certificates OF damage and
all certificates required by law to be
made transfers Of real estate, etc.
Who will pay this tax. Unquestion.
ably the poor man. II he borrows
money and gives his note the lender
will make him pay the tax; II he
sells land, the purchaser will shift
the tax onto him; If he sends a mes
sage by wire the company will force
him to pay the tax and SO on to the
end OF the chapter.
Again Mr.. Moyle by system OF
verbal juggling and most audacious
presumption on the ignorance of his
auditors asserted that the masses had
been relieved of burden of 100000
600 by the tariff reduction. He was
forced to admit that the cost of liv-
ing had not been reduced. With the
masses paying the same price for
commodities now as before the tariff
was taken off 1t must be clear to the
most obtruse mind-even Mr.. Moyle's
we should say that there is no
saving to the masses.
But that Is not all. The speaker
was further driven to admit that
there was a deacit in the treasury Of
$iOO.ooO,ooo which must be made up
by the revenue deficit tax wrongly
called q war tax. The burden of this
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