The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-02-27

Republican Party Always Has Been
and Is the Party Of Progress.
Senator Burton, Former Senator
Foraker and others Speak.
Columbus, o.. Feb. 26.-With every
county in the state represented, Ohio
Republicans are holding their har-
mony meeting this afternoon in Me-
mortal hall. Features Of the occa-
sion are the big feast and oratory
from leaders of the party.
Festivities opened shortly after
o'clock On the speakers table on
the stage and on the long tables on
the parquet floor we're placed 1850
plates, and at each plate sat a guest.
Fifteen hundred others were served
a buffet lunch in the auditorium on
the balcony floor and those heard the
speeches from the balcony chairs.
1t is a notable assemblage. The 8S
counties of the state sent delegations
Ill OlHS lIOll " W AOVs manly
of these bringing along brass bands.
Secretary William Fl. Miller OF the
state executive committee hired the
Chamber of Commerce auditorium
for an overflow meeting.
Speaking followed the luncheon,
ex-Congressman Winfield s. Kerr of
Mansfield acting as toastmaster The
principal orators were ex-senator d.
Mead Massie of Chillicothe. who dis
cussed state issues and Senator Will
liam r.. Borah, Progressive Republi.
can, Of Idaho. Impromptu speeches
from ex-senator Foraker, Senator
Burton, Chairman Daugherty, Chair.
man Parmenter, Congressman Willis
and Congressman Fess will be called
for later in the MI.
Ex-senator Massie Is being boom.
ed for governor, because OF his having
been selected as the speaker to rep
resent the Republicans who pre-
ferred Roosevelt to Taft at least un-
til Roosevelt left the party. Among
others mentioned for the guberna-
torial nomination are Frank B. Will
lis, Simeon ID. Fess, Mayor Karl Kel-
ler of Toledo, William II. Boyd and
Paul Howland of Cleveland, ex-Con-
gressman Grant Mouser of Marion
and Judge David Davis of Cincinnati.
What Borah Said.
Mr.. Borah reviewed the achieve
ments of the Republican party since
it's inception, and declared the only
attack ever successfully made
against 1t was in the organization.
which he said had been changed. He
said that, according to his third
party friends, the Republican party
had been great party, doing grand
deeds, imbued with great purposes
worthy of the fealty and devotion OF
such leaders as they were until about
5 o'clock one June evening in the
year 1912. The transformation took
place just about that hour. It then
became bad, wholly bad, not only its
organization but It's millions OF
voters and everybody connected with
it,"
The senator proceeded:
When our Democratic friends were
seeking the power which they now
so completely enjoy, they assured us
that their first duty would be to re
duce the cost of living, that great In
terests and monopolies had been
built up under protection and that
they would Immediately distribute
the profits among the people. Sc
when they came into power they
looked over the fold to see who was
making too much money and getting
too much profit and who therefore
must bear the brunt of the reduc
tiOn. They concluded II was the
farmer. His profits were too large
He must be denied even the inciden
tai protection which might arise by
reason of Il revenue tariff,
Well. they put the farmer upon the
free trade basis. Everything which
ne raises he sellsin the open mar
ket, while everything which he buy:
has duty on it which In some In
stances is high enough to give full
protection and very generally Incl
dental.
Lost OF GtNitt6s
Notwithstanding this condition o
affairs, we are informed by repor
of the department of agriculture
using the exact language OF the re
port. that prices paid by the con
sumer are not to be any lower Some
body must be thriving because thu
price of farm products to the farme
have been pushed down. the price o
articles into which the farmers prod
ucts are made have gone zip, and th'
foreign importer Is in the market.
I understand perfectly how ou
friends of the Democratic part,
could support this proposition be
cause it is in accordance with thei
teachings. They believe in free trade
in spots. at least. But I do not III
derstand how our third party friend
can indorse that policy. And yet
received the votes of all the declares
members Of that party in the senat
and the most of the members of tha
party In the house.
Now, my friends, as briefly as