Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-10-17
D|DNOT SAY AWORDABOUT NEVADA
IN A TWO HOURS CAMPAIGN TALK

gold and sharpening the crown of
tnorns credited to the White House
as the trophy of its struggle with the
omniyerous trusts
The Democratic party was pledged
70 tariff reform asserted the junior
rehator and this pledge was kept to
The letter, the president insisting on
holding the whip over congress until
the legislation was enacted. The
speaker said nothing OF the pernici.
Gus effects of the iniquitous tariff on
the chief industries of Nevada, but
he did say whole lot about the ship
tTust. which he declared had been
brought to time through the admins
iration appropriating s35,000,000 for
the purchase OF foreign ships with
foreign cheap labor and exemption
nom compliance with American ship
ping laws. He did not expatiate on
the fact that the Seamen's union had
protested against the enactment Of
this legislation nor did he try to har-
monize the action of the administra-
tlon in refusing TO grant free pass
age to American built ships through
the Panama canal and placing for
eign bottoms on the same parity with
American shipping
liostilities in Europe were seized
on with ayidity to explain why tariff
reform did not bring about cheaper
food stuffs. Neither did he say why
the people of the United States were
paying the highest prices In history
when every elevator and warehouse
was flled to oyerilowing with farm
products which could not find a mar.
ket In Europe. Neither did he ex.
plain why il was necessary to pro.
vide millions for the purchase by the
government OF lot of rotten old
hulks which legitimate shipown
ers would not look at on the
basis OF war prices On this point
the senator was eloquently silent In
explaining why the Democratic party
refused 10 grant a subsidy TO Ameri
can shipbulders and paid bonus
\ to foreign shipmasters for their oh
solete vessels. The European wal
/ has undone all we attempted to do,
remarked Senator pittman. but thii
could not be helped. as no power on
earth could have anticipated hostili
ties. We have plenty of steel, cop
ket for our products
The senator relapsed into silence
when It might have been appropriate
Of a brief explanation Uf why thi
administration is willing to father
bond issue OF $250,000,000 for tn
cotton grower and turn deaf ca
to the wants Of the metal miner
The senator launched into pa
4, thetic tribute 10 the administrators
on having adopted a currency meas
. ure and "wrested control of tn
money market from Wall street" bu
} he forgot to add that the currenc
/ measure which he praised so layishl
. was the Identical measure recon
: mended by the Republican senate vi
} der President Taft and ruthlessl
scored by the Democrats Of the pr,
tious congress as an invention {
the interests who we're trying to 81
cure domination over the banks +,
the country by extending the inf
enee of Wall street to the remotei
distributing centers. The watchf
waiting policy could not be owe
looked In face of the European sit
alton and the manner in which w
son handled the Mexican situate
. came In for a choice lot of verb
: bouquets The remarks were topp,
1 OFF with a loving tribute to labc
J with the administration posing as Il
friend OF the workman. II mig
have been more satisfactory il Il
\ speaker had explained why so maj
more thousands of workmen we
idle under the Wilson administrati,
than under the former protect
tariff and why the empty dinner pi
= was such conspicuous feature
81 industrial eenters.