The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-10-22

short term. you have done your besi
10 help In the Senate, and II in this
district you re-elect Sherley 10 the
House you have done your best In the
House OF Representatives More than
that. let me ask you TO remember this
too. that the only way In which you
can register your approval OF the splen,
did record Of our splendid President
Is TO write Il on your ballot on cleo
ton day.
Ballot the Only Way TO Express That
Approval.
II Is pleasant 10 have two Republic
ans meet upon the street and say, lis
he not doing great work." hut Il IL OF
no avail II they belle their words b.
voting for Republicans on election day
You might meet In mass.meetlng and
by unanimous vote commend the Pres
idents course. but II you 80 TO the
polls and vote for Republicans who
tie his hands and paralyEe his efforts,
you have not lived up to your rep
resentation.
Let me now call your attention brief
ly to the larger points Of this great
record that you may decide for yonr.
selves whether you desire 10 commend
the President or 10 condemn. am
not here 10 tell you how TO vote 4
am here rather 10 tell you about your
vote and how your vote will count on
one side or the other
The hrst thing 10 which the Presl.
dent addressed himself was the tariff
question. II Is an old question. 20 old
that none Of us can remember when
this light began. began making
stump speeches when ! was twenty
years Of age. and have been az II nov
thirty-four years This Il my elgh.
teenth campaign. Congressional or
Presidential began lighting for re.
duction OF the tariff thirty.four years
ago. and Kentucky began long before
began You have been pioneer In
the war OF tariff reform. and your
great men have stood IN the forefront
OF this great conflict.
Tariff Law the Best
The President. by cooperation With
the Senate and House. has produced
the best tariff law the country has had
since the Civil War speak advised
ly for was on the committee that pre-
pared the only other tariff reduction
law that we have ever had In ATTY
years. the Law OF 1894 And this Law
Is better than that law was That was
the best law that We could get under
those conditions. but We have better
conditions now and We have n better
Law This law gives IN lower tariff
rates than thought IL was possible 10
get, and II not only gave the people
relief-the consumers Of the country
relief from the high tarin Of the Tor.
mer laws. but II set a nation free. Al
! look back over the campaigns in
which have participated do not re-
call another campaign until this one
when they did not bring out the threat
Of panic TO terroriEe the nation. The
benehciaries OF protection who had
their hands In the pockets OF the ma.
ton. who had been making the laws
that determined the amount that they
should collect from the people-these
people had at every campaign used a
part Of the money they had collected
by unjust laws 10 deceive those who
could be deceived. 10 purchase those
that could be purchased. and TO lntlm.
idate those who could be lntimidated
Calamity Threats Failed.
They had told the farmer that he
would lose his home markets N he re-
duced the tariff They had told the
laboring men Il they dared 10 vote FOR
tariff reduction their bread aud but.
ter would be taken from them. and
they had warned business men that
the wheels OF Industry and Of com.
merce would stop II they dared 10 lay
hostile hand on these sacred tarlf
schedules, and In some Of the cam
paigns they had posted up notices in
the shops that the lahorers need not
come back on Wednesday unless the
Republican party was successful This
IL what they have done. and they had
deceived and misled many honest.
well-minded persons, and suppose
some Of the more timid ones were al.
most afraid 10 wake up the morning
after that law went into effect. for fear
darkness would cover the land. But
when they awoke they found the sun
rose as usual. they found the soil had
lost none OF its fertility. they found
that the energies OF the nation had not
been impaired. and then they saw that
they had been fooled. and then the
pretended partnership between the Al.