The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-03-29
HELD AUDIENCE
FOR Two HOURS
Enthusiastic Reception Accorded Hon
l.. N. Shaw Saturday Evening"
Opera House Crowded.
HE is STILL A GREAT SPEAKER

HE is STILL A GREAT SPEAKER
Pleased Republicans immensely and
Did Not Offent Opposition-One
Of Greatest Of campaigners.
Leslie NJ. Shaw must have felt fiat
tered with the enthusiastic reception
accorded him by his old neighbors and
friends at the meeting at the opera
house on Saturday night.
In spite of the rain and disagree.
able weather generally the opera house
was crowded by the time the meeting
opened. II the weather had been faV-
orable the crowd would have been
large enough to have filled at least
two opera houses, He came ito Denl'
son on the invitation of the republi'
can club to speak In favor OF repuD.
lican doctrines. He held the large
audience spellbound for two hours
while pointing out the benefits to the
country coming from the application
Of republican policies and the dlsas'
trous results from democratic control.
His treatment related to the policies
of the two great parties rather than
to the members of the parties. he
pleased republicans immensely and
did not offend the opposition. He fully
sustained his reputation as one II not
the greatest campaigner of the coun'
try. He said in part as follows:
Speaking at the white house to mem
hers of the national committee or ms ;
own party, the president of RE tn'na''
States recently announced, with uhcon-
cealed gratitication, that in the iortn,
coming campaign the republican party
would be restricted to one issue an nt
that one issue the tariff: lie did not
then explain, however, that, from tne
start, he had sought to appropriate many
issues that were never his by right; nor
did he explain that he intended TO nut
lify the tariff issue by recommending
non partisan tariff board. ,.
.Non-parttsan' has, strange aS ,, l
when uttered by the only president IN re-
cent years who has never mace an APP
pointrnent outside his own party, I'M
less compelled to do so by statue, pu'
/ approve the partisanshlp OF .ne pres
ident We must have party government
or mob government. Party government.
means team work; 1t means a bouy OF
men in charge of governmental alfairs
each believing the same PRINCIPLES anu
a nv Wsaksas ~ Il teisNs
to bring II into contempt. Generalization
Of various departments must be the rule
or nothing good can be accomplished.
..ro the victor belongs the spoils" Is the
least Objectionable doctrine the demo,
cratic party has ever prom na ssar a a%
i,ered to; In fact. 80 far as now recall;
1t is the only policy 1t has ever adhered
to.
tempt to place a limitation upon republic
can discussion except of one issue. One
issue, you remember, is what the she
wolf said when she called to pay her re-
III the Queen of Beasts. What! Only
mc?" "Yes." said the brave mother.
"but it's a Lion" One lion is better than
d litter of wolves, and one good. sound
fundamental issue for political cam
raign is far better than an aggregate
like the Baltimore platform on which
Mr.. Wilson was glad to run That plat
form pledged the president to but one
term. He wants two. 1t pledged the
collection OF Panama canal tolls, which
lie forced congress to repeal and doZ-
en- other planks which seemed safe
enough for candidate to walk upon, but
treacherous~ for a president to stand
upon q,
One issue was all we needed in 1896.
Free silver. and It's attendant debase-
Inent OF our currency and consequent de.
crease in the purchasing power or
we had but one paramount issue-im-
perialism, which included everything
connected with or growing. out Of the
enough I'm iao4 we needed no issue ex.
grace Theodore Roosevelt was issue
enough In 1908 we again needed no is
sue, for William Jennings Bryan was
the democratic candidate that year. In
1912 we abandoned protection as an is
sue and declared for competition Instead
Of protection---and we lost. just as we
did in 1892, when we resorted to the same
expediency The American people rave
never but once voted down protection.
They cannot be fooled they want pro-
lection that protects.
Let me emphasize that There are
three distinct and definabe positions on
the tariff: First, Free trade or tariff
for revenue only" which mean exactly
the same thing without shade of diff
ference. For instance, England is free
trade country and the only free trade
commercial country in the world. but
England collects more tariff duties per
l capita than does the United States, She
levies her tariff for revenue only and
~ for revenue, she places a high tariff
on tea and coffee and very many. other
things which she must have and which
her people do not produce. She does
collect custom duties on imported beer
but, lest her brewers shall enjoy a meas
ure Of protection, she places an internal
revenue tax upon her domestic beer en-
actly equal.
second, there is protection as under
stood by Lincoln, Grant. Blaine. Harri-
son and Mckinley: protection that pro-
tects They each strongly advocated a
tariff law that would require the. for
eigner who seeks to take advantage of
our superior market when he brings
merchandise in competition with what
sur people produce, to contribute to the
maintenance of this governemnt by tho
payment into our treasury of an amount
sufficient to give the American produc-
ar marked advantage. at the same time
alfording our people who bring in non
competing raw materials and articles
AZ universal and everyday use. like tea
and coffee, free entrance market and a
heavy revenue tariH on luxuries, which
are consumed only by the wealthy and
the well to do, such as fine handmade
laces
Third there is competition or tariff
measuring the difference in the cost of
production in the United States and else
where plus a reasonable profit. as de-
fined in our platform of 1902 and 1912
which is neither protection nor free
trade.
Each OF these distinct principles of
political economy can be supnorted by
strong and, 70 many, conclusive argu-
ments. / will permit our democratic
friends to defend the policy Of England.
which processes to maintain an omen
market with all the world, giving her