Evening star., 1916-09-08
Red Fire and Brass Bands.

1t is an fashioned campaign with
red fire and brass bands and all that
sort of thing. Remember the old
torchlight procession. when the boys
turned out with 1ambeaux and their
oilcloth capes and helmets? That's it;
and they sing Rally Round the Flag.
Boys"
Pretty soon 1t will be Marching
Through Georgia" If the present trend
continues.
iected a new issue into the campaign.
"All Of sudden" they sprung upon the
democrats what Me latter term sec
tionalism." 1t is apparently making an
are earnestly concerned over it.
The republicans are appealing to the
Independent element of the state Tor
support on the ground that retention
executive and Legislative branches OF
the government means undue favorft-
ism to the south. to the detriment OF
the interests of the north. domination
Is the basis of the contention. and espe-
cially the control Of the Senate by the
southern democrats through the me-
dunn Of the caucus.
Say South Is Grabbing All.
Republican speakers of national
prominence are nightly driving into
their audiences the assertion that the
south Is getting all the benefits Of leg
islation while the north pays the bill;
that southern products are protected by
the tariff and Maine products left open
to fnroads from Canada. Senator Lodge
Senator Borah. Representative Long
J.r.
host of speakers are hammering away
on this line. They appeal to the pro-
gressives to stand by the republican
party as a check on southern selfish
ness, and to help give prospective re-
publican President as they view 1t. a
republican Congress.
Senator Lodge leads in the attack and
this is his argument:
when we send from New England
democratic senator's and congressman.
they cease to stand for New England
interests, and follow blindly and obe-
diently the dictates Of the southern ma
5oritY.
Having deliberately cut down the
tariff. not only to carry out their free
trade principles, but with the purpose
of substituting direct taxes, they then
framed their direct taxes in such a way
as to take nearly all the money from
raised by direct taxation by emergency
corporation income and individual in
come taxes for the past year is $685.
21s,534. Four states of the north MAS
sachusetts, New York. Pennsylvania
and Illinois) of these taxes paid s118.-
O01 .090; that is. these four northern
states out of the forty-eight states paid
more than half of these direct taxes.
sas, FLORIDA. Georgia. Louisiana. Mis-
sissippi. North Carolina, South Caro-
lima. Tennessee and Virginia) paid 49,
602, 900: that is about per cent of the
entire tax.
"North Pays south's Bills"
THE total wealth of the state of Mas
sachusetts is $6.362.000.000. Massachu-
setts pays as a tax of 81 on every $625
of wealth. The state of Alabama has a
total wealth of $2,127, ,000.0 900. about
one third the wealth of Massachusetts.
Alabama pays 81 Of tax on every $3.700.
II you will examine the bills for ex-
penditures which might perfectly well
be postponed you will see that the
money raised from our part of the
country is spent very largely In the
south"
Senator Lodge said that of the 100, 900
national guardsmen at the border July
81 the southern states sent 1900 men
and from Texas 5000. THE rest Of the
southern states had not a single man
at the border, while Massachusetts,
New York. Illinois and Pennsylvania
had $4,000 men. ~ per cent of all the
troops then present"
This line Of argument is designed to
affect the senatorial and congressional
contests principally and with especial
regard to the senatorshfp. 1t Is hoped
to at least gain the progressiyes to the
republican senatorial candidates II they
are Indifferent as to the progressfvism
Of Hughes az compared with the pro-
gressivism of Wilson.
Senator johnson. asserted to be the
Yfce Praaident of the FrAe Trada