Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-08-25

TACOMA, Aug 23.-Commenting on
Candidate Charles E. Hughes speech
in the Stadium, George Fishburne,
Democratic candidate for congress in
this district, in a speech at the demo-
cratic luncheon Thursday noon, said:
"The tariff is a dead issue, killed
by the tariff commission, and so |
enjoyed the funeral Grafton of Justice
Hughes over the deceased. 1t brought
back to life our beloved friend, and l
could see him alive once more walk
ing up the streets of Washington,
D. c., hanging on the arm of Mark
Hanna.
Mr.. Hughes reminded me of the
old doctor who could not cure his pa.
tients of anything but the fits, and so
he had to give every patient fit
before he could cure him. The justice
by a few dynamic IFS and one Hughes
vision, was enabled to give Uncle
Sam a competition fit, and then pro-
ceeded to cure his distinguished pa
tient by ministering the old Mark
Hanna-Aldrich remedy of high tariff.
It is true that his treatment was rather
heroic. To make the invalid believe
that the war debts of Europe, their
millions of lost and disabled, their
quantities of property destroyed, were
only excellent, invigorating tonics
which would strengthen her and make
her ten times more to be dreaded as a
competitor after the war than she was
before, was calculated to produce both
fits and spasms, and it was too much
of a strain on our old Uncle for even
a man of his robust constitution to
stand it long. beg to publicly an
nounce that since my discovery of his
fondness for debts, can now honor
Judge Hughes in my will.
"In classic style, he showed how
protection benefited labor, but forgot
to mention that the wool manufac-
turers of New England paid the lowest
wages when receiving the largest tar
iff subsity. The beauty of this part
of his speech was spoiled by the rec
objection Of the picture painted by
Senator Poindexter of the poverty, the
squalor and the misery Of the employees
of the wool trust at the time it was
exacting from the American people it's
most exorbitant tax period. And the
wool tariff was for the protection
Of labor How oft does the deed give
the lie to the word!
"The democrats and republicans both
advocate tariff commission A small
board of non-partisan or bipartisan
experts would be better qualified to
investigate the complicated facts and
figures connected with the tariff, than
our too unwieldy houses of representa-
tives. Owing to the fact that they
are to be appointed at large, rather
than elected from some state or dis
trict, they are more apt to recommend
tariff revisiOns in the interest of the
whole of the United States instead of
for the benefit of some isolated sec.
tion, to make the tariff a United
States issue, instead of local issue
We progressives and democrats are in
favor of leaving to this unbiased board
the question whether or not an Amer
ican industry should be protected or
not. We believe that their judgment
would be influenced neither by party
expediency nor by self-interest. There
fore, to make an argument for or
against protection or for or against
for revenue only at this time, is
immaterial to the issues of the case
Of Hughes VS.. Wilson.
ITO test which is more apt to fulfill
his promises through the instrumental
ity of their respective parties, let us
examine the record:
'In 1908, the republican party prom
ised to reduce the tariff, and failed
to keep their word. The fault was due
not to Mr.. Taft, but to the power