The sun., 1916-11-05
ever known how to talk about. and that
was the protective tariff.
TariR "Pretencss."

was the protective tarin.
TariR "Pretencss."
They know perfectly we'll that all
the pretences about the protective tariff
nave been torn away, not by the ora
tory OF Democratic speakers but by the
patent demonstrations Of fact. They
know that the w%orkingmen Of this oun-
try may " been deceived for a lit
te while. but they cannot DO deceived
all the time.
They know Just a. we'll as we know
that the Industries In which the highest
protection was given paid the lowest
wages. and they know that the highest
wages were paid In the least protected
industries. That is a matter OF record.
Not only that. they know that in some
OF the most highly protected Industries
the conditions under which the laboring
people lived were a disgrace TO our civ
ilization.
And now what do we witness? Hav-
Ing ~despaired Of an issue, they are fill
Ing the country with alarms. They are
not only fiiling tho country with
alarms, but they are attempting coercion
OF their laborers. They imagine that
these mon are not their own masters and
dare not vote as they think. But at
last. l thank God, the American lahorer
Is awake.
He at last Judges his friends by
what they do n not by what they say.
He knows that ne has found friends, be-
cause he has found men who will do the
things that he has demanded should be
lone In Justice and equity to him.
Control Nsthisg Bet Betting.
Let them All the air with alarms.
The alarms are their own, not ours.
they used to control the credit Of the
country they now control nothing but
the betting. so that I think as we look
back upon this campaign-for we are
now looking back upon 1t. and Ike are
nothing but cries o. distress as We
look back upon tive can see a very
heartening n encouraging thing.
we can see the American people at
last asserting themselves by rejecting
the old leadership under which they
were 20 long led astray n turning to
do things for themselves. The differ
ence between the Republican party and
the Democratic 10 this: The Republican
party offers them masters; we offer
them comrades and leaders. The Re-
publican party offers to take care Of
them; We offer to go into tho fight
shoulder TO shoulder with them to get
the rights which no man has n right
to give to them. The ranks are formed
1T was the duty Of those who rep.
resented he Republican party. as 1t was
our duty. In their campaign to expound
the real heart Of the social necessities
n the political exigencies Of America
Have they d5n that? Have they no,
merely said that though the right things
had been done no doubt they had beer
done by the wrong people? What differ
ence does 1t mak who did them. whethe,
they were good looking men or ugly
men. whether they were wise men or
unwise. whether they were schoolmasters
or sages? II they were done and wer,
the right things to do. then every mar
ought to stand by them and praise
them.
Declares II . Crisis.
1T Is "A crisis because some OF the
fundamental things Of the life OF the
world have to be determined. That 4.
one reason why we have been saying
~ much by we I mean everybody who
has been discussing this campaign
about the apparent; desire Of sorne PEG.
pie TO have our public policy determined
by European reasons and not American
reasons We ave seen that unless We
could unite and direct and purify tn,
forces Of this country. We could not dc
what 1t was necessary TO do for tn,
world through the fundamentally o.
America.
Therefore We have insisted with re.
peated !nsistence that the hrst thing to
do was to see that everybody intended
the same things and loved the samt
things and believed In the same things
All that We have heard from our oppo,
rents has been that that; they believed
in themselves. That Is not what ",
wanted 10 know. DO they believe in II.