The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-10-18
THE DEMOCRAT SPEAKING.

The trump-card of the Democrat party was
plaved at the Emerson auditorium in Bozeman
last Friday night. Senator T. ]. Walsh, the king
pin of the Democrat party of Montana, was groom
ed for the occasion. He spoke at length upon
that ancient and historic subject, "The Tariff, J"
and offered that solely as a remedy for the dis
tressing economic disruption and commercial pa
ralysis of the world.
The senator did not offer the Democrat rem
edy, but devoted his time to a negative criticism
of the less than two years of Republican admin
istration, forgetting to mention the record OF his
own party upon the tariff problem when it was
in sole possession of the government. Even Grover
Cleveland said of the Democratic tariff THAT it
was a piece of perfidy and dishonor," and the
lamented Henry Watterson said that on account
of the treachery of the Democratic congress "The
party would march through a slaughter-house to
an open grave" And so it has-every time the
people of the country entrusted it with the adj
ministration of the government.
The senator bitterly assailed the Republican
doctrine of protective tariff. He did not for once
consider that three-fourths of the mme of
our country was domestic commerce and that
Democrat policy of free trade would transfer the
industrial activities of this country to foreign
manufacture and leave the working people of
America begging for the privilege to work. His
policy would export the major part of our raw
material to foreign countries, and then buy back
the finished product from the international trad
ers and jobbers.
The Republican party stands for the integrity
Of our domestic MINER and industry, while
the Democrat party stands for negation and in
opposition to the big American ideal.
The senator also forgot to tell his audience
that we have been living for the past two years
on the inheritance of the Democrat party, left
over from the wild and recklessly extravagant
administration of eight years.
The Republican tariff has just been passed
and the false prophets of the Democrat party
are not willing to give it a chance, as was done
when the great Mckinley set the wheels of pros
perity going after a long period of depression
an inheritance of the Democrat party under Grow
er Cleveland.
The senator would have us believe that the re
cent Republican tariff is the cause of the prevail
ing low prices to the farmers, which he know
IS not the fact.
That the Cummins-Esch railroad legislation
the cause of high freight rates. Did he tell u
that the Cummins-Esch law was passed by bot
Republican and Democratic votes in the congress
and that the law was approved by President w
son, before President Harding took his seat? Di
he tell us that the government control of whes
prices was repealed by both Democratic and R
publican congressman, and that Woodrow Wilso
signed the bill?
Answer, senator, who was'it that left the farm
ers and workers Of this nation flattened on the
backs and took away what little protection ths
had been given to them? In 1920, the farmer
OF this nation suffered a greater d~eflation
prices than in all our history. It was estimate
that over $4,000, 100000 was extracted from Il
farmers profits. Was MrJ Harding presideh
then? Had the Republican tariff begun working
No, the Democrat president was in the sadd
aad the Democrat tariff was fermenting.
The Democrat leaders do not stand for. pro,
rc9e. They stand for ~negation.
which party do we turn for progressi1
leaders?
I'd you find a Borah in the Democrat party