Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-10
SONG, WOMEN,
BUT No WINE
Edwards Says He Hopes Lat
ter is Coming to Complete
Jersey Festivity

JERSEY CITY,, Oct. 1O.-Goyer-
MOI Edwards, Democratic candidate
for United States senator, carried
his campaign to his home city last
night, speaking on the prohibition
issue as follows:
at is an old saying that no party
is complete without wine. women
and song. Tonight. to all intents
and purposes. We have only Two
thirds of the observation-disclosures
en- God bless themi) and sweet
song. When the Democratic party
Genes into its own in state and ma
ton let us hope that we'll have
vino also to complete the festivity.
81 have recently come from the
battlefield in South Jersey where
the Republican bosses and their pro-
htbition pals have hoodwinked tie
people on this serious personal lip-
erty question. They cannot do it
up here, and they had better not
try.
IAN honest prohibitionist who
lives up to his preaching. and there
is hardly a corporals guard of that
kind. is worthy of respect. But the
puritanical faker who shouts dry
with a bottle on his hip is a menace
to society. These Contemporaries
deserve only the utmost contempt.
Not long ago the Prohibition
Party was a joke in this country
and a prohibitionist was regarded
as a freak. Not so today. my good
friends. He has been welcomed
with open arms by the personally
we. and politically dry Republicans.
The Republican party has done
everything in its power to pull his
dried-out chestnuts from the smoul-
dering fire. They did the trick while
the country's back was turned and
under cover of the smoke-screen CT
the great world war.
"a terrible injustice has been
done to US, Democrats and Repubii-
cans as well; all to satisfy the va
porings of a motley group of puri-
tanical puppies and their political
puppets.
The cardinal principles of Am ar-
icarism are equality and liberty.
THE first of these, equality, pre-
cludes favoritism and discrimina-
ton. 1t prccludes specious legisla-
ton designed to benefit the few at
the expense of the many.
Laws in the interest of special
privilege are contrary to the man
dates of a truly democratic govern
ment.
Such a law is our present tariff
law known as the Fordney-McCum-
Der act enacted by a Republican
congress at the behest of the big
interests, and oblivious 10 the well
fare of the millions of workers and
their families who are made to suf-
fer the brunt of this ex~tortionate
and dishonest so-called protective
tariff.
whom does it protect? Only the
predatory corporations. the national
and International m~onopolies and
trusts and Wall street.
"At whose expense? Yours and
mine.
THE Democratic party is pledged
to an honest and scientific revision
of the present tariff schedules in the
interests OF the people. 1t las been
figured that the Republican tariff
bill as it is written today on the
statute books will impose an addi-
tional tax of three to four billions
of dollars on the public. It will ex-
tort an additional tax of thirty or
more dollars annually from every
man. woman and child in this coun-
try; u,,.o vor3 Are
they not soaking us enough now.
these Captain Kidd Republicans?
zone of the provisions of the tar
if bill gives the President full power
to change the rates arbitrarily and
whenever no so desires. This is a
very dangerous precedent. 1t will
brin gabout industrial unrest and
business chaos. 1t is pleasing, OF
| course. to the powerful corporations
who contributed so generously to
| the Republican campaign fund
but it will plunge the tariff ques.
ton deeper and deeper into the
mire of politics.
II pledge you, my friends, when
I am elected as your representative
in the United States senate, TO eX'
ert every effort. humanity possible
to secure a satisfactory revision OF
| these e~xtortionate tariff rates. based
upon scientific analysis of the reia'
tive earnings of the people and the
cost of living.