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The Commoner
VOLUME 12, NUMBER 2g
i reactionary stamp with tho qualifi
cations 'unloso tho dologates hoar
I from homo.' Tho voto would lndl
j cato that I am down."
"But not out," addod a frlond.
, "With tho qualification that I
I don't mind it a bit,' " amllingly said
' Mr. Bryan.
Tho following woro appointed a
BUb-commlttco of tho rosolutions
commlttoo to draft tho platform :
John W. Korn, ox-ofllclo, chair
man; 0. C Culberson, W. J. Bryan,
; James A O'Gorman, Isadoro Ray
. nor, A. M. Dockory, D. J. .-Walsh,
Alteo Pomoreno, Thomas, S Mar
, tin, S. W. Bolford, D. T. R'ussard,
. Qoorgo W. FIthlan.
UNIT RULE IN TUB COMMITTEE
Baltimore, Juno 26. Tho rules
committee decided upon tho recogni
tion of tho authority of a stato con
vention to Instruct delegates to na
tional conventions In tho enforce
ment of tho unit rulo In tho absence
of a specific statute.
Tho proposition of recognizing tho
authority of a-state convention' arose
bocauso of the situation In tho Ohio
delegation. Tho stato convention
had instructed tho Ohio delegation
f by a voto of GOO to 325 to vote as a
( unit for Governor Harmon. Nlne
, toon Ohio delegates have claimed
, tho right to violate thoso instructions
, bocauso they had boon elejctod as
avowed Wilson men in their respec
tive districts.
, The twenty-nine Harmdn dele
gates hold that bocauso in 'tho pre
j forontlal primary vote Governor Har-
man had a majority of lO.pOO over
I Governor Wilson tho instruction of
, the stato convention to voters a unit
I tor Governor ' Harmon for president
should bo enforced. u.
After a prolonged debate tliat fol
lowed this resolution was adopted
22 to 15: "It shall bo tho rulo of
, this convention that all states which
I have been Instructed by their re-
spoctive state democratic convenT
, tions or by a stato democratic presi-
dontial preferential primary shall
j follow thoso instructions so long as
,a majority of tho delegates from
(such stages aro of tho opinion that
such instructions are applicable."
, Tho fallowing substitute,- offered
by I. J. xPunn of Nebraska, i-was de
feated, 2,2 to 15.
' "Resoyed, That in casting votes
on a call of states, the aft&ir shall
, recognizb, and enforce a' Unit rule
ehacted,by a stato contention, ex
H cept Insuch states as havej.'by mandatory-
Statute provided, for tho
v npmlnatjpn and election of!f;ijlelegates
and alternates to national nnUHnni
conventions in congressional dis
tricts afrd havo not subjected dole
j gates soselected to tho authority of
t the state committee or convention
I of the patty, in which case no such
' rule shall bo lipid to apply.
Following the defeat of Mr, Dunn's
, substitute1, Congressman Henry of
Texas stated that ho would present to
tho committee as a minority report,
the Dunn substitute. He was joined
, in this 'by tho mombers of tho nnmi
jmlttee who voted for It and by
.Charles 'Sprecker of Massachusetts,
.who stood against It.
After recess tho rules cnmmiH-nn
fl completed its work by agreqing that
a commilteo of three, composed of
the chairman, Representative : Cov-
."'fa" i( mmjrmuu, oouroiary m. f.
I Hill of Oklahoma and Representative
.iienry or Texas, should mako the re
port to tho convention. Mi Henry
will represent tho minority report.
QTAjIE JAMES' SPEECH
Baltimore, Juno 2?.-4Fpllowing
Tils selection as permanent chairman,
Senator-elect Ollie Janisf thanked
tho convention for theohor ho had
rocolved and contrasted tho demo-
I cratic gathering with tho recent
republican national convention, de
claring that nono of tho bitter
nfiotxrnci n n 1 tnnnfnr1 nhnTPP.ft WlllCh
marked tho latter would bo in ovi
donco hero.
"There aro two records," said Mr.
James, "that will bo presented to tho
American people in tho coming cam
paign for consideration. One is tho
record of tho republican party, with
promises betrayed, and the other is
the record of tho democratic party,
with promises faithfully and honestly
Jkopt.
"The republican party itself recog
nizes 'that President Taft had been
unfaithful to the great masses of
Americans and it was only by tho
most wholesale conscieiiceless and
deliberate unsoating of delegates
honestly elocted that was ever per
petrated In American politics that his
nomination was secured. . ,
"Tftp republican , party, flushed
with many victories, imperious, un
heeding tho demands of the people,
took the reins of the government in
1908 under the solemn promise that
it would revise the tariff in the in
terest of tho consumer. Instead of
keeping this promise, as it should
havo. done, because it was their bond
of honor, it betrayed it.
"The republicans raised the tariff
higher than ever until it reached its
maximum of protection, being 47 per
cent. The story of this base be
trayal is known to all men.
"The democratic party appealed
to repords of the past congress on
the Payne-Aldrich tariff 'bill to -the
American people and received from
them a verdict of guilty; .against the
republican, party. .;
"How faithfully we hayo. kept our
promises to them is but. a resume of
our official action. Hayjng control
of but. one branch of the law making
power,- the house of representatives;
we undertook to reform the tariff
In the interest of the consuming pub
lic, believing, as we do, that it is a
tax paid by the consumer most gen
erally to the trust or monopoly that
Is sheltered by it, sometimes to tho
government; believing, as we do
that tho right to' levy a tariff exists
only for tho running of fjie govern
ment .; economically and .'.efficiently,
wo pjTfsonted the tariff, question to
the people in segregated farm.
"First, we reduced thei tariff upon
woolen clothes 40 per cent. This
was the one schedule that President
Taft liimself had said wqs. too high.
"This bill went through and
though it 'was controlled! by the re
publican party we found .assistance
from -the ranks of our opponents to
to pass it up to the president. Tho
president returned It to the congress
of thee United States with his veto and
said, ho had no tariff board and fpr
this reason returned it with his dis
approval , .
"We: undertook to pass this bill
over his veto. Our constitution re
quires two-thirds voto to accomplish
this. Wo had a largo mapority'for
tho passage of the bill; liis veto to
the contrary notwithstanding.
"We lacked onlv elevAn vnfno nt
having tho necessary two-thirds to
pass it through the house of repre
sentatives over tho president's veto,
and today the wool trust stands, not
behind a majority of the lawmakers
of the republic, but behind the veto
of tho president and tho eleven more
than one-third representatives of the
American people." !
Senator James reviewed tho work
of the last congress, giving credit to
tho democratic majority and to the
progressive republicans for a num
ber of bills for the benefit of the
people,, some of which wfe opposed
by th:e president and Ptfiers which
received, his approval. Vf ' .
In indorsing tho Sherman anti
trust Ijny, tho speaker sajctV
"Wo aro not opposed to' big busi
ness. Wo recognize that in a big
country thoro must be big business,
but wo say with all the emphasis of
our souls that big business, like little
business, must obey the law. Wo
would strike from tho trusts every
character of protection.
"Wo would write a tariff law
strictly for revenue only and place
tho tax first upon the luxuries, and
If that did not provfde sufficient
revenue, then wo would place it upon
the comforts of llfo, and lastly, wo
would lay the burden of taxation
upon tho necessities of life
"Tho infant industries must be
weaned, but not tho jnighty giants
who have coalesced their strength
to drive skyward the cbst of living
and oppress the DeoDle?"
Ho -denounced tho Aldrich cur
rency bill.,.
"President Taft did not tako the
time," said Mr. James, "to carry out,
but ho kicked ojit the Roosevelt
policies.. The atonement that Roose
velt offers tho American voters that
he succeeded in, driving by the elec
tidn of President Taft is in pnJsentf'
in& to them tho one who made the
mistake in himself. The people of
the United States will be as much
mistaken in himself as he was in
President Taft. If "he wants to come
with dean hands tin A' A rl6hr nm.
science, let hini'jo'jfn with lis: and1 do,
wxitti, uugmm uuv.o ueen aone uiour
years ago elect a democratic prssl
dent. .'.,..
"President Taft is joined to his1
Idols. His administration presdritd
tho most melancholy snonfanlA In'ii'
our national life.- Repudiated' iri th'p
middle fit his term- by tfto' election dfA
a democratic ;congress;' tils' retfom'iria
ing ofihonest delegates he is left
handed in both hands 'does every
thing wrong and. most generally oa
Friday. .Roosevelt undertakes to
achieve the nresiffenctf'hV nrhnin lin
ing himself the advocate of. those;
policies which he won the presidency
by denouncing.
"The progressive spirit that sweeps
the country now is called by some the1
principles of the progressives; by!
others the doctrines 'of ' the insiir-l
gents, but back, yonder,, yrheii a voice
in tho wilderness cried wf&for them,
they , were called thewjfgaries of
Bryan? the dreamer.' HoWever, much
wo may differ in, nYiti6tt conven
tions uppn minor qtfe'stiotft, all judtv
men, taiist acknowledge 'tlfet the only
living American Whosoiname iwill
shine- jfn, hjstpry, stujlitSij' with-f a
thpusandvflaming stars', j'$6ng beside
those 4f, Jefferson andfekson, 'is
that pfV William JenhTngS Bryan of
Nebraska., , ' "
"The. democratic, 'congreVs tiof 'only
scorched. Cannonism, b'liii 'killed .it.
Our republican opponents said we
were -unfriendly to the Hinidn'herbes
of the civil war.. "Rnf -&Vii;iA tux
record of the democratic 'cdngress is
still in session. It4 rdm'af'neri fnv
monthst to give pensions to deserving'
iuon m moir .aeciming years, that old
ago might bo bright. '.
"And, coming from ttfe south, ,as
r do, I can say that if Abraham Lin
coln were alive this night, there is
not a foot of soil under Dixie's skies
uppn which he might not pitch, his
tent and pillow his head upon a con
federate soldier's knee."
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