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tho ropublican leaders in thoir effort to per
petuato tho party In power by selling immunity
In return for campaign contributions?
There aro always two parties in tho coun
. try, and one is necessarily nearer to the people
than tho other. In this country tho democratic
party is nearer to the people than tho republican
party. Its leaders have more faith in the people
and aro moro anxious to keep tho government
under the control of the people. Take the elec-
. Mon of United States senators by tho peoplo as
A test. Th,e democrats want to glvo to tho
voters a chance to elect and to control their
representatives in the United States senate. Tho.
democratic party in the house of representatives
passed the first resolution for the submission of
tho noceasary constitutional amendment. They
did this eight years beforo any republican con
gress did it. The democratic party has thrice
dqmanded this reform in its national- platform.
The republican party has not done so Why .do,
democratic leaders insist upon this reform and
ropublican leaders oppose It? There' can be but
ono answer tho democratic party is nearer to
tho people than tho republican party. Young
man, will you stand with the people or against
them? T -
. Tho answer to "this question affects your
country. If you are with the people your. influ
ence, be it great or small, will bastpn. their vic
tory. If you are against tho people yourjnflu
ence may retard that victory. But- while in tho ,
first instance it is your country that may gain or
lose by your action, you must remember 4hat. in .
tho long. run your own position in politics will
depend . upon your conduct. Yo;u cail .not ,
fool the people always You , may rtleadtheiri
astray if you darej ibut they twill rpuniah dfti
when they And you out- You may . work. fdr the'.
people without their rrecognizing :it at 'first, Ibut
ybiu.can trust them to disebven Ihefchacaeter tf '
your work and to roward you accordingly.
Leslie M. Shaw, "former Secretary df 'tlio '
treasury, in an inTcrVlcw AhgttSt HfyliiW)&? "it -is
all nonsense to talB about 'ftWiSfozP of -&'
tariff. It can ridt licne.1 YtinSfk9 aTT'tyclI
understand that at the outset. RcpflhUcaiS who1
aro demanding revision aro demanding the im
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"THE ADVANCE AGEJfp. OE..Pft)EE1$ITX".
FollowiniranVxtricTpmHhe Asociated
Priess report CQncermn'f(''Mvi''BryanrS'. Streator
lit-, speech: : ' ' ' V
"'Addressing cfc&rfefe WrbWdnMttoaPttAn-
qnet here todays where le spdke fbH ahVh6uriv
W. J. Bryan declared thktadcor,ding''t6atheld'gIc
of tho republican party5 his "election" this' ytear
can be demanded.1 He was atscussing t&effranic
of last fall. 'A'dcbrding to'tKeirlogitf.lie
said, it is' a repufeftca -panic and I 'am" the'
advance agent ofpiHtyr'MKye1eeMbnHcan
be"demanded astneOonV-'curSttor tnty hard times
from which the ppleOar&'suffering.) KHeT&ubt-
ed some recent stattatiesi showing' tha' number "
of business, failures during the tfast 'few years
Aand declaro'd that the number of 'suclT failures
iir the nine months df tho present year was '
greater than the failure's for the. satfio period '-
in 1893. 'It is less thah"a week hfe Saidt"hat
the republican papers of Chicago were telling"
that flftqen thousand rchildreh weregolng to'?
school hungry every isorn!ng arid th;ar'my
friends, is not a past condition. It IS that eon-"
dltlon which according to republican papers ex
ists today. The republican party,' he asserted,"
was absolutely helpless to propose 4 Remedy.'
He. reminded business men -that they were to
be governed 'not by v prophesies and, predictions.,
of, interested parties whether they "bo demo-U
crats or republicans but tbatthey are to work
th,o question out for themselves, and not to ac
cept an argument unless that argument appeals
to ' their common sense. "
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VltOUBLB IN MUSCATINE'
cal reduction in wages. When Mr. Taft conclnd-
cd the button makers went back to the factories
and demanded a restoration of the wage scale:
They backed It up with the evidence of Mr.
Taft's argument and wasn't Mr. Taft the can
didate of tho employers? The employers re
fused to restore wages, and 500 button makers
went out on strike. Several hundred moro
threaten to strike. In tho mea'nwhilo the em
ployers who profit so much from the protective
tariff advocated, by Mr. Taft have organized and .
subscribed to a pledge not to reemploy any
person who voluntarily gave up his place fo
enforce a demand for something that the em
ployers' candidate said they should have been
getting all tho time. Clearly Mr. Taft ought
to return. to Muscatine and square things.
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Mr. Taft's idea that tlio high tariff: needs
a belfry and a few roof gardens. built on it is
not (making a hit with tho head; of the. house
hold who pays- tho family bills and docs" the
family voting. -Cliicago News. '
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"TWO VOTES FOR BRYAN AND KERN"--.
BONE AND ANOTHER. MAN'S
... Every argument that appeals to man's rea
son is. available for use, by democrats in this
campaign. .-The only republican argument is
"staqdpat," "calamity," and "unequivocal promises'-'
to do in future what they have neglected
and. refused to, do in the past.
-.jbetrery; democrat fortify .himself with the
arguments, at ljfaridand go forth determined to
makeat )easone new vq,te for Bryan and Kern.
It ery.democrat.wjill, do. Jhis will make a
determined jepr ti secure just on.o vote vfc
tojy ls.sured. Jljhe.sargument is' so convincing,
the, truth sp; elf-evident, thaj:. every democrat '
can make, the .effort pd start equipped with ,
the conviction that'he wHl succeed. ... : ,
Let every democrat, take up the rallying
cry: "T.wpvvotes-for Bryan and Kern my own
and another man's!"
.uv.usi,iuig.ui v- liv- iXllU.lt IAJ IIIO
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tiohs or bftfdal'if1Wbritisin.l:hb. inen,fvhe jruler
!:?vnMJi,tt'V"?p ,MVJ,V,. '' ue ci'wV, out
getting on, the supremo bench, and I was wnrv
ing for that to the best of my ability it
sure it never occurred to me when I went S
the Philippines that tho work there would leaS
to a presidential nomination. It always takes
me some time in the morning 'before I rpaihn
that the whole thing is true? "
"In the gold, gray dawn of tho mornine
after" November 3, 1908, Mr. Taft will awaken
to the realization that it has, in fact, been a
. dream. Let us hope, however that it has not
been an unpleasant one and that, although de
'feated for the presidency, the brighter recollec
tions, of the contest will outlive all others in tho
memory of the unsuccessful candidate.
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BOGUS REVISION
Interview in New York Sun, November 14,
1005, 'of Representative Babcock, of Wisconsin:
"What would revision by tho coming con
gross, through tho committees of house and sen.
ate, as now constituted, amount to? Those com.
mittecs are dominated by men wlio favor tlio
high protection idea, Chairman Payne and Rep.
resentatfves Dalzell and Grosvcnor would head
the republican sub-committee to draw tlio bill,
and none of them would support such a measure,
as the republican friends of revision want."
The .same men, control legislation in 1008
as Mr. Babcock says controlled in 1005.
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There are several, pearl button factories at
Muscatine, la. The buttons-are inade 'from the '
missel shells found in thq Hves round about,
norder to protect the pearl button .mdu&ry .
.there .is a very heavy tariff pn .pearl butt6ns.
But there is nothing doing in tho button line in
Muscatine just now, nor has there been 'since
Mr. Taft spoke there a short timq ago The
employes of tho button factories were' clven
time off to hear Mr. Taft and he congratulated
them on the fact that they had been able to
hold their places becauso of the protective tariff -on
mother-of-nearl niannfnp.tnroQ w i u
them that becauso of this tariff their wases
were still being paid undiminished. This was
a surprise to tho employes whose pay envelopes
wore sadly diminished last November by a.radi-
li?$i' li
:'v rfic& i&imi'Jrt
lBti)jte,tlQtjieitoJl.epresentativa William. B;e
McKipley .-reeidemV Roosevelt iasfstev thatj'the
people m,us lect repretatives iwho win liack i
the. .je3irtiJOi.Th.nc ho,nas8ertxthat 4n the?'
evnttflf.,hl ?jtipnoMrc.t Bryan wojadibe help-;
less to achieve the reforms- he advocates because"
he would not have congress behind- him.
President Roosevelt republican, forgets to
infprjn. .ithetiRubUo: hwthe republican congress
backed him up, .in, his reform efforts. Had it
not' ben -for .the aera.cKits.Jn the house, and
senate hardly ohe of President Roosevelt's .
reconjmendatlons 'wohlcL have received consider-
aH0-'-mil-1'ess Adfi- .Th tecord of. thd last
son Pr9?e ulvely, that the people must :
eleqfe represrifaflveWho wjil back up the eiecn
tiveanth;op;wiH have to elect demo
craWc;representative if they hope to have that
kind of backing for thei,r ,chief executive:
. JUSTiTHAT LONG
-OTioxjrewjYork Evenihg Post, republican,
asks: 'How lonare the trusts to enjoy -their
present license td.pick 6ur pockets" " "
' Just sol6ng:as the people keep in poiver
thStaSste111011 deriVCS its camPign funds W
MIU TAF-r-S DREAM,
"vRepblicaan'managers 'are circulatinV" a
pamphlfciving'sorieS sbout Mr Tafti ferS -this
pamphlet the fallowing- is tokeh- - :- $? ;
"?no?ay, receUy Secretary Taft and his
bro the, Charles, the CincinnaU editor, were
Xlr3" of;t"e'C-aniparignW F
;, 'Not so very,' said Brother Charles be-
cause I have been so hard at. work toSe to
look- after your interests thu the whole thine
has grown upon mo gradually untU it seem?
perfectly natural.' seems
" 4Well, you know, Charlie, it seems tfcreit
! fcff osrsr rras?S
sibility. i never thought of doing more U?al
THE TAX IS STXLI THERE
There's a tender reminiscence 'that is surg-
1 ing' through my soul- ,"'-
As I gaze upon the Jdoughh'ut lth a thin
"' ' ring 'round the' ;hble',' '
"Tis'a memory abiding'bf:;the halcyon days
of yore '' .?' 'J
. WhenI hollered for "protection" and de'"'
T "-' -man'ded ffour yearsvmore,'f
And" kept up a campaign sinking m a very'
:m.W 41. .t4." j.i..k. ' j.ti .M i.i .rtliii
jlxiui. juaL wuai' uue uuumry ueeuuu wao..
' r :"Iet 'well edoiighlalbne."" ,,"'
"Now. the captains have departed, hushed
the loud, tumultuous din-1
Ana the cQnrier'paif is emp'ty-but the tax
- is on' the tin. '' v r" ' ":' '
4Yes; the dinner -pail iiihptyi hiit tn tat
: is on lthe tin; )j,t " '
-And a taicupoh hiycibthingand the cloth",
; - ' Ing iweaf ing 'thin. f '' '?fVES' - r
There's 'a tax uponJthe'cra'dle of the babe
-'1 of which Pm prouotf ' ' J N
There's a- tax? upotf mytableJhere'll be
' one utfbn my: Shroud. ' ' "'.'
Yes, I cried out for. "protection" till my
"throat was raw: ah dnoarse,
And I got it, O I got' it-MD'ujt? 'tws in the
-neck, of course ' ' "
Yes, the promise was as empty s the argu
ment was thin,
And the dinner pail is empty but the tax
is on the tin. ..
"Fohr years more"' wf gaily shouted;
"we'll let well enough alonq!"
But the tariff soup "was. gobbled by the
trusts we .get the bone. ..'
"Worklngmen must have protection!" was
,.' our rousing battlecry,
And the tariff barons cheered us as we
marched so proudly by.
;.N6w the barons. have departed, to gay
scenes In Paris, Franco,
And the badge of our .protection is the
patch upon our- pants, -'
And we lift the lid and ponder as we sadly
. .' gaze within
That although the pail Is empty, still the
.... tax Is on the tin.
Rockefeller haa bis millions. . that be
.. grabbed thropgh tariff graft;
Carnegie has just as many, and they'r0
b'oth of them tor Taft. aj
Morgan, Havemeyer, DupontJ- and the
whole proteption bunch
Live in fatness white yours truly only gets
hot air for lunch.
Once a pail filled tq repletion, now a
doughnut with a hole.
And "protection" that's as' scanty as a
tariff grafter's soul.
O, they fooled us gQod and. plenty just as,
soon as they got in,.
For the dinner jSail is empty :but the tax
is oh tho tin.
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