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Show H rni: democratic tickkt H In a number of Instances thc-Democratlc-tlcket' BH' w ft surprise. It ling becomo bucIi a custom ror the BB pemocrnts to hold n convention every four yoats to H Vjplolt Ihb cnttrtldftdSs of James H. Molb and Vll: BH linm'H. King that tho multitudes thought tl'io olu BB program would bo repented. Diil not no this tlino. H Congressman Welling, tho European" Junkoteor of H; Box Klder, llko W. J. Ilrynn, of "cross of gold nnd H crown of thorns" fame, camo forwaid nt tho crlltcal BB moment and with a well written essay throw tho con- BB ventlon off Its feet nnd rarrled off tho senatorial BH .,V nomination. Tho nddress of tho congressman and H JjJl senatorial nsplrnnt was purely "Wllsonlan" possoss- HJjji; '"g that degree of rhetorical euphony that for moro HJl Ihnn seven years has lulled tho pcoplo to sleep, only R!l ' lo fllul UP" awakening that thero was no substance, BH' I1 J"Bl a mass of woids, words, words. In fact tho cs- v v 'J ny reads llko It might have been written on the WII- Hj J ., von typewriter at tho White llouso and passed on to BHM ' ' the congressman lo read. It possessed a multltudo BHS of frills, plenty of contradictions, as beautiful and BHV 'sty as dessert for tho tlnm being, but nothing strong Hi' nn1 substantial ou which to baso any hopes of brlng- H I lug the state out of thu depths to which the present BH ( administration has sunk It. MS j The following Is typical or the Welling argument: BB 1 "Wo passed the Undetwood tariff law. It has BH ' met tho needs of business and in a success. Tho best BB ' evidence of this success lies In thu fact that a lU-pub- BB J llcnn congress for two full yrara In power at Wash- H Ington, hns not tevlMod thu tnrlff and has no Inton- BB lion of doing so. We provided a tnrlff commission BB which hns ta'keu this question out of politics and as- BHj t tires business a rati- and impartial hearing, unlnflu- BHv enced'by partisan or sorlloti.il politics." BB! It is true that "they" thu DemociatB, "passed BBji the Underwood tnrlff law.'.' It Is also truo that ns n BB' result thereof the market nt Omnhu Is flooded with BB'. New Zealuud lambs upon which commission mer- Bf) chants told .Mr. Walter J. Lindsny or Ogdun, who vm Bj'i . at Omaha recently, that they wero making a murgin BB1 f fro,M 1- lo ,B cents per pound over and nbovu BBjl, what they could make ou western lambs, by selling BB' the New Zealand ptoduct, fuitlmr saying "Mr. Mud- BB'1 i-ay, that's why we cunnuo buy your lambs." Yes, U'h BBji lu"' """'y" l'1'' Democrats, passed the Underwood BB- Tariff law, and It Is. nlso true that "they" thu Demo- BjK rruts r.ie passing tho shepp men lo the door of bank- BHjj ruplcy. Hut Mr. Welling snys the "bent evidence of HHj' 1 Hit success" of tho Underwood Tariff law "lies in tho BB fact. thai n Republican congress, for two full years BBj in power at Washington, has not revised the tariff HH and hns no Intention of doing so." Now Cougresi- HJ man, null jour kidding, jou are not apologizing now BBj for CouRressmun Dent and others of oir Demociatlc BH luethron who worked ugnlust, fought and voted BHj ngnlnxt the draft law, ou mo tnlklng to our own BH people who want the truth. What Is the usu of ou BH peddling such ateff You know as well us you live BH flml all the tat Iff bills that n Itepuhllcan Cougtess HH lould put up to the sick man at tho Whllo House B would be vetoed. Again ynu say it Is unnecessary BH because you have piovlded u "tniirr conunlsilon." B Then whj quote your "best uvldenro." Again Air. B Welling, jou know as well ns jou know that jmi live H i '" ou nre not telling the tiuth when you say the H J Heptibllcnns have "no Intention of" rolslns the Un- Ht derwood tariff law. You know that a Uepubllcan BKf tnngress nnd a Itepubllciu prosldent will not rest BK mt night under suqh condlllons as maintain twlay BH until the Injustlcu Is remedied. Yim. Mr. Congiess- HB man, while ou nnd jour piesldent uio thinking of B Europe, nnd a gient conquest or the woild, eager to HH tnke our places "In the sun" ns Kaiser Illll once H ' anted, n Kdpubllc-u administration awaits the op- HH I'orlunlty to ghe a little tlnw nnd nltentlon to home HHV B Another of the Congtessmnn's high spots: BH The draft lnw, recommended by (he president nnd HH looked upon as an Impossible nchleveiuent by ovt-ry BH power In Kurope was passed Immediately. Under Its BH leveling Influenco 10,000,000 men Mepped forward to HH cervo. Moro thnan 4.000,000 mon were Inducted lu- BH lo the service of tlm nation." L It might ho pottlnent lo nsk the distinguished HHHHHV orator, "Who passe.1 the draft law?" it (nle ,L(1 HtHHt ndmlnlstrallon wa. Democratic, but Mr. Welling, who passed. the draft law? Did .your honored 'speaker, Cnamp Clarkjconlribui'eto;ltT fpld,'yo'ur,dlsllngulsh- floor leadcriClaudQ Kitchen help It outT- 'Did the , TV" ' , 'ji 8! chairman of your 'admlnlstratlon'sfc'mllltary-af fairs voto for ltf In other, words whopassed' tho draft .law? If the above mentioned colleagues.!,, yours fhom you are now covering all over with glory, con- Jrlbutcd to Its passage wilt you please rise up and say,so? Otherwise will you again apologize for them 1 nnd tlumlllatlngly explain as yod'jdld in your ad-dresS ad-dresS In the House March 13, 1D18? As a matter Of fact Mr, Wclllng's argument about hotf "wo passed tho draft law" lu on a par with how "thoyir'gavo us woman's suffrage, and how "they won the'.war." "fhe draft law was passed' by Uepubllcan votes against tho Btrenuous opposition of Democratic votes, Just ns tho women's suffrage wns passed by a largo majority major-ity of Itepuhllcan voles In Republican states, nnd Just as tho wnr was won by an excess bf Republican monej and Republican blood. Mr. Welllng's sunr argument is Just a amusing. Ono would think that tho Republican party was a hot bed of sugar criminals, and that there weio no Democrats In tho sugar business, If ruch be tho case what has Senator Funk been dolng Arc vo not living liv-ing under tho great and godd law that Mr.,..WellIng nnd Mr. Wilson havo blessed us with. Accordlngfto Mr, Wolllilg they nro so good, that ven Republicans do not want to repeal then! or add to stheni, then wjiy has Senator Funk permitted those crlmlnalsVto ruiv at large. There are none of these, sugar barons on the Republican ticket. Why has not Senator Funk had the crimlnnlB In Jail? . Congressman Welllng's essay reminds ug of the parrot that kopt Jibing at everybody that passed by, until ono duy It barked tho wrong tree. A gentleman gentle-man told his faithful dog to tako care of Mr. Parrot. Tho dog did so In loyal fashion, and latter on when Mr. Parrot had regained his perch, soro and stlfr, with Its rino plumage scattered all over the ground, In thoughtful mood,- a sadder but wiser bird, It exclaimed, ex-claimed, "I)y Ood, I talk too much." The paltform adopted U nn apologetic comment. It should bo printed as a campaign document by the Republicans and distributed broadcast. It will certainly cer-tainly be a winner for the Republicans. The ticket is composed of good substantial cltl-rens, cltl-rens, but under present conditions It goes without saying that it will be elected, elected to stay at -home. ft |