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Show I - 1 iTARIFF WILL BE POLITICAL ISSUE Democrats Would Impose Direct Tax on American Ameri-can People, While Republicans Would Tax j Importation of Foreign Goods. Tm Hon p-.ll Hervl.r I WAKHIMITON. 1) C Jul H The delmtr n t. hotiie of reprrven-tall. reprrven-tall. trvnll mer the ii.lmlnb.trn- tlonn reenue bill eturr much r the I field ..f dlMiil.in tlurlMK the present pres-ent .ampHlRii The demotrnt. or ! feted n rn.-n.ure for the Imposition of ; numernm direct laxea upon the Am-erl. Am-erl. an innple nn.l the republbnna ; , e.mhntte It upon the principle Hint , th. In-m mune or federnl revenue I. 'the t mx.n the Importation of for-Ij.lRn for-Ij.lRn K.wl wh, h tax mum be pnld , b) the for. iKtier nn.l tlm. nfford. pro- It.ttu.n t th,. American prodtieer. J Th. rn.nue nieH.ure put. Im fore the , ."untrj the fundnmeiital .Hfferencc jli-lween the repiiblirnn nnd demoirn-I demoirn-I tic pnrtle. nnd, llirrefnrr. It emphn' , ili.i. the lniM.rtnnce or revenue poll-' poll-' .ilea a. like I wile. In polltUn ll In-;'.litliiK In-;'.litliiK llHill the lmpltlon or dlref-t , frathir than Indirect tnxe. the detn-' detn-' iK-ral. hale fort.. I the tariff n. a m,I. , that Iwiie I Mnki Miel TrllliiR I'olni. ',' A the iiutret of the debntn Con-lur. Con-lur. Mnall llettliett or New Vnrk innde n tillltiK point HKxInM the method, of the deinoirntl.' party when he crltl-clird crltl-clird the ndoptlon of n rule which prewnted the effvctlle otferlnB of (ninendnnnl. b n iMililltntin. Adoption Adop-tion or the rule mennt Ihnl the con-IrcllliiK con-IrcllliiK InMucn.e. In the demiiirntlc i part) would dklate the ditall. or thr measure, ein ihiniKli a minority of .the detuiHMl. nn.l r. publican, rrall) I bell. ed wime othir pri)lilon. tnlnht be wiser Hlnce the demncrntlc inn- 'Jorlty In conKres. In il.imlimt.il by the in.mber.hlp from tin "Solid Koulh," lit wn. evident Hint tho South propiiM'.l to phm a tnx law under whlih thn I North would m n Krent bulk of the itnxea, mi. iwttl.inal dl.trlmlnntlon Imldeiit to democratlt milhod. wn. not eoinmentid upon by ll.nnitt. who eontenttd llllllwll with ullllllK nllentloii to the fact Hint ndoptlon of , the rule I. In direct violation of the reform, whl.h the proanwlve. hnve been ilemnnilliiK and the tffet mu.t be to preclude the proKreimlve. from iViilliiK the demo. rati. II. kit I Kiionnoii Tn lliinlrn I lteircMtilntlvo CnmptH'll of Kim-wn. Kim-wn. who led 111.' openlllK ill bnte on the merit, of the bill, di dared Hint althotiKh tlier. have be.n Nime In-'irense. In-'irense. In npproprlntlon. due to pre-J pre-J ptirnlncKn, tlioo Inert um. do not Ju.-tlfy Ju.-tlfy the enormou. tax burden, vvhlch the demorrat. propose to Impose upon up-on the Amerlran people Condensing hi. nrgiimcul Into u few words, he wild Tin re ha. never ben n limp of pearu In the lilstor) of our country that we have not produied suffltltnt revenue to pay all our expenses, when the eovernment Imposed Import duties du-ties high tnoiiRh to protect the In-idustrle. In-idustrle. of the country. On the otlur 'hand, there ha. nev.r been u time when our custom, duties have Ixrll so low a. In kIvo freedom or trade, In which the rex. lines have not hetjn In- .uf fit lent to defray the exptus. . or the Kovrrnmetit." Campbell jraie sta-jtlstlc. sta-jtlstlc. to prove hi. n.sertlnn and quo-'ted quo-'ted J.ffersoii ami Jackson In support , of protective tnrhTf., whlih were Kood demoeratlc policies until the MKirti. unil.r the lender.hlp of Calhoun, Cal-houn, became an exponillt of free 'irnib- llorM Men l Don't !o. One of the humorous, and. from a j democratic standpoint, unfortunate feature, of the debate wiih n refer-erne refer-erne to the InaiiKiirntlon of the u. of horse meat for human food ilur-lint ilur-lint the hard lliuw that followed the nai'tment of the Underwood law. Itepresentatlve Qulnn (democratl of Mississippi undertook to defeinl the use or horse meat und said "I. not horse meat Rood to at?" To this Itepreeentatlve Hilt of Conmctliut replied- "I am not wIIIIiib to vote for a polio that will compel American 'cltlten to eat horse meat. I would Klie cwry worklitKman a porterhouse steak If 1 had my wuj. The ip'title-man ip'title-man from Mississippi can offer horse meat to the workliiKinen of his stall. If he wants to." I Ijii lime mul Other 'Hiloir. I The oielllllK . Illence of the pelllll-Itluiute pelllll-Itluiute lu.le whlih UinsliiK sent to Carrania on June .'nth r .'Muled tho iionstaut faitor of dllatorlneiw whhll I lm. iharaiterUed tho entire conduit or roreluii relation. l the WIUou administration ad-ministration I hav. read ' sa. Uinslns, our ommunlentlon which was delivered to me on May 2 2d." It took the stnte department four week, nnd n dnv to make repl) to n note vvhlch l-un-lnc descrllntl In his tins-vvr tins-vvr as marked by n "discourteous tone and tempt r" such as to cause "surprise nnd renret " It should hnve cause.!, Instend. IndlRnntlon nnd resentment re-sentment And, It should Imve provoked pro-voked ii n InMnnt nnd vlRorous rttort. What vvn. the occasion for dela) Surely th. re was uolhltiK In the situation situ-ation In Mt Men which would lead to evtn a hope of better manners from Cntrnnut Surel) there wn. nothliiR In the situation which could provoke even n remote notion that belter order or-der 'could be sei'iired Surel), there whs nothlnR In the situation which could warrant the belief Hint the United Stnte. could further postpone the duty which Its Ionic siibmcrned se tf-respi t Imposed. Yet Wilson nnd (.nnslnic waited four week, nnd n day nnd then sent n note couched In InnRiinRc .nth n the tiles of the stnte department have Ionic since familiar-Ited familiar-Ited lis with, and added to these words it precipitate call for the moblllxatlon of the national Ruard. l'our week. Went lost. Indeed, mole than three Jenrs have lit en lost If WINon and llrjan had at ted In 1913, Just nfter Wilson came Into office nnd In the snme mann. r that Wilson and luin-sine luin-sine haw now- nit.d In 1914, Just nfter nf-ter Wilson has In en renominated, tho whole Mexican iiuistlon would hnve been settb.l Wp would have snved the Uvea ot hundred, or American clt-liens, clt-liens, we would hnve saved the American Am-erican flax Innumerable Insults, wn would hnve preserved the purity of .core, or American women, we would have maintained our prestige nmoni? the nation, of the world for the unhappy un-happy result of our .trillions with the belllKerent power, of Kliropo arc In dlrnt cinse.uence of our mnnni r of ilrnllnc with the revolutionary IkiiiiIUs In Mexico. Time lm. been hist. It I. true Hut otlur thlnics iiuite a. Irrecov. ruble mid evn more pre-clou, pre-clou, have been lost also, |