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HE regular Republican party and
the new Third Term party are
the
people into opposition to the Democratic
ire their own ends they are
n thi power to endan-
Bin f the autry and ob
truct the i of prosperity, which,
after pe arly fii VERS 1 Jee £ ies
sior t t begun t elieve the peo
ple: Havent to the fering and dis
{re they w ause if it v tends
to promote their « politica
Recently the Ra { OF
published sn advertisement ex
virtues which it claims for its
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Bi answer to
pred: ty I't
ment
“When Preside I'aft took over the
government ihe cour was prostrate.
Industry was paralyae i Business was
chaotic, uncertain, suspicious Millions
were out of employment Investors,
wherever possible,
withdrawn their
Guth chairman of
wah GEORGE WW,
i State
Harrisburg, the other day, when this subject
to his attention, After reading the advertise
vy he pondered a moment and then said:
Lot the people remember. In November, 1907, when the
panic to which this article refers and from which we are now
®
ywiy recovering, began, there had
twelve vears of uninterrupted Republican suj ey
Dingley tariff, with its prohibitory rates, had been in force
for ten vears: Mr. Roosevelt had still nearly a yesr and a
half to serve as President—the probabilities were that a Re
publican would be elected to succeed him, and it would be
two years before a new Congress could even consider any
wma of the tariff rates then existing
It followed nearly twelve
High Protective tariff
aiterst
And yet the panic o
years of Rep
for the trust's.
Whatever its canse the Republican party must bear the
sble respon
can party, at the time, practically acknowl]
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edged that the tariff, for which it was responsi le, at least
contributed to the distress of business and suffer
the people, and promised a revision for their relief
promise Mr. Taft, its candidate, declared meant “a revision
down ward
On promise, so interpreted, the people determined to
conti Nn nstead of re
6 Republican party in power; LS
ise, the Payne Aldrich tariff was passe
DEPRESSION CONTINUED
The depression continued and the sufferings or the people
were not relieved.
Instead. the earning power of the people decreased and
the cost of living increased
In 1910 the people, voicing their demand for relief which
yromised but failed to give, elected
a Democratic 1}
When the Democratic
to agree upon amendme
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use of Representatives,
House showed that it had the power
and reductions which a united
party would support, the hopes of the
people revived gnd from that time to
this, when the election ol! Woodrow Wil-
son and a Democratic House seems so
certain as to be almost conceded, the
improvement of business has been con-
fi8uous
Now, President McCrea, of the Penn
sylvania railroad, states in & public ia-
terview, “Prosperity has survived.”
In view of the suffering the people
have so Jong endured, this effort, under
the direct inspiration of the National
Republican administration to destroy
confidence snd obstruct business, in or
der to secura s partisan advantage and
a continuance of the privileges which a
fesw now enjoy at the expense of the
many, is most dishonest and unpatriotic,
Every intelligent man whose views
are not perverted by the special priv
ileges which he enjoys under the present
law, admits the vecessity of a change.
The Republican party bas clearly
shown that it either will not or cannot
make the changes demanded by justice
and fair dealing, and which are neces
sary that the prosperity of the country
GUTHRIE may continue
The Democratic party is loyal to the
country and desires its best interests above all else. Its
representatives are as intelligent and as capable of handling
this question wisely as the members of the Republican
is as great and they
party, their interest in its prosperity
er subsized nor con-
have the advantage that they are neil
trolled by the “predatory interests of great wealth.”
The destiny of the country will be safe in their hands,
What they promise they will do
In view of the past failures of both Mr. Roosevelt and
Mr. Taft, in this regard, the people have no cause to expect
anything from them,
FREE FROM CONTROL
In order that a political party should be the instrument
of frees government, it must itself be free from any control
but that of the people themselves, and at all times responsive
to their will,
In order that it should be productive of good government
it must be under the leadership of men who have no selfish
interests to advance and can be depended upon to act solely
for the best interests of the whole people.
Can any citizen of Pennsylvania honestly say that he be-
lieves that the Republican machine will be improved in ils
methods or purposes no matter which of the contending fae-
tions wins’
Consider the conduct of their respective candidates.
The “Republican” (?) State candidates have surrendered
their right to support the candidates of either faction of
President of the United States—even the candidates of the
party whose nomination they hold.
It is currently reported and believed that they privately
favor the candidate of the Progressive or Washington party,
hut they still remain on the “Republican” ticket, although
they are disloyal to its head. Benedict Arnold remained a
general in the Continental army under similar conditions.
In the same way, candidates for Congress, for State Sen-
ator and State House of Representatives, have resorted to
various expedients to secure and retain nominations on both
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