Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1910 — ORGANIZE. SAYS BRYAN. [ARTICLE]

ORGANIZE. SAYS BRYAN.

Commoner Urges All Democrats to Go to Polls, and Sees Victory. “Organise and get out the Democratic vote.” - This is the advice of William Jennings Bryan to the Democrats of Indiana. Mr. Bryan was in Indianapolis last evening for a few hours and talked with a number of Democratic leaders. He is entirely optimistic and sees success ahead for the party. “I find that the Democrats are speaking confidently of the result in Indiana,” said Col. Bryan. “Some of them believe that we are going to re-elect all of the present Democratic Congressmen and gain the other two districts. And they (eel very sure as to Mr. Kern’s election. “The most important thing, it seems to me, is to organize every precinct and get the vote out. In an off year the vote is apt to fall down, and the party which gets its vote out has a distinct advantage. Enthusiasm helps to get the vote out, and enthusiasm is on our side this year. But, that alone will not get it out. The organization must be made as perfect as possible.” Col. Bryan commented briefly upon President Taft’s campaign letter. It is evidence, he said, that Taft is trying to heal the breach in the Republican party without realizing how serious it is. Also that the President now proposes a Democratic remedy for the tariff.

“He proposes to reduce the tariff by means of separate bills instead of a general measure,” said Col. Bryan. “When the Democrats tried to do the same thing in 1892 the Republicans ridiculed the plan and called our bills ‘pop-gun bills.’ They will speak of them more respectfully of them in the future, however.” Passing on to the “tariff commission idea,” Col. Bryan said: “There is no need for a tariff commission and the only purpose a tariff commission could serve if appointed by the next Congress would be to investigate until the next election and gain nothing but a desirable delay.” Col. Bryan referred to the mistaken idea which prevails in many places, that there is at present a tariff commission—recently created. “There is no tariff commission now empowered to investigate the cost of production and any attempt to secure one would delay a settlement of the question. The one way to reduce the tariff is to elect senators and congressmen who are in favor of reducing it. They will not need a commission to help them. Protectionists elected to either house would not pay any attention to a commission’s recommendations if by any chance it recommended any reductions.”