Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1912 — CAN SHOW A CLEAN RECORD [ARTICLE]

CAN SHOW A CLEAN RECORD

Democratic Representatives Have Done Their Duty to Their Constituents and Party. The one issue on which a Democratic house was elected in 1910 was the high cost of living and the downward revision of the tariff. Chairman I’nderwood of the committee on ways and means Is fully justified In claiming credit for his party for having fulfilled its pledges so far as lay in its power. . . The tariff bills passed during the extra session of congress last year came to naught through the vetoes of Mr. Taft. During the present session lhe house has passed the wool bill, ti»t? sugar bill, the metals bill and the chemical bill, and not of them has yet been favorably acted upon in the senate or even brought to a vote. The failure of tariff revision since the 1910 elections does not rest with the Democratic house. The responsibility for failure belongs to the senate and the president, both Republican. Never at any time has the Democratic party been more united on the tariff issue than it is today. It has been true to Its promises and to the needs and demands of the country. No other issue of the day is of greater interest and importance to the people than lower taxes on the necessaries of life at a period when prices are excessive and artificially stimulated by the system of high protection. The tariff Is still in politics, in spite of the optimistic plans of Mr. Taft and because of his veto policy, and in the coming election, on their record in the house, the Democrats ■have all the advantage of position.