Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-03-13
RICH O. d, VA.
saturday Morning. March 10, 1910.
TIE POWERS THAT BE


THE POWERS THAT BE
We have but little to expect from The new Ac-
minislralion, II we are 10 Judge from The chafac
Ter OF the Cabinet and The political principles
they have rrofessed. In The first place, in cppo-
si,ion to the mo party" letters OF General lay
Tor. who, during the canvass, declared that he
would accept the nomination of all parties, De-
m~ocratic, Native or Wing, and would not pledge
himself TO the 'party schemes" OF any parry, we
find him carefully excluding all others but deer
ded and "ulra" Wings (save Reverdy Johnson
TOR whose liberal course on the war We honor
| him!l and formed his Cabinet entirely oil wings
In the next place, the members q ms Odo'ue'
are pledged / 10 'pariy schemes" an' no one Ca"
doub, that they will control 70 their purposes 'fe
old soldier, totally unacquainied WIN cru al
fairs. (Mr, Bolts called him IA mere soldier" }
and in The clustering cmbarrassmenis around
MIN, naturally led 10 place implicit commence
in his constitutional advisers. FROM one men,
Der OF The Cabinet, and a, pTesenlthe most impor-
tant one, (Mr. Meredith OF 'he treasury we al
frs, had hnped iog moderate and liberal views,
10 consonancc with the spirit OF the age. IL is
notorious that some years since be belonged 10
| The Free Trade School, which then embraced
many Of tn. Wings, Hui last November, moi four
months since, while The CANVASS fur The Unied
| States &cna,orship. Tor which he was a prominent
candidate, was peIting, Mr.. Meredith wrote a
Ielir5, which contains Ibis unequivocal language
The pcss9se n he act Of 1886 inuoired insah
rs ,c.U as ,ajafBfo Pennsylvania, anu her peuPe
| must ma ve ue-n bliad 10 ineIi own honor and m
rerrsl il the, hal mol resented il. The tIium-
paant manner ia which he people III the Com
inonWealh, and in An especial and remarkable
degree he people OF Schuyikill county, have
vindicaied their rights al The ircent elections, mol
onlv shoes a determination thai The p~,1ncipies N
tie tariff of 1912 sdaA be ,est0yed, and that laeir
industry shall not n luiure be sacrificed lc suit
the views OF political paTtlZans. but exhibits IN a
strong light the !act that The people canno, he
long deceived, and lhat they can aud will enforce
In. due resp visibility Of their public servants.
While wr ar able 10 do This, we may h. sure
that the Iepct &c viii continu W 10 be safe, glorious
aud lGiulGPhan!."
These expressions Can admit OF no doubt OF
The "ultia" Wh;gsery 81 the new Secretary OF The
Treasury. Indeed, Inc Philadelphia NorIh Anne.
rican ul that iay, one OF the most rabid and big
o'ed par;v pape.s il he Union, quotes this iet'er,
and a>seI;s hat, "in reference 70 all The leading
topics which lvw asilale this county, his (Mr.
MS ytws colncide viii those entertained by
lhe Wing parry So much iuf he successor OF
Mr.. Hai6er-it he be true 10 his latest avowal
81 principles, he goes into Off. The uncomPro-
missing advocate q he restoration al Inc TariH
Of 1912, r. SD 10 pull down the present wise
Commercial >ys'eB, which has made us prosper
ou> Al home and honored abroad.
Bet auoher member o! The Cabinet, tindecd,
lis master.s2iti } John NJ. Clayton, has been no
less explicit On he subject. In al address 10 the
Wings OF Delaware, in November, 1916, he
spoke as follows:
at there b. any among US who shall desire 10
play thai "a ue. or dare 10 offer asa Haig measure
any proposition which has for is ohjecl 10 batti
ami defeat m unequivocIl restoration OF he Ia
riff Of 1912, lei u AT once repudiale the measure.
as ~uncalled lur by the people, and opposed 10
their wishes. Scouting all distractions and &C.
neraliiies, lei Us continue 10 present the principle
ior which We now contend, manluily and openly,
as an obiec; visible and tansible-THE REsToRA-
TIoN OF THE WIG TARIFF OF 1912. Let This
stand as III walch-word al The p%aTiy-the shib-
boicih Of our political faith. lnsc!itc il on eve
| ~ Wing 1as, and each will become a larum as
invincible as he banner Of the Constan,ines."
We here briefly refer, also, TO The high Tariff
Report made la>l week by Mr.. Hudson Of Mas
sachusels.
With his odious principle inscribed on the
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net, IS NOT the conclusion inevitable that the pre-
sent administration will make a bold effort to en-
graz, on the national policy the odious and mis-
chievous tariff law OF 1922 Does not every
thing point out their duty TO The Democracy, VINO,
unless they will lamely consent to be saddled
with a tariff monopoly, and other Federal ex-
crescences, must organize a, once, and prepare TO
send 10 the Safe ard National Legislatures, men
OF their own faith, TO sustain their cherished
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