Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-09-19
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recently ,s-ued by the Republican Com
srrssrUuui committee, these words
appear:
-Yun 40 not haze to guess what the
Republican part! wall 10. The whole
world suoas it purposes. Ii has em-
boiIrd urru in las .ni cAecutei them
in adminisir. I.u
Senator Iraiac II Tennessee, com
menling up ~ ,h- i ,i"men;, recently
gave ont the f,iir ii@ .u!"rview:
Il ILink !itrrs i :. me SUR. uf trutl
IN his quuttlua iA- w.,ra rudnlFy.
ifnot tue wHoie Nvrit, - n"S.uninG to
know 'lr plrpoH.+ uf 'ire Republican
party. though ii has not as sci !uliy rm-
bodied Them III las mt K Cutcd uIem
III administration. Ilcrr IL Il pretty
safe rule 10 folivw VI de'"rmin'mg VIA!
the Republican party will do, and that Il
thni il will not d1 what II Processes Ia
intend. aud that it will lo what it seems
most dnxirn 10 uvprI.
III rtr world knows the purposes of
the Republican party Il does not gather
its kno ylrdse from Republican plat.
forms. /, had ulwnSa progressed To- be
ardenlly in favor a.! b!meiaiiism up Ia
the very time i iiunily enacted The gold
st tndur'i In" worii may have known
what tie purposes 81 the Republicans
party were. INT ia" i;cpuhiicau part!
certainly never Intrn /, a that the people
should EunN.
"IIC sumo II true ~ its record on
rec;p".ity. II Mr.. Acklniry were liv.
ing today ne wuuir ,.rnhrbly c~outess
that he himself VIZ, ',- .a.:..u as To the
purposes Of tiry IL. ..u.,r:r rarity On
thIs question.
-Perhap~ the world kuO.s Nhat the
Republican PARTY intend to 10 "u tile
tariff aud trust question. 1t probably
knows Jilat it has $50 though! vi passing
Mr.. Bah ,oci's tariff nill ar Mr.. Little.
iield's anti trust hill, but | am very sure
tina; the managers of the Republican
parti have very strong lirpe ;hat the
peuplr of the United States do not
know.
"When Mr.. Lift ,eti"ld'- antitrust bill
vert through the House Of Rrpresenl-
atives ut the first -rss ion Of the Fifty.
sixth Congress. dill the world know hat
1t WAS thc purpose II me Republican
party to use that nill simply for cam
puign purposes, and then let il dia with,
out II effort to save it at the neNt
session Of Congress? There is certainly
very credible doubt in the minds Of SOME
very prominent Republicans today as t,
what should he the purpose Of the Re
publican party III Ical,Ug with the tariff
ut the mex session ri Congress There
are some who "ctuaily believe that il
will effect II genuine revision Of our
tariff schedules. tiI"rc aIy others who
are equally us confident that these
schedules will not be touched.
Sometimes the R"publi"Uu party
cmbndier an all"geu purpose IN law AZ"
does not cX"cut" 1t III administration
The Sherman anti trust Law for iustanc,
that lAw hHH is periud= ~ "activit,
during camp :&ns, bat al sys rolapsc-
into ~innUCunG- de-ur udr " hen the cam,
paign ~ over
-Dncs no voc ypr " do the
American people isunw what are th,
purposes of the Republican party in the
Philippine i"lands? The party Leaders
evidcntly think so. and they therefor,
consider 1t unnecessary {" mate M!
publ; statement on The quns ion. |,
has cmrhatically declined TO say
whether it intends t0 holt the Philip
pines permanently as II vissnl province
whe;hcr 1t Intends 10 :nrorpOratc then
into the union. or whether it intends a.
some time or other I" give the peJpl,
freedom and independence.
~lnu will iind among the part,
leaders and s~upportern Of the admin
istratiOn men like SpDon'r whu think a
colonial policy w"ulI entail vast bur
icus md dan grrs upIn iiIe Unitct
states; men like BcveriIgc who thimi
il ~ our destiny ami duty to 60 foTtl
~conquhrng and to conquer, men like the
Pre- i tent, who like thus kind Of thin,
because il IL wnrhkc; men like Sccrctar,
SHAW, who think there IL money IN the
hdG,nesa of seiZ ug territory and kill ng
the .innabitan,~; o hor men who thirI
zee Ought 10 get oui ~ the philippines
but don't know nov to do II; in fact al
sim les aud varieties OF olluiOn. 10,
might take Il dozen Republican Sen
HiOr- mt raudOm and no statement Of III,
purpose Of the Republican ariy in Tia
, Pm ippin"s could ice written nat Nnul,
, ""mmHnl u Idnjority Of their votes.
"lt the people uf the United States
, are "a look INTO the cgIslntivc record o
, thr Republican party for The future IN
; iicatrom 1T what may he expected 81 il
where will they look, md what will the,
find! Nothing consistent III any limo.
story 81 w"drkind Miu" Discovery.