Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-22
SCORES HIS ONN PARTY
Judge Lambert Tree Says He Is
Disguised With Demo-
cratic Tactics.
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Attacks on the Army Sure to Do
Party Irreparable
Harm.
Thinks Trusts and Their Causes
the Only Real Live
Issue.

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nothing for the democratic party in this
fault finding about the Philippines. The
issue upon which the democracy can
win the confidence and the votes of a
tariff issue. The sooner Our democratic
spokesman in congress stop snarling
about the army and turn their attention
to the one live, real political issue, the
tariff and the trusts that, have grown
cut of the tariff, the better will it be
Tor democracy. The attacks upon the
army which democratic senators have
been making for several weeks are
worse than useless; they are foolish
and are doing the party far more harm
than good"
Such is the advice which Judge Lam
bert Tree of Chicago, has been giving
his party brethren in Washington dur
ing the last few days. Judge Tree is
here on business, and Incidentally
has talked business with some of his
democratic friends. He is wholly out of
patience with the tactics which the
senators of his party are following.
Democratic senators think they are
not attacking the army. But they are.
At least that is what the people be-
lieve. The people resent 1t. Attacks
upon an army in the field have not
helped political party in this country
and never will. The people believe they
have the best, the most humane and
trustworthy army in the world, and
e,to 1,x,
from among the people, is a part of the
people and carries the popular conf
dence and affection wherever it goes.
Cur soldiers in the Philippines labor
amidst great difficulties. They wade
the mud, force the jungles, face treach-
cry and savagery, endure the tropic
sun. A great majority of the American
people believe they are doing the best
they can and that they should not be
assailed at home.
Il have never heard Of anything
more foolish than the attempt to make
6. political issue out of the wrongdoing
cs few of our soldiers in the Philip
pines" added Judge Tree. THE sur
Irising part of it is that this fatuous
and suicidal effort is made by men who
appear to be wholly neglectful of the
one great Issue W hich promises demo-
cratic success. That is the tariff issue.
This agitation over the Philippines is
at best an evanescent thing. 1t is here
today and gone tomorrow. But the tar
tff Is an abiding, vital question that
will divide political parties in this
country for years to come.
Today the people of the United
States are talking more about the tar
iff than any other one subject. They
believe the tariff Is largely responsible
for the inordinately high prices of near
~ all commodities which enter into the
cost OF living. They believe that the
tariff is the basis of the trusts. The
cost of living, the monopolistic trusts.
the ing htariff, run together and form
the greatest problem with which the
American people have to deal today.
There is the issue which comes home to
every man, to every woman. The peo-
pie are talking about high prices; they
are talking about trusts; they are talk
ing about tariff. They care little for the
alleged wrongs of the Filipinos, and are
willing to trust the American army and
American civil agents to work out that
problem. But they care very much
about the cost of living. They want to
know If it has increased faster than
wages. They want to know to what
extent the tariff is keeping up prices
and making few rich at the expense
of the many.
Here is an issue ready made and ly-
ing at our hand" added this old dem-
ocratic wheel horse. why should we
run after false gods? Why should we
play into the hands of the republicans
by attacking the army?
"The trust system is the outgrowth
of the high protection system. We have
been told that the trusts would cheaper
commodities: that they would intro
duce scientific economies, and by maxi
ing production cheaper would make
prices lower. But they have not done
1t. They have suppressed or minimized
competition, and prices are higher than
ever. If there are economies in the new
industrial development the consumers
are not getting the benefit thereof. The
savings are going into the pockets of
manipulators, managers and holders of
iwatered stock"
i at makes me weary" concluded
Judge Tree, 'to see so-called spokes-
men for the democracy ignoring this
great question and trying to put the
party into an. attitude of opposition to
,eynansion"