Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-26
A DEMOCRAT TALKS
SAYS REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE
TO "HARMoNIzE."
Asserts That Members of the Opposite
Faith Do Not Agree on Tariff,
Reciprocity and the Trusts.

IT read an interview in The Star, yes
terday, with "a republican politician in
which he jumped all over the democrats
for being wabbly on their campaign is
sues" said a democrat to a Star reporter
today.
"Yes?'
well, I don't see that it is up to the
republicans to take any JUNCTION unto them
selves on that score; they have troubles of
their own
You think sop
Il know it. If they don't have a sweet
time 'harmonizing their differences on the
stump this fall 1 am no judge of indica-
tions. Why, our little embarrassments are
not a marker to the weight Of woe which
bows down the republicans"
For example!''
The Tariff Question.
Begin with the tariff question. I guess
it VIII be admitted that the democrats are
unit on that question; they want the
tariff reduced or lowered for two reasons
to hit the trusts and because low tariff is
one of our principles. The republicans on
the other hand are all split up. Chairman
Babcock Of their congressional committee
saw the storm coming and tried to get the
critters under shelter, but the high pro-
tectionists won't leave the trough
4 curious to know how Chairman
Babcock's spellbinders' bureau is going to
reconcile the act of sending out one bunch
Of spellbinders to the west to talk tariff
revision and another to the east to talk
high tariff.
Reciprocity.
Furthermore, the republican platforms
have declared for reciprocity Mckinley
made it feature. The republican party as
now constituted will have none Of it, and
70
of it. One section of the west wants rec-
procity to get agricultural machinery and
products into Europe; the east opposes 1t
because it will let European light manu-.
factures into this country. Another section
Of the west wants reciprocity with Cuba
to sell flour, lard and bacon in the island;
their neighbors oppose it because it will let
Cuban sugar in, competing with their beets.s
There you have the widest division Of
opinion and conflict of interests among the
republicans. We democrats are solid, ir-
respective of sectional prejudice. Give US
reciprocity everywhere.
The Trusts.
Take the trusts; President Roosevelt
makes a great outcry against the trusts
and threatens all kinds of dire action by
Congress. The western republicans in Con-
gress agree with him in all sincerity. But
Senator Aldrich and Senator Hanna and
Chairman Payne of the ways and means
Congress, wink the other eye and say We
will see about it, The truth Is. that one
half the republican party the influential, if
TO. the numerical half, believes that trusts
are all right and will see that no harm
befalls them.
so the republicans cannot arouse much
enthusiasm among the people in their cru
sade against the trusts The people know
that the only menace to the trusts is the
democratic party, for that party Is going to
cure the disease if it has to carve the pa
tient to pieces. Better break up some Of
these big industrial corporations absolutely
than that they should fatten off the people
as they are doing. The workmen would
find work somewhere else and the trust
ma gnates-well, We don't care what becomes
Gf them. They probably would not suffer,
anyhow.
I'VE may have our differences of opinion
-unfortnnateiy they are somewhat promi-
nent at this time. But 1t is not becoming IN
the republicans to crow over u.s. The pdt
ought not to cali the kettle black"