Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-22


problem the Republican policy has led
us into and what constant drain
upon the resources of the United
States the colonial policy entails.
The Parrot's Talk.
Like parrots some of the Republic.
can politicians are. Here we have
Congressman Hemenway in an inter.
view saying: "There is no sentiment
in Indiana for change In the tariff
laws" Hanna having made sim
liar declaration, all of the smaller fry
join in the chorus, not merrily and
from the heart, but with the parrot
like utterances of the automaton. The
ordinary Republican politician Of the
Hemenway stripe never invents any
thing, no law to reform abuses ever
emanates from them, no speech Is ever
heard denouncing crying evils from
such as he. And yet Congressman
Hemenway is no worse, nor better,
for that matter, than the boss whose
lead he follows. If the boss puts his
thumbs down, the Hemenway tribe
all declare with one voice the same
decree, and vice versa. Congressman
Hemenway has been selected as the
chairman of the Committee on Appro-
priations in the coming House Of Rep
resentatives not because of his ability,
but because he is faithful part of
the machine that obeys order without
questioning and echoes the edicts that
resound from the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
'Thereis no change needed in the tariff
law. - Let well enough alone"
Prices Of trust productions may soar
and the trusts grow fat at the expense
of the people, but the sacred tariff
must not be meddled with. All the
money necessary must be appropriated
to absorb the surplus, each coterie
must get Its share, every department
of the government puts in Its bid for
its greater or lesser steals and subsi-
dies and gets them. The Democrats
who attempt to stem the tide of ex-
small, mean and parsimonious. Reform
is howled down from every Republican
throat and every Republican vote Is
] g!:ssn. forth mest Lavish expenditures
and most prodlgSi appropriations IN
that way the sacred tariff is preserved
in all its iniquity and It's bold robbery.
Listen to the Hemenway echo of the
Delphlc oracle who tells Of the evils
to come IL protection to the trusts is
disturbed.
"They have evidently come to the
logical conclusion that to touch one
item in tariff bill means that others
and perhaps the whole fabric is to be
disturbed and distorted. Nothing could
be more serious to the business inter-
ests. for the time being, at least.
THE whole industrial system OF tine
country would in that event be turned
topsy-turvy. Chaos instead OF the
wonderful calm and equilibrium now
existing would reign, and the result
would be disastrous. OF course, It is
not possible to have perfect tariff,
but we think that well enough should
be allowed to stand. We are doing
beautifully"
Possibly the people feel that way,
but If they do they are more easily
gulled and fooled than they used to be
and are more anxious to pay out their
earned money to the trusts than 1t Is
possible to believe they are.
The President and Machine Politicians
Senator Hanna announces that Post
master General Payne will stay at the
head of his department, and as Sena-
tor Hanna thinks the Investigation of
the scandals has already gone too far
and seriously injured the Republican
party, we may surmise that Mr.. Payne
feels the same way. 1t is hardly to
be wondered that those two machine
politicians are thus convinced, but 1t is
extraordinary that President Roose.
welt stands back to back" with the
Wisconsin lobbyist and yet Senator
Hanna says SO. President Roosevelt
has done many strange things and still
holds the favor of the majority of the
Republican party, but there are lots
Of Republican and Independent voters
who will balk Mt this endorsement of
Mr.. Payne, unless he shows most eff
fectually that he will prosecute the big
robbers as well as the small ones So
far he has shown great unwillingness
to push the investigation, and is now
attempting to stifle the publication of
the news, by ordering that nothing be
given out by anyone but himself and
he tells nothing. That does not look
like probing the scandals to the bot
tom, for publicity is the best evidence
of thorough investigation and Sc
crecy means intrigue.
Asked and Answered.
DO you consider 1t moral wrong
to cheat lawyer?' asked the person
who is always looking for chance to
start something.
NO" replied the man whose spe-
cialty is worldly wisdom. "but / con-
slider it a physical impossibility."
A Ready Explanation.
II notice that the wife of that Amer
lean dentist who was banished from
Saxony affectlonately alludes to her
husband as my king
II suppose that's because he handles
crowns. cleveland Plain Dealer.
Il Two of One Mind