Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-01-15
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Post, one Of the stanchest high tariff
advocates in the land, with the follow
ing rich and racy editorial on Repub-
lican harmony. I am certain that the
excellence of the article will justify the
lengthy quotation:
That delicious harmony which has for
many months reigned and ragged in the
bosom of the Republican family On every
question relating, directly or remotely, to
the tariff has broken out with an increase
Of yirulence anent the Cuban reciprocity
proposition. 1t will be recalled that in
the last session of congress the beet sugar
interest waged a winning fight on this
subject against the administration and a
majority of the Republicans in both
houses, including nearly all of the leaders.
That defeat of the policy of Mckinley
and his successor was accomplished by
an alliance of Republican minority with
the Democrats in the house Soon after
the last session of congress ended Presi-
dent Roosevelt. in a speech at Pittsburg,
pointedly referred to the setback which
Cuban reciprocity had encountered, but
predicted its early triumph. ut will come
as sure as fate" he declared. Since then
a reciprocity treaty between the United
States and Cuba has been negotiated, but
it will require the concurrence of both
houses to make it operative.
The Philadelphia Press and the New
York Press, both radically Republican
and advocates of extreme protection. may
fairly be cited to show how sweetly har-
monious the party is on this matter. Our
Philadelphia contemporary stands with
the administration and therefore favors
the treaty. 1t goes so far as to declare
that there ought to be no doubt about
the ratification of the treaty even if 1t
does require Democratic votes in the SEN
ate for that purpose and there ought to
be no question of a majority vote in the
house of representatives"
The New York Press, which, when the
congressional campaign was on, loaded
its editorial columns with screams and
screeches to the voters to stand by the
president" now reverts to its former hos
tility to the presidents wishes. 1t virtu-
ally brands the president and those who
stand with him-a great majority of the
party-as free traders. 1t declares that
this Cuban treaty "is the general scheme
of the free trade party of the United
States and the particular scheme of the
sugar trust of the Havemeyers. Congress
ought not to pass the legislation which is
necessary to carry the treaty into effect,
even though the senate should ratify that
instrument as it comes to it from Gem
eral Tasker Bliss. The protection Repub-
licans of the senate ought to fight it.
The protection Republicans of the house
ought to fight it. The two branches OF
congress ought to beat it," Our New
York contemporary after a good deal
more of that sort of talk winds up with
the declaration that ''the Cuban treaty
ought to be killed. 1t ought to be killed
by the Republican party in congress be-
cause it is free trade scheme, promoted
by free traders and financed by the sugar
trust. XIII it!
That represents the administration and
It's supporters in more shameful light
than the most hidebound Democratic or
gan would dream of doing. According to
that rabid rhetoric, the president. his cab
met and a majority of the Republicans
in congress are in a free trade plot. and
the sugar trust is it's banker. Is this the
STEW drops before a more plentiful show
err that will be let loose when congress
reassembes?
Senator Hoar AssaiIs the Trusts.
There is an old saying, TOO many
cooks spoil the BROTH" Wonder if it
will apply to the trust question? All
the doctors, big and little, appear to
be willing to prescribe for the disease.
some with a diagnosis and some with
out. Dr. Vest published his prescrip-
ton. So did DR.. Morgan. DR.. Bah
cock has offered prescription and
swallowed it himseIf--i. e., in popular
parlance, he has eaten his own words.
He crayfished. He reneged. DR..
Richardson of Tennessee prescribed;
likewise Dr. Sulzer of New York. DR..
De Armond of Missouri formulated
two prescriptions. DR.. Roosevelt talk
ed a good deal about the nature of
prescription, but has not yet reduced it
to hRc verba document While all
these prescriptions are being filed the
disease seems to grow more and more
severe and to spread like wildfire."
In the meantime Hon. Serene e. Payne
bawls, Let well enough alone!" and
Senator Marcus H. Hanna yells, ''Stand
patr' Amid this babel of conflicting
and resonant voices the venerable ply
sician from Worcester, Mass, DR..
George Frisbie Hoar, adds to the con-
fusion by filing very lengthy pre-
scription which includes the ingredients
of publicity and competition. If he
can secure the latter, he will have no
need of the former, for there would be
no trusts TO publish their proceedings.
DIR. Hoar's plan will not be adopted.