Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-07-01

them back, however. il we put a
man in the leadership of the party
in the House who, upon every
occasion, like Cato fold, thunder
ing against Carthage, said practi-
cally, to the devil with the gold
democrats Thus it is that Champ
Clark, the sterling man and splen-
did democrat. though one of the
natural leaders i'm the House on
account of his intellectually and
virile democracy, will not be the
man who will map out the next
campaign against the enemy of the
people and the peoples govern
ment.
The republicans of Iowa are still
shouting that the Iowa idea" is
not dead, and that it will be incor-
porated in the platform adopted by
the republican state convention.
If the republicans who believe as
does Gov. Cummins concerning the
revision of the tariff covering the
schedules that shelter the trusts
and monopolieS want real tariff re-
vision reduction they can get il.
Instead of bowling about it i'm their
state platforms, why not put it i'm
the platforms ON which their mem
berS of Congress are nominated
and elected and compel those can
didates To stand for tariff revision
and reduction or get out OF the race.
Tariff schedules are changed by
the Congress and not by state
conventions or legislatures. If
they are going To put tariff
revision and reduction i'm their
state platform, why not put it in
i'm the shape of positive Instructions
To their delegation i'm Congress to
vote for IL j.. Ii Is a well-known fact
that the delegation in Congress
from Iowa is bitterly opposed To
any tariff legislation that will lower
the tariff wall i'm any way. If the
Iowa idea" is to have any weight
or bear any fruit Il must he adopted
by the Iowa delegation in Congress.
IL only sixteen republicans in the
next House will vote with the
democrats we willhave bill passed
by the House shortly after Con
gress meets i'm regular session that
will take the shelter tents oh many
of the worst monopolieS and trusts
in the country. OF course such
bill could never get through the
republican Senate. but il would
prove the sincerity of those re-
publicans who are howlihg about
tariff revision and reform.
The truth of the matter is that
they are not sincere. They are
getting up this howl about the
Iowa idea in order To fool the
people in state where their rep
resentativeS in Congress come here
and continuously vote to retain the
schedules that will shelter monop-
oily, The Iowa idea" Is gold
brick.
Democrats and republicans alike
have always denounced the English
policy of the opium monopoly i'm
India and the opening of the
Chinese Empire to the opium trade.
but our present administration
appears To now approve it for even
worse opium system is To be
forced ON the Philippines. The
exclusive right to run opium Joints
in those islands is to he sold at
auction, 4 law for that purpose
having been prepared, and is now
before the Philippine Commission.
This bill is coated so that the
American people will he able to
swallow 1t. In order Ia prepare
the American public for the pro-
pOsai, the War Department lately
has been giving out vague infOr-
nation To the correspondents about
new opium laws designed to re
strict the use of opium, and that
the money derived therefrom was
to be used for educating yQuug
Fiplnos in American schools, as
irrespective TEACHERS for the islands.
\ strong protest has been made
to President Roosevelt 70 stop the
lniqultoqs traffic or at least not
make this Government party to
1t by participating in the proceeds.
The nefarioqs plan seems 70 he a
pet measure of the Secretary Of
War, and II Is feared that She in
Hqenee he exerts over the President
will more than offset the protests
that have been made.