Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-18

difficult and perilous feat to undertake
to ride at the same time two political
horses going in opposite directions. So
there is an open revolt against this
Bay State boss which he is endeavor-
ing with might and main to quell, but
which appears to be gathering momen-
ttm every moment Massachusetts
Republicans are growing weary of his
domination and are kicking most
vigorously. They are circulating petit
tons in favor of Canadian reciprocity
Very mucn depends in this world on
whose OK is gored.
The excessive rates of the Dingley bill
are beginning to vex the souls of Mas
sachusetts Republicans. This move
ment for reciprocity is headed by Hon.
Eugene Foss. Republican, who de-
nounces Senator Lodge most bitterly
and vehemently as one who is doing
vast injury to the country. Only think
of that What temerity this man Foss
must have! What an iconoclast he is!
But he is getting signers to his petit
ton by the thousand. He openly pro-
claims that the best thing for Massa-
chusetts and the country is to rolf
Senator Lodge The latter is evident
ly. scared. for he is endeavoring to raj
~ his wavering followers by yelling at
the top OF his voice that the Foss move
ment is really a part and parcel of the
campaign of the ungodly Democrats
Nevertheless the Foss forces increase
daily, even hourly. Notwithstanding
the fact that Hon. John Dalzell of
Pennsylvania declared solemnly on the
floor of the house in March or April
last in 4 carefully prepared speech,
which was universally applauded by
Republican, members, that Republican
reciprocity means reciprocity in nom
competing articles only, Senator Lodge,
in order to save his bacon, declares
that he is now in favor of Canadian
reciprocity himself, which is clearly
reciprocity in competing articles. Com
menting editorially on his latest out
put, the New York Evening Post says:
The effort to smoke out Lodge on reci-
procity did not amount to much. He
showed, in his Saturdays speech before
Massachusetts Republican club, that he
was prepared to cover the whole question
to stand on both sides of it at once. He
quoted the Chicago platforms declaration
for reciprocity that shall not injure any
American industry. He agreed to that.
Then he cited President Roosevelt's re-
statement of this passage with the word
"any'' left cut He agreed to that also.
Next he alluded to the demand of the
Massachusetts reciprocity advocates that
our business with the provinces shall mot
be confined to noncompetitive products, =
and added, with that. too, | am in full
agreement" OF course he is. for any
reciprocity agreement with Canada must
of necessity involve competitive products"
There you have the whole of Lodge
reciprocity philosophy-you must and you
must not Surely no good Republican
could ask for more. If any member of the
party thinks he has grudge against
Lodge he is nightly mistaken. This
whole fuss is the result of a wicked DEM
ocratic plot The 1900 or 10000 Repub-
licans who have signed the petition for
Canadian reciprocity are being pulled
around by the nose by the Parker leaders.
Lodge urges them mot to be led by DEM
ocratic Misrepresentation Such dense
ignorance among Massachusetts, Repub-
licans will certainly startle the country.