Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-01-26
A Bio Straw.


be practced.
A Big Straw.
"Straws show which way the wind
blows. Here is one-a big one at that
indicating the splitting of the Re
publican party into two bitter, warning
! factions, with the prospect of a Demo
cratic house in 1906 and of both Il
Democratic president and Democratic
| house in 1908 That President Roose-
welt earnestly desires tariff revision
downward to a reasonable basis must
be taken for granted by every sensible
person in the land That he wants to
| call an extra session of congress il
March TO accomplish that is equally
clear. 1t is also plain as Il pikestaff
that a large majority of Republicans of
| both houses and senate are opposed 20
| tariff revision or tariff tinkering. 4
considerable minority favor it and are
| insisting on a March session to do this
thing President Roosevelt can call
| the extra session in March, if he so
DESIRES but will he? One stand patter,
when reminded that the president
might call congress together to revise
| the tariff despite the stand pat ma
! jority, replied, He can lead the horse
| to water, but lie can't make him drink.
4 That is an impudent defiance of the
White House Suppose that he does
lead the congressional horse to the
tariff revision water and that fractions
animal refuses to drink What then?
The Republican party pops open like a
watermelon. and a war to the knife is
inaugurated betwixt the White House
and the capitol But will the president
revise the tariff? If he does not. the
stand patters will exploit his failure
to do so as a backdown on his part
which would be as gall and NORWOOD
to him. The other day | was chatting
with Il Republican stand pat leader
who is my personal friend on this phase
/ of the matter and suggested that, judg-
ing the president by his record for
strenuosity. he would certainly call the
extra session, whereupon he, with a
grim smile. said, There are other
strenuous persons, and there will be no
extra session. "
1t is said that under the direction of
Speaker Cannon a close poll of the
| house Republicans has been made
which shows an overwhelming senti-
ment against tariff revision. Neyerthe-
less the Wisconsin delegation passed
1 these resolutions:
Whereas. The national Republican plat
form of 1896. upon which our present tariff
4 law is based declares that I'VE are not
! pledged to any particular schedule. The
/ question of rates is a practical question
4 to be governed by the conditions of the
/ time and of production; and,
Whereas The national convention of 1901
/ declares that 1.-The measure of protection
| should always at least equal the difference
/ in the cost of production at home and
/ abroad. We insist upon the maintenance
/ of the principle of protection and. there
fore, rates of duty should be readjusted
! only when conditions have SO changed
/ that the public interest demands their al
i teration;" and,
Whereas. We believe that conditions re-
I garding the cost of production have SO
I changed since the Dingley law was enact
! ed eight years ago that the rates of duty
I provided for in certain schedules represent
more than the difference in cost of produce
/ ton between articles manufactured in this
country and abroad; therefore.
Resolved, That the Republican members
of the Wisconsin delegation in the house
of representatives favor an early revision
| of those schedules in the Dingley act
| which are higher than is necessary to at
ford adequate protection
| 1t is a beautiful. lovely fight as it
stands. from which there should come
much good to the Democracy and
therefore to the country.