Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-27
A ADEMAND FOR REFORM
Growing Sentiment Tn Favor of
 Revision.
THE ISSUE IN MASSACHUSETTS

RepubIicans Climbing Aboard the
 Reciprocity Band Wagon - They
 Have Been Deceived by the SRtioa-
 al ReprcscntativeS of Their Party
 On ihe Tariff Question.
 Reciprocity with Canada and osEe- countries is one of the complications of tariff reform. In Massachusetts this issue is already being discussed in the newspapers and by Republican, poli- ticians preparatory to the campaigl' for state officers this fall. IL would seem to be incongruous to inject sucb a discussion Into purely state cam paign and especially for the office of lieutenant governor. upon which it now seems to center, but as an indica- tiOE that tariff reform is an issue that cannot be laid on the shelf, how ever much the protected interests may wish to 50 relegdte it. The discussion is welcome. When protected New Eng land is declaring for reciprocity and demanding q revision of tariff sched- ules we cannot be far from seeing such a necessary reform taken up by congress and settled upon a business basis
 The Boston Globe editorially declares that reciprocity with Canada, bow ever, is an issue that will figure con spicuously in the coming state cam paign. The reason for this is that tens of thousands of Massachusetts Repub- licans have been deceived by the na- tional representatives of their party oD the tariff question and reciprocity trca- ties
 It.W-in be remembered that 60,000 Re publicans of Massachusetts in the cam paign last year signed memorials to congress in favor of reciprocity. and probably these voters had q good deal to do with the election of ibC Demo cratic governor last fall, who stood on tariff reform platform. The Home Market club. an adjunct of the Protec- tive Tariff league, claims tl:-:t reel procity is dead" while eX Congress man Eugene N Toss declares in d late interview that. Judging by the way tue cleyerest politicians in Massachir sets are climbing aboard, it would seem that the reciprocity team is more of band wagon than hearse.'
 The crucial test this year is the ef feet this discussion will have upon the Republican congressman from Massa chusetts when the time arrives next winter for the ways and means com mittee to consider tariff revision and ln nf Roosevelt In making strong recommeu- dationa sS congress to take up reel procity mad tarif revision. There is no doubr that a majority of the Re publicans elect to the coming congress are opposed to tariff meddling in any form, but if those Republican congress men who do favor reform are willing to act independently of their party on this issue they will find the Democrats ready and willing to aid them in pass ing any revision of the tariff schedules that are now unreasonable. Especial ly would the Democrats cooperate to revise those schedules that foster trusts, that allow the combines to sell theit products cheaper abroad than here.
 Tbe Republican stand pat argument that it is useless for the house of rep resentatives to pass or even consider bill to revise the tariff because the Republican senate will not agree to it Is merely a subterfuge to prevent re- vision. T. is evidently the duty of those who believe in tariff reform to push it in the coming congress, and If the senate refuses to pass reason able bill to appeal to the country on that issue and the voters will attend to the one-third of the senate whose terms expire March 8. 1907. of whom sixteen are Republicans and ten are undoubt- , edly stand patters, but some of whom even for prudential reasons might vote on the side of the people as against the protected interests if called upon ts 1 go on record
 The tens of thousands of Massachu. 1 sets Republicans that the Globe | speaks of who have been deceived by | the representatives of their party on l the tariff and reciprocity questions are l but fin the same condition as Republic 1 ans of other states and in numbers no i less in some of them. Those Republic 1 an voters who have been deceived by 1 the action of past congresses have only | themselves to blame. Most of them | know their party is dominated by the | stand patters and that their only op- portunity to enforce reform is to elect | a congress that is pledged to revision. The Democratic party is by tradition l for revenue tariff, and it's representa- tives by education and training are | almost without exception favorable to tariff reform that will relieve the peo- | pie from trust robbery and at the same tine produce enough revenue to rUp th6 RnVernmenf