The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-09-22
FRACTIONAL FIGHT IN SIGHT
Great Opportunity for the Democracy
to Attract Independent
Voters

Voters.
The power vi organization is-shown
by the control OF the republican major
ity in congress by the protective tarin
league Those republican members OF
congress who are not stanch Tor the
sacred tariff law, or even higher duties,
are threatened with defeat and gener-
ally the brow beating Is 50 successful
that the cCngressm man obeys the imper-
alive mandate Of the league managers
and cOmplacenuy allows the people 10
be plundered by high trust prices Tor
another term. The Economist, the or
gan OF the league. has a good deal Of
responsibility Oh ,.s hands In Keeping
tab OF the protecfiOnist flock Some OF
the lambs The new members OF con-
gress are inclined to flock with the
Tariff relisionists Tor they arc Ia pref
" close touch with the dear people and
are anxiously looking for a renomina-
ton next spring. Then such old bucks
as Senator Cull0m and Gov Cummins
have strayod from the fold and have
been guilty of addressing the Chicago
Reciprocity conference. The bell wealth
the Economist says OF that lapse
)f virtue:
other speeches OF greater or less
significance We're. delivered there. but
none. We think. which 50 strikingy in
dicated the tendency to straggle and
stray from sound party doctrine as the
speeches Of Messrs. Shelby NJ Cullom
and Albert b. Cummins Here we're
two conspicuous republicans in attend
ance upon a distinctly anti-republican
gathering and contributing their ut
most toward the aims of that assem-
blage"
That IS equivalent 10 reading those
statesmen out OF the communion and
fellowship OF the stand-patters and II
will be interesting 10 note II the league
can force them back into the fold. or
will succeed in defeating their political
aspirations. Gov Cummlns has 50 oft
en- defed the league and been de-
nounced by II that he finds just as good
grazing outside Of the league pasture
hs in IL But Senator Cull0m has con-
stantly kept within The party fold since
I tho Fremont campaign and doubtless
would not have mixed up with the re-
visionists unless he had arrived al the
conclusion that the majority Of the
voters Of Illinois favored tariff reform
and that majority Of the republicans
y that state are for reciprocity.
The league organ sees trouble ahead.
but Is prepared 10 feht 81 out on tie
ultra protection lines and strongly
hints that Senator Cullom and GOV
Cummins Viii ne "put to sleep" poii,l-
calls by the aid Of the cash nroviial
by the trusts and corporations FOR
The Economist concludes by saving
You cannot pooh pooh Cullom ami
Cummins They are facts that VIII
have 10 he recognized as such ana
dcalt with accordingly The methol
or dealing with these facts IS obvious
The problem is 20 fni out how mncn
Of Cuilom-Cumminism there is inside
Of the republican party. and then wnai
70 DO about II"
The threat Is yelled but II does not
require much Of an Interpreter 70 real
between the lines that The great pro
/ tected interests which are plundering
I the public with their high prices have
already determined what to do abol,
| H."
This factional fight in the republican
party will be mainly fodght out al the
caucuses and conventions that nom
nate congressman. and the sinews u
war. provided by the trusts will BE-
enough to turn the scale against the
/ taTiff revlsionists. If the protected in
! ierestg are successful in thus defeating
I the reform element within the republi-
| can party. there Will he a good many
voters Of that faith who will take 70
\ the woods and there will be percent
age of independent voters who viii
throw their votes for the democrati,
candidates for congress.
! Therefore the democrats must nomi-
nate its strongest candidates. espe-
ciaIly in the doubtful districts. TO-
there is where the fight for reform viii
\ DC decided