The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-20
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 parent tangie in its party relative to the tarfff question. It holds that the party is pledged to revision. and de- ciares that the ensuing Congress "wip have. tarin .revision son its hands. and 1t win not be' able to go before the people for reelection unless it has discharged that imperative duty in way satisfactory to the country" add- ing by way of threat:
 The country demands that the pledge be kept. If the friends of the tariff do not deal squarely with the people. the opponents of the tariff will surely have an early opportunity to enact their theories into law. That Is the situa- ton as 1t exists today.
 The Mail is strongly Republican, and hence it sees and appreciates the dam ger to its party It declares that the tarin must ''be revised now by its friends; not two years hence by its enemies" and as if that were not warning enough 1t further tells it's party that "uniess it is done a Demo- cratic free trade Congress is sure to >be elected in 1906" Of course the talk about free trade Is gulf. for no intel- ligent Democrat expects anything of the kind. The Mall sees that the strong men of it's party are trying to dodge the tariff question. and 1t also knows that such lodging will weaken the party and help the Democrats. As to that matter, whether they revise or refuse to revise they are In a hole.
 From present indications 1t looks very much as if Speaker Cannon in- of the President. and compel the latter to back down from what has been con- sidered his unalterable determination to force revision on his party. In fact he has already done so, as shown by his saying to Cannon recently: "AD right. I am willing to yield to the sentiment of Congress and the coun- try on this subject" MT Cannon had stated very plainly that he thought 1t better to walt a year before beginning the work of revision. the stand pat ters" agree with him, and the Presi- dent surrenders.
 7 But how does that leave the two sides? It is we'll known that only g.. short time ago the President let 1t be known that if Congress did not revise the tariff at the present session he would call the new Congress together early in the spring to do the work. He has changed his position entirely. but how do we know that he will not change again? If he does 1t will bring on a conflict between him and some of the strongest and most determined men of his party, and one side would have to go down. If he should call an ex- tra session there is no certainty that he could force the majority to carry out his wishes. In his conversation with Cannon, from which we have quoted above, he added: There will be no Andy Johnson business in this"
 In the light of past events we fail to see why the President should ring in Andrew Johnson. While we have not the very highest opinion of that gentleman the fact remains that in adopting sticking to the head strong policy which brought him ip conflict wfshz tine @bIoodthirsty radicals protect the white people of the South and restore a real Union. He was trying to give the Southern States their rightful place instead of leaving them In the position of carpet-bae satrapies which the Thad Stevens crowd made of them. For this he was abused, denounced, impeached and will flied without measure but in the main he was right. If the President had been as steadfast in his determination F stoabring about tariff revision as John D son was in. trying to maintain his pol icy 1t would be more to his credit
 The President affects now to believe that the sentiment of the country, as we'll as of Congress, Is opposed to any change in existing tariff schedules. The Kansas City Journal, another strong Republican organ. thinks 1t strange that the President lever had any doubt in regard to tariff legisla- ton at the present session, as the overwhelming sentiment of Congress Is all one way" We'll, either he did not know that fact, if 1t Is a fact, or he believed he could control Congress and force 1t to adopt his views. If he has changed in either respect, or in both, 1t can hardly be called creditable to him.
 The Mail. from which we have quot ed, is doubtless as we'll informed as Roosevelt or The Kansas City Jour nal is, and 1t foresees an irrepressible conflict between the advocates of the present robber tariff and the friends of a more just and equitable sched- ule. If that conflict results in split ting the G. O. P. Wide open it wilI be a victory for good government. for 1t will make Democratic success as- sured. And we make the prediction that If the Democrats get control of Congress during Roosevelt's term of office he will be in accord with them on the tariff.
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