The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30
The Republican Split.


A short time ago the st. Louis Globe
Democrat, an unreasonable and unreal
soning stand pat organ, jumped ON me
In a column editorial for saying that
the Republican party is about to split
on the tariff question. 1t made all the
fun it knew how to make of my sug-
gestlon, but what will the GID. do,
poor thing, when 1t reads these words
from Governor A. b. Cummins' latest
speech? The governor said:
"When in our effort to bring about
the purchase Of homemade goods we
make the American pay more than q
fair price, we are robbing him just as
viciously as though we bound him hand
and foot and turned him over to the
tender mercies Of the highwayman.
1--WE are making clear Issue upon
the tariff and reciprocity between the
members of the Republican party.
There is fight in progress, and 1t must
go on until one side or the other ac-
knowledges defeat. 1t is idle to talk
about harmony"
Those are the words of Republican
governor Of great Republican state.
Surely the CD. will not have the
temerity to endeavor to whistle them
down the wind. If it does, it will sim
ply render itself more ridiculous than
usual which is saying great deal.
Governor Cummlns aspires to be the
Republican nominee for president, and
IL he succeeds the CD. will have big
dish of crow to eat.
This, however, is not all the evidence
at hand of the correctness of my re-
mark. Commenting on the foregoing
utterance of Governor Cummins, the
American Economist, stand patter par
excellence. says: "This declaration,
bold utd defiant almost to the degree Of
recklessness, has at least the merit Of
being candid. 1t represents exactly the
truth Of the situation, not alone in
Iowa, but in every other part of the
country"
Now, submit that If the CD. will
not believe two such Republican wit
nesses as Governor Cummins and the
American Economist 1t would not be
convinced though one rose from the
dead or came down out of heaven to
testify.
OF course the GID. knows as well as
1t knows anything that there is an cir
repressble conflict within the Repub-
lican party. In its editorial lambasting
me it was whlstling to keep up its
courage-merely that and nothing
more.
No doubt when congress meets the
good Babcock of Wisconsin, chairman
of the Republican congressional cam
paign committee, he who fried some
fat out of the policy holders in the
great life insurance companies and
then, like Oliver Twist, cried for more,
will arise IN his place and propose GER
tain reductions in the Dingley sched-
ules True, when put to the test, Bah
voted In committee against his own
bills then pending in the house, but
that does not alter the fact that he Of
feSed them and exploited them in the
newspapers wherever he could get a
hearing. 1t may be that the stand pat
organs will go through their usual bi-
ennial performance of spanking
Bab." The fact remains, however, thot
some dozens of Republicans would not
nave SSutS IL thc hVusc H"u D"p hos
erai charncter or increasing the hauling
power of every pound of coal. Millions
upon millions of dollars have been ex-
pended in diminishing grades, in
Strengthening curves and In such like
changes. in the end these enormous
expenditures will pay and pay largely
Just why farmers, especially road over
seers, do not take a lesson from rail
road managers is thing impossible to
find out. For years to COME, perhaps
for all tine, the vast majority of roads
( In this country will be dirt roads. II
hns recently been demonstrated by o
Missourlan that the cheapest, sImplea,