Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-09-28
HOT FACTIONAL FIGHT.
Protection Organ Indicts Emf
nent Republicans.
ADMITS TENDENCY TO sTRAGGLE,

ADMITS TENDENCY TO sTRAGGLE,
Trust Money May Defeat the Reci-
procity Faction OF the G. q. P.-Gr.ot
Opportunity For the Democracy to
Attract to Itself the Mass of Inde-
pendent Voters,
The power OF organization is shown
by the control Of the Republican ma
jor1ty in congress by the Protective
Tariff league. Those Republican mem
Ders OF congress who are not stanch
for the sacred tariff law or ever higher
duties are threatened with defeat. and
generally he browbeating is SO sue
cessful that he congressman obeys the
imperative mandate of the league man
ayers and complacently allows the peo-
pie to be plundered by high trust prices
for another term. The Economist. the
organ Of the league, has a good deal Of
responsibility on it's hands in keeping
tab of the protectionist flock. Some Of
the lambS-the new members OF con-
gress-are inclined to flock with the
tariff r~evisiOnists, for they are in pretty
close touch with the dear people and
are anxiously looking for a renomina-
ton next year. Then such old bucks
as Senator Cullom and Governor Cum
Minis have strayed from the fold and
have been guilty of addressing the Chi
cage reciprocity conference. The bell
wether, the Economist, says Of that
lapse Of virtue:
"Other speeches Of greater or less
significance were delivered there. but
none, we think, which so strikingly in
dicated the tendency to struggle and
stray from sound party doctrine as the
speeches Of Messrs. Shelby NJ. Cullom
and Albert b. Cummins. Here were
two conspicuous Republicans in at
tendance upon a distinctly anti-Repub-
lican gathering and contributing their
utmost toward the aims of that assem-
blage."
That is equivalent to reading those
statesmen out Of the communion and
fellowship Of the stand patters, and it
will be interesting to note If the league
can force them back into the fold or
will succeed in defeating their political
aspirations. Governor Cummins has
SO often defed the league and been
denounced by it that he finds just as
good grazing outside of the league pas
ture as in it. but Senator Cullom has
consistently kept within the party fold
ci~o f1,1 LN,,o,, W.T. ,>l
doubtless would not have mixed up
with the r~evisionists unless he had ar
rived at the conclusion that the ma
jority of the voters OF Illinois favored
tariff reform and that a majority of
the Republicans of that state are for
reciprocity.
The league organ sees trouble ahead,
but is prepared to fight it out Oh the
ultra protection lines, and strongly
hints that Senator Cullom and Gov
ernor Cummins will be put to sleep"
politically by the aid of the cash pro-
vided by the trusts and corporations.
The Economist concludes by saving:
You cannot p%oohpooh Cullom and
Cummins. They are facts that will
navy / bC 1C(OSlllLSt as SuSll uIli
dealt With accordingly. The method
Of dealing with these facts is obvious.
The problem is to find out how much
Of Cullom-Cumminsism there is inside
Of the Republican party and then what
to do about it,"
The threat is yelled, but it does not
require much of an interpreter to read
I.otvVann tho limos that tho rrant ma
tected interests which are %plunderiMg
the public with their high prices have
already determined ''what to do about
it,
This fractional fight in the Repuh-
lican party will be mainly fought out
at the caucuSeS and conventions that
nominate congressman. and the Sinews
of war, provided by the trusts, will be
enough to turn the scale against the
tariff revisionists. If the protected in
tereStS are successful in thus defeat
ing the reform element within the Re
publican party there will be 4 good
many voters Of that faith who will
take to the woods and there will be Il
percentage of independent voters who
will throw their votes for the Demo-
cratic candidates for congress.
Therefore the Democracy must nomi-
nate its strongest candidates, especial
~ in the doubtful districts. for there
is where the fight for reform will he
decided.
4 Great Gain.
Public officers have no legal immuni-