Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-08-23
The AMENDED SLOGAN
Speaker Cannon and the Presi-
dent Agree on Policy.
PAT AND PASS THE HAT"

II Republicans Control Next ConEress
There Will BE No Attempt mt Tariff
Revision - The Political Problem
That Those Who Favor Tariff Re-
form Must Unravel.
Now that Speaker Cannon has in
luced President Roosevelt to join him
La making the paramount issue for the
Campaign for the election Of congress
what the speaker 81 euphoniously ex-
presses as "Stand pat and pass the
bat" what are those Republicans who
believe the tariff should be revised 60
ing to do about it? For instance, the
South Dakota Republican convention
put itself on record in favor of the
abolition Of the tariff tax on lumber
for the benefit Of the American home
builders and the protection Of our for
ests." But If the voters Of that state
elect the Republican candidates for
congress and there is a Republican ma
13r1ty Speaker Cannon and President
Roosevelt, unless the latter again
changes his mind, will refuse to allow
a bill to abolish the duty on lumber
to even be considered. It would be
dangerous to disturb the lumber sched-
ule or to relieve the people of the tax
op homes, because, you know, or you
should know, that the tariff schedules
are so scientifically adjusted that to
disturb n paragraph Of the sacred
edifce e%ndangers the whole structure.
So the Republicans Of South Dakota
can expect no relief from the tax on
homes unless they determine to vote
for Democrats to represent them in
congress or pledge the Republican
candidates to keep out Of the Repub-
Alcan caucus for speaker and vote for
the Democratic candidate for speaker.
In Minnesota and Michigan similar
tariff ideas are prevalent, with even
more pronounced ideas on reciprocity
with Canada, but the same obstacle
Of the stand pat programme stares
them in the face, with similar necessi-
ty for electing Democrats or pledging
the Republican candidates to keep out
OF the caucus, which, once entered,
binds them to the protectionists hand
and foot.
In Massachusetts many Republicans
think free hides and free coal are nee
essary to preserve some of the great
industries Of that state, but a condition
c%onfronts them similar to that Of their
brethren in the northwestern states.
Unless, therefore, congressman like
George p. Lawrence, Samuel w. Nc
Call, William G. Lowering and John w.
Weeks, who had the courage in the
last congress to stand up and be count
ed for reciprocity, shall show still fur
ther independence Of the Republican
machine by keeping out Of the caucus
OF the Republican members Of the
house of representatives and are pre-
pared to vote for a speaker who will
not suppress all efforts for tariff re-
vision, nothing will come from their
efforts.
In Iowa the Republican convention
has just escaped a bolt by compromis-
Ing with the stand patters, so the Re-
publican congressman from that state,
even those that believe in tariff re-
form, will be compelled to join in the
procession that considers it a sacred
duty to allow the protectionist jugger-
naut to crush them. Those Republican
and independent voters of that state
can only aid tasiff revision by voting
for Democratic candidates for con
gress.
There are signs of alarm in Repub-
lican machine centers that show that
tariff reform sentiment is so strong
even with Republican voters that they
fear the result of the election in all the
close districts, but promises by Re
publican candidates for congress that
they will vote for tariff revision are
felt to be worthless as far as the &C
ton Of the next congress is concerned
as they have been futile in the past.
The Republican voters who believe
their interests require tariff revision
have the result in their own hands.
They a accomplish it in two ways,
either by pledging Republican candi
dates for congress to keep out of the
Republican caucus and vote only fol-
a speaker who is pledged to tariff re.
vision or by voting directly for Dem.
ocratic candidates for congress who
are also pledged to tariff revision. re
vote for a Democrat is the holder steI
and more certain to produce the re.
suit aimed at.