The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-11
ohio REPUBLICANS
MUST STRADOLE
Will Be Puzzled as to How to En-.
dOrSe Their Senator'S and
the President at the
Same Time.

Same Time.
When the Republican factions in
'Ohio meet in state convention, they
will not only have to settle their diff
rerenceS, but have still harder nut
TO crack. The puzzling question for
these patriots to settle is how can
the president and the two United
States senators be indorSed at the
same time? Foraker and Dick, the
two senators, seemed to take de-
light in opposing the presidents most
cherished legislation. Foraker voted
against the railroad rate bin and the
bill for joint statehood and in fact
aided the Democrats in amending the
latter measure SO as to give Arizona
the right to decide on joint statehood,
or not, while President Roosevelt
wanted the partisan measure Of fore
ing the two territories in as one state,
so as to be a sure Republican state.
Then Foraker pigeon-holed the Santo
Domingo treaty and most people
know from Secretary Taft how savage
'ClC ICCiO dUOuU
he publicly blamed the Democrats.
Then Senator Dick, who belongs to
the old Hanna gang, helped to defeat
the bill reducing the tariff on Phil
ippine importationS and voted for a
Sea-level canal in the face of the pres
ident'S recommendation for lock
canal and favored broad review of
the acts of the interstate commerce
commission.
But perhaps such little inconsistent
.cieS will not bother an Ohio Republi
can convention, for they mOy indorSe
the bunch in general terms. If GroS-
'venor was not so thoroughly discredi-
;ited, he could draw plank that would
teeter either way and stand straddled
In the middle with Foraker and Dick
on one and President Roosevelt grit
ting his teeth on the other. The Re-
publican game of fooling the people is
not SO difficult in a Republican con-
vention, but occasionally the dear
people" discover the trick and kick
over the traces.
10 the statement that the Republi-
can tariff reviSionists are reading:
Let him that thinketh he Standeth
pat, take heed lest he fall into mi
nority." And Mr.. FoSS, the princi-
pal advocate of reciprocity, is running
for the Republican nomination for
lieutenant-gOyernOr against the stand
patter, Gen. Draper, to discover if
the people will make the above come
true,
The position of the stand-pat Re-
publican illustrates the old story of
the three men who met to start new
church, with but two plankS in it's
platform: 1St-The meek shall inher-
it the earth. 2nd-We are the meek.
If the Republican Congressional
Committee is only going to collect 81
from those members of the party who
feels like subscribing, why did the
party leaders refuse to pass the Till |
man bill which prohibited corpora
tionS from giving money to political
parties? Somehow the two facts |
don't seem to jibe and there is
suspicion that Chairman
Jim Sherman would not refuse a
larger donation from the sugar trust,
the Standard Oil trust, the beef |
trust, Or even the railroad corpora
tiOnS, if checks were forwarded in
plain envelopes. 1t will be remem-
fbered that even President Roosevelt
denounced Judge Parker for charging
that the trusts and corporations had
subscribed to the Republican cam.
,paign fund in 1904, but it has since
been proven that such funds were
and received, especially from
the funds Of the life insurance cOrpO-
rationS which should have been sacred
so the widow and orphans of the pol
icy holders. And there is no record
of the President having apologized to
Judge Parker, nor that restitution of |
the tainted money has been made.
Senator LaFUllette says that the
United ctatateS Senate at its late
session was more representative tf
the people than the House OF Repre-
1t must be admitted that
the facts show this and the reason is
is plain that the House chiefly repre-
sents the views and wishes OF the
Speaker and his clique, who are ex-
treme standpatters, friendly to the
railroads and trust corporations and
forced the House TO vote to make the
people pay for beef inspection while
the Senate voted that the cost of in
spection should be paid by the beef
trust. To re-elect Republican Con-
gress means to continue thisring rule.
The Worlds Cotton Production.
An elaborate discussion OF the
worlds cotton production in 1905,
in the final report just is
sued by the census bureau, goes to
show that the United States is in no