The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-08-10
THE REPUBLICAN CHALLENGE

Democrats into making an attack Oh |
the tariff in the congressional canvass. /
Speaker Cannon is not only going to |
take the stump in Maine. where the |
election for state officers and members |
of Congress takes place on September
10. but he is to make many speeches in |
Massachusetts, also says the st. Louis |
Globe-Democrat. He is to do it under |
the auspices of the Home Market Club,
which is the robustest ''stand pat or
ganization in the country. AS Speaker
Cannon is the foremost Dingley tariff
champion in Congress, his appearance
in New England, where, so the Demo-
Gratis say, every Republican is tariff
reviser, will be to the Democrats like
shaking red rag at bull. 1t will be
challenge to the Democratic congress
sional campaign leaders to talk tariff if
they dare. If they accept the Repub-
lican def there will be a canvass which
will be far more lively than good for
the Democratic party.
Moreover, President Roosevelt's at
torney general, who is also stand
patter, is to write the platform of the
Massachusetts Republicans at their ap
preaching state convention. a few
days ago Speaker Cannon, Campaign
Chairman Sherman and other Republi-
can leaders had conference with the
President at Oyster Ba,, at which it
was determined to champion the tariff
on the stump in the congressional can
vass. The selection of Attorney Gen
eral Moody to write the Massachusetts
platform, and Speaker Cannon's stump
ing programme in that state. mean that
the Democrats will be invited to carry
out their boast about making an as
sault on the tariff in the campaign. Mr..
Cannon's appearance in the Massachu-
sets canvass will attract even more
attention than will his visit to Maine.
In Maine be is to combat Gompcrs and
his agents, w. arc attacking Congress
man LittlefS0 This alone would be a
powerful incentive to Mr.. Cannon to
lend a hand in the fight, He wants to
get as large a majority for Littlciield
in 1906 as in 1901, and the chances arc
that he will succeed in this aspiration
for the American people arc opposed
to all class interference in politics.
What are the Democratic campaign
managers going to do about this Re-
publican challenge for them to make T.
fight on the tariff? In the recent sca-
sion of Congress Leader Williams, Cam
paign Manager Griggs and other Dem
ocratic magnatcs were fluent i'll their
boast that they wanted to put the tar
if issue at the front in the Congress
sional campaign. The Republicans arc
giving them an opportunity to crrry
out that threat. In fact, the Itcpub-
leans arc going much more than half
way toward meeting the Democrats on
that issue. When the Oyster Bay
stand-pat programme was announced
the other day the Republicans thought
that the Democrats would whoop with
delight at the chance which was offered
to have an old fashioned campaign on
the tariff issue. But the Democrats
showed no especial willingness to enter
into any contest on that question. Now
Speaker Cannon is to bait them further
by making stamping tour through the
tariff revision stronghold. A stand
patter is to be the big parsonage in the
Republican convention in state where,
we are told, the tariff smashers are as
numerous as they used to be in South
CaIolina during the latter part of Cal
houn's days. Yet the chances are that
the Democrats will not pick up this tar
iff gauntlet. Neither South Carolina
nor any other Democratic state is so
hostile to protection as it was once.
The south is getting factories and is
having a general diversifcation of in
dustries. Sentiment in favor of ade-
auate duties on all the important home
industries which have formidable for
eign competition is strong in the south,
and is getting still stronger. Griggs'
and Williams states are interested in
the maintenance of the vast industrial
scheme which Republican tariff legisla-
ton has built up. The appeal of those
magnates for an assault on the tariff
is hollow. 1t is a piece of bravado
which is not backed by their home
states or by any other states The
Democrats will not dare to meet Can
non and the rest of the Republican pro-
lection champions on the stump. Their
talk against the tariff in the recent ses-
sion of Congress was a flourish inten-
ded to attract attention to its authors
for the moment. 1t meant nothing tan
gible. Nothing would please the Re
publican campaign managers more than
to see the Democrats accept the Roos-
Sherman defiance, but the