Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-25
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porations are in high glee at the turn
political events have taken, by the con-
centration of public opinion upon rail
road rate legislation. Mr.. Payne, tile
Republican LEADER in Congress and
chairman of the Committee on Ways
and Means which controls all revenue
legislation, has declared that there will
be no tariff bill reported ut this ses-
sion of Congress. This Republican
stand-pat policy was agreed to last
fall by President Roosevelt and Speak
err Cannon, and the personnel Of the
Committee on Ways and Means was Sc
lected by Speaker Cannon, SO that n
majority were ardent protectionists.
Thus those Republican voters who fa-
vored the revision of the tariff that
fosters trusts and allows them to
charge plundering profits, were again
fooled, after voting for many Repub-
lican candidates for Congress who
promised to vote to revise those tariff
schedules that protected the trusts, pre-
vented competition and allowed the
trusts to sell cheaper abroad than here.
When those Republican congressman
who were pledged to tariff reform elect
ed Mr.. Cannon as speaker of the House
and adopted rules that gave him auto
cratic power over legislation, they
knew they We're selling out their con-
stituents to the protected monopolies,
and giving the party machine the power
to defeat or pass such legislation as 1t
pleased.
The same conditions will obtain at
the election this fall, and the question
Is: Can the voters be fooled again to
vote for Republican candidates for Con-
gress who will stand pat and let the
| trusts continue to plumber the con-
sumers? Promises of Republican can
didates are of no avail unless the
pledge is given to keep out of caucus
and vote for a speaker who will agree
to give tariff revision the right of way.
for he is an ardent protectionist. The
membership of the next Congress will
be more evenly divided between the
parties and the result in any district
may determine which party, shall con-
troll. The trusts and corporations will
pay money to the Republican campaign
fund with the understanding that their
interests are to be protected, but none
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Another Republican Scandal.
The exposure of the scandal of the
shameful doings of our consuls In the
East is further proof of the deseneracy
Of Republican politicians. When Presi-
dent Roosevelt appointed these consuls
on the recommendation Of Republican
Senators and Representatives, he knew
they We're political strikers for those
Republican leaders. He was on notice
that they We're mostly grafters or the
Republican politicians would not be
urging them for appointment. The only
palliation for the administration is
that Mr.. Pierce, assistant secretary of
state, was detailed to make special
Investigation of the consular service In
the East, and his private report made
to the PRESIDENT lately called for by
the Senate exposes the scandals. Some
of these consuls are stated to be men
who accepted Office merely to fill their
own pockets legally or Illegally.
The PRESIDENT has, no doubt, endeav-