Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-02-15
VOTERS HAVE Remedy
How They May Obtain Relief
From Tariff Burden.
PUT THE DEMOCRATS IN POWER

Republican Promises of Revision OF
Duties Are Made Only to De Broken.
Party of Lincoln Has Descnernted
Into IL Tool of Monopolistic Corno.
rations.
If the citizens of Massachusetts who
have asked for relief from onerous
taxes on n raw materials of manu-
factures and for reciprocal trade rela-
tions really desire what they demand,
there is II way, and only one way. to
secure it; that is to put the Democratic
party in power in the nation.
There is Il very close and instructive
parallel to the situation here in the at
titude of the Unionist party in Eng
land toward protection. In welcoming
the assurance of a correspondent in In
dia that Lord CurZon will return to
England as mot only an anti-Cham
b~erlainite, but IN anti Balfourite," the
Spectator says if this be true Lord
CurZon "unquestionably has Il great
opportunity" But it declares that If he
Is to reconvert the Unionist party to
its historic belief Lord Curzon "must
not be content with limiting a fault or
hesitating Il dislike" In attacking pro
lection, it says, half measures can be
Of no avail. The man who SAYS, Il
hate Chamberlainism and Balfourism
with all my heart and think they will
ruin the country if they are trium-
phant,' and then adds, But, of course,
I could not think Of voting for a Lib
eral or doing anything to put a Liberal
government into Office is simply
throwing himself under the wheels of
the protectionist juggernaut."
Is not this precisely the attitude of
the Republicans Of Massachusetts, whose
interests and convictions unite in call
ing for tariff revision and reciprocal
trade and yet who find it hard to vote
against their party, though it denies
their request and sneers at their peti.
ton? Why this hesitation to vote as
they think? Is it because their party
fought the war and freed the slaves
In the years during which the Repub.
lican party was doing these things par.
.ty fealty was c~ommendable, even hon,
orable, but the times change and the
issues with them. Today the leading
questions in politics and in government
are Industrial and commercial. Thu
Republican party, restored to power i1
1896 on the issue of money, proceeded
to pass a "worse than war tariff" which
1t has refused to modify. Two of its
presidents, strongly urging an extension
Of American trade through reciprocity
treaties, negotiated such treaties only
to have them pigeonholed or slaughter
ed in the senate - the senior senator
from Massachusetts leading in this
work. Through it's candidates anl
speakers it is again promising q IRE
vision OF the tariff by it's friends tho
day after never, trusting the voters t.
forget or forgive the facts which show
an average duty higher than that O
the wartime, after many revisions O.
the tariff by its friends in the las
forty years.
The only way to make true the say
ing of General Grant that "this is {
government where the will of the PEG
pie is the law Of the land is to so ex
press that will at the polls that shift,
bosses and promise breaking party
leaders shall understand that the PEG
pie are in earnest. Are the minorit,
Republicans in earnest? Do they real
~ want what they ask for?-Bostor
Herald.