The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-26
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This little speech fairly represents the
state Of mind that prevails In the ~ Fair;
banks camp. They are sore and resentful5
toward the President and are suspicious
I Of him, but they can't IA ford to come out
Ia the open with d challenge To- stir
Up Mr.. Roosevelt a 70 more active oppo-l
ssition Is the very last thing the FAIR
banks boomers could afford To- 40. hey
are convinced the resident y secretly
hostile to the Indiana man. but they can
better afford to have him secretly than
openly hostile. SO they fret and chafe,
but are careful mot b 10 ti,ro " down any
thing that night be mistaken for g gaunt-s
let. i3$ II 3s
Mr.. Roosevelt letter to representa- tive
Watson, OF lana. praising the work q
the present Congress- has Drought Joy
into both political camps 4 he Republi-S
cal Congressman nrc Joyful because the
Roosevelt o. X. - brand has been placed
upon them and their doings, and they
can 70 home Ito 1 heir conatitu ents and
say See,I this Is what the "a sident hinksi
OF aSus. There ism any dol IT. thai the
Influence favorable to II the return OF o.
Republican ma ority5 81 to the next n louise.
i5l Then. WHY do You ask, III IS there Demo-
cratic joy? Dom crat Is are JOYFUL beca uses
the stand -patters int he 4Republ lean spaTt;.
appearSto5 have trilmphe oyer the tariff
thus vltalizt rlg the tariff as
an issue between tho part es: Hi Wllen1 the
Iowa III eai' was chi Town by the Iowa
Republicans until I here was LEI s not thing
to distinguish y from the Il it e Of all
other high protcctionists, IA r-seeing Dem
socrr,ts poined out that ~ was the begin
Ming OF the end OF hope that the Repub-li
Leans would revise the tariff Now that
the President and Speaker Cannon are
standing gether-and standing pnt--on;
tho tariff question, expectancy OF revision.
by any Republican, Cong rcss OF the pres
ent dccad g must be abandoned.
9ss3 Republicans have a gre ed to stan pnt, Y
and tho manner OF the agreemen mt and
3itsani,nouncenent Il Is a challenge to the
Democrats to make the most Of 1t Mr..
Roosevelt has given unqualified END orser
ment ID the work OF the last session, IN
which & there was no hint OF tart III re-
vision, ana he has put forward & Speaker
Cannon as the probable Republics can 4
{didate for Presidcntand Mr. Came is
a stand -pntter OF the deepest dye. The
meaning Is that the Repu lean 8 Twill
fight this YEARS. cong ressonal cnmpaign
and the PRESIDENT nl Scanlpag q 4 0os on
the lines OF letting well enough alone, 20
sfar#as concerns the ia rim. Il 53siS
s8 That Is what Democrats al along have
kDrOI eSSGQ " AsA
Democracy to mako tariff revision a dis
ftinctiye Democratic doctrine without
going "a tho length Of Il preaching free
trade or even d tariff for reyenue only,
Had the Republicans adopted ~ g their ve'
tariff platform such revision Of the!
sche dulles as changed condit lions make Y
advisable, and given n definite promise
to do something along that line, Demo 4
3orats could have attracted no attention
pr0fNp
length that such leaders as John Sharp
Williams deem 1t unwse TO Co. NOW
they ca +, choose their own tariff ba tile y
ground and shape the Issue to suit them n
sselves, I st Il d f n
'"The present anxious hope 81 those DEM,
ocrats who call themselves cons eryA-
tive" Is that when Mr., Bryan lands ~
New; 81 rk he will recei su oh "a y I'm pres
sion Of the situation as VIII lead HIN g
the great speech which, II IS expect ed,
will settle for the next two years what Is
and what As not good Democrat TIC doc ''
5trine. .s a.!
PollticIapasin Washington are Watching
With absorbed Interest the contest for the.
Democratic gnbernntorial nominate IN
Ia bound to have a far-reachlng effect Or,
tho Democratic party and that the rest
OF the country is as SYltally concerned az
Is New York State. The triumph Of MI.
Fl earst will be n triumph for the prinol-
pIies!'i ov which he stands, and with those
principles endorsed by the Demo- ora ey q
the Empire stat hey cannot be ignored
by the Democracy OF the ma ion. The ~.
tional Democracy will not neceessR rlly
adopt the HeaTAt prea ent as e whole
should Mr.. Hearst be sAccessfnl. but his
lsuccess would iney itnhly color Democrat tic
platforms Of the future. &. 4 S5s
firha position uGcup led II bY5 = Nrlnlany
Al one Of the mos lintsr est Ing features
III tie New York situation, For Tam
many Al q q case elther o. the fryings
nal, or the fire, and Tamman " n cannot
esca % making choice, II appears settled
that elther Mr. Hearst ~ pistrict tor
ney II Jerome Ia going tol be- the pSmoerAtl el
ssominsa for Governor " would w hard
~ dptarmlne what her IIears on ~ rome
sl,ss been the Fpors ttsE foa \. az Tan
man man M Whtch I'M sNS tptngsI
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