The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-19
Two Discordant Republicar
views.

State OF Kansas, there i !" me
llShed a newspaper which nro p1u'
bears the name of the ConcorSi.
Empire. With the editors Uo a's
we are unfamiliar, but We ba
his word for it that he is a p"
publican, and Furthermore , I've.
his paper is an exponent ~ ' ia
faith and an expounder If VI. .lS
doctrines of the G. o. P. Esv 'u'
theless, the editor of that eYUa
nent and expOunder is fnllv a pu'l
able OF treasOn-not the kirS "p,
treason that is penalized by WI "
criminal laws, but another vow su'
ETY. that is recognized by all
putable photographers and GOV
orally appreciated at its 1 fnr
value by mbers OF orpan;. u
tions, either religious, political
frsternal, or social. Having bss1
invited, an millions of Other ~
publicans have been, to send u
dollar to the Republican com
paign fund, this migrate buttonj
up his plethOric pocket and 70
spond DIS in this fashion:
"We recently have comnIe,od
building a house at a cost u
something over $4,000, and ,OI
every foot of lumber, every psnd
of glass, every sack Of cement
every pound Of nails, and N
fact, for nearly every bit of mo
terlal that went into it. we mad.
a good, liberal contribn,ioI
through the trusts that controIH
them, aud we guess that we have
done our share. 1t may be treason
for a Republican newspaper n
talk this way, but facts are iacr,N
and 1T sort of relieves our CON
Rcience TO tell the truth about
the trusts once in while. WelH
just let the trusts to which vI
have had to pay unwilling tributd
III the past year, pay our dolat
for us We need it aud then
dOn't.o
The Chicago Inter Ocean, a Re-
publican paper that t0rmerlv
stood for unvarying loyalty d
any and all Republican admins
trations, but in recent Years has
on a few occasions, jumped thS
track aud run off on a tangent
is moved by this exhibition d
party perfidy in Kansas to do TIL
party stunt. Accordingly, thl {
Inter Ocean tells the KansaI
kicker that he owes the Repub
lican party for his ability to pal
for every foot of lumber, ever
pane Of glass, every sack Of Cd
ment, every pound Of nails, an (
IN fact, for nearly every bit d
material that went into tha
S4, 600 house. Further the Int
Ocean bears down upon him vi
the information that he did NJ
have a dollar which he could ca
his own when Kansas was in I'D
hands of the wild eyed ecOn0
mists ten years ago. But as 500
as the Republican party came in1
possession of the State and II
nation, things began to look uI
Subscriptions poured in, his az
vertlsing doubled and quadrd'
pied, his job printing increase
so that he had to hire a lot q
extra help. Nor Is that al
The Inter Ocean assures him thF
he is now doing more business
a month than he did under POpq
lism in a year. And, finally, n
is told that he ought to he grat3
full to the Republican party who's
greatest ottense has been to CIV
the country prosperity, for wha
it has done tor him-sO grateiq
that Instead of contributing
dollar, he should send huudTe1
dollars and accompany the coy
tribution with a pledge to sen |
more if it is needed.
Those two views, both trOq
Republican publicists, are e1
ceedingly dissimilar, and neltDS
of them is strictly true. Nm7
it is fact that protection h1
been helpful to the farming lnteI
ests by building up towns an|
increasing the demand for lar!
products, it is an undenlaOI
truth that many of the schedalY
of the present tariff are lmpOslul
heavy taxation on all the peopI
for which there is not shauol
of justification. We imagl1
that the kicking brother IN haI
sas has more than a susplei1
that in paying for the materll
with which to construct his nOui
, he has dumped many dollars nY
into the United States Treasuri
, but into the Golfers of the COZ
bines, and has helped to u
, dividends on an enormous amOu9
of fictitious capitalization !
finds it impossible to believe 'Il
, the good policy of protection !
American labor includes