The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-10
HOW WILL THE REPUBLI-
CANS TREAT THE TARIFF
QUESTION?

The republican party is up to its
same old trick of fooIing the people,
aud now it is up to the people TO see if
ey will continue to let IT do ii.
There was conference held over at
Oyster Bay few days ago between the
President, Mr. Speaker Joe Cannon,
Jim Sherman, Chairman Of the Re-
publican Congressional Committee,
aud several other lesser lights in the
II publican organization. They dis
cussed the ways and means of the
next Congressional Campaign, agreed
10 fool the people by asking for OF
dollar subscriptions, when they knew
that they still had half million
in Cortelyou's "kick' which had been
filched from the people by the insur-
ance robbers and glafters, and all that
Jim Sherman had to do was to follow
Teddy's advice and let him run things
and he could have as much OF the
stolen money us he wanted for the
c ming campaign
That was trick number one. Now
comes the Secretary Of the Republican
National Committee, one Elmer Dover,
who was private Secretary to Mark
Hanna. and he gives the Republicans
some sage advice. While the Oyster
Bay conference had agreed to stand
pat" as one of the slogans of the Re-
publican campaign, and to tie the
tariff revisOuists to 90 to-, and the
cry OF stand pat was echoing from
every Republican fence corner, this
Mr. Secretary sDover comes out and
tells the Republicans that they must
5 and pat only where it will do the
most good to stand tat, aud cy for
tariff revision where that cry will
gather in the votes of the faithful. In
other words the Republican campaign
will be pitched along the lines laid
down hy the la lameuted General
Hanc ok, who said that the tariff
question was merely local issue.
How does this advice jibe with the
utterances of the Oyster Bay Coz f, r
ence and the words of all the other
leaders of the Republican party in
Congress? What is the Republican
party going to do?
Is it going TO stand pat in some dis
tricts as advised by Mr.. Dover and
howl for tariff revision out in Iowa
and up in Massachusetts,? Is it going
to go back on its its own platform
which says that protection is the ear.
dinal principle of the Republican
party in some States and dis ricts, and
stand by that principle in others?
That is just what exactly it is going
to do aud you may as we'll begin tc
watch its antics
The Republican party cares no more
for principle than tom cat does fol
the marriage relation. 1t will lie OIL
steal just as the chances mought
be" and do anythil g once in order t.
get the votes to keep il in power in the
House Of Repre- sentatives in the Six.
tieth Congress that will be elected
next November. 1t is after the votes
and 1t d. es not care how or where it
gets them. After it gets them it then
will keep its promises to the stand pat
people and go back on tn Sc it prom.
Used revision. 1t has no more idea OF
revising he tariff than it has of being
decent 1t is simply out to fool the
people once mole and to stay in office
where it can continue to rob the people
in the Interest Of the protected mouop-
olles. 1t knows full well that the
Democrats will revise the tariff aud
that it will also uncover the nastiesr
mess in all tue departments of this
government that ever smeled to high
heaven. 1t is 'pumb" scared and
that is why 1t is wearing the
skin of the ass in one district and that
of the lion in the other. Will the
people be fooled?
This is damned wicked world we
live in, Sir Oliver"