The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-07
UP TO IT'S SANE OLD TRICK.


The Eepubi.an party BE- up to i.s
same old trick 90 tooling the people
and now it o. ~ t9 the people to see
I! ,hey viii continue to Eco D.. DO .t
There was a conference 40 oyster
Bay few days ago between the Pres
ident. Mr Speaker Joe Cannon. Jim
sherman. Chairman % the Republican
Congressional Committee. and several
lesser Iirh.s in The Republican organ
lzaron. They discussed the ways and
means of the next Congressional cam
paien. agreed t0 fool The people hy
asking them f0' one dollar slbsc-ip
lions when they knew they Esl a
half million sim i1 Cort. .'y0r
asI,f which had been fiehei ;-lm
t.a people hs fla Insurance robbers
and Erarsrs. and all that Jim sa.r.
man had fJ do was go follow TeII,
advice and Ist him run things ani be-
could have AZ much 90 Chat -tI..l
money a- he wanted f1r the campaign
Thai .ss trick number one Nou
comes fhe Secretary of the Rep11h-
can National Committee. one r. fcs
Dover. who aas the Private Secretary
f0 Mark Hanna. and be gives the Re
publicans some sage advise. While the
oyster Bay conference had agreed 20
stand pat" al one OF the slogans -
the Republican campaign. and tell the
tariff revlsionIsts 20 20 90 --. and
the cry of stand pat vas echoing from
every Republican fence corner. this
Mr Secretary Dover comes out and
tells the Republicans that they must
stand pat only where Il will do the
most good 70 stand pat, and cry FOR
tsrin revision where that cry will
gather Ia the votes of the faithful In
other words the Republican campaign
will be pitched along the lines laid
down by the la,e lamented General
Hancock. who said thar the tariff issue
was a local question. How does that
advice jibe with the utterances of the
oyster Bay conference and the words
of all the leaders Of the Republican
party IN congress? What S. the Re.
publican party going 20 do?
Is it going 20 stand pat In some DIS.
trlcts as advised by Mr. Dover and
howl for tarin revision out IN Iowa
and up In Massachusetts,? Is 90 going
10 go lack on I,s own platform which
says that protection is the cardinal
principle Of the Republican party. In
some states and districts. and stand
by that principle IN others? That Is
just exactly what q Is going TO DO
and you may as we'll begin 20 watch
It's antics.
The Republican party cares no more
Tor principle than tom cat does for
The marriage relation. Il will lie or
steal just as the chances mought be-
and do anything once IN order 20 get
the votes TO keep Il In power.
Has not Col. Jim Humphrey said sog
II is after the votes and D. does not
care how or where Il gets them. After
II gets them Il then will keep It's prom
ises 10 the stand pat people and 20
back on those q promised revision.
II has no more idea Of revising the
tarf than II has OF being decent. II Is
simply out 10 fool the people once
more and get the votes, and stay IN
ofiice whore q can continue 10 rob the
people In the interest Of the protected
monopolios. II knows full well that
the Democrats will revise the tariff
and that IL will also uncover the mas
tiest mess In AL the departments Of
this government that ever smelled 20
high heaven. II is plumb" scared. and
that Is why II Is wearing the skin Of
an ass In one district and that Of the
lion In the other. VIII the people pc
fooled?
This Is a damned wicked world We
live In. Sir liver"