The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-09-28
RIGHT TO THE POINT
Republican Editor WIN Keep
His Dollar

( TIE Emrire. Republican news
psper published in Concoviia Kansas,
printed the following pointed editorial
last week
We have bcen inyita fo send
loilar contribution Oh the Republican
campaign fund that is being raised by
popular subscription and 10 which
President Roosevelt recently subscrih-
Tea We would like % have our dollar
In such select company all right, but
we've done all the contributing We in.
Itcni 20 this year
4 I'VE recently have completed build
lue a house al cost ul something
4 aver $4,000 and for every loot q. mm.
ber every pane of glass. every sack
II cement. every pound ot nails and
I'm fact for nearly every bit Of ma.
te~ial that went irro il We made
good. liberal contribution through the
trusts that control them. and We guess
we have done our share
1T may be treason "a Republican
newspaper to talk this~ray. but facts
are facts. and il sort q relieves our
Conscience 10 tell The truth about the
trusts once In while Ne'll just let
he several trusts to which We have
had 10 pay nwilling tribute IN the
ast year pay Our dollar for us. We
nsed e and lney don't
The views 81 the Kansas editor
make Interesting reading and are very
much 10 the point In ne Same con
aection il IS recalled that CHARLES $.
Hernly oN-chairman of the Republican
state committee a short time ago
made the following remarks
"Everybo'y is for tariff revision OK
. ,ept tto projected interests and few
politicians Representative Watson
wanted 10 make stand pat speech in
} congress. but he knew that he did
, not dare TO do so The speech which
i Charlie Lands made. sounding the
stand.pEt slogan. will cost him thou
lands Of votes There Z. only one side
, 70 the tarin question. When steel
rails sell for SIS ton in the United
States and sls a ton in Canada il is
lime something is done II any doubt
al person wants TO be convinced OF
he necessity OF revision let him study
he tariff on lum Der and building ma
lerials generally The time has actu-
. ally come when a poor man cannot
build a home for himself because he
, cannot pay for the materials that en-
ter into its construction
! But Mr.. Hernly and the Kansas edi-
Tor are not the only Republicans who
have spoken their minds. Before the
Oyster Bay conference settled upon
stand pat" as the campaign warcry.
rongressmsn {. B. lands had made
bis speech committing himself 70 the
trusts or that speech the South Bend
Tribune not long ago the mouthpiece
ld tho Republican state committee.
,sid:
4 Charles B Lands has boldly and
arrogantly committed himself to the
uand-pat theory He made a speech
IN the house. in which he openly and
strongly declared himself against tar
n revision Mr.. lands may under
stand his subject we'll he may be sat
sned in his own mind regarding the
tariff. but when he declares there II
40 sentiment in this state fayoring
revision he makes a mistake
After the Oyster Bay conference anc
the adoption Of the stand PAT slo
gan. the Rising sun Recorder. Repuh
lican from away back. said this.
About everybody in Indiana. We
assume favors a revision or the tariff
and what is called the stand pat
oolicy has no friends among tn
masses Of the people No matter how
many consultations are held at Oys
Ter Bay or elsewhere. the fact canno
,e downed that tariff reform Is neces
.ary and cannot be postponed mucl
longer II will he wise to heed tn
demand"
These are only samples Of the dis
'urbance in the Republican ranks, an
L r. not much wonder that the cam
palgn managers are looking Wild,
. Iahottt for nov Issues