Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-05-17
The Kansas Brand.


Kansans always were unique lot.
The Republicans of that state pulled
off their convention lately, and, as
usual many queer things were said
and done. For instance, Governor
Hoch, who is accused of trying to kiss
Ex-Governor Stanley's wife, was re
nominated with whoop. But it was
on the tariff that the Kansans showed
at their worst State Chairman Stubbs,
who was fighting Kisser Hoch's renom
nation, in calling the convention to-
order was moved by the spirit to make
a speech and said inter ALA, We know
that the greatest robber in the country
today is the great steel trust made
possible BY an unreasonable protective
tariff. That was the keynote to
Brother Stubs remarks. 1t was clear.
aud ear compelling. A Democrat could
not hare stated it more LUMINOSITY.
What's more, its Democratic doctrine.
Perhaps Stubs was speaking that way
because be thought that way. Perhaps
he was doing it to worry Hoch the
Kisser and his whoopers-up. Perhaps
he was trying to stampede the conyen
ton to himself, thinking that the colo
cation of words Governor Stubs
would look well in print and would fill
the trump of fame. Not being in the
confidence of Chairman Stubs, can
not state definitely what his motive
was, but when he spoke of ian unrea-
sonable protective tariff making tbA
steel trust possible Stubbs hit the nail
squarely on the head and talked more
sense than is usual with Kansas Re-
publicans
But Stubs thunder was in the in
dex only. What he said seemed to
mean business, but when the platform
committee spoke it said this pitiful
thing in the nature of straddle, Its
protective policy provokes controversy
only between revisionists and stand
patters." The old ostrich caper over
again. Controversy only between re-
visionists and stand pattersv .Onlyr
Ask Secretary Shaw and Governor
Cumlnins what they think of the con-
troversy only between revisionists
and stand patters as bagatelIe. They
could give these bleeding Kansans
some valuable pointers as to the force
and meaning of the word only in
that connection
To a mere locker on in Vienna it ap-
pears that ex-United States Senator
William A. Harris, the Democratic
nominee for governor, ought to beat
Hoch the Kisser out of his boots on
such platform as that, There is no
sort of trouble to prove that Stubs
was correct in denouneing the steel
trust as the premier robber of the age
made possible by an unreasonable pro-
tective tariff When coupled with that
statement is the further fact that
the Republicans made and maintain
that unreasonable protective tariff, It.
is clear that they made the steel trust
possible, and it is equally clear that
they do not intend to remedy the stu
alton. Sensible people everywhere
know that the only relief from trust
and tariff exactions must be obtained
by Democrats. Now, mark you, Mr
Stubs, chairman Kansas Republican
state committee. denounces the steel
trust as the greatest "robbef, etc
Now, robber is an awful word when
Democrats apply it to any schedule Of
the Dingley bill, but what shall be done
with and to the beloved Stubbs?
A Republican Opinion Of Republicans.
The Providence Journal is Repub-
lican paper Mr.. Alice is Republican
United States senator Mr. Addicks is
the Republican political creator Of Mr..
Alice. Addieks says that Alice basely
betrayed him, and the Journal says:
Few United States senators resign un-
der any circumstances. and 1t is unlikely
that even the gas mans sarcastic remind
er that he made the fortune Of the Dover
jeweler and gave him the silver on his
table and the hatraek in his hall will IN.
duce Mr.. Alice to make way for his fellow
schemer in the malodorous politics Of the
state. Mr.. Alice is not much as senator.
keeping In raind the Bayards and sauls-
burys and Szrays of that little casnnt n