The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-06-01
FRIDAY. JUNE I, 1906
STABILITY OUTLOOK
MUCH WILL DEPEND UPON THE
ELECTIONS OF 1906.


Prepared to Wage Warfare Against
Stand Pat Congressman In All Re-
publican Districts.
The Washington Star regretfully con-
cedes that the outlook is not favorable
to an Immediate disturbance of the
tariff 1t remarks:
Nothing in the line Of revision will
be attempted by this congress, and it is
a toss up as to whether that issue cuts
a prominent figure in the coming con-
gressional campaigns, and if the next
house is not chosen on that issue, and
as that body will organize on the eve
of a presidential election, when may
we expect the revision ball to openT'
Does the Star know of any issue ex-
cepting that of tariff revision that will
cut a prominent figure in the coming
congressional campaigns? What other
issue will determine nominations in
Republican districts? The restless "re
formers" and "progressives" inside the
Republican party, being compelled to
drop reciprocity because of the Ger
man fash In the pan, must have some
will recur to revision. In many dis
tricts now represented by stand patters
plans are already laid for the incoming
of congressman pledged to immediate
disturbance of the tariff To this re-
suit the American Reciprocal Tariff
league is cOnsecrated; so are the fol-
the followers of Cummins in Iowa.
Out Of this interparty strife the enc
mics Of protection expect to derive
much advantage. They hope to secure
an opportunity to open up the tariff to
a general revision by a union of
straight out Democrats and progress
i've" Republicans. This plan will Of
course depend for its success upon the
extent to which the voters in Repub-
lican districts can be induced to sane
ton the retirement Of tried and true
protectionists and to fill their places
with "reformers' Of the Cummins- Foss
type, men who, while protesting fidelity
to protection, are advocating radical
downward revision of the tariff ON the
plea that the existing duties are higher
than necessary for adequate protection.
1t will be remembered that this was
the attitude of the Democratic congress
Of 1894 and that the panic producing
Wilson bill was the outcome
So it Is impossible to escape the con-
clusion that the tariff, revision or no
revision, is to be the issue in this years
congressional campaigns. In the pres
ent divided sentiment in many Of the
Republican congress districts the pros
pect is not reassuring. Conditions may
improve by the time the nominations
shall have been made and the elections
held, but they must improve if the
straight out Republicans are to hold
their own. AS matters stand at this
time there is grave reason to think
that elections held in March instead of
eight months later would give the
Democrats control of the lower house,
with the help of here and there a So
cialist and considerable minority of
tariff ripping Republicans.
What with overconfidence, indiffer-
ence and a disposition to make expert
ments with free hides, free raw ma
terals, free trade in agricultural prod
ucts, reciprocity in competitive articles
and tariff revision merely for the sake
af changing things" the outlook for
tariff stability along safe protection
lines is far from fattering Apparently
the enemies of tariff stability were
never so active, SO aggressive. so di-
versified in party affiliation or so nu-
merous as they are now. Hard work
and plenty of it is going to be needed
in the next few months to prevent this
combination of malcontents from I'M
settling things in way that will be
bad for business and hurtful to pros
perity. n
There may be other issues that will
figure somewhat in this years. cleo
tons, but the main issue is the tariff.
1t is the one issue that, rightly con-
tended for, will save the lower house
Of congress to the Republican Dartv