The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-11

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forecast thai the Tariff, tAa.sh a.
-sss an important sssse. siji rot -
IN. pAfansoHn, issas trt~e~n the
's nae~gatls and gepahlieag gAFtiss
10 The election Of pTesiaeas ard
consf.ss Hesg rear. aAys 'hs -
Louis Republic
IL IL probable that 90 this aaes
ton The republican party Nil thifi
SIS position eie@s 10 The ground al.
ways held by the usoeyatlc party
This republicans will certainly dc.
clare fof the pF!neiplo - tariff PRO
teefiou, aud theY may b. expected
10 add to this declaration promise
tu revise the plngley act in the Ia
t.rrst of al. masses, The angry pro-
tests against che robb.rieS 81 the
piugley act that arc coming from
the rank and file Of republican vut-
.rs seem 10 make some suth concrss
sion imperative
ny all traditions OF the party the
democratic platform will declare
for revenue tariff. and II will be
wise TO add the recommendation that
the sources Of tariff revenue be chos~
en- WITH view TO giving fair and
adequate Incidental protection TO
American industries aud 70 the PEG
pie employed In them. IL might be
well TO go further and add proviso
that any Industrial product that is
monopoliaed by trust. or unlawful
combination In restraint OF trade.
shall go on the free list until the
combination is dissolved.
But barring some such proviso as
that last named, there is not likely
TO be the clear-cut line OF division
between the tariff planks OF the two
parties that has existed In former
contests. The democratic principe
of reasonable and moderate tariff
schedules IS proven so eminently
correct ty the logic of republican
tariff robbery that the republicans
will be forced to give It recognition
In their declarations OF next year.
President Roosevelt's democratic
policies for the regulation OF inter
state railIo.da and great corpora
lions engaged in interstate trade
have proven so popular with the re-
publican masses that the republican
of next year cannot es-
cape giving them the strongest kind
of Endorsement, with an unequlVocai
promise to continue them.
The series of trust prosecutions
to-, tIn 10, r.
ing to push. from now until the cleo |
tons of next year will still further |
commit the republican party to the |
democratic principle of defending !
the rights of the many against the !
aggressions of the few. so there |
seems little prospect of sharp di- !
visions in the platforms Of the two
parties on these important issues.
The great difference will be that the
democrats will be sincere IN their
promises, while scores of the most
powerful leaders in the republican
party will reluctantly consent TO
these democratic principles with the
secret purpose of betraying them.
A year in advance of the meeting
of The national conventions 1t seems
probable that the deepest and the
broadcast lines of division in next
years contest will relate TO the pres
ervation of the rights OF the states
against the dangerous aggressions
with which the republican
party threatens them, to the
reckless extravaganza with which the
peoples money has been voted away
TO the bold usurpations of legislative
powers by the executive and 20 the
friehtful expense Of our imperialistic
iusular policy.
whatever the republican yuu'eu-
/ ton may do, the democratic cuuven-
/ ton will declare iu the strongest
possible terms In favor Of making
our inland waterways uayiEahle TO
their utmost capacity both as car
l riers of freight and %, most s'fsc-
Itlye regulations Of railroad charges.
I The supreme issues On which the
democrats next ytag should take
I their Nrme-f stand viii uy Cor de-
/ tense 90 the constitutional rights Of
I the states. for preservation of Tho
system uf government under which
|ftl. country ra. aruvu rH hv 'hr
greatest Iu H.. history. aHd ru .Hr.s
.fuy frad,rr..r which would mf.. "'
'fry president .a executive .. .|."
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