Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-02-14

ION, peaver ana Law renee counties I'M
Emery Lincolnites and the Democrats
have fused and no. linated Robert X.
Aiken, a lawyer Of New Castle, Law
renee county. again Earnest f. Ache
son, Republican arG present member
and man of ind endent action a.
ways. Aiken acco! panied Emery on
his tour Of the district and spoke from
the same platform with him at Beaver
Falls on September H. and at Wash
ington, Pa. on September 10.
In the Montgomery-Bucks district
Walter F.. Leedom, of Bristol, has beer
selected as the candidate of the Emery
Lincolnites and Emery Democrats
against Irving p Wanger, Republican
and present member, and will speak
with Emery from the same platform
when the candidate for governor Of
the Bryanite party gets into that To-
cality
In the district composed of Cumbel.-
land, Dauphin and Lebanon counties
the Emery. Iincolnites have indorsed
John Lindner of Carlisle, the Demo.
cratic candidate against Marlin r.
Dlmstead, Republican and present
member, bu, to the credit of the Cum
berland county Lincoln cOnferees the
latter have refused to enter into the
deal Cumberland county presents one
bright spot at least,
L!ncclnites as Assistant Democrats.
In the Lycoming -Fotter-Clinton did
t,ict the Liucolntes have nominated
along into the next presidential elec-
ton or have a new tariff bill placed be-
fore the country only few months
before the presidential election would
be certain to jeopardlZe Republican
prospects of electing the next presi-
dent We had an experience with the
Mckinley tariff which no sagacious pol
itician would desire again to have, No
matter how wisely the Republican par
~ would act in revising the tariff
schedules. any law which it would en-
act on the subject would be open to
exaggerated Misrepresentation which
there would be no time to explain
away
"Another thing" said the member,
who are urging action by the Repub-
lican party on the tariff at Il special
session next spring. The tariff sched
ules are voluminous and contain so
many separate items that we might be
certain in advance that whatever
changes the Republican party would
chan ses W0Ild he { C2nouncCd By the
enemies Of protection, ;nd tie Dem
ocraic party would conduct the next
caL,pa. a q : nl"tf0"m more vir0, u.s.
ly denouncin@ t.e changes . :. e in the
tariff than they are now i'll position TO
denounce the existing law. 1t is a fact
to be borne in mind that, with all the
admitted defects in the present law
and the desire eXlil essed by many peo-
pie for changes in 4 few schedules, the
opposition to the tariff law and the
protective policy generally is certainly
not strong enough to give substantial
enc0urag agement to the Democratic par
ty. No changes that we could make
would be satisfactory to the Demo-
Gratis, and they would more bitterly de-
nounce our cElorts in that direction
than they now deuounce the Dngley
tariff law, which has enjoyed len years
of contnuoG Gs life without change. with
an attendant prosperity throushout the
country wh,ch is manifest even to the
opponents of projections.
''TheSe points with respect TO the tao
teal question involved in tariff legisla-
ton and their connection With general
politics are coming to be discussed
with greet frankness by Republicans
from all sections of the country. There
is little doubt that President Roosevelt
is impressed With the force of argu-
ments along these lines. hence his pres
ent course OF refraining from urging
action on the tariff question"
ARTHUR j. DODGE.
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