The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-19

are running the Washington
administration are cooking M
another juggle with Germany
on the tariff question, and France il
kicking on account of 1t. She Is in
Histing on 1.-The most favored nation
clause" in the Franco treat!
being carried out in good faith. TIL.
Republican bigwigs had to knock TN
der to Germany. though they are try
ing to cover up their retreat with !:
sleight of hand performance, hoping
thereby to hide their real backdowi
from the people, just as the ostricl
pokes his hesnf INTO the sand ant
thinks, pror silly biros. that 4notaiy can
see the rest of his anatomy. Not lon-
sine that double back acting simon
pne stand patter, Hon. James r. Me
Ileary of Minnesota, then represent
alive in congress, now assistant post
master general demonstrated to his
own satisfaction that Germany would
have to yield to our desires or we
would starve her out, That was Il
beautiful theory. but somehow or
somehow else Germany didn't yield
and didn't starve. On the contrary.
we had to do the yielding. That Me
Cleary prophecy was like Beveridge's
book proving that Russia was fixing to
Robble all OF Asia, winding up with
India, but before the ink was dry OH
his pages Japan licked Russia clear
out of her boots. All there is to this
that we, to prevent Germany from
putting her maximum tariff into effec.
against us, permit her to put such
low value on her goods-not the price
nj which they are sold. but on which
the tariff is chargetl-as to amount to
a lower tariff than other nations pa.
ON the same class of goods coming in.
to this country. which as certain as
fate will involve us in all sorts of trou
BILE. perhaps war. with other nations
Lovely craftsmanship, isn't 1t? Ter
many ought to be treated fairly--sr
ought every other country-no more
no less. This government in its for.
eign policy ought to return at once t.,
the JefTersonian principle. Peace, com
merce and honest friendship with al
rlnfi0ns, entangling alliances witt
none" The sooner that il done tho
better for us and for all concerned.
As to this muddl.s with Germany
here Is the situation: Our blessed Ding.
ley tariff law shut out German prod.
ucts to large extent, and Germany,
concluding that TINT was game at
which two could play, got up law
which would shut about $200.00o.O0n
annually Of our products out of Ger.
many. Tit for tat; that's oil. She
shook that staliatory law In the faces
Of the Washington powers that be till
they were scared by the farmers aud
patched up truce with Germany. SO
McCleary's beautiful theory of starv-
ing the Germans into submission liz
sausgespielt.'
Why would not Mccleary's theort
work? Simply because most product,
which Germany buys from us are ~.
ricultural products, ana the Ge.rnan
had sense enough to know what orr
American stand patters did not have
sense enough to know-tliat II the,
could not swap German manufactures
for our agricultural products they
could swap them for South American
agricultural products and leave ours
to rot on our hands.
Ii our stand patters could get some
German brains into their heads. the
aforesaid stand patters would be great
" improved.
The Higher Law.
In the fifties William Henry Seward. |
then senator from the state of New |
York. imbittered American politics and |
helped shut himself ont of the presi.
dency by inventing the phrase .the
higher law Seward, unfortunately |
for himself. was a phrase maker. .srhe |
srrcpressible conflict was also of his |
eofning. Those two phrases and the
speeches bottomed on them-g great, bril-
liant, far resounding speeches
him 4 White House impossibility. OF |
course my readers do not have to be |
told that Stewards higher law ap-
pertained to slavery. Now, that ques-
ton having been settled, his phrase Is
In another connection, this
time with reference to homicide In con-
necfion with certain sins, and the ar.
guments pro and con are voluminous.
sometimes hitter. This 80 called high
er law was pleaded successfully at
Culpeper, Va, last winter in the
6trother cases. II caused hung jury
IN the Thaw case and had he been
defended would have cleared
him. Last week In St Louis 1t was
pleaded in defense OF Policeman Me-
Namara, who had killed his wife and
her paramour, and he was sentenced to
Fifteen years In the penitentiary. but
that sentence was the result OF cast
iron instructions from Judge Sale
which precluded any verdict except
hat OF murder In the first or second
degree It's dollars to doughnuts that
hat verdict will not stand in the SUI
sreme court and that Mcnamara win
inaIly go free or receive light SEN
lence for manslaughter
Now. what Is this higher law It Is
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