Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-19
WHOpAYSTHE TAXES
THE REPUBLICANS SAY THE FOR.
EIGNER PAYS The TAXES
The People of the United States
knOw That They Themselves Paw
1t. Speaker Cannon FOrgetS in
One Speech What He Says in the
Previous Speech.

Speaker Cannon addressed the Illinois
legislature recently, and in the course Of
his remarks said: "You will recoIlect
that in the session OF congress that was
lately adjourned. we appropriated for
public service for the coming twelve
months upwards of 5000 100000. And
this vast sum is gathered up by indirect
taxation that most of us fail to realize
We pay when we do pay it. Every time
we smoke cigar we pay the tax. On
most articles that we get from alb, Dad we
pay the tax"
But heretofore Mr.. Cannon and other
republican leaders have told us that 1.-The
foreigner pays the tax"
1t is interesting to read the advice
which republicans are now giving to the
democrats. 1t recalls the early months
of 1904. Tie democratic party was at
that time the recipient OF great deal of
unsolicited advice from republicans, and
it was all along the same line. The
democrats were assured that their defeats
were attributable to radicaism and that
they could strengthen their party by q
return to conservative doctrines. They
were not promised victory. OF course not +,
but the republican editors were so anx.
ious to have strong, viri'e organization
to fight that we were assured that the
republican party was becoming careless
because it had no effective opposition
and that it would really be good for the
country to have the democratic party
almost, but not quite, strong enough to
publican party on its good behavior,
make it careful about its conduct, etc.
This kind of advice was given in unstint-
ed measure, and it was followed. We
had an emnently respectable candidate !:
ne had the confidence OF the business in
terests, and his campaign was conducted
upon thoroughly conservative lines, and
then the republicans sat back and
laughed at the success of their scheme
as they counted up majority almost too
large for figures.
Now the same game is being tried
again. The republican editors are again
pleading for the democratic party; they
are weeping over its supposed decrepti-
tude. Well, it is bad enough for the re-
publican editors to advise us. There s
possibly some excuse for them. The
the management OF the republican party
and they feel that they are entitled to
advise some organization, but it is adding
insult to injury to have advice from
General Charles II. Grosvenor-"the
sage of Athens" as the Cincinnati En-
1urer calls him. The Enquirer found
him at the Snton hotel. He picked out
a democratic candidate and gave him a
boost. Here is sample of his advice:
"There is no way under heaven and
among men whereby this country will
trust the democratic party again with
power in all the branches of the govern.
ment, until there is radical reformation
in the principles OF the party and the
personnel of its leaders. What good
would come of carrying the Southern
states for democratic candidate in 1908
with such accidental victories in other
states as might possibly occur? The
great body of the electorate is dead
against the democratic party as it stands
today, and it must have guarantee OF
principle and not a guarantee of oppor-
lunity.
"How is better result to be brought
about? A republican of unfalterng faith
in his party. and lack of faith in the
democratic party, ought not, perhaps, to
give any advice, and surely his advice
will not be counted as of any value by
our democratic friends. Nevertheless, it
would be the part OF wisdom for the
democratic party to turn its back upon
the past, with single statement to the
people of the country as follows: We
have tried a number Of experiments and
they have failed We will now retreat