The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1908-10-01

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bushwhacker?
In this connection we are moved to
enquire whether Senator Beveridge
was not much more in earnest, and
considerably neaibr the earth last
June when he wrote the following
| for the Saturday Evening Posti
"Our whole financial system. which
is sort Of chaos, must be set In or
der and put upon solid. enduring,
scientific basis. The time has come
when we must abandon the log rolling.
hop.skip.and.jump methods OF tariff
building and make our customs laws
upon exact information according to
modern principles of commerce.
The Republican party has been In
control of the federal government al
most continuously for AZ years and
| In exclusive control thereof for the
last IL years. II our financial system
Is a chaos and our tariff Is built
upon "log-rolling and hop-skip-and-
Jump methods" who Is responsible?
Charges like these have been made
by the Democrats for many years. but
this Indiana statesman is the first
prominent Republican who has admit
ted their truth over his own signature
II the Republican party. after so
| many years of unlimited power, con-
| fesses that 1t has utterly failed to leg
| islate intelligently and equitably upon
| the finances and the tariff, is 1t to be
| wondered that the whole country Is
rising in its might and demanding
| change?
Governor Hughes Of New York was
| the last orator upon the Youngstown
program. The governor is a man OF
many admirable qualities, but argu-
ments were scarce in the Republican
camp that day and he was forced to
resort to a palpable misrepresenta-
ton. OF Mr.. Bryan and the tariff is
sue he said: "He insists on an over
throw of the entire system of protec-
ton, thus threatening the dislocation
of trade and a most serious disturb
ance of industry"
With two million idle men and
three hundred thousand idle freight
cars, it would not seem necessary to
wait for "a dislocatiOn of trade" until
Mr.. Bryan has overthrow the system
of protection. There is very 'seri-
Gus distu Dance Of industry" at the
present moment, and unfortunately
for the Republican party it can not
be charged to Mr.. Bryan. The truth
is. however. that MIR. Bryan is not
guii..J of desiring to overthrow the
entire system of protection. He wish
es only to revise the tariff for the
benefit of the people instead of for
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of the trusts. The
Republican party has revised it IL
times and each time the revision has
been UPWARD. All parties admit
that it is now time to revise 1t again,
and the Republican party would un-
questionably pursue it's UPWARD
course. Inc Democratic party in
tends to revise the tariff in the next
congress, and it will be revised
DOWNWARD. No honest or legiti-
mate industry will be attacked, but
the tariff-fed trusts, now selling their
products under every flag on earth
cheaper Than under the flag which
protects them, will be smitten with
heavy hand. If Governor Hughes
wishes to find some one who has in
sisted upon an overthrow of the en-
tire system of protection" he need
look no further than the distinguish
ed gentleman to whom he owes his re-
cent renOmination-the president of
the United States, who long age wrote
that political economists have gener
ally agreed that prOtctioi is Vicious in
theory and harmful In practice"
All of the Youngstown orators en-
phatically proclaimed that Judge Taft.
If elected. would carry out President
Roosevelt's policies" Which of that
erratic statesman's policies is refer
red to? Congressman Littlef1eld of
Maine, Republican, says that Pres
ident Roosevelt has secured judgment
against seven trusts in seven years
an average of one judgment per year.
Does Judge Taft intend to daily like
that? Moody's manual of corporation |
securities-a recognized authority
schedules two hundred and eighty
seven well known trusts. Must we |
wait two hundred and eighty-seven |
years until each of these trusts has
been fined-say $40 and costs? Even |
at the end of that long period, II |
Judge Taft and his successors are no
more successful than President Roose-
welt has been, not solitary trust |
magnate will have been incarcerated; |
but. on the contrary, numerous Paul |
Nc, ions who have been run to earth, |
az The managers of lawless corpora
II ms, by future Judson Harmons, will |
be enjoying seats in the cabinets of |
future presidents.
Does Judge Taft intend to follow |
President Roosevelt's policy with re-
spect TO the colored soldiers to whom
the President was personally so much
indebted during the late war in Cuba?
II so, before he takes action, let him
read and ponder the following words
uttered by Abraham Lincoln in 1864:
There seems to be some anxiety
In the public mind whether the gov
ernment is doing its duty to the col
ored soldiers. Upon clear convic-
ton of duty, resolve to turn tnat ele.
ment OF strength to account and /
am responsible for 1t to the American
people. to the Christian world, to his.
tory and to my final account to God.
Having determined to use the negro
as a soldier. there IL no way but to
GIVE HIM ALL THE PROTECTION