Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-09-24

,ory duties that foreign counties are
now putting upon US, our home mar
ket would be free from the domination
OF the destroying trust, wages would
he increased and cost OF living re-
duced. and every branch OF industry
would take on new life and activity.
Nothing has added so greatly to the
concentration OF wealth in few hands
as the operation OF the tariff law and
the growth of the trusts It has neees-
sariIy created. The great distinction
between Democratic and kepuoiiean
policies is this: Whatever mistake
Democracy may have made, IT has al,
ways firmly stood opposed TO special
privileges, and whatever virtues Re
oublieanism may nave possessed, II
has always stood for favors to special
classes. AS long as this great prin-
ciple stands as the line Of d~ifferentla-
ton between the parties, there can De
no question as 10 where lies the in
terest of the masses.
TIE TARIFF KEEPS UP THE TRUST.
Never again can the Republican
party contend that the removal OF the
tariff will not destroy the trust. Last
year all the great newspapers OF n
land Joined in a demand upon Con
gress for the removal of the duty on
wood pulp, and every Republican
editor voiced the assertion that TINS
removal of duty would break up the
print D trust, and relieve him from
the grievous exactions it imposed.
Will those Republican editors now
deny to the farmer the relief they de-
manded for themselves? Will they
pretend that the remedy so eficacious
in their behalf would be Of nj value
to him? The sauce for the editorial
goose will surely make good dressing
for the agricultural gander.
In the attempt to control the trust
under laws that have encouraged it,
the Republican party has year after
year wandered farther from the prin-
ciples on which the government was
founded, until today they are threat
ening to attack the integrity of the
states, in order that the general gov
eminent may have sufficient power to
crush this creature OF its own breed
ing. W. demand that the rights OF
the states be preserved, and that the
power OF the general government be
used only 10 supplement the power OF
the states.
HADLEY BACKS DOWN ON FEDERAL
COURTS.
Some months ago, il one might
Judge from the utterances accredited
to him by the press, Mr.. Hadley was
very much inclined TO this Demo
cratic doctrine, but now that his party
has announced its policy, we hear
nothing more from him along that
line. II he believes in this preserva-
ton Of the states rights, and honest
ly desires to see It put in force, he
should announce his preference for
the election Of a Democratic Legs
lature that will send 10 the Senate OF
the United States a mar in harmony
with this great principle, and the cleo
ton Of Democratic Congressman TO
maintain il in the popular branch OF
the Federal assembly. But perhaps
Mr.. Hadley has seen a new light upon
this issue, as he has on other ques-
tons. We were told through the col
umns of the Missouri press Just be
fore the gathering of the convention
at Chicago that Mr.. Hadiey was on
his way to that great body armed
with a resolution demanding that the
Federal courts no longer usurp the
jurisdiction of the states, and that the
cause of men who labored be pro-
tected from the too liberal use of the
injunctive process. We were told
that the Missouri delegation had al
ready decided he should be its mem
Der on the platform committee in or
der that he might press these resolu.
tons, but when Chicago was reached
and Mr.. Hadley had opportunity tc
confer with the leaders of his party
we were informed he would yield his
place or the platform committee tc
Senator Warner, and when the timS
approached for a discussion OF these
issues on the floor, his place wa.
taken by Nelson Crews. his coloret
alternate from Kansas City.
ALSO GIVES LABOR THE COLE sHoUL
DER.
The Chicago convention not onl,
refused the demands made by tn,
labor leaders, but proposed to give
the force of statutory law to the pres
ent procedure in the Federal courts
, and since then we have heard moth
ing more Of Mr.. Hadley's plank, bu
: only of his approval Of the Republican
policy.
Under the Sherman anti-trust law
as construed today by our courts, tn,
labor union is a twin brother to tn,
criminal trust. In the last Congress
labor begged of the Republican part,
/, to be relieved from this odium. No
: only was their request denied, but il
boastful language the Republican
; leaders announced they were respon
! sible for legislation. For years tn
. Republican party has refused ever,
: reasonable demand Of labor, and We
: with full knowledge Of that fact tn,
: votes Of laboring men have main
! tanned in Congress a Republican ma
! jority. Has that majority not a RICH
therefore to believe that those mel
approve their course? ii Is tn
{ sheerest folly for a laboring man /,
! pretend he fayors the bills
! by the American Federation Of Labor
, and then go to the polls and vote 70
! a Republican Congressman.
!. He knows full well whatever ma.
) he the Diedpea that r..