The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-29

believes in the perpetudlIoH VI Tie &c
public and consequently they having
such a horror of monarchies, imme-
diately become republicans. They don't
know anything about the tariff or cur
renew reform or the Philippines or any
of those propositions Bryan has been
talking about, and all the oratory in
the country can't move them. NO
more monarchies for them by Heck.
These things look so rosy 20 me
that am almost tempted to
launch into poetry. Where ignorance
is bliss, it is great to be republican"
En-. Teddy?
However. / suppose that I had bet
ter get back down to earth, for despite
the fact that the negroes and the for
eigners are all going to vote with US
because they have got the habit-we
must not forget that there are some
educated Americans who will have to
be held in line by different methods.
About that tariff proposition, Ted
DIV. l will confess that / am somewhat
at sea- You have been talking about
revision of the tariff and something
was said in the platform about revi-
sion of the tariff, and / suppose that
most of the people think by this that
We mean to lower the tariff. Is that
what we want them to think? You see,
as near as 1 can figure it out the gov
eminent has been running behind sew
eral millions a month on the present
pose that the revenues will be reduced
Of course. we might cut down the ex-
penses of the government, but if they
know that we are going to do this
some of the federal office holders will
get sore at us taking their jobs away
and will probably vote for Bryan, Sc
you see We can't do this.
Of course, Teddy 1 don't want to
say anything public about this unless
1 have to, but 1 don't want to have
to answer God knows when some
democrat asks me how We are going tC
pay the running expenses Of the gov
eminent if we reduce the tariff. So
ant TO fnIJ ,C{ hot 70 ,ox,
| in answer to this question.
You and know, Teddy, that Cannon
and Aldrich will see to it that there
is no revision of the tariff, but in or
der to win this election. am convinced
| that we must make the people believe
that we are going to lower the tariff
1t seems that a whole lot of them are
getting wise to the fact that the high
protective tariff is not the whole thing
for all the people, and lot of them
good republicans, too-want to change
it.
Don't you know, Teddy, this makes
me sick-this continual dickering with
public opinion. The more 1 think of it,
the more 1 am convinced that the sys-
tenn We have over in the Philippines is
the only right system. Over there we
don't continually have to find out what
the people want and give it to them
under penalty of losing our jobs if we
don't. No. over there, thank God, the
wise government can give the people
what it thinks they need, and if they
don't like it, there are always the
soldiers to fall back on. was talking
this matter over with Nicholas when T
was in Russia and he explained to me
the numerous advantages of his sys-
tenn over ours.
You will find out. Mr.. Secretary. !"
he said, that this thing of letting the
people rule will prove disastrous. You
will get your nice little system all in
working order so that you think you
can do just about what you please. and
then some agitator will start out and
upset all your pretty plans. tell you,
the only plan is to have all authority
centered in one hand and keep it
there"
l told him L thought so too but that
the agitatOrs who started this govern
ment out just after the revolutionary
war weren't any too we'll posted on
matters Of that kind so they provided
for our beastly system of elections in
stead of some sort of a decent system
of inheritance or seniority or some
thing like that
I think Nicholas is a great man,
don't you, Teddy?
Ny brother Charley continues to be
awfully good to me, and he has just
intimated that after 1 am elected he
thinks that he will go over to England
for while. Is it all right to promise
him that I will make him ambassado