Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-13

he can sustain rimseT in this posi- ton, a military dictatorship might be the eventual result An army depeno- cut upon the president alone, and a president Independent of law mean the destruction of constitutional lib erty, and the establishment of Caesarism in its stead. The contro- yersy between the president and the senate on this point is momentous.
 It is impossible to say now what will be the paramount issue in the campaign. It is, however, quite prob able that the Republicans will try and make some issue important on purpose to prevent the voters from thinking and voting on at least two issues that give them much trouble to combat-namely the trusts and the tarin. As far as the Democrats are concerned, there can be no eva. sion of these two issues, which are really one issue, for they have to be considered together. The tariff which protects the trusts and allows them to plunder the people is question of dollars and cents and ex- pediency. The Republicans having been forced to give up their claims that the trusts do not sell cheaper abroad than here, are therefore now forced to admit that the time VIII arrive after the next election-that is when the congress that will be elected in the fall of 1908 comes into power-when the tariff revision must be considered. The Taft-Rooseyelt faction Of the Republican party are telling the voters that the Republi- can platform will declare for tarift revision. The organ of the PTotec- tive Tariff League derides this pro posed tariff reform declaration and calls the opposing faction free trad CTS. As. Republican platform prom fses were, as we were assured by that high Republican authority, the late Senator Hanna, made to be brok
 faith in future promises, if it suits the party leaders to ignore them. Voters. therefore, who feel the pinch of nigh trust prices, and the enorm- ous increase in the cost of living will
 be charry of electing a Republican to represent them in congress, or a Re publican president, who, although pledged by the platform to favor tar.
 in revision at the same time decares
 he stands for the doctrine of protec
 ton All the declarations of former
 Republican platforms declare for pro
 lection as a fundamental doctrine oi
 the party and even those Republican congressman and others who now say
 they favor revising the tariff always
 qualify such remarks by declaring al
 the same time they believe in pro
 tecticr.
 Now the fact is that protecting the-trusts, much or little, is only 8
 great deal oT their incomes, it fol
 lows that to reduce the tariff will still plunder them to the extent oi the rates provided in the law. If We had a tariff for revenue as England has, the trusts and combines could
 not exist and pay interest on water ed stocks. They would be forced tc reduce the price of their products
 to meet competition from abroad ana
 their profits would be so decreased
 that they would only be able to pay reasonable dividends on the actual money invested.
 The Republican talk of free tradc Is only to try to frighten fools, and sensible men laugh at such vapor ings. Under our present system oi ftaxation we shall be compelled to pay tariff taxes, as England does, fol the purpose of raising revenue tt
 support the government.
 Tie taiiff question to be decided is how much the present rates shall be reduced and how much tariff taxes can be produced by proposed reduced | schedules, and whether the tariff that shelters trusts, which sell cheap
 CT abroad than here, shall be entire ly abolished or reduced to a revenue basis? The voters cannot decide up on all details. If they want real tar if reform they must vote for Demo cratic congressman. If they want tc stand pat they must elect ReDublt