The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-04
DECEPTION in MOVE
FUTlLlTY OF THE "AFTER ELEC.
TION' TALK.
Republican Leaders Ready Enough to
Promise Tariff Reform In the Hope
of Once More Deluding
the Voters.

IT'S very comical to see the anxiety
IF some Republican politicians for
tariff reform. There is Uncle Shelby
Moore Cullom, of Illinois, who has
been senator from Illinois for the past
"a years, and a member of the house or
representatives for 16 years before
| that. now says I'VE must have tariH
reform"
Uncle Shelby probably does not
care whether "the principle OF protec-
ton" is again Endorsed by the Repub-
lican party, or whether a maximum
and minimum tariff, which would raise
the tariff higher, is the outcome AFTER
election" but he wants it understood
that before election he is for reform
| Of the boldest kind without specifying
what schedules shall be abolished or
revised.
Your Uncle Shelby is no better or
worse than the average Republican
politician, and his bold announcement
for tariff reform immediately after
| election" is a strong indication that
the great majority Of the people or
Illinois have been clamoring for tarlf1
reform before election, and hat II
Is the part Of wisdom to try and con-
| sole them with a promise for the fu-
ture.
Can the people of Illinois be kept in
line for the Republican party again
by promises? What will they do to
| Uncle Shelby and the other Repub-
lican politicians who represent them
IL their favorite son, Uncle Joe Can
non. is reelected speaker again, and
persists in appointing a stand pat
WAYS and means committee like the
| present one that laughs and gibes
at tariff reform Of the slightest kind!
| Uncle Joe is backed by all the pow
err and money of the trusts, and moth
ing but a political revolution will un-
horse him.
In fact, nothing but a Democratic
majority in congress, continued for at
least four years, will reform the tariff.
If the Democrats control the house
of representatives Of the next congress
and pass q tariff reform bill. your
| Uncle Shelby will probably vote in the
| senate against II. But even II he,
| forced by public opinion. should vote
| for a tariff reform bill, there are more
| than enough friends OF the trusts and
| combines in the senate to defeat It.
1t is safe to say that practically
every Republican in the senate and
| house would vote against a Democrat
ic tariff reform measure, just As they
have refused to consider the bills for
reforming the abuses Of that tariff
that were before the committee at the
session just ended. Thore was the
bill to reduce the tariff rates that ex'
coed 100 per cent, and the bill to
| abolish the duty on wood pulp and
print paper were never reported from
the committee that Speaker Cannon
appointed and controlled.
1t is no good to try and fool the peo'
pie with promises all the time. Ii
they want tariff reform they must not
| only elect a Democratic house Of rep
| r~esentatives, but q Democratic major
lIy III lhc OoAolC dIcO 1AO pCVRiO NJ
Illinois will have the opportunity on
defeating the reelection Of Senator
| Hopkins this fall, II they really want
tariff reform, but they will have tc
elect q Democratic state legislature
to do so. There are over 70 states
| that will have . similar opportunity
But will they do it? Two years later
they will elact 80 more United States
| senators and ii will need q majority
of these to be Democrats to Assure
tariff reform. Any reform OF value
that will prevent the trusts from
charging high prices, or from selling
| cheaper abroad than at home, will
never come from the Republican party
as now constituted.
The voters who want reform will
have to be steadfast in we'll doing, fol
it will take a long pull and a strong
! pull to force the trusts to give up their
strangle hold on the American people