The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-10-09

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country. They are sold abroad for
less than they can be bought for with
In this country, and for that very rea-
son !thsrs shouid be u determined ee.
eqrt.on. me part es the peeple te. .eonpel
a reduction OF the Sari1 on articles thus
puryeysd to foreign customers at lea9
than the domestic price s-'''','1 ..''.,-- /.
] have reason to; believe that even
che Standard OIL con- pany 10 sailing tn
product sin Great. Britain at lss7 thEn
II vii, ceil It here In our own country.
where It pumpq the crude petroleum
out OF tho bowels Of The earth. Every
hody knows that tho Unites States
Gseei company seHs Dteel in foreign
lands for less than It win sell IL to our
American shipyards. And the one thing
that enables these corporations to IN
wade foreign markets for the profit Of
their own stockholders is the tariff:
There is no profit apparant for the
American people, who have TO pay the
tariff tax.
Tasso Eisht, ON Ronaksr.
Tue attack made by Gr. Hearst on
Senator Foraker vas vicious and yet
az this moment Of writing seems to
have been supported By necessary owl
dance. Personally know nothing
about the facts In tho casa, and I am
on little fond Of Foraker as Of Hearst.
But am inclined to wonder whether
the controversy arose from Mr.
Hearst's own personally conducted pc
litical party or whether 1t was not In
cited by Mr.. Taft himself or by his
brother, Charles P. Taft. Tho latter
statesman 10 DESTROYS OF being the
next senator from Ohio. Naturally he
sees that Mr.. Foraker stands in his
way. Therefore he 10 willing to fight
Foraker and to carry out what was
said was the purpose Of the Taft Or
ganization year ago-namely, to elm
mate Foraker from politics.
It 80 happens that I know Mr.
Hearst moderately well. and I am en-
tirely confident that he would not hes-
itate for a moment to lend his aid to
Charles P. Taft IL by so doing he
could hurt either Mr.. Foraker or the
Democratic national ticket
Tho Ohio Outlook.
The effect Of this attack will be to
absolutely destroy the Republican par
ty in Ohio this year. It will destroy 1t
not because the people OF that state
believe that the charges made against
Senator Foraker are thoroughly well
founded, but because the Foraker fac
tion in the state will believe, ais it does
believe today, that these charges were
made by mercenary OF politics at the
incentive of Taft's own brother. Per
sonally I do not believe that Senator
Foraker represents all that is sweet.
ness and light in: politics, but he has
got back OK him a tremendous and a
devoted following In the state Of Ohfo.
This following will refuse to believe
that he IS in this particular incident
guilty Of any unlawful act. They VIII
believe that certain letters have been
purloined by an agent OF the Taft
family from the 6aes Of the Standard
Oil company and have been used fof
Eorakers undOlng.
The publication, Of these letters may
undo Foraker. Probably it will. But
it is mighty likely to undo Taft as
wen, for there Is no man In public life
who has more devoted personal fol-
lowing In his own state than Joseph
B. Foraker. If it be made clear, as it
certainly will be, that these letters
were turned over to Hearst by some
one closely associated with the TAFT
campaign, you Will find that the men
who have marched with Foraker for
years back will march into their tents
and permit Mr.. Taft to fight bis battle
himself. This is only one OF the many
bitter quarrels among Republicans.
There are others in Indiana, IN Kansas
in Wisconsin and in Minnesota.
But, after all, the real issue is likely
to settle down upon this: If Mr.. Roose-
yelt is TO select his successor as pres.
ident and if Mr.. Taft is to select bis
brother as senator from Ohio and If
HIr. Charles P. Taft Is to be the dom,
inant factor in selecting the congress
sional delegation from Ohio, how far
are we from Imperialism and hered.
itary monarchy:
What Happened In Indiana.
Everybody believes that Indiana is
going to be this year straight Dem,
ocratic state. OF course belief does
not mean proof But we have some
proof that may possibly Justify our be-
lief. For example. only the other day
it became necessary for the voters OF
Indiana to elect number Of members
Of the state legislature to fill vacancies
which had been caused by death or by
inability Of the regularly elected mem,
bers to serve. There were five Of these
districts that were III the past solldly
Republican. -Four Of them this yeai
returned Democratic candidates. One
which had q record Of 1900 Republic
an majority, this year dropped to 20S.
So much for Indiana. But on the
very day that this happened promi-
uent Republican politician whom
have known for year and who has
been one Of the principal managers of
the Beveridge candidacy encountered
Inc in Chicago. He Informed ME that
the state of Indiana this yenr was al
most as safely Democratic as the state
Of Texas. And he further declared
that In his travels throughout the