The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-23

DuJ Ill Jne hepuDllCuH party o."
we'll. lie knew that for the past
decade the people had been fooled
into voting the Republican ticket
with the promise Of revision, next
year, but like tomorrow, ''next
|year' never came. He figured that
the old promise was not worn out
put would stand good for another
ampaign at least, and he did not
care 10 array the trust magnates
and money kings, the source from
whence all Republican campaign
funds must come. against his poll
'lcal undcrstudy, William II. Taft,
the Jacob of the White House.
Since the recommendation for tar
in revision after the next presidep-
tal election was made, President
Roosevelt has disco7ered that tariff
,evision sentiment was more wide
spread and more contagious than
he had suspected. From all quar-
!ers Of the country and from all
political parties excepting the Can
non racLion in the Republican par
~ ami the Wall st.eet section OF
New FORK city, comes the demand
for something little more explicit
than The threadbaie, baggy-kneed
promise of something some time,
somehow, somewhere. maybe The
r; ople know that With William j.
IIryan in the chair and Demo-
ratio congress back of him, the
tariff woald be revised and revised
promptly. They also know that
v ith William j. Bryap in the presi-
cents chair ana Republican con-
gress back of him, he would make
t so uncomfortably warm for con
gress that it would he glad to do
omething.
Now, what does this great non
partisan president do? In order TO
stop this sentiment tLd turn it TO
advantage for Taft he calleth to-
Icther :he Republican leaders of
the house and senate and layeth
Ithe situation before them. The re-
suit is that 1t is agreed to call an
extra session of congress to con-
%der rcYising the tdliff.
For the past tgo years Presi-
jent Roosevelt has been grand
5 tandilg before thY people as
great "trust buster He has in
sisted that the anti trust laws, in
cluding the Sherman law, be en-
forced to the letter His messages
70 congress have dwelt upon this
3articular thing all his press
agents have writer column after
column. The trust malgnates have
|squlrmed under thu lash and have
turned upon Roosevelt; by turning
on Taft. The genera impression is
that the trusts will fight Taft for
the nomination and II he is nomi-
hated, viii vote fo' bryan.
What does Pres Gcnt Roosevelt
40 to cOunteract th,,2 He recon-
mendj dat congress revise the
sherman antitrust laws to suit the
rusts.
In a recent message to congress
J esident Roosevelt spoke of just
as rigid an enforcement of The laws
'gainst organized labor as against
combined capital, Shortly after
that message, the United States Sup
RENE court made some holdings
which were very detrimental to
the labor unions. Last week, repre-
?enta.iyes of organized labor met
ia Washington to consider organ
'zing third party, provided their
9Iotest % the president was not
aeard. Tine labor leaders saw the
president and laid the case before
am and what is the result. A spe-
rial message Is to Lp sent TO con-
gress, recommending the passage
of some of the measures which are
demanded by labor. And for what?
To try TO square Taft with the lab
.oring voters.
About three years ago, there oc-
Cured little fracas in Brownsville
foxas. President Roo3eyelts "dan-
der" was raised ami he discharged
"a bunch of negro soldiers from the
army and barred them from re-
|enlisting. For nea.Iy three years
he "stood patp in the face of OPP