Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-25


it having come to me without solicitation
l prize 1t all the more and accent il with
a full sense of the burdens and RESPONSE
blites
THE republican nominee fol Vice Presi-
dent In his recent speech OF acceptance af-
fected the belief that the question Shall
the people ruler" implied charge of
venality against the American electorate
He affirmed with great emphasis that un-
der recent republican administration the
people have ruled without let or hindranca
1t is passing strange that in republic
like this there should be occasion for a
discussion of this question. 1t is a gov
eminent of the people and by the people,
They presumably govern themselves
represent them in Congress. Their will
when known ought TO be supreme and
should be given immediate effect
Again, "Shall the People Rule?'
And if the will of the people once
known is not given effect then the people
do rot rule
VIII any intelligent man claim that
there is or has been any substantial diver
sity of opinion in this country on the
question as to whether the tariff duty on
wood pulp used in the manufacture of
paper should be reduced or removed? In
this case the tariff tax operated for the
benefit of the paper trust alone. allowing
that combine to levy millions of tribute
each year upon the newspapers of the
country and their readers. The press of
the country without regard to party
united in demanding relief. The people Of
the republic unanimously seconded the de-
mand- The President of the United States
threw the influence of his great office in
favor of the demand of the press and the
people. But all without avail The domi-
nant forces within the republican party
ticl.x
gress parliamentary condition. in the
interest of monopoly under which the sole
power to determine whether a measure
should be allowed to become a law or not
was lodged in the Speaker of that body
and his committee on rules, and by the
fiat of that one man the will of the press
the people and the President was set at
naught. Behold the spectacle. On one
side eighty millions of free people demand
ing legislation TO right admitted
wrong On the other side few men en-
gagged in public plumber aided by the DOM
mating power within the republican party.
represented by the presiding officer of the
once popular branch of Congress! And
the plunderers and these unfaithful public
servants prevail over the people of this
great republic. In this instance did the
people rule?
Rebuke With Ballots!
] suggest a way by which the American
voters can regain their right to self-goy-
eminent, and that is by the assertion of
their manhood on election day by rebuk-
| ing with their ballots the party which
has brought about such an intolerable
condition
Time forbids the multiplication of in
stances where the popular will has been
defed and set at naught by the real re-
! publican neutrality-suspicious. by the
one-man power of the House and some
times Inv the few a tfvaS of
nopoly who dominate the Senate
| The question of tariff taxation is one of
vital interest I am i'm hearty accord with
our platform declarations on that SUBJ
/ ject.
The republican candidate for Vice Presi-
dent in his recent speech of acceptance
/ lauded the Dingley bill and declared that
/ when enacted IL was well adapted to