The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-27
PARTY LINES BROKEN DOWN.


the tariff bill, more and more it is seen
that there are no such things as party
lines any more on the question Of pro-
lection or free trade.
The most unexpected developments
have come from the Southern States
It was expected of course that the
! Democratic Senators of Louisiana
wonId insist upon the protection of
sugar, since sugar is the great and
staple product Of that State. This,
they have accordingly done, It was n
surprise, however, to find Senator Till
man of South Carolina ranging himself
on the protective side. demanding a
| duty on tea, 10 protect the infant tea
industry of his State. It was a sur.
prise 10 see the Senators from Ala
bama insist upon a tariff upon iron
and its products. II was a great sur
prise 10 see Senator Daniel of Vir-
| ginia come out in an indorscment, not
only of protective, tariff duties on local
| products. but in an Endorsement in
| fnll IN Its widest scope. of the principle
| of protection On the other hand, a
considerable number Of Republicans are
out in the open. fighting not only Ger
tan protective schedules, but practi-
| cally abandoning the protective prin
ciplc altogether The two Iowa Sen.
ators are in the latter class; Senator
Beveridge is part way along. and Sena,
tor Nelson Of Minnesota has travelled
yet further from protection lines.
SO that the tariff question is no
longer dividing party line. What re,
mains, then, 10 distinguish the partisans
who call themselves Democrats from
those who call themselves Republicans
From time immemoria the tariff has
been an iueradicablc line Of party di-
vision, the Democrats being either for
free trade so far as practicable, or
those who tolerated the tariff idea az
all demanding "tarif for revenue
only But it is evident that Demo.
crats-a good many of them in the
Senate, and no doubt in the House,
also-have absolutely repudiatcd the
basic idea of their party, departing
come squarely out in admitting the
rightfulness of the protective idea, as
such. A good many Republicans, on
the other hand. are Just as far away
from the protective principle, which is
the keystone of their party arch, as the
Democrats are away from the fouu,
oation stono OF their party. And
there is nothing left any more to dis.
tinguish one sort Of partisan from
another. When Democrats can be re-
lied upon for protection, as such. and
Republicans can be relied upon To vote
against protection, as such. then it is
quite impossible 10 distinguish one set
of partisans from the other.
What. then, Will be the outcome'
Eventually. no doubt, something will
arisc-som6 great issue-upon which
new party aligDments can be made.
This new alignment has been called
for loudly and insistcntly in the East
crn press. Our response has been that
we in Utah offer an issue upon
which men in both Of the old parties
can consistently unite, Just as they
have done locally heretofore IN the
formation of the American party. The
aim Of this party is to eliminate ec-
clcsiastical control in politics and civil
affairs, TO enforce equality before the
law. and reprcsS what Mr. Folk calls
"the privileges Of lawlossness'; 10
shake off the hold of ecclesiastical
tyranny over mankind in their tenn
IN the country at large there is not
enough of this to make it worth while
10 form an issue upon IT, But we see
ii everywhere throughout the country.
The privileges Of lawlcssness', exists
IN the west. the cast, and in the
middle; il exists throughout the coun-
try. IT should be completely stamped
out; and it would he worthy of the
efforts of great party 10 organize
for tins one purpose alone; while as
for the lifting of the heavy hand of
the ccclesiasts from political and pub.
lIc affairs, there arc unmistakable
signs that the church which is en-
trenched here is so strong in its
power over the surrounding common
Wealths, while in absolute dominance in
Utah, as to be menace 10 the Ma.
ton al large. IT is so serlons A mat
ter that IL will not do to slight it. or
to imagine for ono moment that it can
safely be left alone; for it can not. |
The peril has been great for n nood
many years, and it is growing |
gradually all the while. When the Ma.
ton finally wakes mp to an understand,
ing of what this ecclesiastical usurpa.
ton really means, there Will be a
furore OF opposition, comparable only |
to the tremendous wave Of patriotic
impulse which sent hundreds of thou.
sands OF young men into the Union |
armies To maintain the Nation s life.
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The old folks are 10 have their an