The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-21
GATHERING FORCE.

AS nine-tenths of the people desire
tariff-revision it is bound to come
and all the Aldriches outside the
birthstone lakes can't hold it back.
The members of the Lower House see
the storm coming ana such men as
Douglass, Cole, Howland and others
representing Ohio districts are throw
ing OFF the monopolistic yoke and
trimming their sails for the storm.
The press OF Ohio is wen nigh solid
ror a decent and proper revision OF
the tariff and standpatism is as dead
as the geologic ages. The Cleveland
Leader has long been one of the bull
warks OF the protective system in
Inio but that journal following the
logIcai law OF the evolutionary senu-
ment now stands Tor revision. II comes
10 Iue support oI Congressman How
Iand wno is one OF the leaaers Tor
REVISION IN the House as Ionows:
Ine representative lrom Inc Twen-
IIeLn district leaves nOJnInS uouDtiui
auouL has poJlIIon i'll respect 10 the
aldTlCn lalIu. Mr.. nowlanu Is dlIecC
and emphatic. Inc Dlll wnicn Jne SEN
ate VII. send back 20 tue mouse cam
40. receive ms vote. he Is not Ior
tne lumDer duty wnicn would on.y
make small reduction in the pre-
mum now otIered for the destruction
Oh American forests. Other schedules
are TOO high, too inconsistent, too OBJ
yiously the result OF trading between
senators VINO lake a narrow and sell
Bshly unscientihc view or tariff re-
vision.
Mr.. Rowland declares that the
senate has not kept faith with the
country. 1t has not given effect to the
promises made repeatedly, during the
presidential campaign, by the man
who was trusted and looked up TO
as the leader OF his party-the man
who is now master of the whitehouse,
confronted by the prospect Of being
asked to sign a bill not in harmony
with his own views or with his pub
lie pledges made in behalf of the re-
publican party.
1T Is against this bad faith, this
playing fast and loose with the coun.
try, that Paul Howland protests and
II is this that he intends to oppose with
his vote and by every means in his
power. He stands by his party's plat
fern and its chosen leaders promises.
he VIII not bow down to Senator AL
drich. He will not give way to the
traders in the senate. He does not in
tend to share in the condemnation
and the rebuke which may be ex-
pected to follow the enactment Of
the Aldrich tariff. if that measure goes
through in its present form.
1T would be well for the country
II there were more men OF Paul
Howland's type i'm congress. He has
intelligence, courage and character
enough to see that the square deal
with the people Is the right hing.
the wise thing. the only safe thing. He
understands, If the senate leaders of
the republican party do not, that it
:s political folly as we'll as bad pub
lie policy to stutify the present and
mock those who trusted his promises
and made him executive head of the
ration. Mr.. Rowland stands for good
faith, the fulfillment of campaign
pledges, the straightforward square,
brave politics which the country has
learned to ex0ect from the republican
rarty.
"Is it too late for such a prophet
OF sound political morality and party
wisdom to stop the Aldrich program?
Cannot other strong men on the ma
Jority side in the house stand with
Paul Howland in a determined, right
eous, winning fight against the die
tator OF the senate? 1t would be good
service to-the president. therepublIcan
marty and the nnuntrx,