The Irish standard., 1909-05-08
TWO LEADING POLITICIANS.

Inc United States has produce i
many great men whose names will
live in song and story for future gen.
erations. The signers Of the Dcclara-
ton OF Independence and the Presi-
dents of the republic will live forever
IN the history of tho country. The
statesmen and orators of the past, when
the country was young. will be re-
n1embercd for ages to come. The VIC
ferrous generals of tho arm: and adj
mirals of the navy Will no. be SOON
forgotten. Some Of the senator's and
congressman of the nation. in the past
and at the present time. may find
a niche in the temple of fame; hut
there are two leading mon living today
whose names will BE- household words
for many years to come. They arc
Congressman Payne and Senator Al
drich. Their names may not be popu-
lar, but they will be widely known on
account Of the tariff bills. These two
men are neither statesmen nor ora
tors. They are simply men of BUSH
ness ability. and had they lived in
another section of the country they
would never have come into political
prominence.
How have Payne and Aldrich az
CURED such influence" How have they
obtained sucl, control of lcgisla ton as
to defy the will of the entire Ameri-
can people? They arc tho mcuthpieces
of the financial, commercial and in
dustrial interests OF the East. They
arc narrow and contracted in their
views as Americans. and are the rep
rcsentatives Of section ana not If
the nation at large.
One is tho leader in the House Of
Repre- scntatives and the other is lead
or OF the senate in the preparation OF
tariff bill in accordance with the
Republican national platform adopted
at Chicago and upon which President
TAFT was elected. Regardless OF The
pledge in tho platform, tn revise the
Dingley tariff in the interest of :.hc
consumers, these two leaders in their
bills are raising the tariff for the BEN
ettt of few at the expense of the
many. but they find obstinate oppo-
sition from mon Of the West like Nci-
son of Minnesota and Dolliver of Iowa.
Reason and logic. facts and figures
have little effect upon Payne and A.
drich and their adherents. but before
the Payne Aldrich bill receives the
Presidents endorsement, the schedules
will have been whitfield down con-
siderably.
A Washington correspondent of a
Republican newspaper says that Taft
may hc depended on to veto the bill
if real. substantial reduction mas
not been made as promised during mis-
campaign. II Taft can muster suefi-
cient courage to stand by the people
and defy the protected interests lie
VIII rise considerably in the estina-
ton Of those who never expected much
reform under his administration. The
fact of the matter is that Payne and
Aldrich exert more influence on the
affairs Of tho nation than Taft or his
pugnacious predecessor who is nov
hunting lions In the African wilder
ness. To speak candidy, VIC think Taft
Is destitute Of barkbone., and that he
will not dare to invite the opposition
OF the privileged class that elected
him to ho 4 mere figurehead
Payne and Aldrch with Vice. resi-
dent Sherman and Speaker Cannon,
exerted more influence, on the affairs
OF tho nation than the president and
his cabinet, so far as the tariff is con-
sidered.
That willy qnartette has been trained
to hambooale tho masses in the inter-
est Of the classes. They know how
7" make figures lie. Ono fearless.
honest senator from the West--Sena-
tor Dollirer of lowa-l,as exposed thriv
jugglery in the Dngley bill. Sometimes
the duty on foreign goods has been
placed too high for the benefit of the
Eastern manufacturers. Said the
Hawkoyc man amid interruption from
the Rhode Islander:
These good people were once ac-
customed to import scrap rubber for
the purpose of aduterating their pro-
ducts. admitted free if it was old. un-
der the Dingley law, and bearing 10
per cent under the basket clause e,r
waste if it was new or had not yet
reached the end Of its earthly pilgrim
age. show YOU here little piece
OF scrap left over in the manufacture
OF a rubber boot. 1t was brought with
q shipment of similar merchandise to
the port OF Boston with the view Of
extracting the rubber from It by n
process which entirely destroys both