The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-08-05


carries Aubatantial revision down
ward. President Taft has, again given
evidence Of |collAtrie tive statesman
ship Of the highest, order. He permit
ted Congress to- WfeBtle with the. gil
gantic subject until both houses had
Z had their say Ia rfulh lin recognition
Of their, rightfuls pEerogatiyes as leg
:tslators. When the matter came up
to him, he did not rfsil; to remember
the solemn Apl edge OF! the Republican
party$to the neople that the Dingley
rates should be revised In accord
: with the condit ions Of today and that
the revision should be downward
to the end that the cost OF the neces-
Isartes. of life should be reduced to the
consumers %of the country, and yet;
guaranteeing a reasonable profit to
the producers, Though besieged by
: the interests" to Hstand pat'' on the
highest kind, Of 8 protective tariff
: schedule. he set his Jaws firm and
made 1t plain that "a bill that did
not provide for. lower duties on such
essentials as hides, iron ore. leather
manufactured goods, lumber, ETC.,
would meet with an emphatic veto.
GO 1thaso 49, a. 49,, p ,,,.i+tnn
49, ROT n,a., - 800 Ii,5,, ~ ho,n
annctaS i,,to II - ~, -, 80 E,
q Tow 9bon53rs,r will iha ros5v - tho
atgnatura So e+ho ,ietorio 20 chtas NJ
ecutlve of the, Nation, OF, course,
the law will not be Ideal. In the
. nron, lac ~. ). ! honsand and ono CON.
f,,cftnp inferesfa .hrt = - 10 az host
that cnnld ha ootfen 81 THO +,roe onId
IA hetter :tban no law a. oil p,,af.
naaa 40 n n6w aai;,st ,taals - ~ na1,,.
oraar - ia y9o,, 80 "a 10 do,rb+
that an IA ~ 1850 ,,r,snor,tv az
+unon IN o. ee,iyf ~ fhA : ~ -
ghsos no y, ss,;y
af omr-;bsssy T;S} ,,,. M, - rs
mt 1e9t d,,f,t,fs ma oa ffat Pr no
il NOT anlv, s 5eaftesH hafnfn1}v bv. What.
ever reduction: may come An the nrice
OF the ttinag no aro,tst ,conanme but
HIS; earr,nGs are nrotected NV tho
guarantee, of haf,daonoe nrof,ts n the
rich manufacturing. and. financial
concerns. the nroynnters of which
give him nloyf,1snt In every 20.
nacitv from dnmasttc7 servant to CON
tractor and builder. In whatever
form progneritv c61nes, the Negro ia
certain tn get haa share az # presi-
dent Taft, Az tfSeS1ogica1 head of the
Renublican Tnayfv rhaa saved e from
chanpers vubs% ~ nr.aysss. ~, ! +bai,.' our,
nocketa with po1d a. fbe exnensa ~
the common neon1a and without no.
gard tn tbe~gntnra ~ To mo..,vo or-
Sanizaf,on whjct ,sr.t 800 ~aau ~,
before tho govera,gn v,+or. and ron~
der an account 81 ia atewardsbin
,rhe Naero huo "a 81 s,ka -, +ho +orifp
40 no hos IN aveyv htber oroo+ Co.,
nomic question, ana wh,,o tho 1000
has NOT an, nh aafveI t+s ;n+eroet +h,.
wear ;hecanaa ~ koanor anxie+v
over nroblema involving const1tu-
tionaI p3pbts and; nr,viIeees tho Ma
gro masses arc Glad tho naramoun+
commerciaI iss,,e has hee,; settIed---
and settled Alright we shall now
no free tn take ,,,,, aomo ~ rho ,sa,,ea
that come closer fo our hearta with
q prospect Of scanning svmnathetic
hearing at the White House. This
signal triumph. III President Taft as
the friend Of the plain neop,e gives
him a stronger hold than ever upon
the confidence Of the oppressed Me-
gro. .--- ....--... .-.
~. g.
Att the last meeting Of the Gen,
James 4; Buchanan Garrison, No.
III, Army and Navy Union, held in
the 18th Street Masonic hall. Com
mander Samuel T, Henry, of Deta-
ware, and Paymaster George D. Pow