Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-07

THAT Is not the question. The plat
form was for protection. ALI the Re
tpublicans in Congress were for pro-
lection: but the view of these high
priests appear to be that II they
Though that upon any given atlcle
protection required so per cent. and
| we thought the article would be amply
protected with 20 per cent, unless we
voted for so, we were no longer Re
publicans. The whole proposition is
F; SO absurd that even the most rabid
member OF the triumvirate will not
repeat il often.
No Need for Concern.
There need be no concern about
| the attitude of the insurgents and
their friends. They will do DAeir bes,
, to nominate candidates who believe
In a progressive Republican party.
When they succeed, they VIII re-
jolce because a step will have been
! taken in the path OF reform. When
/ they fail, they will be Republicans
still, for il there ever was me when
there was absolutely no reason FOR
transferring any branch of the govern
ment to Democratic hands, this Is the
, time. Individually. | have high re-
gard for the integrity and patriot
ism for many of the Democritic Sen
ators and Representatives inCongress,
but collectively they are more unht
TO manage the affairs OF great coun-
try than ever before in the history
OF tne organization. Nevertheless. we
do not intend TO accept as final the
revision of the tariff against which we
voted, and we do intend to tell the
people of the country from time to
time why we could not and did not
give the bill our approval.
MIR Cummins discussed protection
as a policy, referred % the p edge OF
the party for tariff revision, and the
efforts OF the insurgents to carry out
this pledge. tie spoke OF the IN
difference of the leaders OF the ma
jor,ty who were now questioning their
Republicanism He criticized particu-
larry the action on some OF the lead
ing articles of the tariff bill. among
them print paper. Concerning the
llatter schedule. ne said: IF il shall
happen, as now seems probable, that
the competing provinces in Canada
are compelled to bear our maximum
tariff, print paper will be required TO
pay a duty of $12 per ton, or more
He did not want 1t to be understood
that the majority of the Republicans
in Congress were unfaithful to the
hedges of their party. He did think,
however. that Congress had not the
information that was necessary to en-
able those who believed in protec-
ton to apply the doctrine as it was
defined in the platform. There
never can be genuine Republican re-
vision OF the tariff" said he. until a
body of intelligent men shall inquire
into and collect the facts which re-
late to the cost of production at home
and abroad
Doesn't Favor General Revision.
Senator Cummins said he mad never
advocated a general revision OF the
tariff. and never would. The cru
sade.' said he. (which | intend TO
strengthen with all my power is
crusade for tariff commissions per
manent, dignified and independent
tariff commission: tariff commission
that will gather together the facts
as to the cost of production and lay
them before Congress and the coun-
try.
There are millions of Republicans
who believe that tariff duties should
not substantially exceed the difference
between the cost of producing things
here and elsewhere with fair profit
added believe they constitute
large majority of the party: out II
they do not. they will in the near
future They will never quit the light
until they win the victory, and ] warn
the men who are so vociferous IN
their DEGREES of expulsion that they
had better conserve their strength
for self-defense. They will need all
they have. and more
Let us silence at once and for
ever the discordant cry that these Re
publicans must be driven from the
party ranks. There is no power on
earth that can drive them out and
no power on earth that can pre-
vent them from eventually
applying the doctrine which won
the confidence and secured the sup
port Of the voters of the United states
in the last national campaign. The
puny efforts Of the few men who are
now amusing themselves revising the
Republican roster remind me OF that
famous convention held by the three
taiiorS Of London. in which resOiu-
tions OF grave import were preceded
with a preamble which began. We.
the people Of England The coIvcn-
ton adjourned. and the people
laughed The ,riumvirates viii dis
solve. aud the people vii smile.
Party as whole Progressive Z
Hitherto. although there nave been
some iTreclaimable and hopeless o.
structionists who have been and are
Republicans. the party as whole
mas been progressive. There are some
signs nov that a number o. our dis
tinguishcd leaders think that We have
gone FAR enough. and that We should
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