Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-08-13

Aldr.ch, who, aside from being the
nouthpiece of the Wall street gam
blers and the thieves Of the fruits, rep
resents only the degeneracy of the
prettiest rotten borough that by cour-
tesy is called slate, a-su mes his arc
gance to read cut of the republican
4 party eight imperial commonwealth
of the central west Rotten Rhode Is
land tries to play dictator to Indiana,
/ Wisconsin, Minnesota, Icwa Missouri,
Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota
states that contain one-qusrter Of
the population of the United States.
Aldrich, who called the consumer
"a myth" Aldrich, hattered fulsome-
ly when Tillman called him "the
boldest buccaneer," for in reality he is
only the tricky keeper of political
trading post; AIdrich, whose ignorance
WIS exposed during the session as Of
ten as his intellec ual and tactical dis
honesty; Aldrich, of all men, had the
brazen insolence last Thursday TO
speak these words:
! 1.-THE Senate. from Indiana does
not speak for the republican party.
He has no right here to call the name
OF the president of the United States
In support of any of the suggestions he
has made. Those of us who are here
representing states and voting as a
majority in this chamber represent
the republican party, and n OF indivId-
ual senators, whatever may be their
standing or whatsoever may have
been Their service to the party.
"Mr. resident, the bill (which will
be voted upon in this senate in few
moments is revision, which carries
out to its letter every pledge Ct the re-
publican party. If senators shall see
fit to vote against it on account of
their individual views, that is mat.
ter for them to determine, but | sug-
gest to those senators that they cannot
attempt TO speak for the party with
cut protest from the men who repre-
sent states here, as | have said before,
that have elected, and can and will
elect republican presidents, whatever
may be the attitude of individuals,
either in this body or elsewh here.
IfAldrich we're the republican party,
as in truth he seems TO think he has
become since March 4, there would be
no place for these Progressive senators
in the republican party. But there will
be day at the Ipolls, sooner or later,
when the millions of republicans who
elected Taft president in order to
stamp out Cannonism and Aldrich-
ism, will define republcanism. And
the shepherd and his sheep will have
reason Oh that day to remember these
words of Beveridge, of Indiana, that
provoked the TRADE of the senate boss:
"Anyrronise, Mr.. President is
serious thing, and never should be
made except to be kept; but promise
to people is sacred. 1t has been the
pride aud glory of the republican par
ty that it keeps its promises; and It's
promise always has been the peoples
settled and mature demand"
Had the Aldrich organization be- n
rong enough to force all the senators
of the party into support of the only
tariff measure ever written that is
worse than even the Gorman-Quay
inlquity, we sincerely believe 1t would
a hppn Tho mn Of no Is
the republican party.
Disintegration would have been slow
because the democrats have prov ed
themselves impotent and unworthy of
confidence But somewhere, somehow,
honest men would have found leader
ship and course to follow.
Thanks to these ten true men, how
ever, real republicanJsm retains hab-
iualion and a hope. They have kept
the faith for us OF the east, misrepre-
senied, as well as for their own west.
For they have preserved enough of The
party honor and principle to form a
nucleus around which the party still
can gather.
We see the leaven working already
in the house. There is to be an election
in 1910. And the meaning ofthat stand
of the ten senators and The greeting of
it by the country will not be lost.
We fear that there is small hope of q
veto of whatever hybrid mon>trositv
comes from the packed conference com
| mittees.
Aldrich will pretend to yield to the
| house with res pect 10 a consid, rable