The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-24


dent allow Aldrich to work his will with
out sign Of disapproval. II has seen
him rebuff every appeal TO lend his IN
fiuence toward making the law conform
with TIE ideas he now announces.
And X is an insult to the Intelligence OF
the country to ask it 10 rejoice over a
popular AID a presidential triumph be-
cause Aldrich is to permit with feigned
reluctance some concessions from sched-
ules The extreme provisions of which AID
ricn and the Cannon crowd never intend
co 10 exact.
There will be reductions that will leave
the duties still prOhibitory. The ObJec-
tons 10 certain excessive wooden sched-
Ilcs viii remain The thieving Dutch
standard" win stand for the enrichment
Of the Sugar Trust. The Steel Trust has
expressed its complete approval Of all the
schedules in which it is Interested. The
deceptlons of the cotton duties exposed
by Deliver VIII stand.
The outcome will be substantially the
AldTich BILL with a few house provisions
restored. in which Aldrich mas had no
great interest and with the raw materials
taxed or untaXed, as the senate and house
may decide by their votes. and the TeduC-
lions only such as could be made without
affecting the ability of the trusts to ma
nipulate prices.
This administration was pledged to re-
wise not an Aldrich bill. but the Dingley
'ation over few minor changes in a
measure so Outra CcOus that IL has caused
Serene e. PAYNE to De regarded by con-
t"ast 81 progressive. a refOrmer and the
representative Of honest revision down
ward.
1t is apparent to the North American
that the president is entangled in the
meshes of a web sxilfully manipulated
by Aldrich and Cannon, and that it is
growing tighter every minute. The ar
raignment of the president is concluded
I'm these words:
Having watched the qualification of his
administration until the wrongs were al
most beyond repair: he now says that he
has not changed his beliefs in any way.
Yet he indicates that he will accept "a
measure which in almost all essentials is
a direct denial of those beliefs.
We do not think that there is the least
likelihood that the president will veto the
bill when IL reaches him. We do believe
sincerely that he would serve his party
and his own fame best by a veto.
II would be poor record for the Aid
rlch-Cannon senator's and congressman TO
present to the country if no law resulted
nom the six months disturbance of bust
ness. 1t would disCredit the party lead
ers. But in the end we believe it would
make for Republican success and the
preservation Of the true protective doc
trine
1t would be a broken pledge But the en-
tIiicut VI TIE present proposals would be
thousandfold worse breach of faith
such law would not settle the tariff. It
would undermine the whole fabric Of fair
protection, In which the entire country
had just come 10 have faith
We see but one way by which President
TAFT could Justify fully every word he
spoke the other day. Yet we fear that
there is little hope of his regaining tn.
respect and confidence of his countrymen.
which have been slipping from him. bv
adopting that one means-the exercise Of
the veto power.
Certainly strong words for a leading
Republican paper in the state favored
beyond all others by the high protec-
tive tariff. But, like the president. the
North American is too slow. The past
history of the Republican party did not
justify its belief that the tariff would
be honestly revised if the party was
continued i'm power, even with Humpty-
Dumpty in the presidential chair.