The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-06

seem over friendly to the trusts That
is the chief reason for the insurgent
movement in the House and for the
threatened insurgent movement in the
Senate. There are probably more long
tenure Republicans from the West than
ever before In the history of Congress.
| Many of them are possessed of the idea
of making a life career in the House,
just as numerous eastern Republicans
have been doing. They have alert con-
stitueneies behind them and are how
| profting by the examples of a few
prominent western Representative who
have been turned out of Office and
superseded by Democrats during the
last four years
That accounts In some part for the
smashing of party lines on tariff in
| the House. The western men are aware
of the Increasing Democratic vote in
their districts And almost to the same
extent the southern Democrats are af
| feeted By the growth of Republican
| sentiment in the South. Of course the
| increasing demands of the South for a
| Share in the protection tswag. as IT
was styled in some of the recent
| speeches has quiekened the southern
| Representatives, but they are also
afraid of the results of the Congress
sional balloting in November, 1910, in
! number of southern districts.
| The Republican leaders in Senate
and House reason that many Of the
/ blunders made in the schedules now
and there are always numerous
! blunders in making up such a yolumi-
nous lau--wiH he forgotten by the
| time the next national election is held
Bot whether there is a restoration Of
prosperity or not in the meantime. the
new tariff law will furnish the Demo-
| Gratis, probably, their most important
material for the next campaign. Tar
/ if questions will be placed before the
country in new guise and may be COM
l plicated with questions affecting the
| control of corporations. For President
| Taft has promised that he viii ask
| Congress at its next session, which
| viii be the first regular session. TO
enact legislation amending the Sher-
man antitrust law and the law for the
ifeguiation of railroads. Whatever leg
lisiation is ena cited will be completed
but short time before the elections
The Republicans will be called upon
to defend that legislation or their fail
ure to legisIate Congress viii hardly
have adjourned before the Republi
cans will find themselves in the midst
Of the campaign.
] Thus with the tariff and with cor
poration law amendments. the test in
| the next congressional elections viii
cover much of the important work of
| the first year and half Of the Taft
administration The verdict viii be
especially important to President Taft
ard tn the Republican party. II the
new tariff law is popular, if will go
very far toward carrying the Repubh-
cans To another victory, and with that
| v1dtory they viii be in a fair way
/ t. continue their control, not only Of
| the House of Representatives. but Of
the Senate and of the presidency for
| a number of years. President Taft's
| denomination would be put beyond
| question. and his reelection would be
! almost as certain.
| OF course, the Democrats in Con-
gress are badly divided. The party Is
demoralized by successive defeats But
| it Is almost equally true Of the Re
publicans IN Congress. A popular is
sue over the tariff. however, would
! unity the Democrats remarkably in d
| campaign and above all in a congress
sionai campaign. where the old Bryan
and anti-Bryan factions would not fig
ure materially On the other hand,
the Democratic organizations in the
States are in pretty good condition
OF the forty-six States. there are
twenty-one. almost half, with Demo
cratic Governors. all Of whom III the
normally Republican states are yirile
party leaders.
The importance that the leaders at
tach 10 the tariff at this time is en-.
HANGED by the conviction that a very
great number Of people associate