Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-10

In special from Chicago, published In
Yesterdays Star Senator Cummins is
quoted as follows:
1.-The democratic party has demonstrat'
ed thoroughly its innocuous lnabliltN &c
be trusted with the formulation of tar
if law for the United States. DO not
foresee any serious possibility of demo
cratic congressional or national VICTORY
because of the passage of the new tarif
law.
"Any republican law based upon the
underlying principle of protection is pref
cradle to any democratic law based upon
the principle of tariff for revenue AL
republicans will fight together when dan
ger of a democratic Congress heaves IN
sight
will be an issue between the republican
and democratic parties. 1t is the decisive
issue between the two well denned ele-
ments within the republican party 1t Is
an issue which must and, l believe viii
be settled definitely at the next national
convention.
No hope here for those democrats who
are counting on a republican revolt at
the polls next year in the northwest and
middle states Mr. Cummins sees moth
ing of the kind. and advises against the
bare suggestion. According to his view
the remedy lies not in democratic
strong in a purpose to correct the tariff
evils that still remain after this lates,
revision has been taken into account.
In other words the Iowa senator in
sists that the contest must be settled
within the republican party. He is a
protectionist and wants whatever is done
based upon that principle No stand
patter is more opposed to the principle
underlying the democratic idea of tariff
revision than he.
Then comes this:
I'VE shall present the issue fatty to
every republican convention between the
present and the national convention of
1912 where 1t is possible for the issue to
be presented. That issue is: Shall the
men now in control of party destinies be
permitted further to disregard plain party
declarations?
The Stars dispatch concluded as fol-
lows:
Senator Cummins was emphatic in de-
claring that President Taft had exhaust
ed every resource at his command in at
tempting to obtain honest tariff revision
such as had been offered in the Chicago
platform and that no blame justly at
taches to the President because of the
failure of Congress to enact a law differ
ent from the Payne law"
Every frank man who observed the
contest must agree to this. The criti-
cism that the President delayed action
too long; that at the very outset he
should have taken matters in hand and
stated in black and white In detail what
should and must be done, found but a
feeble echo. His part was well and
properly performed, and while he did not
get all he desired he got enough to
enable him to sign the bill and recon-
mend it to the acceptance of the country.
This Endorsement of the President by
the downward revisionists puts to rest
the suggestion that they may oppose his
denomination. If there is to be no split
next year on the congressional elections
why should there be one in the greater
contest two years later? The party must
then go before the country on its record,
and the President as the party's leader
must in the nature of things be Endorsed,
or the battle will be lost before it is
opened. This is not to deny, however.
that as matters now stand there is much
for the republicans to do in the near
future to strengthen themselves all
around