Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-10-27
ABOUT THE INSURGENTS

When the correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune ut Des Moines the
other day asked Senator Cummins and
DOllivrr whether they We're going to
consent to bt read out of the Rhpubli-
cnn party, Senator Deliver replied
rather tartly for him:
1T all depends what you call the
Republican party. 1t depends on
whether the II publican party con-
Sists of the people ar Il subcommittee
of the Senate. If it is the latter, we
can't he. read out of the party. for we
never were in it,"
These words indicate IL somewhat
different view of the immediate and
ultimate situation from that which Mr..
Taft has taken. 1t has been tacitly
assumed by the President that the
action of Congress on tariff revision
was the action of the party, binding on
it's loyal members, and substantially
conclusive. He has also implied that
former Republicans VINO did not like
the action of Congress and would not
i'll the ranks of the opposition. Evil
IDENTIFY Senator Deliver looks ut matters
in Il wholly different manner. He in
Inmates that the controlling body in
recent legislation was subcommittee
of the Senate, to which he and those
who believe ana act with him did not
belong and to which they are in no wise
bound to submit OF course the ready
answer to this view is that the sub
committee of the Senate was supported
by the great body of the Senators and
Representatives. of the Republican
party, and that this support commits
the party. But there is an equally
r1I iy an p1rSlneIt rAj)inl,r to this
plea. The Senator's and RepreS ,ntatives
who supported the revision upward
violated the pledges and defeated the
professed aims of the Republican party
III its National Convention. As be-
tween this trcachery an the loyalty of
the Socalled insurgents To the party
faith, there Can b. hut one complete
arbltramcnt, that of the p.trty itself
In s Is what the insurgents proposed
t. seek. Senator Cummlns Announces.
There will be no change i'm my posi-.
tion--n1 recession from tho attitude T
among others took during the tariff
debates. The fight will g on. and.
1t anything. it probably will b, a bronG
or ana hotter fight in the future.
nave lollnd no reason to change NV con.
'lrtlon that the present tariff law is
not genuine revision downward and
That 1t far from complies with the nro.
misses Of the Republican party to reduce
'he rates to figure that would cover
Only the difference in IT,, est of ,rn.
""ction ut home and abroad and -
reasonable profit to the manufacturers "
Now Senator Cummins will not
content himself with this simple ar.
n"'nceincnt of difference from the
PRESIDENT. He is preparing to enter ON
sustained campaign of speaking in thc
."'""'' west, in which he will carry
before the people the proofs that have
convinced him that the tariff revision
was dictated by the great interest pro.
tected by tho high rates. Nor does this
campaign lack All objective of practical
sort. The Tribune reports that on the
day Mr.. Taft spoke in Dies Moines TO
large but chilly. crowd the chief topic of
discussion among the Republicans
gathered for the occasion was the pro.
liability that in 1912 Iowa would present
Senator Cummins as a candidate for the