The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-07

feel ii necessary to consult rather tnan
to command.
TT will not avail Mr.. Cannon and his
associates anything to declare IhdJ w
have Joined hands with the Democratic
party, for every intelligent man knows
that this is simply an appeal 10 blllu
passion and a senseleSS preJudlce. ne
insurgents believe that the RepuDhcal
party is the best instrumentaiity to secure
and maintain good government Ihey are
proud of its history; they love us tradl-
tons; and l venture the predlctlOn Indt
in the campaign next year their Voices
will be heard high above all others De
Tending its doctrines and sustaining It's
candidates. Their struggle will be within
the lines but they will not hide the truth
as they see it; for they know that II inc inc
Republican party is to be permanently
successful it must be faithful to its plat
forms, and must meet cOurageously and
Justly the new age of commerce ana Dusl-
ness with it's new problems and questions.
1t cannot any longer be progressive In ITS
platform and stand pat in its congress.
Appeals to Platform.
"A few moments ago I said that was
willing to accept an arbiter as to the Re
publicaHism of those who voted against
the tariff bill, and I hasten to name the
Judge I appeal to, the national Repub-
liean platform of 1905; and tested by the
criterion of that instrument, the Repub-
lican voters of the United States will de
termine just as rapidly as they have the
opportunity to do so, whether our votes
were in accordance with its declarations
and pledges.
I am astolnded to hear so modest a
man as the speaker of the house claim
that the leaders who constructed the tar
iff bill and the majority which passed it,
constitute the Republican party To say
that because a majority of the Republic
an members of congress were in favor OF
attaching certain duties to certain COM
modities, and other members In MINOR
t. co. If Oft arIifr
ties to the same commodities, that there
fore the minority had rebelled against the
party is nonsense of so sublime a degree
that it provokes not debate, but derision.
Il understand perfectly that IL would
have been helpful to party harmony if we
could have voted together; but that is not
the question. The platform was for pro-
lection. All the Republicans in congress
were for protection; but the view of these
high priests appears to be that if they
thought that upon any given article pro-
lection required 50 per cent, and we
thought the article would be amply pro
tected with p per cent, unless we voted
for so. we were no longer Republicans
The whole proposition is so absurd that
even the most rabid member of the tri-
umvirate will not repeat it often.
Plan of Insurgents.
There need be no concern about the
attitude of the insurgents and their
| friends They will do their best to nomi-
nate candidates who believe in a pro-
gressive Republican party When they
succeed they will rejoice because a steI
will have been taken in the path of re-
form. When they fail, they will be Re-
publicans still. for if there ever was q
time when there was absolutely no rea-
son for transferring any branch of the
government to Democratic hands, this is
the time. Individually. / have high re.
gard for the integrity and patriotism OF
many of the Democratic senators and rep
resentatives III congress, but collectively
| they are more unfit to manage the af-
fairs of great country than ever before
| in the history of the organization. Never
theless, we do not intend to accept as
1 final the reunion of the tariff agains
4 which we voted. and we do intend Il
tell the people Of the country from tins
| to time why we could not and did no
give the bill our approval"