The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-08-09
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country. Iowa stands by Cummins
and Dolliver in Republican conven-
tion, rebuking the administration and
more particularly reYiling revision as
a reputation of the party platform.
Nor did those who are in control OF
the convention overlook any opportun-
ity to see to it that every demons5ra-
zion made was particularly Notifying
to the President himself. There was
no room for his picture in the hail.
and no mention of his name by the
presiding officer. The treatment, so
called, to which he was subjected, has
few, if any, parallels. 1t was part Of
deliberately formulated programme
of resentment, plus ranc0r.
There are better ways Of doing
things. Whatever may have been the
Administrations sins of omission and
of commission, Mr.. Taft has neither
done nor left undone anything forfeiC-
ing his claim upon one Of the cheapest
ofall commodities courtesy. And, not
with the least idea Of playing upon
words, it may be added that conyen-
tions should show regard for conven-
tionalties. In this case, it is TOO late
to talk of a lesson in manners, but the
President has the consolation of know
irg that with sober second thought,
reactions come.
Much will be made of the .insurgent
victories in Iowa and Kansas, but
there are all sorts of opinions as to
how they should be interpreted. If
Edward NJ. Shepard were interrogated,
with no hesitation and a great deal of
emphasis, he would answer that they
signided disintegration, and he might
add Decentralization, but--he is a Dem
ocrat. The insurgents themselves are,
of course, persuaded, that they are the
advance guard of their party, that
they will 90 from one conquest to an
other and that the time is not far dis
tant when their supremacy will be es-
tablished.
Its a pleasant dream. There is no
necessity for measuring the distance
between where they are and where
they would like to be, but those who
imagine the path TO be equipped with
rapid transit facilities are making a
mistake. AS matter of fact, the
insurgents are now on The crest of d
wave which is noB rising. Ut is in
debted for It's momentum to the tariff,
which caused nearly all the trouble.
Eliminate the controversy over the
schedules and nothing bubfroth would
be left.
Unfortunately for the progresslyes,
there really was progte Not only
are the schedules receiving considera-
tion as the hands Of experts, but the
investigators have been furnished with
the wherewithal, which is to say,
there is money IN their treasury.
There is now no known reason why
the tariff should not be- put upon a
sort OF automatic basis, with an as
surance that inequalities will, instead
Of persiSting for years, be dealt with
as they arise.
This is the machine that is now Ia
process Of construction. To its com.
pletion the party in power is commit
ted by legislative action, supplemented
by an appropriation. Ana this is one
Of the services not far from the top
Of the list of what the President has
accomplished. If no such action had
been taken, the sails of the insurgents
would now be full-they would be en-
Toying all the delights of a spanking
breeze. AS it is, if they are not now,
they soon will be losing rather than
gathering momentum
1t will not be easy to convince them
that this is the state of their case.
1t will be especially difficult to per-
suade such redoubtables as Deliver
and Cummins that they are not com
misSioned to run Republication to
suit themselves, but there are reasons
other than those relating to the tariff
why they should entertainsome doubts.
In the closing hours Of the Congress,
the Presidents activities were re-
markedly productive. He made ex-
cellent use OF the little time left at
his disposal.
This, as well as the beginning of the
construction of tariff machine, has
made q difference. 1t has converted
insurgent grievances from substance
to not much more than shadow. Not
that clamor from the flamboyant La
: Toilette will diminish. He has at
tanned distinction as the Big Noise,
and needs no provocation for vocifera-
tion. 1t Is not necessary that any OF
his grievances shall be more than i'm
aginary, He knows Of no such music
as the sound of his own voice, which
never pals upon him.
Not to be too trite about 1t, another
session will be another session, and
the President is bearing In mind the
pledges Of his party. In the interval,
the insurgents may file a claim upon
large part of the earth, but there is
worker in the White House, and the
record up to date might be worse.
That the Senators from Iowa will 10