The Washington herald., 1910-11-07

Editor The Washington Herald:
one week more and the smoke of bat
tie viii have cleared away. Then it can
be determined whether the DOGGY man.
Of Elihu Root-the same Root who de-
Tended Tweed and his ring. but now de-
nounces Tammany-held up to frighten
the voters Of New York, to wit, crush
ING defeat for Taft now means Roosevelt
and the big stick IN 1912" has resulted
IN victory for the candidate of the Siren
nous One and the latters glorihcatlon,
or IN utter rout for him as retribution
Tor his Inconsistency, his straddllng at
Saratoga, his abuse Of our Presidents
and other great men. living and dead;
his denunciation OF the Supreme Court.
and his reputation of that other nominee
OF his Mr. Taft
But il is To be hoped that neither
Roosevelt nor Root the ambassador who
excoriated Hearst as beine, responsible
FOR the death of Mckinley but has no
word or criticism for that stormy polft-
lcal petrol now, can fool the people OF
New York and the country all the time
Some one has said, in time of peace pre-
pare Tor war. IL may be that "Rosen-
felt as the East Siders called him.
said It. Well, perhaps the people of the
empire State will think il the wisest
course TO prepare for peace In 1912 and
thereafter by crushing and eliminating
the hero OF OsawatOmie from ali future
consideration on Tuesday next
His latitude" on Tarifg.
But what of Roosevelt's attitude on
the tariff? He denounces THE best bin
ever passed"-the Payne-Aldrieh mon
sroslty-in the West, he lauds it in his
Saratoga platform, and then rides horses
going in opposite directions at the same
time when he appeals for the success OF
beVeridge In Indiana and Lodge in Mas
sachusetts who are diametricaUv on
posed 10 each other on the tariff cues
ton, though il has not been many years
ago that Beveridge was voting for the
outrageous schedules of the Dingley bill
ana why this sudden cOnversion2 Ii was
a long time before he saw the light of
Cummins Iowa idea"-the same Cum
MINIS who with all his buster and cant
now says he would prefer the election of
any Republican. even Joe Cannon. 10 the
success of Democracy.
But what of TheOdOre's position on the
tariff? In his Life OF Benton" mage
ITO, he says: There was never anv doubt
OF Webster's courage When he changed
Iront Il was due 10 self-interest and am
biton.' And on page g. of the same
work he says that Webster turned
ful and complete somersault on the
tariff of 1928"
lie has abused and denounced neif-lv
every President of the United States. ex-
eepung Washington and Lincoln Poor
old, dead Daniel Webster could not es-
cape and the Lord only knows what Is
IN store Tor the present Executive Mr.
Tart, in case Roots DOGGY man" should
not make good next Tuesday.
Free Trader in Assembly.
Roosevelt was an out-and-out free
trader when he was in the New York
assembly several years ago. In his Life
Of Benton. page g. he says: political
economists have pretty generally agreed
that protection is vicious In theory and
harmful in practice" In his speech of
acceptance We find this: THE standard Of
living OF our wage-worker is higher than
that of any other country, and 1t cannot
so remain unless We have "a protective
tariff
Also in his Life of Benton page g.. he
says. 1t purported to benefit the rest Of
the country but IL worked real harm TO
the planter States"
And in his speech of acceDtance he
the protection principle be maintained"
Again in his Life Of Benton" mage 90
me writes: The truculent and unvielding
attitude # the extreme protectionists was
irritating i'm the extreme" Yet he has
not word 10 say against the "truculent
and unyielding attitude" of Aldrich.
Smoot, Lodge, Payne. Cannon. et al
and why? Because he is Of their ilk. as
THIS clause from his address at Mime
apols. April g. 1903 Cwhere he showed his
malice, prejudice, and partisan bias when
he recently helped Pinchot. arst for free
lumber, then d high tariff thereon TO
defeat that other radical protectonist
Jim Tawney) will show: "The business
world, he says, that Is, the entire
American world, cannot AFFORD, if il has
any regard for its own welfare. even 20
consider the advisability OF abandoning
the present protection system"
Webster's Courage Lacking.
All this goes TO show that ne has not
even the courage OF Daniel Webster
upon whom he heaps humiliation. But for
seven years he was in the Executive Man
sion, and never whisper did he utter
against the tariff barons who have been
so richly rewarded in the best tariff bin
ever passed"
But he has always been Inconsistent.
Notwithstanding his polite datribes OF the
present day against reputable Judges and
men Of business and his formation of
the Ananias Club.
In his message to Congress, December
T. 1903, he wrote by similar means
that is, through frauds, forgeries and
perJuries, and by shameless brlberies.
the laws relating 10 the proper conduct
OF the public service in general and 10
the due administration of the Post-ofFice
Department have been VIGOROUSLY vio-
lated" But In his speech OF acceptance
July z, 1904 he cOnradicted all this when
he said. Never has the administration
or the government been ons higher or
cleaner level; never has the public work
OF the nation been more honestly or eff
GENTLY done"
And then Hartman. ReTamy Storer
Judge Parker, nature takers ad Hbitum
were elected to his exclusive Ananias
club; but If We consult the relict OF Is.
William e. Chandler, regarding the Till
mani ailey-railroad rate bill, that ex
senator viii say that the high priest
Anan.as, has not Yet been initiated in
his own club, though highly eligible 10
membership.
In 1870, because we assumed to criticise
the decision on the income tax. we were
hailed universally as anarchists and enc
mics of the Supreme Court of the United
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