The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-10-28
Wy REPUBLICAN, DODGE.

"A REPUBLICAN DODGE.
| III 1s unnecessary to- call attention
to the. the fact that the Republican
party has been politically the most
| "Artful Dodger" that the last quarter
OF a century has seen. It's proicfen-
cy i'm deception has been wonderful,
and its success i'm helping the trusts
pilfer the public and escaping
the consequences thereof, most re-
markable. The latest trick IL has
taken up to deceive the voters and
which it's candidates are using to es-
cape the long deferred and just retri-
button it has earned, is the cry OF
revising the tariff, schedule at
time, az recommended by the newly
created Tariff Commission.
It's a clever dodge, this apparent
desire to revise the tariff as instruct
ed by the commission; it is also Incl
dentally a confession that the Repub-
lican party knows nothing about the
tariff. This In a far stride from the
cry OF recent years, that the Repub-.
lfcan party alone was fitted to grapple
with such a mighty and abstruse
question. Commentator might be
given to this apparently frank posi-
ton, IL we could believe 1t sincere,
but it cannot be, in view OF the recent
performances of the trust representa-
tives In Congress; in truth, II ts but
another dodge to escape punishment
and keep i'm power.
The promise Of the Republican
party to revise the tariff downward LID
known to everyone !~-as well as the
fact that it was broken. Such a be-
trayal of public trust entities 1t to de-
feat at the hands Of the voters, as the
shrewd politicians who conduct Its
destinies well know. II could not
fight squarely and defend it's actions,
30 1t had nothing to do but dodge.
Hence, the now much talked OF Tariff
Commission.
The duties of this Commission are
to investigate the tariff in order to
enable the President to secure in
formation" and $25O.OOO liz appropri-
ated for this purpose. Now no one
can dispute the crying need of the
present occupant OF the White House
Tor information On this subject, it
has been demonstrated daily by his
praise or the present law. But Is It
not a waste OF money to educate him,
as long before his enlightened ser.
vices would b. available Democrat
win DO i'm his place I? The $250,0OO
will, however, have been enjoyed by
the political barnacles of his benighted
faith, and IL the dodge In successful
the g. o. p. will still be in power.
a. slight reflection by any one at all
familiar with the constitution OF the
United States, will result in a con-
yiction OF the sham OF this cry. BY
our Constitution taxes, duties, i'm
posts, &C, can be levied only by Con-
gress, and the bill imposing them
must originate in the House of Rep
resentatives. The President has moth
ing to do but approve or veto a bill
that has been passed. So why not
have spent this money ($25O. OOO) for
the education OF Congress instead of
the President ? Was 1t because the
Republican party considers Congress
simply servile tool of the White
House and the President a dictator ??
III 80 1t should throw or its disguise
and loudly and honestly declare that
representative government is a farce,
the Republic failure, and shout. for
William or Theodore the First Such
course would at least demand re-
spect, and the public would know
where 1t stands.
And Mr.. William 3. Baker, the Re-
publican candidate i'm this district,
standing on see-SaW platform, is
trying to convince the voters that he
will try and revise the tariff by the
light given out by this tariff commits
sion. No doubt Mr.. Baker would, IL
he had the opportunity or saw the
light. But how can he see the light,
when the report will be made to the
President, and not to Congress; and
how can he expect to be given the op-
portunity, when his party has 30 re-
Gently betrayed the public trust ?
1t In however, an artful dodge, a
very, very artful dodge, one, that ex-
cites the admiration of all political
"Fagins." But II can only result in
disaster; 1t is the last effort of the
criminal to escape the decree of JUS
tice, the condemnation OF an honest
people. It shows, in itself, when
scrutinized- and considered how des-
perate are the straights OF the party
which for years has fooled the people,
whose practices have resulted i'm cor
ruption and pilfering, and from q con-
tinuation OF whose policies Good
Lord deliver ug "
THE BEASMAN ROAD