The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-07-05
Champ Clark Says Democrats Celebrated Inde.
pendence Day Under Most Favorable Aus
pices In Recent Years---DecIGres RepubG-
can Factions Are at the Threats ofEach
Other---Democrats of House Set
Splendid Example for the Party
at Large to Follow.

some folks seem to think that all we
have to do is to stand still and see
the salvation of the Lord Such over
confidence may cost us dear. The
sure way to win is to fight today, to-
morrow, and every day till the polls
close on the first Tuesday after the
tirst Monday in November
Special privilege which Jefferson
fought in his day and over which And
rev Jackson, of blessed heroic mem-
|ory, triumphed in his day is firmly in
trenched in power now through years
and years of republican maladminis-
tration and cannot be rooted out with
out terrific struggle. The bene-
ficiaries thereof will pour stream of
gold like unto the river Pactolus into
the republican Doodle fund with which
Ito debauch the voters of the land and
then recoup themselves by more of
special privilege granted by the men
for whom they buy the offices. For
years that endless chain has been in
operation and it will continue to oper-
late till our system of government is
thoroughly purged of every variety
land every vestige of special privilege.
"The tariff graft-one species of
Especial privilege-became so offensive
THAT five or six years ago even certain
republicans became dissatisfied and
Ibegan to demand a revision downward.
First there were only what the doc
tors call sporadic cases of republican
dissatisfaction; but the republican dis
jsenters increased so rapidly that in
the spring of 1908, Hon Serene p.
Payne, chairman of the great commit
itee on ways and means and ex-offieio
republican floor leader in the house,
was driven into declaring that he yio-
lated no confidence in stating that the
republicans would revise the tariff.
His statement was equivocal, as he
did not say whether the revision was
to be down or up, but. considering all
the circumstances under which his ut
terance was mad, he intended it to be
understood as a promise of revision
downward; and to do him perfect jus
tice he claimed that his bill is a re
vision downward
Clearly he has been imposed upon
his arithmetricians, for his bill re-
lvises it up about LII per cent on the
average. His declaration, however,
did not alIay the clamor among re-
lpublicans. It swelled into such a roar
that when the republicans held their
national convention in 1908, they were
forced to promise tariff revision in
their platform. Again the promise
was equivocal as it did not state
whether the revision was to be up OF
down, But the demand for tariff re-
vision downward was SO strong and
SO insistent that a majority of republi
can orators and editors declared that
the revision was to be downward. On
that promise they won Having got
in, they proceeded to revise it upward
So that in the impending campaign
the oyershadowing issue is whether
men in conducting campaign are
under any obligation to tell the truth
or whether they are licensed to palter
in double sense-to keep the word
lof promise to the ear and break it to
the hope. Query: Is it any less dis
honest to secure Offices under false
pretenses than to obtain money In that
lfelonious manner?
president Taft himself admitted in
his Winona speech that the wooler
goods schedule is too high and ought
to be reduced. l agree with him OF
that; so do you all. Why then have
they not reduced it2 It is eleven
months lacking one day since he sign
ed the Payne-Aldrich-Smoo tariff bill
He is republican. Both houses d
congress are republicans by over
whelming majorities. As the demo
cratic floor leader in the house guar
anteed that if the president woult
send in message urging that th'
woolen schedule be cut to a reason
able basis. so that the people eoult
have cheaper clothing and cheapei
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