Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-05

come contagious 10 the end that we
may sweep the land from sea to sea
and hurl from power those who have
abused the sacred trust which the
people committed to their hands.
but we must fight if we would
win. The republicans are so split
up that some folks seem to think
that all We have 10 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. tomorrow and
every day till the polls close on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November.
Special privilege which Jefferson
fought in his day and over which An
drew Jackson, Of blessed and heroic
memory triumphed in his day is
firmly intrenched in power now
through years and years of republican
mal-administration and cannot be
rooted out without a terrific struggle
The beneficiaries thereof will pour a
stream Of gold like unto the River
Pactolus into the republican Doodle
fund with whic hto debauch the vot-
ers Of the land and then recoap them.
selves by more of special privilege
granted by the men for whom they
buy the Offices. For years that end
less chain has been in operation and
it will continue to operate till our
system of government is thoroughly
purged of every variety and every
veshge OF special privilege.
THE tariff graft-one species OF
special privileges-became so often
sive that five or six years ago even
certain republicans became dissat.
isfied and began TO demand a revision
downward. First there were only
what the doctors calf sporadic cases
Of republican dissatisfaction: but the
republican dissenters increased 50
rapidly that in the spring of 1905
Hon Serene E. Payne. chairman OF
the great committee on ways and
means and ex-officio republican floor
leader in the house. was driven into
deciaring that ne violated no conf
dence in stating that the republicans
would revise the tariff. His state
ment was equivocal. as be did not
say whether the revision was to he
down or up, but, considering all the
circumstances under which his utter
ance was made, he intended il 10
be understood as a promise Of re-
vision downward: and to do him per
feet justice he claims that his bill is
a revision downward.
Clearly he has been imposed Upon
by his arithmetricians. for his bill
revises it up about LII per cent on
the average. His declaration. how
ever. did not aliay the clamor among
republicans. II 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 pomise
was equivocaI. as It did ont state
whether the revision was to be up
or down. But the demand for tariff
TtN lSlOu uDNnWaiu NdS ~ oiADuS anu
so insistent that a majority Of re-
publican orators and editors declared
that the revision was to BE- down
ward. On that promise they won.
having got in. they proceeded to re-
wise upward So that in the impend-
ing campaign the Overshadowing IS
sue Is whether men. in conducting a
campaign. are under obligation 10 tel
the truth or whether they are licensed
to palter IN a double sense-to keep
the word Of promise TO the ear and
break it 20 the hope. Query is u
any less dishonest 10 secure offices
under false pretezses than to obtain
money IN that feloniOus manner
President Taft himself admitted in
his Winona speech that the woole