The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-07-08

The republicans are so split up that
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
/ first 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 maladmlnis.
itration and cannot be rooted out with.
out a terrific struggle. The bene-
fciaries thereof will pour a stream OF
gold like unto the river Pactolus into
the republican Doodle fund with which
to 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 Il viii continue to oper.
ate till our system Of government is
thoroughly purged Of every variety
and every yestige of special privilege
"The tariff graft--one species of
special priyilege-became SO offensive
That Ave m civ xraora a sTo otf.,, ,rtot,,
republicans became dissatisfied and
began to demand a revision downward.
First there were only what the doc
tors call sporadic cases of republican
dissatisfaction; but the republican dis
senters increased so rapidly that In
the spring Of 1908. Hon. Serene Il.
Payne, chairman of the great commit.
tee on ways and means and ex-oflcio
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 equiyocal, 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 bin is a re.
vision downward
Clearly he has been imposed upon
his arithmetrieians. for his bin re-
yises Il up about III per cent ON the
leverage His declaration, however.
did not allay the clamor among re.
Ipublleans 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 promise
was equivoeal as It did not state
whether the revision was to be up or
down But the demand for tariff re.
vision downward was so strong and
so insistent that a majority OF republic
/. 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 a campaign are
under any obligation to tell the truth
or whether they are licensed to pelter
IN a double sense-to keep the word
OF promise 10 the ear and break Il to
the hope Query: Is II any less dis
honest TO secure Offices under false
pretenses than to obtain money in that
felonious manner?
President Taft himself admitted IN
his Wlnona speech that the wooden
goods schedule is too high and ought
to be reduced. I agree with him on
that; so do you all Why then have
they not reduced It? II Is eleven
months lacking one day since he sign
ed the Payne-Aldrlch-smoot tariff bill.
He Is a republican Both houses Of
congress are republicans by over
whelming maiorities As the demo
cratic floor leader in the house ] guar
anteed that If the president would
send IN a message urging that the
woolen schedule be cut to a reason
able basis, so that the people could
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