The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-10-05
CONSERVATISM IS COMING
1nsurEency AEalnst the GPab-All
HOld-An Game II BecOmlnE
Universal

Nashville. Tenn, Oct. 5-Gifford
Pinchot. head Of the National Conser-
vation Association. arrived here yes
terday from long tour of the Middle
and Far West, to attend the annual
convention of the Brotherhood of st.
Andrew. and last night issued the
following signed statement touching
the political situation.
THE essential facts in the West as
see them. are weakening Of party
ties. due to genuine interest in popu-
lar government and the spread of pro-
greSsive ideas.
THE defeat of such men as Hull in
| Iowa. and Tawney in Minnesota, and
the overwhelming victory of LaFol-
lette in Wisconsin, the successful fight
California is making against the po-
litical domination Of the Southern Pa
cific. the demand for direct popular
government in Arizona, the repudia-
tion of Ballinger by his own city.
county and state, and especially the
fact that the conservation idea has
swept the West-an these are typical
| signs of the progressive advance.
Honesty and q Square Deal
Nothing can stop or even long de-
lay a movement which is based on
honesty and open political methods
and a square deal for all men,"
In speaking of the tariff he said:
This government is not reduced to
the necessity of raising it's revenues
by schedules which rob the people.
The essential fact about the tariff. as
the people see it where 1 have been. is
| that it is unjust. 4 moral wrong, writ
ten by the servants Of special priv
ilege for the benefit of their masters,
| made and intended not to help the
! small man living. but to help the
big man make an eNOrbitant profit.
No amount OF statistics will conceal
or modify that fact. make many
| schedules Of the Payne Aldrich tariff
honest.
| Tariff Didn't Fool People
- don't believe that the West, or
/ the East either. for that matter, Ia
i bors under an illusion whatever as to
| the real character of the tariff or the
way it was made.
| THE Ballinger conservation bills
although they contained some good
features. taken from private meas0 0res
| were as a whole the obvious product
of dense ignorance and conspicuous
bad judgment to say the least.
| Men like DOlliver. Cummins, La
| Toilette, Beveridge. Bristow. Murdock
and Norris fought the good fight for
the people and they won. They earned,
and they are receiving. in the East
and West alike. full credit for the
good laws they gave us. Not the least
of their claims upon the gratitude of
our people is the fact that they de-
lstroyed the Cannon Aldrich legislative
| tcivo nd ha io1 INT ctc
! from their first lines of defense.
Relieves In Insurgent Cause
! Il am strong believer in the in
| surgent cause. but insurgency is
growing SO fast that ii must soon
change its name. Having won, there
is nothing left for them to insurge
against. In that sense. and in that
sense only, they have become regular.
In one way the insurgent cause is
Threatened by its own success. The
movement and try from within to
masculate it, or steer it to disaster.
ALREADY the conversions without
conviction have begun. Political
:deathbed conversions, performed in
public by politicians whose leadership
is dwindling may fairly be regarded
with suspicion. Like certain flowers.
these gentlemen turn their faces to
:he rising sun, but their roots are held
fast by the same soil as before.
would make it perfectly easy for all
men to join the progressive ranks. But
II would keep the newly converted old
Istyle leaders in the ranks and under
observation until they had won a
fright to progressive leadership by
!something more substantial than dec
llamation alone"