The daily sentinel., 1910-02-15
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Ing TO be republicans, they learned
all OF the organization secrets and
then started in on a campaign OF
blabbing instead Of fighting the thing
out in caucus as they should have
done and as they would have done
had they been republicans with the
good of the party at heart. You fel-
lows acted Ike democrats from the
start, and Uncle Joe called the right
term on you when he called YOU
democrats. You mention the sugar
joker. Do you know how much mon
ey the sugar people contributed to
the republican campaign fund? If
you don't, you hadn't ought to say
a word. The sugar joker. my friend,
and every other piece of legislation
about which you complained, was
absolutely necessary to bring in cam
patgn funds. By making such
howl over these particular features
OF the tariff bill, you only directed
attention to the organization business
methods, with the result that repub-
lican voters deserted us by regiments
The result of your wretched politics
is that the present house is demo-
cratic. and the next president is
mighty likely to be of the same re-
oil VIC lllSul EtItSr
Just then along comes Uncle
Joe" who has been defeated for re-
election. but has opened a lobby in
washington for Standard Oil and the
liquor people. The staudpatter ap-
peals to the old gentleman with the
stogie, but the latter waves him 10
one side, saying that he has made his
millions and has therefore assumed
tho OF n ~, - "a,
attitude.
Even the republicans are not find
ing 1t SO hard to imagine the next
House democratic. especially when
they stop TO consider-first. the re-
suit of the recent congressional cleo
tion In the Sixth Missouri district.
where 100 FER cent. gain was made
by Dickinson. the democratic candi-
date; second-the result of the Sue
cess magazine straw ballot, which
showed 5l7 republicans approving
and 6,313 republicans disappearing
the attitude of Aldrich (which was
approved by President Taft) on the
tariff; and third-the reducing of
the majority of the republican gov
ernor OF Massachusetts, in an election
in which the new tariff law was the
'F-N hicm pVsVpV W S.uuu. III
should not be overlooked that the
voters of the Sixth Missouri district
who repudiated the Payne-AldrichS
Smoot law are at the present time
receiving high prices for butter and
eggs, grain and livestock. and 1t was
this class of voters the republicans
had expected to find enthusiastically
endorsing tariff revision upward.
All indications are that President
Taft expects to be his own successor.
Postmaster General Frank Hitch
cock is steam-hollering from early
morning to night, and every day in
the week, putting men who will sup
port Taft in the next republican ma
tional convention into federal posi-
tons. and keeping out men who have
the least taint of Rooseveltism in
their political records Another evil
dence of Mr.. Taft's expectation to Sc
cure denomination is the nervous
ness he is displaying over the Ohio
situation. He Is holding conferences
with Ohio politicians every day. trv-
ing to determine upon someone who
might be able to beat Governor Har-
mon. What Mr.. Taft fears is that in
the event of Harmon being reelected
governor. he might be compelled to
face fellow-Ohioan in the presi-
Dental race, which would mean the