The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-10
THE FIGHT IN CONGRESS.

IIlL ITlll lN CONGnhoS,
In this hot fight that is waging in
Congress against Cannonism and Aid
richism, the insurgents" so called, ap.
pear to be steadily on the gain. They
! actually outvoted the Cannon forces on
the question Of the House committee to
investigate the controversy between
! BalBnger and PIDchot. The power of
appointing this committee was taken out
of the hands of tho speaker and vested
in the House itself. That was "A distinct
vote of lack of confidence in Cannon
and yet it is not supposable that he will
do as the British ministry does on like
occasion, vacate his seat and appeal to
the House itself on the personal issue
presented. That, however, is precisely
what hlgh.spirited gentleman would
do. Cannon, however, is a machine poll.
tician, and by no means high-spirited
gentleman.
The situation is one of exceedingly
| great interest. There is evidently in
process of formation a situation in the
public mind which will call for a re.
alignment of parties. 1t is evident that
the Cannon and Aldrich bossism is
doomed, If it can not be beaten any
other way, it will be beaten by the peo.
pie giving their votes to the Democratic
candidates. and electing a Democratic
House next fall, The old party moorings
arc becoming entirely uncertain. Under
the Roosevelt administration it was i'm.
possible to see any special difference be.
tween Roosevcltism and Organism
Under the Taft administration, things
went well for while but the machine
men seem to have captured Taft, and
he casts his lot with them, much 10 the
disgust of the country.
During the presidential campaign of
1908, President Taft was outspoken
strong, and clear in promising to the
people that there would be a downward
revision of the tariff, according to the
evident intent and meaning of the Re
publican national platform. The trusts
and the "interests, however, were SO
thoroughly intrenched in Congress that
| Cannon was able to win in the House
even without the majority of his own
party at his back; and Aldrich was
thoroughly entrenched in power in the
Senate. The result was tariff bill
which was distinctly a case Of party per
fdy, a cheat. bunko game on the pub
| lie That this sort of thing should be
put through in defiance of the Repub
lican national platform, in defiance OF
the campaign speeches and pledges
made during the presidential campaign
that in fact, the very thing which was
denounced should be enacted, makes
the situation one of extreme odious
ness against the Cannon and AIdricl
perverslon.
The people are unquestionabIy getting
tired of this party perfidy, this Jug
Cling Of promises, this recreancy tc
trust. They will undoubtedly approve
the course of the so-called Ninsur
gents, - and the machine men will suf
fer setback that will be disastrous tc
them. The situation seems to be form
ing decidedly on the line of the organ
ization of a new party which will, il
fact, revise the tariff as the Repub
lican, platform Of 1908 as construed by
President Taft and accepted in gooC
faith by the public, declared. Ant
while it is true, as President Taft says
that the law expressed in general pro
visions cannot discriminate as betweeI
good trusts and bad trusts the people
are determined 20 make the discrimina
tion for themselves, and they will Ger
tainly find way TO do it.
The basis of a new party, firm and tri
umphant. is already being laid. TIL,
Tribune welcomes it as a renovatin,
proposition IN American public life. w
have here in Utah the nucleus of tha
new party, pledged to everything tina
the new party could reasonably be ex
pected to do, and when that new part,
is organized, as we certainly expect i
TO be, it will find a valuable auxiliar,
already organized, right here in Sal
Lake