The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-04-22
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS
TROUBLES OF ITS OWN.

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When at the last Presidential election
the Republican party elected Mr.. Taft
President by large majority, on pro-
gressive platform and the Roosevelt pro-
cliyities, it seemed to have a firm lease
OF power.
Ii turned out, however, that the plat
form was only intended to deceive the
people, and that Mr.. Tafi's ante-election
promises we're only made to be broken.
Not only did Mr. Taft break and dis
regard his ante-election promises, that
there should be a revision of the tariff
downward. but after Congress had
passed the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Bill,
increasing the tariff taxes, not only did
Mr.. Taft sign that bill, but he went
through the country making public
speeches declaring the monster tariff
law the best that the country had ever
had and also said that Mr. Cannon and
Mr.. Adrich were the prophets whom
the people were to believe in and to
follow. That was all very we'll if Mr..
TAFT could have convinced the people Of
this fact, but that he signally failed to do.
No President ever before tried such
herculean task as that shouldered by Mr..
Taft Unfortunately the people had not
forgotten his ante-election promises and
could not reconcile these promises with
the signing of Tariff Bill, increasing
the tariff duties The people. and also
the public press. from one end of the
country to the other, refused to accept
the Presidents statements as to either
the Tariff Bill; or as to Messrs. Cannon
and Aldrich.
The people and the press, each and
all, knew something about the tariff, and
somewhat about Cannon and Aldrich,
and in fact they knew too much about
all three to accept the construction Of
Mr.. Taft.
This has brought trouble both to Mr.
Taft and to the Republican party. Now
trouble has come to Mr.. Cannon for the
House of Representatives of which he
is the Speaker. and over which he has
ruled with an iron hand. has revolted
against him and stripped him of his
power Suffice it is to say that Mr..
Cannon is no worse than his party, and
he is quite as good as the best of his
party.
He is as good as Mr. Taft. He is as
G )od as Mr.. Roosevelt He is as good
as Mr.. Aldrich. or Mr.. Lodge, or Mr..
Root, but still they want to unload upon
Mr.. Cannon. They want to drive him
oIt as scapegoat for all of the sins Of
the Republican party. This will not
work, for this evil is deeper than Mr.
Cannon-it is the corrupt system of the
Republican party that needs and de-
minds and will meet determination at
the hands of an oppressed people.
This Is another trouble OF the Repub.
llcan party. Mr.. Aldrich has for long
years been, not the leader, but strictly
speaking, the boss of the Republican
party in the United States Senate. So
great and absolute has been his power,
that at his nod, not only the members.
but whole committees would stop work,
until he told them that they might pro-
coed
IN all these years that he has been
the absolute boss, he has not been a rep
resentative Of the people III the Senate,
but has been in fact only representa-
tive Of the special interests, which have
been the benehciaries, of the class for
which the Republican party has by
law, levied loans and subsidies upon the
people year in and year out, to benefit
and enrich. 1t has by this unjust taxa
ton forced the people to pay such vast
sums, that this privileged class has
amassed fortunes so vast since the Re
publican party has been in control Of
the government, that they are the won
der Of the world, and still it is going on.
This is another trouble in the Repub-
iican party. Then it has some trouble
IN Ohio, the Presidents own State, and
some trouble in Indiana, which is in open
insurgency against Taft, Cannon, Aid
rich and the tariff
Then il has some trouble in New
York State, where the Republican party
is insurging against Taft and Root, and
where there is some suspicion that the
Republican party is as crooked as a
dogs hind leg. These are only some OF
the troubles Of the Republican party, but
there are others and many. The real and
the worst trouble of all is that the high
prices have opened the peoples eyes, and
they are wide open now.
All that is necessary is for the people