The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-22

er the Republican or Democratic adj
ministrations. And the Republican
members of this great tariff commits
| sion, outnumbering the Democratic
members, caused prosperity to fab
upon their class and adversely to fall
upon the Democratic administration,
| just as the power of the tariff trust
and money trust and railroad trust
and coal oil trust and express trust
and other trusts favored by the spe-
cial privilege interests in and of the
| Republican and part Of the Demo.
cratic party. today control the gov
| ernment, even Republican admin
istratlon. These trusts are the gov
| ernment, now, and will be for the
Republican party favors them. We
must dethrone them and 1t can not
be done without dethroning the Re-
publican party. because that party.
in the majority of the wealth and
special privileged interests. thereof,
Is controlled and will be controlled by
such interests because they have the
majority of power and not the In
surgents thereof Hence, Democracy
that opposes these trusts, must win
and rule. or this nation will never
more be blessed but blighted, in
basket and in store. so much for
this blessing and blighting and tariff
commission idea.
The tariff commission under exist
ing conditions will be like the tariff
which is now under existing condi-
tions. That is, now Republican spe-
cial interest favorable to 1t is in the
IL. To tal k,.ta
ests favorable are in the minority and
this majority and minority are COM
bined just as the members, II estab-
lished, will he. to the defeat of the
opponents of a high protective tariff
or other tariff. a commission will
be of no service to the people because
1t will constitute-an oligarchy in gov
ernment, far worse than the most
powerful trust OF today The tariff
and tariff commission are not favor
able to the wage men. They do not
serve God but Mammon; they serve
only the MammOn of unrighteous-
ness.
What Mr.. Harding means by the
statement that under the policy of
protection we make American pro-
ducers besides protecting the con-
sumers," seems rather far fetched
and enigmatical How does 1t pro.
tect consumers and make producers?
1t only protects the wealthy producers
and consumers, and these must be
the ones referred TO by Mr.. Harding,
for they and they only are the ones
protected by the Republican policy
of the tariff. And this must be the
way that the policy of protection
makes American producers and pro-
tects such consumers only. That
doesn't help out the masses, only the
classes.
We have heard that the G.. o. p.
was perfect and discussion unneces-
sary as that party made no mistakes
and hence needed no correction. And
now comes Mr.. Harding and admits
that the Grand Old Party is becom-
ing weak and tottering and needs
bolstering up by discussion and cor
rection. Mr.. Harding is "nobody's
fool" He knows how Governor Har-
mons administration of honesty and
economy has pleased the people of
Ohio, and he says me too" Why
play politics and try insinuations of
tle 'dpltdl NltgS HOD chuSeu ny
trusts. We hear men say, II am
regular, standpat, am not an in
surgent. Ours Is n progressive po-
litical army planting new standards
OF victorious progress every year"
In other words I'VE are all things to
all men that the G. o. p. may be
saved" II to let "well enough alone"
Will save her, we win "let well enough |
alone" III standpat will keep the |
breath OF life in her corrupt old hulk |
then we viii stand pat on one shoul- |
der and carry the water OF progress |
on the other We will right her, or
VIII carry 1t, even II the water is ef-
fected with the germs of insurgency
If 1t will preserve her we will be |
counted wet If dry will keep her |
in power we will cry dry through our |
bootleg Anything. anything, LORD |
only don't let the G. o. p. die and go |
TO heaven" But the people who |
listen say little, say little, think much,
have decreed TO have a change. Moth |
ing In heaven or on earth can stop |
them. The stll small voice has been |
heard from Maine to Arizona and still |
the voice goes on.
BY a Democrat.