The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23
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publican party was condemned, and every
great leader who did not join in the re
volt was assailed. Ii is the same now
/ There was no just cause for il then
| There is no just cause for II now. The
present movement may last longer anC
do more harm. but sooner or later Il
will come 10 the same ingloTiOus end
This general similarity of the two move
ments is borne out by a comparison o
their details
No Important Differences.
The Liberals made loud complaint O
our course toward the South, yet ex
plicitly Endorsed in their platform III,
thirteenth, fourteenth. and ffteenti
amendments, and all the great war anC
reconstruction measures. so that At mos
there was no specific dissent. except a.
to minor and unimportant matters tina
afforded no just basis fer even the de
feat Of their party. much less the organi.
cation of a new party.
You have only 10 recall what the Re.
publican party OF to-day has done Z
regulate interstate commerce. restrain
the trusts, conserve our natural re
sources, protect and aid our employees
purify elections. and enlarge the rights
privileges. and opportunities Of the PEG
pie in every direction with respect q
their participation in government, 10 Sc,
that there is no lrreconcilable differenc,
as 10 any OF these subjects between what
is advocated by the insurgents and wha
| has been done or promised by the regu
| lars
The two movements are alike in an
other and far more important RESPECT.
Processing 10 be Republicans and pro
tectionists, the primary purpose Of thu
Liberals was an assault upon the pro
tectiVe taTirT then in force.
IT is the same now; the revolt OF to-day
has for its chief object. not the conserva
ton OF our natural resources, for that ha.
been we'll provided for; not the regulation
OF the railroads. or the big corporations
for the measures already enacted an,
promised in that behalf substantially NEE
the demands OF even the most radical
not the prosecution of violators OF law
whether individuals or corporations. fol
the court reports advise Us daily that til,
machinery OF the government is in ful
operation in that respect; not these OF
any Of these. but, as ii was In 1872, III,
chief object is 10 force another revision
OF the tariff for the purpose OF lowering
all those duties that are levied for III,
protection of our industries and our labor
all else is froth and foam and false pre-
tense.
In view OF existing conditions I do not
know anything worse that could happen
We have not yet recovered from the PAM,
Of 1907, and no one can predict when In,
end viii De allowed TO come.
1T would come at once if il were no
for the restraining hand Of a crusad,
against business that has been carried So
far beyond just ground that it has be,
come well nigh intolerable because OF the
mischief it is doing without bringing il
return anything like an adequate com.
pensatiOn.
Rates VIII BE Increased.
THE continued hostile agitation against
the railroads has accomplished much good
but, Notwithstanding their general pros
perity, 1t has als6 brought not only a
well-nigh universal increase OF freight
rates. but also a determined struggle, now
in progress. for further increase. pend
ing which many needed betterments must
stand In allegiance. while the construction
of new lines for the development of new
territory is practically abandoned.
Republicans who call themselves In
surgents should remember that if the Re-
publican party be defeated the Demo
cratic party Will be the beneficiary, and
that with the policies and purposes thus
inaugurated they cannot possibly have
either sympathy or influence.
If the next House Of Representative:
be Democratic, without doubt IL will
promptly pass a bill again revising the
tariff, but it will be a Democratic bill
II VIII not be cast on protection lines
but, as always heretofore, when they
have legislated on the subject. on the
lines OF tariff for revenue only.
No issue can be made on the Ten
Commandments, no matter how strenu-
cusly or offieiously they may be laid
down as governing principles But when
II comes to the tariff it is different On
that subject men honestly disagree, and
there Is wide room for argument
We have lately had a new declaration
Of political principles They are politi-
cally baptized as the doctrine Of a New
Nationalism. They are set forth in the
nature of a platform for new party.
Possibly they are intended for that use
only in the event that the distinguished
author be not nominated for the Presi-
dency by either of the old parties.
However that may be, il is well to
note that they violate our dual form of
government by arrogating unto the ma
tional government the control of matters
so purely local that they clearly belong 10
the jurisdiction OF the States: they also
authorize the courts TO COnstrue the Con-
stituton, not as the precedents require,
but In such manner as may be necessary
TO make ii keep abreast with the spirit
OF the times.
Attack ON Court DeplOred.
This proposition would be bad enough
under any circumstances. but objection is
accentuated WAen We remember that ac-
cording to this same authority the mem
bers of the Supxeme Court are afflicted
with a fossilized mentality.
Aside from all other objections this