Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-07-08
mitted to their hands.

win. The republicans are so split
up that some people seem to think
that all we have to do is to stand
still and see the salvation of the
Lord. Such over confidence may
cost US dear. The sure way to win
is to fight today, tomorrow and
every day till the polls close on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November.
Special privilege which jefferson
fought in his day and over
which Andrew Jackson. of blessed
memory and heroic memory, tri.
umphed in his day, is firmly in
trenched in power now through
years and years of republican malad-
ministration and cannot be rooted
out without a terrific struggle.
The beneficiaries thereof will pour
a stream of gold like unto Pactolus
into the republican Doodle fund
with which to debauch the voters
of the land, and then recoup them
selves by more special privileges
granted by the men for whom they
buy the offices. For years that
endless chain has been in operation,
and it will continue to operate till
our system of government is
thoroughly purged of every variety
anu every vestige of special
privilege.
The tariff graft-one species of
special privileges-becames so of
fensive that five or six years ago
certain republicans became dis
satisfied and began to demand a
revision downward. First there
were only what the doctors call
sporadic cases of republican dis
satisfaction; but the republican
dissenters Increased so rapidly that
in the spring of 1908, Hon. Serene
E. Payne, chairman of the COM
mittee on ways and means and ex-
officio republican floor leader in
the house, was driven into declar-
ing that he violated no confidence
in stating that the republicans
would revise the tariff. His state
ment was equivocal, as he did not
say whether the revision was to be
down or up, but considering all
the circumstances under which his
utterance was made he intended it
to be understood as a promise of
revision downward; and to do him
perfect justice he claims that his
bill is a revision downward.
Clearly he has been imposed upon
by his arithmeticians. for his bill
revises it up about LII per cent on
the average. His declaration, how
ever, did not allay the clamor among
republicans. 1t swelled into such
a roar that when the republicans
held their national convention in
1908, they were forced to promise
tariff revision in their platform.
| Again the promise was equivocal,
as it did not state whether the re-
vision was to be up or down. But
the demand for tariff revision down.
ward was so strong and so insistent
that a majority of republican
orators and editors declared thai
the revision was to be downward,
On that promise they won. Having
got in, they proceeded to revise il
upward. So that in the impending
campaign the overshadowing issue
is whether men in conducting 6
campaign are under any obligation
to tell the truth or whether the,
are licensed to palter in a doubl,
sense-to keep the word of promis,
to the a and break it to the hope
Query: Is it any less dishonest t,
secure Offices under false pretcnse
than to obtain money in tina
felonious manner?
Presi dent Taft himself admitted
in his Winona speech that tn,
wooden goods schedule is too higl
and ought to be reduced. | agre,
with him on that; so do you all
Why then have they not reduced it
1t is eleven months lacking on,
day since he signed the Aldrich
Payne-Smoot tariff bill. He is
republican. Both houses of con
gress are republican by overwhelm
ing majorities the democratic foo,
as leader in the house | guaranteed
that if the president would send il
a message urging that the wooler
goods schedule be cut to a reason