The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-16

Republican party was formally or
ga nized
The Republican party has not dis
carded any of It's principles, nor has
1t sought new issues simply for the
purpose Of catching the crowd ever
ready for novelties. Where 1t has
added new planks to its platforms 1t
has kept its pledges That 1t Is now
working into law the pledges OF the
last national Republican convention is
not therefore surprising. President
Taft met the first pledge in this plat
form the day after his inauguration
by calling the Sixty-First congress In
extraordinary session to revise the
tariff.
within six months after its en-.
actment, the tariff law has demon
strated that 1t is the best revenue pro-
ducer, as well as the most scientific
adjustment of protective duties we
have ever had, fully justiiying the
presidents declaration that 1t is the
best tariff law ever enacted.
Gin carrying out tHat pledge of the
platform, we enacted q tariff in which
there were 654 decreases from the
Dingley law, 220 Increases end 1,150
items of the dutiable list unchanged;
the articles on which duties were de-
creased represented five billion dol
lars worth of consumption, while
those increased had consumption
value of less than one billion. The
increases were on luxuries and the
decreases on necessities and in the
first six months OF the law more than
fifty-one per cent. of all importations
were free of duty. The increase OF
revenues has been nearly fifty mill
lion dollars I'm six months, making
the Payne law the best revenue pro-
ducer we have ever had.
1.-The present congress has been
more energetic and more successful in
carrying forward the work before 1t
than has any other congress In recent
years. More work has been done in
the three months which the session
as now run than was accomplished In
the same time by the fifty-ninth con-
gress, which President Roosevelt
said enacted more wise legislation
than any other congress In the pre-
ceding half century.
Among the public bills passed by
the house is an amended employers
liability, n statehood bill to admit Ar
izona and New Mexico, a bankruptcy
bill, q bill to amend the safety appli.
ance law, n bill to compel railroads
to report accidents, and a bill to Gre
ate q bureau of mines, all important
III carrying forward the pledges of the
party.
"The committees have been giving
ct nar Al oft IN hn pf
bills to amend the interstate COM
ised in the Republican platform and
l think 1 can safely predict that this
legislation will be added.
1T is the function of the Repub-
lean editors to keep the people in
formed as to the work accomplished
that they may not be misled by DEM
agogues whose funtion is to complain
and create dissatisfaction; that the
people may fairly Judge as to the
fidelity of the present administration
- the principles of the party that
gave it power, to the end that the
president may continue to have the
support of the legislative department
in working out the policies of the Re-
publican party" o.
Senator Shelby NJ. Cullom, of IL
linois, in a letter to the convention,
said:
mo difference of opinion on the
tariff or any other question should be
allowed to divide the party, which
would surely result in the election of
the Democracy. President Taft's od-
thus far, Notwithstanding
its duration, and despite what has
been said to the contrary. has been O.
success. The laws have been en-
forced. His sole aim has been to do
what Is right, and what In his judg-
ment Is best for the interest of the
people.
"If we are to be victorious in the
election, the attacks by Re-
publicans on Republicans must
cease. The party should uphold its
leaders and stand by its principles.
mo man should be made an Is
sue. Our state has been honored by |
having had for so many years the |
speaker of the house in the person of
the distinguished citizen of Illinois.
Mr.. Cannon, that patriotic. fearless,
able, loyal man, both to his country |
and party.
81 write this letter because I feel /
that party success Is in danger and
want the Republicans OF Illinois to re-
alize the importance of harmony, OF
getting together and burying differ
rnces."