The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1910-05-26
Washington Letter.

tdIln SpSecneS were made, and two o
these by MIR. Payne, Chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee, and Mr.
Fordney, member of that Committee
should be read by every voter who
wishes Ito know the truth about the
framing of the law and the result of its
operation. No Democrat has attempt
ed to answer these speeches; no Demo.
crat during the debate attempted to
show that the result of the new tariff
law had not been extremely beneficial
both from a revenue standpoint and as
a protection to American labor and
industries.
Mr.. Payne's speech was devoted al
most wholly to an explanation of tn.
way the bill named after him was framed
in the Ways and Means Committee and
afterwards perfected in the Conference
Committee. Mr.. Fordney's speech
was an answer to the speech recently
made by Senator Beveridge, and not
only those who think Mr.. Beveridge,
right, but those who think him wrong
upon the tariff question should read
this speech of Mr.. Fordney's and see
whether or not he has proven the mac
cufacies which he claims are to be
found in great numbers in Mr.. Bever-
idge's recent speech.
Another very interesting speech re-
Gently made in the house is that of
Congressman Morehead of North Caro-
lima. Mr.. Morehead calls attention to
the financial and industrial conditions
under Buchanan and Cleveland as
compared with present conditions
through out the country, and then de-
votes the remainder of his speech to
the very remarkable progress made by
his own State, North Carliona, during
recent years, concluding with an appeal
to the people of the South to throw off
the thraldom of tradition and prejudice
and vote for self interest as does every
other section of the Union.
This recent aggressiveness on the
part of the Republicans shows that the
confidence of Democratic leaders as to |
he outcome of the election this year
S not well founded. The fact of the
natter is that while Democratic poll
icians and the Democratic press have
,een claiming everything in sight, the
leaders have been working
Iuietly but most efficiently, and if at
ny time there has been any doubt as
o the complexion of the next House it
vill be entirely dissipated long before
his session of Congress comes to an
nd.
Not only will the Republicans most
bly, and successfully show that the
ew tariff law has been beneficial in
very way. but large part of the legis-
ltion asked for by the President and
hich was pledged in the party plat
,rm will be enacted into law. It is
ow thought that this work will be con- {
luded, and that Congress will adjourn t
etween the 18th of June and the 1st /
July. Then after a vacation of /
W weeks the actual Congressional {
ampaign will begin in earnest through
1t the country. There will be more S
,eeches made during September and r
ctober of this year and more literature v
stributed, more editorials and general S
ticles printed than ever before in our y
story during a Congressional cam \
iign. a
There is no argument whether upon
e tariff question or upon general leg Z
lation, or the record of the Republi-
IN party or the work of the present
that the Republicans
III not have the best of it. There is
, argument whatever that the Demo- B
attic party can present excepting the
,neral negative one of finding fault
th the existing conditions and of
anting to get the Republican out in
der that they can get in. It will be
Office holding argument pure and
nple, and it will not again deceive
c people as it has once or twice be- &
e midway between two Presidential s
mpaigns.