The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-19

tariff war and INDICATED the wisdom Of the maxi
mum and minimum provisions in the tariff BILL
We congTafnlate President Taft On his courage
and foresight IN indOrsing this tariff biz 70 the
American people and predicting its success The
lsW has nOw heen On the statute books for nearly
year. and the Presidents predictions in reference
to it are fully justified.
President Taft recommended that the last Con-
uess pass railroad law. further Strengthening
the power II the Interstate Commerce Commission
TO regulate fhe great Common carriers q the ooun-
try. This has been done. and the public IS rro-
tected against unfair rates and Determinations By
the railroads.
ne people Of the United States arr deeply inter.
ested IN the conservation Of the great natural
resouTees q this country ard in keeping with this
policy President Taft recommended to Congress the
enactment Of proper conservation measures This
vas done b. the last Congress.
The convention further paid tribute in
the platform to ex-senator Hemenway,
saying: For fourteen years he served the
First district and the state of Indiana
faithfully in Congress, and we point with
pride TO his record"
Plain Republication Good Enough.
Editorialiy commenting upon this con-
vgntion the Evansville Journal-News
says,
substantial basis q regard II which James A.
HemenEsy IS held. Il attestcd furthermore the
fact that plain Repgblicsnism is good enough
for the First district Of Indiana, and that 4
party to be militant must confess its partyhcod and
not be ashamed Of It.
The resolutions were adopted unanimously. This
also Is significant since Il shows thar there Is not
really the serious discomfort with the new tariff
law ard with President Tsft's administration that
some people hare led themselves 10 believe exists
In certain parts q Indiana.
Parties are subject TO error. TO corruption. and
TO DEATH Vital parties permit no serious c1nkers
70 blight them because they get solution Of the
error. The Repu5icsn party has dealt regularly
with its Own Shortcomings in satisfactory way
and II III behooyes eny element Of self-styled lead
eTship to proclaim to-day its superiority either in
knowledge a what should be done for the clre
or IN originality Of IDEAS for future extensions to
greatness.
The party Is greater than The msn. All parties
- long they retain their positive force remain
greater than The individuals IN them Parties de-
pead Hpon majority rule. The r. ablican party
must be subject 10 The same n herSto-
fore for any vOidanco Of that prlncipse would sim
influence. Either progress OF death IS inevitable.
For while the experimentation and the vanity Of
individuals is attempting TO shear the party Of its
unity, the other party retains its unity, its CO
herence and its apacity fer getting votes
So. say, the convention at Booayille simply
renewed Its allegiance to ReTublicsnism It went
upon the principle that for Republicans TO win
they must ABORT Republican declarations. defend
Republican acts. and avow Republican policies.
Il was a Henenwsy convention only in far
as It avowed the principles fer which james A.
HemenEsy has declared himself and BY which he
conducted himself heretofore. There was q per
sonal note Of adniTation for the former United
States Senator. That was expected, ard the
Boonvile leader exercised large influence Il was
simply tribute to the fact that there Is such
thing as potent leadership.