The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-31
THE BATTLE TO OPEN IN md
ANA,

pOullCldHs ol tHe tOuHNIN w oDSeTNt
the action of the Indiana Republi-
cans. next week, on the tariff. Crum-
packers district, the Tenth, indorsed
the Aldrich law, but as Senator Rev
eridge very properly refused to vote
for it and as he is supposed to be at
the helm of the machine, plotting the
way of his party II would seem to
I've illogical for the State convention
to indorse that measure. 1t Is said
that not one of the 1745 delegates to
the State convention has been in
structed to vote for the Aldrich
monstrosity and there is much oppo-
sition to any Endorsement of that
statute. This Is the inevitable result
of forcing through Congress n tariff
which is full of sleepers and snakes
and which Is conceived in extortion
and piracy. The people of Indiana,
Republicans and Democrats alike
denounced the Aldrich law and the
only chance President Taft had to
save his administration from serious
unpopularity was to veto that bill.
But the President fell into the hands
of the Aldrich- Hale -Smo ot-Penrose-
Cannon bunkoists and destroyed HIM
self. politically. He couldn't be elect
ed a Justice of the peace in Indiana
and his effort to have the Indiana Re-
publicans indorse the Aldrich meas
ure of eXtortion will probably fail.
All Judge Taft can do in Indiana is
likely to slab off a small number of
antediluvian standpatters who hever
learn anything nor forget anything
after they once have imbibed a polit-
ioal or economic theory and who
keep hallooing down that one hole
forever after. Had the President
listened to the voice of the people, he
never would have signed that bill.
And the President who does not listen
to the voice of the people neven-gets
but one term.
Senator Beveridge more clearly in
terprets the popular voice but his
chance to succeed with divided
party when the militant Democracy is
awaiting to arise with the inspiration
of victory in their lungs and with
consolidated ranks, is slim, indeed.
However, the young Republican gen.
eral, who is aligning his troops and
organizing for battle against foes
within and without challenges our
1t is clear that IL the
stand -patters win In the convention
and do the bidding of the President,
Senator Beveridge cannot become the
candidate of his party for United
States Senator for the Endorsement of
the Aldrich law would be his repudi.
alton. And it is not very clear how
that convention can indorse the Pres
ident and not indorse that law 1t Is
state of chronic disarransement
which involves the Republican party
and that it seems to presage IT'S de-
feat nearly everybody comedies:
The same question will come up in
Ohio, but as Senators Dick and,sBur-
ton swallowed that creation OF mon
opoly without batting an eye as did
all the members of the Lower House
save General Keifer, and he refused
because 1t was not bad enough, II
is probable that the standpatters will
put through an Endorsement of the
law at their State convention. Wheth-
e, that will prove to be preferable to
the evident disposition of the lndi-
ana Republicans remains to be dem
onstrated by a count of the ballots
in November. Our prediction Is that
as the Indiana Republicans seem to
be acting with political wisdom and
the Ohio managers seem to. be acting
with about as much sense as bunch
of inmates at the State Hospital Tor
the Insane, that the former Will come
out best. And while they will prob
ably be defeated, yet, predicating
their case on sound principles of re-
form, they are moving along logical
lines of progress while President Taft
and his crowd of standpatters are
liocking with the shades of the neo-
lithic ages. Anyhow here Is the
opening of the great political battle
of the year and ii will foreshadow
what Is to happen in 1912. Watch
Indiana, next week, II you would
read the initial story Of the big pol
itics of the next decade.
August Bohn, ye optimistic brewer
of GAINESVILLE, has just settled four
cases against him with a check drawn
for $1,107.45. Prohibition may not