New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
CRUELTY TO 4 REFORAER.

a reformer without a prediction de-
pari1nent would be an unthinkable Gu
riosity. All good reformers have predlc-
ton departments, and all good reform
prediction departments have windows OF
green and saffron and blue SO that no
rosy tint ever penetrateS them. When
IN working order, with tue wfnooWS
closed and the suns bright rays cen
verted into sickly hues. good reform pre-
diction departments turn out reans OF
dire proprss,ieS, SO that some trreFerent
persons have shown 8 disposition TO de-
scribe thf ,ir owners as calamity howl
ers" Bun due allowance should be made
sor the re- former. The eZigenctes or his
rosition should be taken into considera-
ion. How can he possibly arouse pub
&c interest in himself without preaching
the certain advent Of economic tire and
birthstone as the alternative TO adoption
az MS reg forms? All this being true, is
II nos the height of cruelty for news
,,aoer- in Z reformer's Own state to resur
rect his unfortunate and would-be for
rotfpu prophecies and print them in cold
4vre? Yet that is precisely the inhu-
nell l., guilty.
First The Sentinel points TO the time
when, Hike Horatio at the bridge, Sena-
tor La, Toilette made his valiant stand
asains those combined forces for evil
Theod pre- Roosevelt and Nelson W. Al
drich who were determined TO secure the
! enaeu nent OF the Aldrich emergency
curreIcy bill 1t recalls Mr.. La OIL
/ lette's prediction that the New 1oTk
bankers. beaded by Mr.. ]. 2. Morgan,
would Immediately organize more cur
rencv associations than there We're cities
/ in Wisconsin and. with railroad bonds as
Il basis of security, corner all the money
\ in tho country Then it points TO the
fact that the one association organized
after the passage of the bill was organ
Zed by the banks of the national cap1-
1. Al. and that now Secretary NacNeagh
h: - found it necessary 10 make an elo-
ou ent appeal TO the bankers of the coun-
try TO take advantage of period of
alb, ,ndant currency TO prepare for re-
mo Re but possible stringency.
V fifth page and paragraph Of the Con
-res sional Record. The Sentinel points
V L.
gard hc the Payne tariff bill, the ma
tions' ruined commerce. the countlEs
sfarvi nc families. the TreaSuryS vast
defici, .ncy. and. with what appears to Us
unseeI My glee, calls attention to the fact
that one of these predictions has come
true. As if La Toilette raZorS were
made To shave.
On lage 7.1.SS Of the Congressional
Record asserts The Sentinel with
diabolic al Particularly. Mr.. La Toilette
solemnl,r predicted that no postal say
ilgs bark bin would pass, and on an
other page predicted that no railroad
bill would pass, and-he voted against
| the postaI bank bill. Of course he voted
against [ be postal bank bill. What else
could 2 GOOD reformer do when it came
| 10 a question OF loyalty TO his prediction
! Gepartmelat? The fact that he had said,
| earlier. and in the heat of debate, Why
"can YOU not get q bill TO establish
! postal Savings banks-is there any ar
! 'gunlept TO be made against them: and
/ then proceeded to prove that there was
| pot is wholly beside the mark and is an
appeal TO that baser sense of logic which
should not be mentioned in the same
! breath with a reformer Of the La Fol
| lette stripe.
Finally. '5The Sentinel with a ghoul-
ish cruelty not TO be found in any East
ern state, calls attention 10 the fact
that NJ. La Toilette is predicting the
end of the economic world if he is not re-
elected TO the Senate 1t is seeking by
the record of this great reformer's pre-
yfous predictions TO belittle his claim to
rreferment and shatter the faith of his
constituents But cruel and unWar-
ranted and malicious as is this appeal to
memory and reason, it will fail OF It's
unworthy purpose. Conceived III H.
joujtv. 1t will die in fuility. 4 state
capabIe of electing Robert Marion La
Toilette TO public Office SO many tunes Is
NOT 10 he seduced by appeals TO reason or
logic. Loyalty and sentiment VIII pre-
vail. and Little Bob will never be held
10 account, according to the standards
Of sincerity and common sense. He never
has been, and it is hopeless to expect his
constituency to begin at this late day