The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-04
Declares Conversions to Pro
gressiveness Without Con-
victions Have Begun.
w o u.L.D II AVE PR o o f
Ousted Forester Prophesies
Speedy Triumph of In
surgency

Nashville. Tenn. October 3.-Giford
Pinchot, head Of the National Conser-
walton Association, arrived here yes
terday from long tour of the Middle
and Far west to attend the annual
convention OF the Brotherhood of st.
Andrew. When asked for his views on
the political situation in the country
that he has just traversed. Mr. Pinchot
made the following statement:
The essential facts in the West as
see them, are the weakening of party
ties. due to genuine interest In pop
ular government and the spread OF
Progressive ideas.
THE defeat of such men as Hull, OF
Iowa, and Tawney, in Minnesota, ana
the overwhelming victory Of La Fol-
lette. in Wisconsin. the successful fight
California is making against the po-
lItical domination OF the Southern Pa
cifc, the demand for direct popular
government Arizona. the reputation
and State. and especially the fact that
the conservation idea has swept the
west-all these are typical signs OF
the Progressive advance.
Nothing Can Stop 1t.
"Of course there have been and there
will vet be reverses in the course Of
progress. But nothing can stop or
even long delay movement which is
based on the insistent demand of the
people for honesty and open political
methods and square deal for al men.
The West Is through with the subst-
diced man and the le-and-corner
methods under which the machinery Of
government has been steadily misused
f for the benefit of the special interests
and the professional politicians.
- A.
Mississippi Valley believe In protnc.
ton. but they are not greatly inter-
ested in defenses of the tariff based
on its alleged virtues as a revenue
producer 1t is-no justification OF the
tariff to say that 1t pays. This gov.
eminent is not reduced to the necessity
OF raising its revenues by schedules
which rob the people. The. essential
fact about the tariff, as the people see
1t. is that It is unjust. a moral wrong,
written by the servants OF specie. priv.
ilege for the benefit Of their masters,
and Intended. not to help the small
man make a living, but to help tn, biz
man make an eSorbitant profit. No
amount of statistics will conceal or
modify that fact or make any sched-
ules of the Payne-Aldrich tariff honest.
Il do no believe that the West or
the East either. for that matter. labors
! under any illusion whatever as to the
real character of the tariff or the way
1t was made :.
Leaving the tariff bill out of ac-
count, there was much good legisla-
ton passed by Congress last spring.
and the Progressives We're mainly re-
sponsible. The West has never been
deceived as to where the candidate
belongs for the useful laws passed
n Hca 1aS ctrs, ~ g,
] think the Whole country knows by
now that the Wickersham railroad
bill and Alaska bill were both inde-
fensible. The Ballinger conservation
bills. although they contained some
good features. taken from previous
measures, We're as whole the obvious
product OF dense ignorance and con.
sptcuous bad judgments to say the least
me reason why good came out of the
last session was that some men In
the House and Senate asserted the
dignity of their representative office
and refused to pass bills under whip
and spur until they had been amended
In the public interest,
Fought Good Fight.
Men like Dolliver Cummins, La
Toilette. Bevoridge, Bristow. Murdoch
and Norris fought the good fight for
the people and they won, They earned
and they are receiving In the East and
West alike, full credit for the good
laws they gave US, Not the least OF
| their claims Jpn the gratitude OF our
people is the fact that they destroyed
the Cannon-Aldrich legislative ring
and drove the special interests from
| their first line of defense,
! Tin some few places the administra.
ton bills and the administration senae
y,1
Any credit they won thereby they
should have freely, And the, IVES,
gives them all the credit that Is their
due. But in this whole matter one
may look almost in vain for any svi-
dtuce that the Regulars and theil