The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-08-06

There was . iong-continued out
burst Of applause when Mr.. Long
worth was introduced and his remarks
called forth enthusiastic handicap
pings.
The session of congress just closed
will go down in history as the most
remarkable for legislative activity of
any of which we have record. A liter
ally enormous amount of legislation
has been enacted. progressive and
constructive in its nature, and of the
gravest Importance to the people of
the United States. Not many weeks
ago all was chaos. but that chaos has
been reduced to order. The seeming
ly impossible has been achieved. The
pledges made by the Republican party
in the last convention are now the
law OF the land.
In season and out OF season he has
been insistent in his determin alton
that his party's pledges should be
kept. In the darkest hours. when the
situation seemed almost hopeless.
when he was being berated on every
side. when from all quarters 1t was
being said that he and his party were
impotent to secure the promised legis-
lation. he never for one moment fal-
tered. He was always there on the
job. and finally his dogged pertinacity
brought victory. Not few men. both
In and out OF congress. have discov
cred that the Taft smile was but the
mask of a will of iron. Already there
Is marked change in public senti
ment. You can feel 1t on every hand.
Our Democratic opponents in the capi
tol. who few weeks ago were flushed
with coming victory, have now re-
sumed their normal compilations.
If we Of the Republican party fail
to retain a majority in the next house
of representatives We shall have our
selves. and ourselves only. to blame
But we cannot afford to take things
for granted
Tariff the Main Issue.
THE people are demanding a more
strict accountability from their public
servants. and they know far better
than they did few years ago just
what their public servants are doing.
In this campaign. as In 90, we must
go straight to the people and tell them
which shall extend to every school.
house district in every state in the
Union. and firmly believe that with
such campaign we cannot fail to be
victorious. In this campaign the is
sues will be many. But the issue
which will overshadow all others will
inevitably be the tariff. We could not
avoid 1t II we would. and for my part
l would not avoid 1t II l could.
firmly believe that when the Payne
tariff law, fortified as it has been by
an appropriation of a quarter Of a
million dollars for the use Of the
people. 1t will be completely justified
in the coming election.
Never in history has any measure
passed by congress-certainly none
that l know of-been SO grossly mis-
represented as has the Payne law. This
Misrepresentation began Immediately
| after its passage and Is going on to-
day.
sThose who are misrepresenting the
Payne law say. in the first place, that
1t Is not compliance with the pledges
of the Republican platform. because
that platform promised a general re-
duction of all duties. and they say that
the Payne law Is an upward and not
downward revision. In the first
place there was no express promise
In the Republican platform to revise
all duties downward. The promise
was to revise the tariff in a manner
to produce sufficient revenue for the
needs OF the government, and that that
should be done according to the prin-
ciples of protection, which Is defined
to be the imposition of duties suff1-
cient to equalize the difference in
cost of production of competing arti.
cles here and abroad, with a reason
able profit to the American producer.
The fact that the Payne law, SO
far as articles of daily necessity are
concerned, is sweeping revision down
ward Of the duties of the Dingley
law"
Senator Lodges Speech.
Senator Lodge wasted no time in
preliminaries, but got good aim at
the solid Democratic ranks and their
stronghold, Tariff for revenue only"
Mr.. Lodge said that many dealers had
taken advantage of the tarin changes
to impose unfair prices upon custom
ers. He said that the tariff lowered
the duty on lumber 35 per cent, and
yet the prices were jumped, and it
was intimated that the rise was due
to the tariff. The senator declared
that the Payne-Aldrich law made al.
most no increases. except on luxu-
ries. Republicans want protection for
American industries and workingmen.
as well as sufficient revenue, yet they
are happy medium. not extremists