The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-07-05

ton OF clipping MT. speaker CannOn'S
claws. In that momentous movement
in the cause Of good government ev-
cry Democratic member did his duty
and, in the immortal words Of Admir-
al Schley: There is glory enough
for ALL So utterly were the Re-
publicans routed. so thoroughly were
they demorali2ed, that Mr.. Speaker
Cannon publicly declared that there
was no longer a Republican majority
in the house.
"lf member OF the Sixtieth con-
gress had gone to sleep March 4.
1909. and, after the manner of Rip
Van Winkle, had slumbered till the
evening of June II. 1910. and had
then looked into the house and seen
1t pass a rule by the enormous ma
jority Of POI to to prevent commit
tees from piegon-holing or smother
Ing bills, which resolution / intro
duced, he would have pinched him.
self to see II he were awake. Had
any man been bold enough in the
early days of this congress to pre-
dict that such thing would come
to pass before the summer solstice in
1910, he would have been in imminent
danger of being clapped into q
straight Jacket and a padded CELL
THE regular Republicans gave in
their adhesion because they knew
full we'll that yif they did not do so.
we would force it through without
Most assuredly that was a pitiful
their help and in spite of their oppo-
sition.
conclusion for that vast array of Re
publican pie-hunters which, drunk
with victory and power. paraded the
streets of Washington March 4, 1909,
with flags flying. drums beating and
bugles blowing. Their arrogance
then, rs their serried ranks swept by
and their utter decentralization and
humility now recall the opening
stanzas of Byron's splendid poem,
The Destruction of Sennacherib'
the Democrats of the house Of repre-
to Democrats everywhere and deserve
we'll Of the country. Our unity of
purpose and unity of action should
become contagious to the end that we
may sweep the land from sea to sea
and hurl from power those who have
abused the sacred trust which the
people committed to their hands.
"But we must fight If we would
win. The Republicans are so split up
that some folks seem to think that all
we have to do is to stand still and
see the salvation of the Lord. Such
over-confidence may cost US dear. The
sure way to win to to fight today, to-
morrow. and every day till the polls
close on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November.
Special privilege which Jefferson
fought in his day and over which
Andrew Jackson of blessed and her
oic memory, triumphed in his day is
firmly intrenched in power now
! through years and years Of Repub-
lican maladministration and cannot
he rooted out without terrific strug-
gle. The benefciaries thereof will
pour stream of gold like unto the
river Pactolus into the Republican
Doodle fund with which to debauch
the voters of the land and then re-
coup themselves by more Of special
privilege granted by the men for
whom they buy the offices. For
years that endless chain has been in
operation and it will continue to
operate till our system of govern
ment is thoroughly purged Of every
variety and every vestige OF special
privilege.
Democratic Tariff
"The tariff graft-one species of
special privilege-became so often
sive that five or six years ago even
certain Republicans became dissatis-
fed and began to demand a revision
downward. First there were only
what the doctors call sporadic cases
of Republican dissatisfaction; but
| the Republican dissanters increased
SO rapidly that In the spring of 1908
/ Hon. Serene E. Payne, chairman Of
the great committee on ways and
means and ex-officio Republican floor
leader in the house. was driven into
declaring that he violated no conf
dence in stating that the Republicans
would revise the tariff. His state
ment was equivocal, as he did not
say whether the revision was to be
down or up. but, considering all the
circumstances under which his utter
ance was made. he intended it to be
understood as promise Of revision
downward; and to do him perfect
justice he claims that his bill 10 q
revision downward.
Clearly he has been imposed upon
by his arithmeticians for his bill re-
vises it up about LII per cent on the
average. His declaration, however.
did not allay the clamor among Re-
publicans. 1t swelled into such Q
roar that when the Republicans held
their national convention in 1908.
they were forced to promise tariff
revision in their nlatform Again the
promise was equivocal. as 1t did not
state whether the revision was to be
up or down. But the demand for
tariff revision downward was so
strong and 80 insistent that major
ity Of Republican orators and edit
ors declared that the revision was
to be downward. On that promise
they won. Having got in, they pro-
ceeded to revise it upward. So that
in the impending campaign the over
shadowing issue is whether men in
conducting a campaign are under any
obligation to tell the truth or wheth-