Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-29
GOOD FAITH.

The authoritative announcement that the democratic representatives in congress have asveed upon the revision of the cotton schedule and are now preparing to pmh the meas ure through the house Is another evidence of democratic g,,od faith. The democrats in power tt Wash ington are showing a most com mendable disposition to re,leem the party pledges to the people
 Nowhere is this fine spirit of par ty loyalty and good faith more con spicuously in evidence than in the democratic tariff program. The democrats in congress are showing the people that the democratic par ty can be trusted to do just what it agrees to do. As Mir Underwood well says, the work thus far com. pleted is an earnest of what the democratic party will do if given control of the government at the next general election, says the Re. publican.
 It is noticeable that in dealing with the tariff question the demo cratic leaders at Washington have with one accord repudiated the old Hancock heresy that the tariff is a local issue" The democratic mem bers Of congress are approaching the subject in the only logical and proper way. They are seeking to legislate for the whole people of the United States. Considerations of b cal expediency have not been urged.
 The tariff can never be revised in the interest of the American people so long as members of congress are willing to rob the general public for the benefit of some local interest which may happen to dominate a1 occasional congressional district. That fact is realized by the demo crats now in power. They are act ing only upon the broadest motives and their work will therefore be re- corded among the most superb sc complishments of patriotic American statesmanship. The country is watch ing that work with approval. and democratic workers, inspired by the example at Washington, are cheered by the prospect of a party orsani- zation which repays loyalty with leadership and whose practical achievements in progressive and constructive statesmanship have won and held the confidence of the American people.
 
 A bill passed the senate recently which will be of unusual inter est to those who have taken home steads in the Sulphur Springs val ley. The bill provides that under certain conditions that leave of ab- sence may be obtained by those who desire to leave their land for any legitimate purpose, so long as the circumstances sustain their good faith in desiring to acquire the land for the purpose of making a home. This is a wide and just measure, as a good many home steaders in the desert valleys will not be able to support their fami- lies while they are actually residing on the land they desire for home, l. is nothing more than right that the homesteader should be allowed periods of absence, where 1t is nee essary for him to dc so to earn sup port for his family and money re euired for the installation of pump ing plant for the cultivation If h-s : land. Such a privilege ought ot to be allowed .be abused by persons who are knoah to be after the land for speculative purposes. and per haps will not be.
 The prohibidonists in Texas have convinced all classes in Texas that prohibition is no longer joke