The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-04-28
WASHINGTON.
Legislative and Gen
eral Topics from
the Capital.
lFrom our ReeuIar oorrespondent.l J
WASHINGTON. d. C.. April ,

serVable on the political horizon. In the
thinking era which came upon the people
IN connection with the present enormous
" increased cost of living, they have
about ceased TO view things through the
smoked glasses" of politicians who
while pretending to represent them, were
and are really and actually representing
only special interests, Discovery has
been made that the overwhelming line
which separates the common people from
corporate and moneyed interests is due
to legislation incident to a sort of secret
partnership which has long obtained be-
tween the Government and these same "in-
terests' through the manipulations of the
Aldriches, HaleS, Lodges and Depews Of
the Senate, and the Cannous, Payues,
Tawneys and Dalzells of the House.
The people at large had not made this
discovery prior to the last Presidential
election. They had not then learned the
stubborn fact that these same Republican
party leaders were, are and had been
cheek by joal" with special interests.
So. when the Republican party pledged
itself IN platform platltudes prior to the
last Presidential election as being willing,
even anxious, 10 relieve the people from
some of the burdens under which they
We're bending to make 'the rich richer
and the poor poorer the people did not
doubt that party'S sincerity, although tif
they had stopped TO think ofit1 that party
was, at that very hour, in position to
show its purposes by It's works; it was in
full possession of the Government and,
even then, in position Ito do" instead of
only promising to do, these things
tbe e;rar ,i,.s - H., Ia
ers and trnstd tIs,,, ,,,;,b F,r,S,r 49, 49,
NJ nowar pn, II ~ hatald AZ ;,rt'.J -
or redeen,;na, IN onod fai.b 49, n,.',,''e
~ he nao,,ia H.. .,r',eaa,lNS
to add insml to ;n;nr, NV ,g;,,c ,ba u, -
Ne a etona ;,sfa5I oC ,rl,I. a,,d IL,
had the assurance 70 c,ain, tbst i fbey ,5, bed
r,lly mat tbe;r ,nte.elac,;a,, ,,rl,I,;ss
Even President Tar had tbe tarr,er;t,, -
telI tbe naonla f1at bis nart,, Lsd II tbe
PAYNE AIdricb 1aw 6,1j, rad@an,ad ne
can,nai,rn ,laCl.rae
Tins ininred and iuenlfed too tbe nao-
bnle held The Conoressional elections nj
( LAST Noven,h,s- ana enol5s i, M uncart,in
tones of renudiation Inv cbanginr r.
n,,blirap maiorifv III thirtv-nins in ,ha
! House of r Renres4ntatives mo 4 Demo-
cratic majority of sixtC-six and bv rrd,,c-
inc the Republican majority in the Sen.
ate almost To the VANISHING point. But
the people having Tins repudiated the
/ Renublican nartv'S tariff LEGISLATION and
| The ReDublican President having oone
ont of his way 10 iudorse and aDnrove il
IN the most positive and uneouivocaI
terms. even calling if "tbe best tariff law
ever enacted bv the American Compress -
President. Tan 'felt inpalled ~ do some
fine "hedoinor against the ides Of Novenn.
her ror2 He couId moi 200 hack oni'
the Pavne- Aldrich law bv asking for an.
other revision of the tariff He had
'.burned the bridpes behind him. in thai
respect bv the enconiums he had heaped
unon that last revision of If But he had
to do something To save his party. He
sweated beads of blood in ou,4st of a new
! Aaron's rod of uture hone The nnoun.
tain of R Republican authority labored hard
and earnestly but the mouse il produced
in lhe shane Of recrinrocitv with Canada
turned out ia he nolecat ON it's face
il seemed to he broad and statesman.
| like measure fnr The relief ri the consum.
er. but upon analysis if was found tc
carry in is nrovisions fGke evervthino
| else the Renublican nartv has done e.,
6ftv vears( a most nalpablc. uninst nnfa;,
d;scri,nin nat,on a,ainet ne n,odncer or tbe
land and in favor of those Who nrev nnor
them AZ submitted hv tbe presidept i
would mt the farmer,s wheat corn oats
iii boos shaa,, ,nd 90 10Th ~, H.
re-, lie, hTt !, Void ratain he MILES
u,heat Hour corn n,eal oar r,eaI roIlaf
oate and e. Corth ard he nacl,er,e beef
,cri. ,,,,,,,oo ,,a,i I,,,,h ,,,,,,ts ,,,d sr
fNr,I -, ~, nrotec,,d III i, ,,,ard J,
MD ,,,,t NO., ,ha fre,, lie, ,c,s.r,,,hi,n
~, c,r,,,,',. -. e ,,,,r,,,laI T., ~,
o,her intarsst. bnt # tonchnd by any
otber ;,terest At ali !, ,youId remain enh
;act ~ am, ,bns nrotact;n, ,bat o,be,
;nterss, And vet Preeijant Taft so,,nh,
aarneetlv and d;Iigantl,, - hava th;s die
C.r;,n;nat;,,,r t,,eas,r r,sh,.d thron'rh ths
Penmhl;can Siyt,,'f;ret Congr..ss IN i.
avn;r;no hours last tbe nSonla should
10, neyt , pnt tb,nl,e ~ he ebor,,,. ss
o3 The session il did NOT become Law
d,,r;ng th,. life Of that Cororees and mas
Iaft over ~ he daaIt win bva Dan,ocrat;c
House in the Sivtv-second CONGRESS In
The n,eantima Ne ,,eo1le had ! chanc.. 10
analv1e the measure and ~ enter tbei,
protests aoainst its discrim;nations
Nearty tbe en,;re f,rn,;,o interest ~ thr
Ia,d L.s ,Srs,taste,. hut ,,l,;l. ~, f,r,,,.,rs
ana tha;r Den,ncra,;c p panrssantat;vee IN
Coneress are WILLING ta Iet President
TN ~. he rec;nroe;t, aare.en,f.,,t ,,;tL
Canada ,hev wan The country to have
he h4naf;t ~ Ne oood fsatnree sborn -,
lie had ones 60 tbat wbile The Den,o'
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