Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-11-21
Discusses
Teddy, Taft
and Wilson
SALEM 1cI1 MAN SIZES UP THE po1,r.
lCAL n5!n SITUATION AND POIxTc pUHir,
CONSTITUENCIES. N "''V iN'

octo,,..., A"N'uOuS arise as nm
a''y,lu"In' =. ,,la Certain newspapers boya
II lna' Republicans elected WiIson '', wv.
yc Young for him for the express nnrno,, ~
u defeating Roosevelt. In other n,nr5, oD,s
'ney sacrificed their own party. nrir'
V'pIeS and all, and gave their conrtr,.
away to the enemy, and all for tbo
s so'o purpose Of keeping Roosevelt
rom being elected. w
That was quite a sacrifice and ~,
ol a questionable result Whether
,,.' u was really worth the political con.
u'Ilon which has obtained can hos+ \
seen during the coming four years
had all the Republicans who yot,I
'oF wilson with this purpose in view
voted for Taft, Roosevelt might how,
ueen elected Would our political well
rare have been better than. prdar
,'eiDocratlc administration? Very like.
ly many thought so, since Poosoyo,t
polled between four million and fonr
ana one-half million votes
Roosevelt, the great dlsturber tbo
agltator, the demagogue, the wbatpot
certainly has been true to the copserv-
a'lYe element in the Republican marty
has played the hand of the party ba- |
cause on the subject of tariff he has
always kept his hands off. To LET fine
tariir alone is just what the Republi. |
can party has always wanted. Roose.
welt let 1t severely alone. On the sub
Ject OF trusts Mr. Roosevelt also must
nave pleased some part of the Repub.
lIcan party since he allowed several
thousand to be created during his adj
mlnistration, and delayed radical pros- .
ocution of the present trusts. And vet
IN spite of the tariff and the trusts be-
ing the pets of the Republican party
the Taft press abused Roosevelt for
his administration which was quite in
accord with his party at that time.
Mr. Taft, holding the highest Office
under Republican administration,
when he foresaw coming defeat, at
once undertook to please the people
by creating a new tariff schedule and
attacking the trusts. How beautiful
ly inconsistent we are The cardinal
virtues of the Republican party have
always been to keep wages up for
worldngmen by means Of tariff and .
to cheaper the cost of articles to con-
sumers by means of reasonable combi-
nation in trade and commerce. In the
present campaign, Roosevelt was LAM
pooned for standing by these princi-
pies while president and Taft was
Iauded to the sky for deserting the
party standards and principles.
Even the densest thinker on the sub
Iect will concede that the Republican
1csition upon the tariff is correct so
ar as the interest Of the workingmen
s concerned. The only drawback in
his connection is permitting the pau !
,er laborer himself to come here and
work for European wages after we
lave excluded the pauper-manufac. !
ured article That is a question of q
creign immigration Many Republi. ;
an tariff benefciaries engaged in 8
should be censured for Il
this cheap foreign labor, Q
or while enjoying the monopoly Gre
tied by the tariff, they also take ad. Z
.antage of the cheap labor importa- Z
ion. So far as trusts are concerned, q
We all know that you can buy ready a
aade trust articles much cheaper
han you can buy the raw material and A
make them yourself d
There is another way Of looking at q
he Wilson vote. Is it altogether in n
icative of the effort to defeat Roose-
elt, or is it a decided reputation Of
he Chicago convention? Some years 4
go the Republican party in oregon :
plit over some such issue, resulting
q Democratic victory. One wing still! '
raternizes with the Democrats and
on-partisans, while the other the i'm
loyable wheel-hOrses, are still wait c
lg. They are in the minority but
till believe in their future They rep
esent the Taft element in Oregon, bt
hile the other wing went to Wilson
pd Roosevelt Whether the present
atlonal victory of the Democrats will SC
eaken this segment Of the old party
epends upon the tenacity with which
ley will cling TO the wreck. 90
The people Of this state have plain So
spoken that they are done with par
lines (at least for the time being
nd are ready to set aside the cher ga
he'd bulwark called the primary law a
nd initiative and referendum, as evil
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