The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-06-27

the Republican platform promises at
all times to uphold the authority and
integrity Of the courts Nobody is
attacking The authority Of the courts
in this campaign, unless Col. Rooso
Yelt may be charged with the offense
and this promise should turn the tot.
ers' attention to what use the Repub-
lean law officers have made Of the
courts in the past They have upheld
the authority and integrity Of the
courts By condoning criminal viola
tions of the antitrust law and settling
trust litigation By private agreement
The authority and integrity q the
courts has been to them in such mat
ters q beautiful abstraction. 10 carry
this policy further, the platform max
ers propose in a succeeding paragraph
a federal trade commission" which
they frankly state is to supplant the
courts in dealing with certain great
questions. While the language is not
clear, this commission is evidently the
Roosevelt-Perkins court Of big bust.
ness, a rich mans court, to advise the
combines how near they may come to
criminal conspiracy without going to
Jail. It Is to assume the functions Of
lord chancellor and keep the corpor-
atoms conscience.
Next in order comes the treatment
Of tbe Tariff Specifically, this Is a
stronger declaration in favor Of down
ward revision than was the plank Of
1908 hnt left d tho Interpretation of
a Republican congress and president
and there IS no likelihood that any
real relief from tariff oppression would
ever be provided under 1t.
It says some duties are too high. II
does not say the duties on steel and
wool are too high. The Interpretation
Of it must be in the light Of the Payne.
Aldrich bin and the Taft veto Of gen
uine tariff revision measures. The
tariff commission is approved, but one
viii search in vain for any approval
Of the efforts OF that body to separate
the cost Of the wool on a sleeps back
from the cost Of the rest OF the sheep.
Scientific revision Of the tariff is call.
ed for and this comes from a party
whose idea Of scientific tariff making
has always been to cali IN the men
and interests to be benefited and ask
them how much they think they ought
to have.
Two paragraphs widely different as
to matter and siagularity alike in man.
ner may be considered together They
are the demand for an equitable
method ol retiring civil service en-
ployes and Tor the revival Of the mer
chant marine Their language may
be taken to mean anything. Their
true import is probably a civil pension
list and a ship subsidy This conclu
sion is accordant with the Republican
policy Of special privilege
The financial policy announced il
the platform seems to point to tn,
Aldrieh banking and currency bill i
closes with a bid for the farmer vot,
by holding out the prospect Of som'
mtthod BY which farmers may borrow
money easily and cheaply. The Amer
ican farmer who has for long whll,
been paying mortgages, not MAKING
them. will know how to estimate thh
paragraph at its real value.
The platform discusses various othe
matters. somt Of them are not in dis
pute and others have no standing al
political issues. IN closing, the plat
form challenges criticism Of the ad
ministrations Of Mckinley, Roosevelt
and Taft The Mckinley administra
tion Is rather remote for criticism II
this campaign, though It is open to ei
fectiYe attack As TO the others
RooseYelt's challenge with the trust
and Taft's opposition to genuine tarit
reform are sufficient to condemn botl