The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-07
WORKING AGREEMENT ENDS

1t is good to read in the dispatches
that the so-called working agreemen,
between the insurgent Republican Sen.
ators and the Democratic Senators has
come to an end. It is the natural out.
come of the restoration of party unity
such as was to be expected in this
Presidential year. Senator Cummins
has distinctly repudiated all intention
OF Joining in a third party movement,
and gives in his adhesion to the re-
Republican convention at Chicago. he
states that the nomination was falr
and binding upon Republicans. and ac-
cordingly he announces his support OF
1t. Senator La Toilette has not openly
Joined in this support, but we do not
see how he can refrain from joining
when he thinks matters over fully
and clearly It is to be presumed, also,
that he has Joined with the other in"
surgents in the Senate, in the notice
to the Democrats that Republican SEN
ators will henceforth support their par
ty measures, and will have NO traffic
with Democratic free trade. or join In
the passage Of Democratic tariff meas
ures.
This Is good party work, and Its ef-
feet cannot fail to be excellent through
out the country. 1t is a distinct indi-
cation that Republicans are getting to-
gether. and that the Republican party
will go into the campaign and the cleo
tion united mass, as heretofore. This
will mean victory. as 1t ought to do,
and will insure the reelection of Presi
dent Taft.
The measures pending upon which
this notification Of the solidarity of
the party comes are the sugar. the wool,
and the metal bills. which the House
had passed and put UP to the Senate
for concurrence. There have been more
or less delay and uncertainty with re-
gard to some of these measures; now
there will be none The Senate will
reject all of those bills, and there will
be no further efforts to "put the Pres
ident in hole, - the like of which have
been so disgusting to the Republican
voters Of the country for some time
past.
No better political news could come
to the country than that Republicans
are getting together; and the insur
gent Senators are not only doing good
party work in separating themselves
from the Democratic Senators on all
party measures, but the example of
these insurgent Senators in so doing
must be inspiriting to the country at
large. and helpful in the solidifying of
the Republican vote.
Undoubtedly the interests of the Re-
publican Representatives in Congress
have had good deal to do with this
Senatorial action. The Republican
Representatives. cannot poll their party
strength, and in general hope to be re-
turned to the House. unless they can
solidify the Republican vote in their
various districts. To effect this, it is
necessary of course that the Republi-
can Senators from the various States
should be good party men and act in
the party interest, helping the election
or reelection, as the case may be, of
Republican Representatives from the
various districts in their States to Con-
gress. AS we have said heretofore, the
interests of the Republican Represen-
tatives and the need of electing as
many party Representatives in Con
gress as possible. have had the greatest
effect of anything in repressing fac
tional strife, and in bringing together
and holding the party vote as an en-.
tirety, And so we commend the &C
tion of these insurgent Senators. and
trust that all Of the factionists who
have been "offish' heretofore viii
join again in a united and earnest EFF
fort to solidify the strength of the
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