The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-01-09

adversely. You can't go out into thu
country districts of Illinois and get III
a political quarrel between Republic
cans, no matter what they called
themselves last year. They have
dropped their quarrels and are al
kicking together, and they are kick.
ing at the present administration and
the conditions it has produced. Why
you can't even pick a quarrel with a
| Democrat out in my section of the
country. They are joining in the
chorus of damnation, and begging to
be saved from their past political sins.
"Old Phalanx Already Together"
These gentlemen may plan get-to-
| gether' clubs from now until June,
| 1916 but the rank and file of the old
| Protection phaanx are already to-
gether, and they are not asking for
any new political nostrum. 1t is only
| the man who has money to throw
away who has new diseases and looks
for new remedies.
"a rich man may have neuritis but
poor man has only rheumatism, he
can't afford to have neuritis Well,
the people now find that they have
just old-fashioned rheumatism in
their business conditions, and they are
ready to go back to the old remedy
which has been effective in cases OF
business rheumatism in the past.
The doctrine of the new freedom,
whatever that may mean to the pres
dent. and the new peace policy
whatever it may mean to Mr.. Bryan,
have had rheumatic effect on the
people and they are tired of it, The
administration seems to be good
deal OF Jackson administration,
without the frankness and courage of
Jackson, While gathering the spoils
Of Office and picking up contributions
from Chautauquas on the side. they
are preaching new freedom and legis-
lating old-fashioned Free Trade and
new-fangled currency law.
They are praying, How long, O
Lord how long, as they read the
Presidents essays on new freedom
and Mr.. Bryan's chautauqua eulogies
on the new peace while business halts
at home and anarchy is encouraged in
a neighboring republic by the one
great power which has warned the
rest of the world to keep its hands off
this continent
Meanwhile all kinds of property,
except the high cost of living, have
deprecated, and still the sermon CON
tinues calling the people to repent
ance. Do you wonder that the people
get tired OF the exhortations from the
White House and the State Depart
ment when they see and feel the re-
suit of the reversal of the lever on the
policies that once produced prosper
ity?"
why. my friend, Secretary Red
field is still going about the country
giving out threats to investigate and
prosecute any manufacturer who re-
duces wages or reduces his force of
employees. Well, if he means busi-
ness he has plenty of material to
work on right now. and Congress had
better give the Department of Justice
a few additional millions to pay the
expenses of these prosecutions, for
Mr. McReynolds will need as many
lawyers as there are privates in the
look after this new business.
If the boys here want to organize
a get-together club to meet in Wash
lngton, or New York, or Indianapolis,
to give you newSpapermen something
to write about, and, incidentally, to
mend their own fences at home,
have no objection. but it will not help
the Republicans of the country to get
together, for they are already all to-
gether at the mourners' bench CON
1icted of their past folly. They now
are united to fight the common enemy
regardless of all leaders and all isms, |
regardless of the basis of representa- |
ion, presidential primaries, referendum
md recall, social justice and all other
literary phrases.
Says Anarchy Is Encouraged.
They are not caring three whoopS
what these gentlemen here do, or what
you write about their doings The
people are watching the corners to
zee how they are going to make the
urn and weather the storm
The TACT is, the old Democratic
rheumatism is here, and there is not
manufacturing community anywhere
II this country that has not already
cit it. Mr.. Redheld can go to his
'wn state of New York, the Presi-
ent's state of New Jersey, to any of
he New England states. or to the
vest, and find just such cases as he
threatening to prosecute; for mills
re running on half time and with re-
uced force because they cannot run
S they did last year and every year
lnce the Dingley Tariff was enacted
| 1897.
Not Calamity Howler. I
No, | am not a calamity bowler
nd have no i'll will toward the pres
Mt administration. | am lust kick
lg against the conditions produced
y the Democratic effort to carry out :
'eir policies, and if you want to know
ow many other people are kicking
Ist go out through the country and
Ike few notes"
But how about changing the basis
representation in the Republican
ltional convention?"
why, | was ready to vote for the
uay resolution in 1900 and my
lends made strenuous fight for The
me resolution in 1908. We were
aten by the men who now advocate
Such a change made in 1908 might
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