The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-02-10
STANDPATTERS
BACK IN SADDLE
Well Organized and FL
nanced Propaganda
TO O|sCREO|T THE PRESIDENT
And Put the Payne.Aldrich
Tariff Law Back On
Statute Books.
HOPE OF THE ALDMCH CROWD

HOPE OF THE ALDSlCH CROWD
Washington. d. c., Feb. with
the complete capture of the G.. o. p.
by the Penroses. Barnes. Cannon.
Smoot, Mann, Illinois Mckinley.
RUdenberg, and the other Aldrich
lieutenants. who absolutely domi-
nate the organization of the party in
Congress and out. there is a we'll
directed and well-financed move
ment on the part of the beneficial
ries of the old protective tariff sys-
tenn, which has for its object the
control and possession of the Fed
eral Government There are evil
dences on every hand that the ia
vorites Of the protective system, who
preyed and fattened on the public
at will during the operation Of the
Payne-Aldrich bill, are Smelling out,
and that they are generously back
ing a nationwide propaganda to
again get control of our Govern
ment.
The Aldrich crowd that wrecked
the Republican party and has again
gained control of it, the Republican
and reactionary press, and the va
rious agencies of the old reactionary
outfit are busy just now throwing
mud at the President, who has stood
steadfastly at his post of duty. wise
ly directed the Government in the
most turbulent and distressing pc
riod in the history of the world. and
who. above and before all things.
has kept Us away from var and at
peace with the earth. Discredit the
great man in the white House, and
we may have chance! That is the
game of the tariff plunderers and the
crowd which have manned and re-
Gently taken possession of the Re
publican party and its organization.
Money-well, that is no, object
There will be full treasury, and
even at this early date there is not
wanting evidence of financial ability
and abundance to put forward the
propaganda necessary to bring
about restoration of the Payne
Aldrich law. The Pittsburg Post
has had something to say of the
movement. Editorially this paper
said in its issue OF January IL
when Senator Jacob Ii. CALM
ger a few days ago introduced a
resolution in the upper branch of
Congress providing for substitu-
ton. exactly as 1t was written, of
the Payne-Aldrich tariff for the I'm
derwood law, the general impression
was that the New Hampshire states
man was INDUCING merely in flip
pancy. However, ii turns out to
have been the entire act of a stud
led program OF the standPat element
Of the Republican party for the 1916
Presidential campaign-a high-tariff
propaganda which is to be pushed
persistently until the day of the Re-
publican dominating convention. A
large find, 1t is understood. has
been raised to defray the expenses
Of this preliminary campaign to stir
up discomfort with conditions, and
II possible. to create public senti-
ment favorable, to a return to the
days or high protective tariff. The
struggle Is TO be momentous. since
those promoting the campaign must
foresee that. unless a victory can be
won both in the nominating conven-
tion and later at the polls in 1916.
the high protective system, as it ex-
listed in the days when Serene Payne
and Nelson w. Aidrfoh were domi-
nsnt in the Legislative councils of
the country, win be gone forever.
''The standpat leaders apparently
have closed their eyes to the fact
that In demanding the restoration of
the Payne-Aldrich tarin. they are
slapping directly at the element re-
sponsible for the .insurgent move
ment OF hut a few years ago. which
element marked the first big line OF
cleavage within the Republican par
ty. They are doing this. It Is said.
because OF belief that they can at
sbis time club into line those who
disagree with them, the organi-,
xation Of the propaganda is under
stood to have been uhner way sisce
shortly after the last election. Some