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republican .leaders,, Those .whqre JjReoJalJy Jor
ierested in a high tariff will bo sflrp that the
Ration has replicated tariff reform; those whpj(
4ko the views of the big financiers on the money
'question will see In the result of,k the, election p
VepdM'tibV'ojr. tho president's durrericy reborn
Jmea'tfurpj tbp tttifft maghatfes wijj, pe JM assurp
ijiatiVie peoplp do not want tpt Jnterre" witjj
private hionopoly. Some may regard sucn'a ret
'suit (lb a .rebuke to the president, on.,thp Colls
Muestfon', but each one vlll .look at It from his
awn "standpoint and assume 'that the people are
wjttf hinVlri tho construction that tie, places upon
Jjio P0(lc,si ve'rdict. In addition tp the 'influence
xcrtbd by 'Various issues, It is necejlry.tq con
oid eV' business conditions and the, props' r.bpth of
'which ,'affec 'elections. If, as seems, certain, a
orridratib congress, is elected pils, fall, each
roup ' "abp vp ' 'named ' will refuse ' to , .regard, the
'plectipji affr k repudiation of its. particular views.
,, It.wpild, be just as reasonable to ask. that the
,tqlls,q.ueflMon. be postponed until after the. next
,P,reB,'d.qntial election. In fact, It would be about
,s iieaspnable for the friends of free, tolls to ask
tfov top, adpnMon of a resolution declaring that
Jhe final vote should be postponed until the benp
.fiqlarips of .free- tolls express themselves as will
ing to surrender the benefits which they hope to
obtain from tho present law.
Those who believe with the president in the
irfefte'Hl' of the tolls' law should hot permit "the
Btfftfth r rVsblhtion to' delay1 action for a- single
bmon:'1' Senators have made Up their minds
khd 'th6; vote should bo taken as! soon as they
likVfcr1 IJTiid n'tf opportunity to express thdir viotts.
iM'by'iiiftJ' - given to discussion will simply ob
atrict'the passage "of other important' measures.
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"'During the congressional' Campaign this fall
the republicans will bo angling for the farmer
jvptp by telling how fearful will be the effect
f!WPriho prices, the farmer obtains fpr his prod
uetg, of the new -democratic tariff, iaw. Mind,
.the. law ,has. be.enrt effpct.for over a year, and
prlqps, have, not U?on damagingly affected; but
the, rppijbllcan spellbinders ,arp ver,y sure they
will jiq. ..If. one of this kind of speeches is made
y$ur neighborhood, call, the attention of tho
Wer.to thp fdflt that.qn the first day., of -May,
fiVQ9...i))reo months Jbeforo. the.. Paynp-Aldrich
ar-ifflawj was passed, hogs, brpught pn the great
wostpr,nM market at South Omaha,. $G.98 a hun
drpdpnnds. Also remind him that exactly a
year later and nine months after, that law had
gone into effect, hogs on tho same market
brought ,$9.14. Ask him if, in his. opinion, the
entfeent of the tariff law ,by the republicans
hri'd 'anything to do with this 35 per cent increase
in.,pr(ja , ,
..Mi hereplles that.it did, Uien ask him why
jipon May 1, 1911, exactly a year later than the
.1.844 quotation, hogs were.bqing quoted on that
same, .market at $5.G1? Ypu might add a little
.morq.-.tp, his mental confusion by asking him
.to.. kindly explain why, after the democrats had
passed, a tariff law in 1912, in which the live
stock jschedule had been materially lowered hogs
rose on the South Omaha market from $7.51 on
May 1, 1912, to $8.17 1-2 a hundred?
x . These are official figures, and can be relied
nupom The explanation, of course, is that the
law pf supply and demand was the dominant
factor,. The number of hogs kept out by the re
publican tariff barrier and the .number let in by
tho removal by the democrats of that barrier
wae too small in comparison with the total mar
keted,, to. put even an appreciable effect.
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BALTIMORE CONVENTION AGAINST FREE
TOLLS
Senator. Goro has made a poll of the delegates
9 WW Baltimore convention qf .1912. arid ,has so
&rl;Fteed answer from 845 delegates out 'of
th,q liO(L Of those voting ,682 favpr tijp repeal
offe. fEe0 t0s law, 125 are against; repeal and
MrA npn-committal. Thp, advocates qf. repeal
therefore number more than JL30 In excess of a
majority; that is to say, if the convention were
now in session and the question were put to
the delegates, the advocates of repeal would have
a majority of more than 2G0'.eve:ri if ail o'f those
who have not voted and those who answer non
committal were counted w'ftli ' the opponents
This wohld seem to be 'a conclusive answer to
those who; in spite of the plftnK against subsidies
--t,,e free t0"9 plank 'fei?
Mediation in the pixkap
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It may bo assumed that tho readers of The
Commoner have obtained from tho dally hews
papWa ti&tory of Yho Mexican situation up to
this timo.' FOr more than a year" tho president
has been called upon to give a large part of'lijs
tirfio 'and thought ttf' disrupted and unhapp'y
Mexico. 'During theiearly months "of; his admiri
istration ho resisted tho entreaties of American
capitalists who urged him to recog'nlzo Huerta-
the Mexican general who turned upon his com-man'der'-in-chief;
took him prisoner and then
perriiitted him to bo assassinated. The president
has described liim in his messages as a usurper
and has resolutely refused to countenance tho
methods which ho employed, first in obtaining
possession of tlib instrumentalities of govern
ment and, second, in suspending tho guaranties
of the constitution and ruling with the hand of
a despot. This country, as tlie situation became
known, moro and more unanimously endorsed
tho position taken by the president. A few, to
be sure, clamored for intervention, but the multi
tude applauded the president's efforts1 to find a
peaceful solution of the difficulties that con
fronted tli.o. republiq to the squth of us.
The wanton arrest of American sailors by the
local authorities at Tampico, however, resulted
in a demand idt redress 'to which General Huerta
refused to yield. He even aggravated the situa
tion,, first by insisting upo.n a SIMULTANEOUS
salute, as if this government shared his guilt,
and, second, by asking for a written agreement
that tho saluto would be returned, which implied
a charge that this government could not be
tr.usted to live up to the requirements of inter
natipnal courtesy. His qQurso aroused a sus
picion,, boldly .expressed by the constitutionalists,
tbat he deliberately sought to' provoke interven
tion in tho hope of uniting the country bqhind
him in "resistance to invasion"; and, tihat failing
in, this, he preferred to yield to a foreign power
rather than be overcome by insurgents at home.
Subsequent developments indicated that the
negotiations in regard to the firing of the salute
wero drawn out for the purpose of giving liim
self time to secure additional arms and ammuni
tion. Whatever reasons may have actuated General
Huerta, the president felt it his duty to lay the
THIS IS THE PRICE OP INTERVENTION DOES
AMERICA WANT TO PAY?
Farm, Stock and Home, iijrieapoll Minn;
matter before congress,, not fo.the purpose of
securing '& decla'ration 6l war, out ' with the
object of inviting .a vot-etof confidence that-General
Huerta might not be. longer delu.djed with
t'he idea that the government at Washington
lacked popular support, a; .delusion for -which, he
was indebted to. those, newspapers whicji haye
with ' deliberate intent misrepresented the atti
tude of the public mind-onthis subject.-'
After a resolution endorsing thfe' president's
course had passed the house bya-'vpte of nearly
ten to pnpand whijet ,was,upder .discussion in
the senate, the president, . ,o meet new con
tingencies that liad arisen, took pofcs'es'sion of the
custom house 'at Vera Cruz atfd then; in-order to
defend it, was forced to. extend the.lines'boyond
the city. limits. , A period of4 .tqjcniQj.and ,excitqr
ment in .the capital and throughout j ih$ country
followed," during which nearly 'all or tlie Ameri
cans residing"in Mexico sought safety 'in aJreftirn
to the United States. Fortunately no deaths
have bpen reported in the; Amerlcau colony, and
now that the excitement lias ubs'ded, . tt .is not
likely hat any fatalities will occur.
As soon as a display of force was made at Vera
Cruz, representatives of the three leading coun
tries of Latin America, Ambassador -da Gama of
Brazil, Dr. Naon, minister from Argentina, and
Senor -Don Bduardo Suarez, minister rfo in' Chili,
by authority of their govern,me'nt&,: tendered
their good offices as mediator's Wit-fia'Vffiwtb
reaphingva peaceful solution'? tif( 'ttie'' differences
between the United Stated government and" Gen
eral Huerta, and to the restoration b'!peace;"ih
Mexico. The tender of gotfd Offices ' was' prbhipti
ly accepted by the United Stages' 'a'ri'd ''soon' afte
wards by General Huerta, and still later by Gen
eral Carranza. At the time"of -thp1' writing of
this editorial the details for'he conference 'are
being arranged. The mediators' -have 'fiWd1 upon
Niagara Falls, Canada', as ' tlie' xtf a'ce "and1 ' Mtiy
18th as the time fdr conference 'wilii the'reire
Bentatives 'Of the'1 various parPsi'-'w1" ,,;' ."''
Without attempting tb lfbrecAsfe,:,tne 0fiV&
this effort, the writer-'gives bistjcWuia mide
ment tO'the' 'president's p6l'icy'anrfMmett!sr Kc-pes
that a further resort to arms may not beMn(es
sary. No one ill' sympathy wifh'the spirU of 'the
present age' can regard' -war 'witnbiii a'ifeeliiig of
horror. The passions wnicli It Wdiild arouse in
those participating' a're passions' 'whicih shblild
be allowed to slumber, 'and the1 preju'dfees
which it would engender' throughout Latin
America would prevent that "cordiality "which
should characterize the relations bf! nb'iglibors.
At times like these the 'way iTfo'always "cWar
to those upon whom great respbhsibill'ties rest,
but the time has come when,; doubts sliould b'e
resolved in favor of peaceful "mein'bdr Vather
than against them. If mention succoe'ds its
beneficent results will be a blessing to the''Wliole
world; ifGod forbid itj-imediatioh' fails the
offer and acceptance will not Dp 'barren of good
results, for the attempt ha's already awakened
the generous interest of all'; Centra! and South
America and proven our nation's -"desire to ex
haust every other method before reporting to
the arbitrament of arms. " W.. Ji BRYAN.
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THE COLOMBIAN TREATY
After, many months of 'n,egqtiationV a treaty
has been agreed upon with Colombia ifor. the
adjustment of the differences that have existed
since the date of the organization of the Panama
republic. As the treaty has not' yet been laid
2!wE? 1 he?enate. its terms have not been made
42i,; y ? I government, further than tlie an
nouncement that the pecuniary' .comriensati6n
?SSSd UfPI! iS ?25,00D,000. The treaty is'quite
SSX v ratiflQd by the Colombian govern-
III 5 r ,y 0UF senate 'Besides restoring
Sp2 ?Lre?f tlonf8 th one of the laVger republics
in? m I AmerIca, the ratifiiation of the treaty
?niS a y?ry favorable impression upon the
Spanish speaking people of this hemisphere.
bvTil! wiin?s l?ea" of war, was well typified
HmT 52 J nnCd5nt WSich foll d Admiral.Baogpr's
a rSmmm , ACruz' He s,.waitp4. upon, by
L toS1 e? ?f American importers who asked
.!rmt8rfl rebates on Americanrmade goeds. ' Tlip
BaQS Kn Jfemptopily refVsed,(!of course, .but
Badger laid himself open to he, iecusatipn that
rtXi bfca'the bSsmesfl idea, is
that trade qught to follow thp flag. "