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Show THE EDITORIALS - SOJD3 REFORMERS By L, A. Hollenbeck It seems that congress Is about to pass the new tariff measure. It has . been up for passage a long time. The, i fanners wanted a high tariff on farm ' , products, mid as that would raise th . , . cost of living, the manufacturers and . their employes also wanted a raise on manufactured goods. But, many deep thinking people realized that too much tariff would . bring rcalitory legislation and high tariffs by other nations against the goods of the United Un-ited States which would result In stopping stop-ping foreign trade. The danger was . threatening, and some republicans were ufraid it would result in the defeat of the republican party as it did In 1012. Well, one of the strongest lobbyists In congress or outside of It was a Mr. Grundy from Pennsylvania. He became quite famous fam-ous by criticisms in ' Washington, and as there was later a senatorial vacancy vac-ancy from Pennsylvania, Governor Fisher, appointed Mr. Grundy, the famous lobbyist to the senate, and the Insurgent republicans with some of the democrats tried to refuse him to be seated. Through all the scathing criticism, Mr. Grundy sat there in his seat aud took it all with perfect composure com-posure and In good temper, and said nothing and the objectors were beaten. beat-en. The other day President Ileber J. Grant was In Washington, and as tho sugar tariff schedule was up for discussion, dis-cussion, the insurgent republicans thought Mr, Grant was down there lobbying, and proceeded to subject him to a lot of criticism too. AW I, President Pres-ident Grant, it was soon shown, was there on a friendly visit, and was neither saying or doing anything about the sugar schedule, and the matter soon subsided. It would be quite a joke if Mr. Grant would in the near future get Into the U. S. senate, and would have to run the same gauntlet that Mr, Grundy did. Well, anyway, sometimes the reformers, re-formers, and that includes Mr. Borah, or Nye, or Norris, or Blaine, get to reforming too much, and everything that looks at all suspicious is like waving a red rag ut a bull, and then the bull fight la on. When the reforming reform-ing bug gets too big a hold on a senator sen-ator or a congressman. It may be better bet-ter sometimes to let him out and put another man In his place. Too much of a good thing spoils it. |