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Show DON'T BE MISLEAD. Ogdcn Kxnmlner: Some people treat politics ns If It hnd to bo Judged with rules ot reason unlike thus.) applied ap-plied ln nny other department ot lui mnn Interest. That Is n fallacy. 'I lie thing for tho sensible American citizen citi-zen to do Is to look tho situation ov er fairly, banish from his mind nil influence of nny part fetish, and go straight nhcad as he would In any oll;tr mattor. Two things nbovo all others aro needed by the people of tho United States. We want the financial skies denied, so there will bo no recurrence recur-rence of panics. That probably Is tho greatest one need ot .tho nation. And the people need a fair and sensible sen-sible revision of tho tariff. Both ot these results aro moro likely of being be-ing effected with tho election of President Pres-ident Tatt thnn 'by tho success of any other man or party. There is a monetary commission which has labored for somo two years maybe a great deal longer for some of Its members on tho problem of reforming the money system of tho country. Tho puzzle seems more likely like-ly of solution now thnn nt any past tlmo. Tho solution promises well, ln tho Judgment r 'e business men of tho nation, and ... condemned only by certain theorists who havo nothing nt all to offer which standi tho tcBt of measurement by enrcful nnd practical prac-tical men. And tho Judgment on which safe reform of tho currency system nlono can safely he bullded. Thnro Is a tnrlff hoard which has (been studying every phnso of the tnr- , , t . Iff question. It Is composed of cap-able cap-able men, informed ln matters ot imports im-ports nnd exports, values, cost ol production, cost of labor, and the equitable eq-uitable rights of American workeis. They probably havo butter Ideas of what Bhould bo dona to Improve pros ent conditions which certainly need Improving than has any one else. Now, a defeat of President Tatt will mean a termination of work by both of those commissions. It. will mean a waste of all the time anu money that has been spent, ln their Investigations. It will mean a return to the old tinkering with currency and tariff by men who have only Impractical Im-practical theories, never tested by scientific Inquiry, and perfectly unknowable un-knowable In practice. It will mean a continuance of a tariff that Is In need ot reform, and a money system thnt is probably the very worst In tho world. American citizens ought to uso their franchlso advisedly, with a view to bettering their Interests. They must- decide their duty ln that matter as they do In everything else on tho basis of what Is .best for tho nation. And It, Is pretty clear that the best thing for the American people this year Is to secure the re-election of Presldont Taft. 7 & A |