Show A REPUBLICAN DUTY N NOW NI OY OW that thai the thc Underwood tariff bill is ready fori for i 5 action in the time Senate the Republican members of that body will will- harbor two conflicting desires One and without doubt the tho greatest will be their wish tosao to save SAVO the in industries of the country from tho the injury injury if not the destruction that seems inevitable should the administration bill Lill become a law The Tho other desire is an entirely human yearning that the Democrats who voted once for Wilson ils b by supporting their own ticket an and the tho Progressives cs who voted Toted twice for him b by supporting Roosevelt might get that which they in invited by their votes otes Wilson of course would not be President ent and amid the thc majority in iii Congress would not be bo Democratic if tho the protectionists of the nation on had hod not divided their strength Those mem members ls l's of the time party who succumbed like unsophisticated yokels to Mr Roosevelt's blandishments were more eager that he should his bis ambition than that American industry industry industry in in- should bo be be protected tim the wish Vi h of Mr r. r Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt was more important in their r o eyes cs than the prosperity pros pros- p rity of the United States They threw prosperity into the tho balance despite repeated warnings and it is unfortunate that they cannot be punished without penalizing also those who are arc not guilty Revenge however brings only a transitory pleasure pleas pleas- ure nrc its sweetness quickly turns to ashes Tho The Republican Republican Republican lican senators will forget the tho past and remember only that their policies alone can avert the tho commercial depression that will win follow the passage of this bill They will do their duty uty as the they see sec it fighting lighting valiantly valiant valiant- ly y to the last ast for the tho protective principle defending the prosperity that has arisen through that principle and that cannot long sur survive sure e its defeat |