The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-24
He DECLINES.
Speaker Henderson Creates Political
Surprise by
REFUSING TIE NOMINATION.

to Stand as the Exponent
of His Party in His
District.
A dispatch from Dubuque, Iowa,
says Speaker Henderson. tn2ing that
his views in respect to the treatment
Of trusts by reducing the tariff in
whole or in part, are not in accord
with the views OF many OF his party in
Iowa, has declined to accept the nom
ination for congress and has with
drawn from the race. In his state
ment, Speaker Henderson, says:
For three years l have advocated
giving control Of trusts to congress.
In my judgment, proper supervision
can never be had until congress has
power to treat them. am glad to see
from speeches made by our fearless
and upright chief executive, that he
is advocating federal control over these
corporations, and while in some quar-
tiers they may sneer at it, have not
seen any proposition yet, except this,
that seems as all likely to bring relief.
No proposition has ever been made oy
the Democracy excepting to put every
thing on the free list and to give the
country free trade. In other words,
they propose to kill the child dead in
order to secure it.
In my opinion, if combinations
could be regulated and controlled, we
would have very little ground for
charges before a change in the tariff
laws. For my part, If anything great
in this country attainS prosperity
through protective policies or any
other legislation and is using its ad-
yantageS, growth and prosperity to
plunder the American people l, for
one, am ready to strike it by whatever
legal means We may be able to adopt
provided that in so doing, we do not
hurt innocent interests. l have been
more amused than hurt at the suggeS-
tion that have been against any
changes in the tariff.
II have never been opposed to max
ing needed changes, and I am not
now. I must say and ernphatically,
that do not believe that a single
schedule of the Dingley tariff law can
be so amended as to relieve the people
from the oppression OF trusts or COM
binations Of capital, however named
and that such action may involve the
reearding Of our expanding commerce
and getting and holding Of foreign
markets. Indeed, I believe such plan
to be frought with grave dangers to
the people. I am firm believer in
reciprocity. I worked with untiring
zeal to secure reciprocal arrangements
between Cuba and this country, and l
was successful in passing it through
the house. The senate did not act On
the bill because consideration Of it
would have permitted the opening up
of the whole question Of tariff reviS-
ion.
while cannot speak for the pros
pets of favorable action upon bills
sent to the senate I still hope and be-
lieve that by a treaty the same result
nav be accomplished. and have no
doubt that President Roosevelt is now
working on the question Of a treaty
with Cuba, to give that struggling
young republic needed help, a help
too, In which, while they will be gain
ers we will not be losers. And now,
let me say, and let there be no misun-
derStanoing as to my position: l be-
lieve in protection that viii protect
the hand of labor, the wheels Of indus
try, every farmer and miner, ,and am
against wicked corporations that would
trample on the rights of the people to
fair play and to the fruits Of honest
efforts. an against unnecessary leg
islation that would throw my country
into panic and bring back the horrors
bequeathed to US by the last Demo-
cratic administration.
Speaker Henderson. announced his
withdrawal after a conference Of sew
eral hours duration with Chairman
CHASER Of the congressional commit
tee and friends this afternoon. Speak
er Henderson has been contemplating
this action for two weeks but had in
timated nothing Of it to friends until
Yesterday. At today'S conference his
friends implored him not to take the
action, but to no avail lie said he
had made up his mind and no arsu-
ment could cause him to change his
decision.
STATES HIS REASONS.
When asked for his reasons for his
withdrawal, Speaker Henderson said:
My letter to Chairman Albrook is
the whole thing in nutshell. You
cannot kill the trusts by applying free
trade without killing our own indus
tries. The foreign trusts are fighting
the American trusts, and I do not be-
ieve that, for the purpose Of CONTROL
ing American trusts, we should make
a market for foreign trusts, thereby
crushing out the industries OF this
country. After my conference last
Saturday at Waterloo, hearing views
of the chairman Of my district, I con
.cluded that my views on the tarit
question were at variance with those
of many of my party, and I did moi
desire to appear in false position"
Speaker Henderson gave out an ao
dress this evening which states HI:
views on the tariff and trust question
and because these views, in his opln
ion, are not in accord with the STATE
platform and with the opinions o.
prominent members OF his party, N
declined to accept the nomination.
WILL NOT RECONSIDER.
Speaker Henderson is positive in hi!
,declination Of the congressional nomi