The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-08

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WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 5. 1so2
a "READJuSTinG IN The COAL"
We have not heard the end OF the
Iowa Idea yet When the Repub-
Leans came together the other day to
nominate candidate for Congress to take
the place OF Speaker Henderson, they
deemed it necessary to do the whole
business over again. They made a new
platform for the new candidate to stand
upon. to do which. 1t seems. gave them
no small amount OF trouble. The trouble
they were In and the manner IN which
they tried to shuttle around 1t furnish
the strongest evidence we have seen yet
that Speaker Henderson, notwithstanding
his former heavy majorities, retired sole
ly because he believed that a popular de-
feat was in store for him IL he remained
in the field as a candidate. It also begins
to look as IL he retired in the interest OF
his party. for 1t is now apparent to those
who read between the lines that he was
OF the opinion that his defeat at the
polls would be worse for the Republican
party at largo than an earlier and So
called voluntary retirement from the field.
The platform The Convention made was
a kind OF drag net intended to catch the
large number Of Republican voters In
the district who favor lower tariff rates.
and at the same time hold those who be-
1ieve as Speaker Henderson believes.
Judge Birdsall the now candidate. is
evidently OF the opinion that the Iowa
Idea is rampant in the district, and that
good deal Of shutting around is nec-
essary in order to win out. In his letter
OF acceptance he says:
The Republican party OF Iowa does not
propose to abate one jot or title OF lts
1aitn in the essential principles or policies
OF protection. 1t does believe that the
question of rates is a practical one. to be
determined ana governed by the condi-
iions of time ana production, and that
nothing sacred attaches to a mere table
OF rates, which should be readjEsted to
arise in the industrial progress OF the
country.
The candidate then proceeds to show
what mighty and unInanageable trusts
there are in free trade England, and then
makes this remarkable dcliverance:
The Republican party of Iowa believe
in the creates; good to the greatest num-
Der. and will not permit the policy OF
protection to become s. shield for the
greed end avnlice OF man. whether pre-
sonted in the form of trusts, individual,
Joint stock or corporate existence, nor
shelter, beneath which designing corpora-
tions shall be able TO Cypress the peo-
pie Of this country.
Whenever such men or corporations
have gained such control Of the produc-
ton of any market for dutiable products.
20 that the price OF the same is regulated
by 1T and not by home competition. Iowa
Republicans propose to destroy such mo-
nopoly by applying the principles of reel
procity and by so rcadirstfng the tariff
as to force such combinations into COM
petition with the worlds markets.
That sounds very well, but 1t will be
quite an easy matter FOR Hon Horace
Boies. Judge Birdsall's opponent, to show
that The Republican party has permitted
R..tlle policy Of protection to become the
shield for the greed and ava:ice of man.,
and hns persisted in this policy to the
oppression OF the people OF the country.
However. it is significant that Re
publican candidate in a district that has
heretofore elected the high protectionist,
Mr. Henderson, with majoriucs ranging
from ten 10 eighteen thousand, has been
frightened into promising the people 1.-THE
principles Of reciprocity" and the read
1ustment OF the tariff. The Western peo
pie are thinking. as Speaker Henderson
discovered and as Judge Birdsall has dis
covered BY the way, '.readjustment OF
the tariff. is good. and has something
OF q familiar sound We feel warranted
In designating Judge Birdsall as kind
of .'readjuster in The COAL" as a we'll
known virginian once designated him
self along another line. The indications
now are that the people Of the Iowa dis
trict will prefer to trust Ex-Governor
0eles with the tariff REIMBURSEMENT
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