Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-23
ON, THE DEFENSE
CON0RE06MEN CUSHMAN AND
JONES ARE BEING DEFENDED.
Ass Neither In Harmony With President Roose.
welt Or Governor Mcbride. The Demo.
cratic Party Particularly Fortunate In It's
Congressional Nominees.

The republican newspapers in the state
this year are put to the painful necessity
Of defending the attitude Of two of their
congressional nominees, Cushman and
Jones. because Of their stand against the
position of the republican president.
Both Cushman and Jones are known as
|s'insurgents,'' inasmuch as they refuse
20 back up and support President Roose-
welt in his Cuban reciprocity measure.
In this matter Congressman Cushman
| has been the most outspoken, and is now
trying to defend himself by saying that
II the people of this state want recipro.
city, Re will vote for it; we'll knowing
that rot only party, bit the democratic
party also have been in favor OF this for
some time.
While Cushman is busy telling why
he is not supporting republican presi-
dent, which president by the way, is
now being upheld in his reciprocity at
titude, ~ well as his trust attitude, by
the democrats, Congressman Jones has
placed himself in peculiar position on
the trust question. The democratic
party in the state OF Washington has de-
clared in its platform that it favors the
removal OF all duty on goods manufac-
tured or controlled by trust, and since
the adjournment OF the democratic con-
vention, the democratic papers and
speakers the state over, he said that the
terrible condition OF affairs now existing
in the Pennsylvania coal fields could be
remedied, il the duty was removed from
coal. This statement brought forth the
remark from MIR. Jones in his speech at
the Seattle theater on the ght of Sat-
urday, Oct. IL, that "There is no tariff
on Anthracite coal under the Dingley
law and therefore any claim that the
tariff needs reform to help out the coal
strike is erroneous" This statement
might have passed unnoticed. had not
Secretary Moody, in his speech at Madi.
son, Wis. that same night,-which
speech appeared in the press dispatches
the next day,-said that duty of &C
per ton on Anthracite coal had been
struggled into the Dingley bill. Ii Mr..
Jones did not know this, then he is
poor man to represent the people of the
state of Washington in congress; il he
did know it, then he wilfully made a
statement. However, to be chari-
table, it will be presumed that it was
ignorance that prompted him to make
the declaration.
1t Is strange condition Of affairs, in.
deed, when republican president in the
nation and republican governor in the
state have to look to the democrats for
their support.
Both Cushman and Jones oppose
Roosevelt. They have thrown every OBJ
stacle in his path that they could, aud
there is no reason to believe they will
not continue, to do so. The republican
party in the state has fought the rail-
road policy Of Governor Mcbride; and
although In it, platform, IL declared for
. commission, there Ia no person in the
stateso foolish - 70 believe that il was
sipooBe in the declaration. and II elected,
reI blicans will ever pass a Railroad
cofhmission bill.
Ghepeople Of the state Of Washington
are fortunate this year in having nomi-
mated on the democratic ticket three
men who, when elected, will support the
republican president in his Cuban recip-
rocity, and will back him up in HE
efforts to down the trusts. which, untor.