Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-09-22

| tariff are required to prevent mOnOp-
oily from sheltering itself under the
wings of protection, then the tariff
shall be modified to prevent that con-
dition. For my part, if any great IN
terest in this country is prospecting
through the protection policies or
any other legislation inducing it's adj
vantages, growth and prosperity to
plumber American people, l, for one,
am ready to strike it by whatever legal
means we may be able to adopt, pro-
vided that in so doing we do not hurt
innocent interests. | am not prepared
to say | would be willing to strike
down and destroy American combina-
lions and let foreign combinations
come in and do the work, but would
like to control our own corporations so
there could be fair play among Amer
lean people. | have been more
amused than hurt at suggestions that
l have been against any changes in
the tariff. While I have been againsL
general revision, recognizing the wis
dom of President Roosevelt in his first
vised against it have never been Op
posed to making needed changes, and
| am not now. | must say, and en-
phatically, that | do not believe a
single schedule of the Dingley tariff
law can be so amended as to relieve
the people from the oppression OF
trusts or combinations of capital, how
ever named, and that such action may
involve the retarding of our expand
ing commerce and the getting and
holding of foreign markets.
Indeed, believe such plan to be
fraught with grave dangers to the
people l am a firm believer in reel
procity. [ worked with untiring zeal
to secure reciprocal arrangements be
tween Cuba and this country and | 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 revision. The
house has nothing to say about the
ratification of treaties, but the reci-
procal relations upon which it legis-
lated in respect to Cuba were not in
the nature of treaties, but they were
reciprocal agreements in which,
think our country would have the best
of the bargain although, doubtless
they would have been of great advan>
tage to Cuba.
81 believe in protection that will
protect the hand of labor, the wheels
of industry and every farmer and min
er, and / am against the wicked cor
porations that would trample on the
right of the people to fair play and to
the fruits of honest efforts. [ am
against unnecessary legislation that
would throw my country into panic
and bring back the horrors bequea.ned
to us by the last democratic admins
tratiOn."
Allison Says Nothing.
New York, Sept. 17.-Senators Han
ma and Allison when informed of
Speaker Henderson's decision refused
to talk.
Roberts Surprised.
Washington, Sept. 17.-DirectOr OF
the Mint Roberts, the principal owner
of the Des Moines Register, said:
This action of Speaker Henderson
is incOmprehensible. He was sure of
reelection. His withdrawal, of course,
will emphasize and eXaggerate the
differences that exist among Iowa re-
publicans. Whatever differences of
opinion existed on account Of the
tariff, no one has thought of his re-
tirement from public life"
Oyster Bay Silent.
Oyster Bay, Sept. Ion the bulle-
tin announcing Speaker Henderson,
declination the presidents senatorial
callers had nothing to say. .u.
Sensation in Washington.
Washington, Sept. 17.-Speaker
Henderson's declinatiOn caused a SEN
sation in Washington. Very few pub,
lie men are in Washington at this
time, but all here express regret that
the speaker had determined on the
course announced The causes lead
ing up to his decision were perhaps as
much matter of comment as his re-
fusal to stand for reelection.
In view of Hendersons determina-
ton, some gossip, was INDUCED in as
to his successor as speaker in the
event of republican success at the polls
Mr.. Cannon of Illinois will no doubt be
candidate for the position, with d
strong competitor in Mr.. Sherman of
New York. Gen. Grosvenor of Ohio
and Mr.. Littlefeld of Maine also are
mentioned as among those who may
! be forced to the front by friends in