Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-10

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as we understand it in Iowa, lest 1t
history and its teachings; and may ]
pause here for one wore respecting tEe
! Republicans of the state from which /
! come. 1t is not less surprising than
1 amusing to hear the orthodoxy OF Iowa
republicans questioned. Ear be Ii for me
! TO dlsparage the zeal or SteadfastnesS
! of the republicans of any state: but |
nave been accustomed to think that the
| republicans of my state were quite as
| trustworthy and quite as steady as
their brothers in any other state of the
union. The bare suggestion that, there
| IS any departure from the old faith,
brings instinctively to my mind the
memorable contest of 1886. had the
honor ut that time TO represent these
republicans upon the national COM
mittee: and for three months sat in
this building with the representatives
! OF other states, to watch and guide that
vital conflict.
There were some gloomy days. There
were times when the shadows Of ap-
prehension and'fear rested heavily up
on the men who sat around the counsel
table. In moments of doubt have
heard it asked: is Illinois all right !?
How will Ohio GO? What are the
chances in Indiana? What will be the
outcome in Michigan? Can we carry
Minnesota? Have we any chance in
the Dakotss? May we expect success in
Kansas and Nebraska? but, in all those
months, With their shifting scenes of
Iperplexity and their varying moods Of
hope and fear, there never came from
the lips Of any man the inquiry: What
will Iowa do? Everybody knew that,
whatever any other state might do,
Iowa was safe. The memory of these
days of peril are still vivid with n,e,and
j recall them only to give emphasis to
my utterance when say thai Iowa
now, as tfen, holds fast to the eternal
principles of the republican party.
But to rny subject-.'rhe Iowa Plat
form and the Tariff The first SEN
tence in the platform, relating TO this
topic, reads thus:
That we stand by the historic pol
icy of the republican party in giving
protection to home industries, and
point for it's ample vindication to the
extraordinary rapidly with which our
national resources have been devel-
oped and our Industrial and financial
independence secured,
Glory Be to Protection.
And in all its length and all it's
breadth we meant just what we said.
We believe that 10 the doctrine of pro-
lection more than TO any other princi-
pie of government, is due the COM
handing position SO brilliantly won
and so firrnly held by the United States
in the affairs of the world; that to the
policy of protective duties is due. more
than to any other policy of the govern
ment, the unequaled manhood and
Womanhood Of the people at once the
safety and glory of the republic; that
to this fundamental proposition of the
republican party is due, more than to
any other economic truth, the marvel
Gus development and unparalleled pros
perity which now distinguish the
American name and bless the Ameri-.
can home. All! my dear friends, be
assured that when the feet of other
soldiers grow weary, and the eyes Of
other watchers are yelled in sleep. the
republicans Of Iowa Wlll be marching
to the music of protection, and their
eyes will be cleaning with all the en-
Time for Change Has Come.
Permit me to quote two succeeding
sentences upon the same subject:
I'VE favor such changes in the tariff
from time to time as become advisable
thru the progress of our industries, and
their changing relation to the COM
merce of the world We endorse the
policy of reciprocity as the natural
complement of protection and urge it's
development as necessary to the reali2a-
ton of our highest commercial posi-
bilities."
This is but a paraphrase of the last
national platform. nearly every state
platform and but breathes the spirit
that gave to the final ntterance of the
immortal Mckinley SO lofty place in
the literature 70 craftsmanship.
I. That changes would become neces-
sary or advisable no republican has
ever doubted, and therefore the signi-
ficance Of the lines ! have just read is
not to be found in the language en-
pioyed. 1t is to be found in the fact
that this platform was adopted under
that made it clear that
the republicans Of Iowa are deeply
convinced that the time has come thru
the progress of our industries and their
changing relation to the commerce of
the world, when notifications of the
tariff are imperativeIy demanded; and
If do not misinterprot the signs of the
times this, belief is shared by the re-
publicans of forty-four other states.
The whole story is told when | say that
we have passed from the abstract into
the concrete. We have known that the
hour would strike, why should we be
startled when the ringing tones of the
bell of progress falls upons. our ears.
We do not impeach the schedules as
they We're written-they We're inspired
by patriotism and formulated with III
telligence; but IL the hand of Cod in
stead of Dingley had panned them, the
mighty transformations Of five years
would have untitled them, or some of
them, for conditions as they now exist. |
Some Duties Too High.
There has never been, and can not
now be- controversy With respect to
the purpose and measure of protective
duties. Their purpose is to give the
producer a fair chance tol
take the American market at q fail
American price, so that the American
laborer can work at American wages,
and American capital can be rewarded |
with an American profit, and thus
originate and develop those American
and enterprises that nature
ure obviously is the sum that will ac-i