Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-22

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tariff which prevents competition is one
of the factors which enables the vicious
manufacturers to maintain the monop-
civ. then il is the command of the Iowa
platform. expressing as 1 believe it does
the unanimous Judgment of Iowa re-
rublicans. that the tariff upon such ar
ticle or such commodity shall be so re-
duced or abolished as To release the
greedy MISUNDERSTANDING Cummins
ut Ccnterville Sept. %, 1901.
This speech was printed in full in the
columns of the Capital OF Sept. %. 1901.
ard so elated the Honorable MIR. Young
With its "happy optinlisEa' and lack OF
ambiguity that on the following day
the Capital appeared With an editorial
as follows:
MIR. Cummins' remarks upon the
tariff We're such as will he sure to at
tract attention. The Capital believes
them TO be II correct expression OF the
sentiments of owa republicans. Iowa
is Il republican state. and as such Is Il
firm believer in the doctrine of protec-
ton. But Iowa republic ms dc not be-
iicye that IL protective tariff is so sacred
A thing that men should drop upo their
knees n beat their heads against the
Pavement in ~ohscquious adulatlon be-
fore ayins hands thereon. They regard
the tariff as a legitimate means to a le-
citimate end. They believe it to be A
system flexible in its nature. and cara-
hIe of being adjusted to the changed
ideas and conditions which are liable to
arise in the general progress and de-
yelopment of a nation. And Mr.. Cum
MINIS seems to hold such a view
OF course this WAS before the Hull
Prouty contest and before Mr.. Young's
campaign bills had been turned down,
but then. not knowing the events that
were to follow the mostofusa agreed with
Mr.. Young that the governors remarks
were a Correct expression of the senti-
ments of Iowa republicans" On the
from our eyes by any of the surgical
| operations that have so transposed the
versatile Mr.. Young, We are unable to
look upon the Cedar Rapids utterance
as he now does in the Capital of the
18th of this month, when he bravely
pleads for the standing of the party
as follows:
For the sake of the standing of the
party in tie country at large the words
favoring any modification of the tariff
schedules that may be required to pre-
vent their affording shelter to monop-
ely should be changed or omitted.
s But the recognizing of the re-
%lations. by the democratic party
charged to exist, between the tariff
and monopoly or the trust, should not
be repeated"
Rather do we refer to the lay sermon
OF the Capital in Its issue of Aug. 81.
1901. wherein the Reverend Mr.. Young
breaches from Matt. NVI-1S, para
phrased to suit his subject:
$50 far as the strength of the Cedar
Rapids platform is concerned, republic
ans ma feel perfectly justified in de-
claring Upon this rock we will build
our faith, and the gates of democracy
shall not prevail against it.'"-Capital,
Aug. u, 1901.
Thus deserving for a time the wreaths
of civic and military glory for the simple
cincture of preacher the Reverend Mr..
Young reverts to the sacred story of
Peter, a character peculiarly fascinat-
ing to the editor of the Capital, since
Peter. to whom Christ was talking in
the above text, vas much of a versatile
fellow himself In this same
book of Mathew we find Peter
protesting to the Master, Tho all
men shall be offended because
of three yet will I never be offended"
This sound like the Capitals platform
pean of 1901, but Jesus, who knew Pc
ter like n book, answered, saying: Yer
lily l say unto thee that this night, before
the cock crow, hou shalt deny me
thrice" And when Jesus had been
condemned to death his accusers turned
Peter N Peter denied before
them ALL" FINALLY, NNVI-74. Began he
TO curse and swear, saying, l know no
the man, and Immediately the cock
crew." Here the Reverend Mr.. Young
must have closed the good book, for in
the next and last chapter we are told
that Peter remembered the word of
Jesus and he went out and wept bitter
lS."