The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-26
HORACE BOIES
Who Has a Record Of SUCCESS is
MAKING a Hot Campaign and
Evidently Scared the
Speaker

WATERLOO. Ia, Sept. zb.-Ihe
non,ination Yesterday of John M. Bird
sail, OF Wright G unity, by the Repub-
Leans of this Congressional district
may be said to wind up the career OF
David B. Henderson, who has repre-
sentel this district in Congress for
twenty years.
The motive of Henderson in with
drawing is still marvel. 1t was not
taken seriously until yesterday, when
his Republican successor was named.
Horace Boies, former governor OF To-
wa, is the Democratic candidate. He
is making an active fight. The Ding
ley tariff is on trial in this district. 1t
is the issue. Boies today issued his
letter of acceptance. He says:
81 shall take my station on tariff
revision, not advocating free trade in
the full sense this term conveys, but
radical changes in many of the present
schedules. l propose this as reller
from the trusts, which are crushing
Iowa. / am simply more radical than
Republican revisionists.
Speaking of Henderson, Governor
Boies said that he regretted the with
drawal. since between himself and the
speaker the issue was clear cut. He
fears confusion in oposing Republl-
can reyisionist. He is confident that
he would have defeated Henderson and
that he will defeat Birdsall.
In Waterloo was centered Hender-
sons troubles in his district. Here
the fray was thiekest, here the desert
ers from his standard were organized,
here are the most definite indications
that he would have been defeated had
he not withdrawn. and here, therefore,
Is offered the most logical explanation
Of his act.
Here. also the Prohibitionists. head
ed b1. asshard- d-shell'' Baptist minister,
we're camping on his trial. decrylng
cba1ara'gr suppers and the like. Yet
here tran.r4rcd. three days before
IEcndersnl,'s S tier of withdrawal was
given 70 TIE public. incidents d1fncuit
to explain on the basis that district
detection was his only motive. as ne
has repeatedly declared since his de-
cision became known.
At a conference of the district Con-
gressional committee, at which CHAIR
man Spence of the State central COM
mittee was present, he stated that he
''stood squarely on the Iowa plat
form
The same day talking privately with
O. B. Courtwright, who was a candi-
date for the nomination in yesterday, s
convention, he told Courtright, VINO
was in doubt about supporting him,
that he favored tariff revision, saying
that same schedules should be re-
arranged. Tic onlv point OF diner
ence between them v'es the advisaDi'-
ity Of taking action Immediately, or at
the term following the coming short
term.
J.. W. Richards. secretary to the
Speaker of the House, who reached
Waterloo, his home. from the east to-
day. thinks that at least one of the
deciding factors was the Oyster Bay
conference. Henderson was not In
vited TO attend" said he, "at meet
irS where the character Of the Presi-
dents western speeches was to De
shaped. Holding the second position
in the nation, representing the west
hc would be justified, apparently, In
desiring to be considered on so vital q
point. Doubtless he knew the advis-
aril.ty of bringing to the attention OF
the conferees the pressing nature OF
tie revision issue in the west.
Another indication that the per
emptory demands of constituents IN
regard to the tariff was the true reason
for withdrawal comes out in charac-
teristic utterance to a close friend:
st have risen," said he. 'tas high in
the nation as it is possible for me to
go. being Scotch by birth. I'm toe
big a man to wear anybody's collar"
The collar was certainly the neces-
sity of protesting enthusiasm for tariff
revision. which he referred to as "the
poison Of free trade" though Repub-
licans in this region call it nothing ot
the sort.
The platform adopted by the con
venIioD that nominated Birdsall yes
e1day reiterated the Iowa State planl
ON the tariff question.