The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-09-19


Voted against amending the Rural
Free Mail Delivery bill so as to pre-
vent political activity on part of
carriers.
Did not vote on the bill to promote
the efficiency of the revenue cutter
service. Paired.
Did not vote on the bill to extend
the charters of National Banks 20
years. Paired.
Did not vote on taking off the diff
ferential on refined sugar. Paired
with Vandiver, but whether for or
against is not manifest.
Did not vote on the Cuban Recip-
rocity bill. Paired with Vandiver
Voted in favor of the payment of
the Selfridge War claims.
Did not vote on the Hill Subsidiary
Coinage bill. Not paired.
Did not vote on the resolution of
thanks to Secretary Hay for his Nc
kinley memorial address. Not pair
ed.
Did not vote on the bill to promote
and retire the Surgeon-General of the
Army. Not paired.
Did not vote on the resolution of
inquiry as to the expenditures ofGen.
Wood in Cuba. Not paired.
Did not vote on the Anti-Anarchy
bill. Paired.
Voted against the resolution of in
quiry as to the salary of Gen. Wood
in Cuba
Did not vote on the bill transferring
certain forest reserves to the Depart
ment of Agriculture. Not paired.
Did not vote on the Government
Pacific Gable bill. Not paired.
Did not vote on the Irrigation bill.
Paired.
Did not vote on the resolution of
inquiry as to the dismissal of Rebecca
J. Taylor from the classified service.
Not paired.
Did not vote on the Hawaiian Sill
yer bill Not paired.
Did not vote on the Bankruptcy bill.
Not paired.
Did not vote on the Philippine Civil
Government bill. Not paired"
AT VARIANCE WITH HIS CONSTITU-
ENTS.
On Tuesday, Speaker David B.
Henderson, of the House of Repre-
sentatives, sent letter declining re-
nomination in the Third Iowa Dis
trict, because he found that many of
his constituents were in favor of re-
ducing the tariff as means Of fight
ing the trusts, a policy to which he
is opposed. His letter is as follows:
81 have never answered the kind
notice communicated by you and
your associates advising me of my
nomination for the eleventh time by
reclamation as the Republican candi-
date for Congress for the Third dis
trict of Iowa. Reported conditions
in the public mind in my district upon
public policies induced me to make
this delay.
"Since my return to the district l
have made a careful study as to the
sentiment in the district and State,
and believe there is no little senti-
ment, and a growing sentiment,
among Republicans, that l do not
truly represent their views on the
tariff question. Believing this condi,
tion to exist and knowing that do
not agree with many of my people
that trusts, to which l am and have
been opposed, can be cured, or the
people benefited by free trade, i'll
whole or in part, must decline to
accept the nomination so generously
and enthusiastically made.
~ have devoted 20 of the best
years of my life to the service of my
people and my country, and l fought
for what | believed to be best for the
farmer, the laborer and the business
interests of the district and State. |
am grateful for the devotion that has
been accorded me, and to the hour of
my death / will hold in a grateful
heart the memory of that devotion.
| will give later on in some detail my
views and convictions on our condi-
tions and on public questions, and
will state my reasons why the Re-
publican party and its policies should
in the confidence Of the
voters of the United States, and why
the doctrines ofthe Democracy should
find no lodgment i'll the faith and
teachings of the Republican party"
Mr.. Henderson when asked his
reasons for withdrawal, said that
his letter covered the whole case in a
nutshell "You cannot kill the trusts
by applying free trade without killing
our own industries 49,. After being
last Saturday at Waterloo and hear
ing the views of the chairmen of my
concluded that my views
on the tariff question were at variance