New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-22
I'm THEIR DEE ENSE,
cI.APP DEFENDS THE ACTION OF
THE MINNESOTA DELEGATION
SPEECH IN THIS CITY WELL RECEIVED.

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THE LUTHER TARIFF COMES IN FOR ITS
y SHARE OF cRrTlcIsM.
The apathy n~the political field mani
Tested itself in the meeting at the opera
house on Wednesday evening when.
Senator Clapp appeared in this city to.
speak on the issues Of the campaign. He.
was introduced to an audience that only
about half filed the hall but those
there were very enthusiastic and gave the
senator frequent and energetic applause.
I He was introduced by Col. Bobleter,
chairman Of the Republican committee
and started his address by saying there
was necessity for the party to stand to-.
Igether and vote the ticket straight from
top to bottom. BE did not mention any
of the candidates because in doing so he
was liable to leave out some and there
would then be reason for Ill feeling.
He said that the party was frequently
accused of talking to the stomachs Of the
people and not to their common sense.
This he said was failing of which the
party was proud as that was the main
stay of conten,ment and people to be
happy must be contented.
/ He spent some time IN refuting the
article which appeared In Wednesdays
st. Paul Globe attacking Gov. Van SAINT.
He claimed the article to be . malicious
political attack and hadn't the founda-
ton of truth in it. He Endorsed the posi-
ton that Gov. Van SAINT had taken on
the merger question and claimed that he
did right in not containing all the roads
in the state in his suit because in the DIS
position of one lay the disposition Of
them all and 1t saved the state the costs
of extra prosecution.
Regarding the outside dependencies.
that il the Phil piness he dWelt at some
length nthe roiicy of the administration.
and what it has accomplished towards
the pasiicatlon and the civilization Of
the islands demonstrating the policy that
is being pursued in that direction and
showing that the wisest methods were
being used to bring about the condition
that is called for by the people of the
United States.
The principal part if his address was
devoted to the defense of the Minnesota
delegation for their opposition to the re-
duction of the tariff on sugar. He holds
that there is very little if any refined
sugar sent in this country from Cuba and
that it is the sugar trust who want the
raw product sent in free so that they can
refine it and reap the benefit of the diff
ference without and corresponding bene-
Fit to the consumer He says that 1t Is
the sugar trust that is behind the whole
movement and not the people and for
that reason, believing that the people
were ignorant of the real status of the
case the delegation was opposed to the
measure. He said that when there was
a possibility of the bill passing the stock
of the sugar trustimmediately advanced,
showing that the interest conferred in that
direction.
Regarding the bill asking for free
tobacco he said thatlt was also detrlment-
al to the interests of the consumer, for
with no Cuban tariff on tobacco and free
trade with the United States the manu-
facturers would send the leaf grown in
the United States to Cuba and it would
return to this country bearing the seal Of
the United States that it was imported
and the people would then be paying for
imported stock that might be raised in
the fields that border their door yards.
He touched on the coal strike. predict
ing that It would be settled in the way
that it was and through the influence Of
the president Of the United States who
was establishing 9 precedent that would
set the pace for all future men who
might occupy that position.
He said that much had been said.
against the lumber tariff and the action.
OF the representatives in regard to it. He
could not see that the tariff did any hurt
or any good for the lumber is selling for
SO Thousand more than it was six
years ago and as the duty is So there is
still an increase Of So showing that the
high price prevails because Of the scarcity
or demand rather than because Of the.
tariff. He didn't believe that the remsyal
Of the tariff would in any way effect the
price of lumber and itcould not fail at