The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-19
New Theory by Way of Des Moines
for the Abrupt Withdrawal
Of the Speaker.
Goodness of Former Supporters and
Hard Fighting Ahead Made
Him Angry.
Tariff Revisionists on Whom He
Sought to Be Revenged Are
Not Cast Down.

Special to The Journal.
Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 19.-The repub-
lican state central committee purpose to
put forth the most strenuous efforts from
now on by reason Of the embarrassing
situation left in the close congressional
districts through Speaker Henderson,
withdrawal. 1t may be found advisable
to call meeting Of the committee for the
purpose of devising ways and means to
throw renewed energy into the campaign.
For the present. however, this will not be
done, and Chairman Spence will leave the
third district politicians to settle In
their own way the difficulty of getting a
successor to run in Henderson's place.
The ignorance Of the real reason for
Henderson's withdrawal continues to be
as dense at the republican state head
quarters as 1t is elsewhere. No one
whose opinion is worth the mentioning,
however, believes for moment that Hen
derson withdrew because his views on the
tariff did not coincide with those Of the
friends of the Cedar Rapids platform.
few facts have come to light here that
make it reasonably certain there was an
other motive back of it, There Is no
doubt entertained here, however, that hay
ing concluded to withdraw, Henderson
made up his mind to give an explanation
that would in his judgment hit the Cum
Minis wing of the party the hardest and as
he believed tend to throw odium on that
element.
All the talk that has been INDUCED In
to the effect that the reasons for the with
drawal proceeded from Oyster Bay Is alb
solutely unfounded. 1t is known here to
certainty that Henderson's closest
friends In Iowa knew nothing of his in
tention. Allison did not have an 1nkl1ng
of it. Proof of this exists in a telegram
which came from Allison to Des Molnes
the day after the withdrawal. The word
i,,cr Of hi sbn WAS Ilt
tery astounded and he turned to Des
Moines friends to learn the true explana-
ton. It is significant that they were
as completely In the dark as he and quite
as unsuspecting that anything Of the kind
was to come to pass.
The belief that obtains among the poll
ticians closest to Henderson is that the
speaker had grown intensely chagrined
at his reception in the third district
When he came back from the eastern
watering place where he sojourned dur
ing the summer, he was not met by that
enthusiastic outpouring Of Henderson sen
timent that he had been used to- He
not only found the anti-Henderson fac
ton cold but worse still, he found such
men as .. C.4Glasser of Dubuque, Julian
Richards OF Waterloo and others on whom
he had been accustomed to depend, If
not lukewarm, at least fearful lest there
should be a heavy cutting down Of his
majority.
Chilled by this state Of things, he went
down to Waterloo the other day to NEE
the politicians. His coming was widely
heralded. He was to be at the Logar
house for several hours in the afternoon
It was expected the boys would turn out
in large numbers to give him an informa
levee. In the three hours he was there
three men called on him.
This incident Is fully authenticated anG
it shows there Is foundation for the tall
that Henderson had reason to be appre
hensive Of conditions in the district. L
would not be surprising if the failure tc
invite him to the Oyster Bay conference
added to his chagrin. Piqued by his com
bined disappointments, In a At Of anger
he determined to throw up the sponge
and wreak revenge on the tariff revision
lists at the same time. This Is the theory
advanced here good authority anc
combined with this, gossip adds it's owr
conjectures to why he was more sus
ceptible to moroseness on this occasion
than usual.
Friends Of Henderson here do not hest
tate to say he made bad break for him
self and the party. The tariff revision
lists are not at all cast down by the Incl
dent and stronger rather than other
wise because Of it. Apprehension Is fel
lest Henderson's denuncia tons Of the plat
form will result In Laceys defeat in tn,
sixth district and hurt Hoffman in tn,
second.