The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-24
SPEAKER HENDERSON
T Odds WITH PARTY.
He Declines The Nomination for
Reelection Differs With Party
on Trusts.

Dubuque, Iowa, Sept. 16.-Speaker
Henderson, finding that his views In
respect to the treatment Of trusts by
reducing the tariff in whole or IN part,
are. not IN accord with tbs views OF
many os MS party in Iowa, has this
day declined 20 accept The nomination
FOR congress and has withdrawn from
the race.
II his statement, Speaker Hender-
son says:
For three years I have advocated
giving control Of trusts to congress.
In my Judgment, proper supervision
can never be had until congress has
power to treat them. am glad TO see
from speeches made by our fearless
I and upright chief executive, that he is
adgoeating federal control over these
corporations, and while II some quar-
ters they may sneer att, have not
seen any proposition yet, except this,
Shat seems at all likely to bring relief.
: No proposition has ever been made by
the Democracy excepting to put every.
thing on the free list and to give the
country free trade. In other words,
they propose to kill the child dead in
order 10 cure Is.
81 g In my opinion, If combinations
could be regulated and controlled, We
would have very LITTLE ground for
charges beforesa change in the tariff
laws. For my part, IL anythiing great
In this country attains prosperity
through protective policies or any
other legislation and IS using It's adj
Van5ages, growth and prosperity to
pIunder the American people I, for
one, am ready TO strike it by whatever
legal means we may be able TO adopt
provided that II SO dong, we do
not hurt innocent interests. I have
been more amused than hurt at the
suggestion that have been against
any changes in the tariff.
s. 6 have never been opposed to max
inc needed changes, and am not now.
Z must say and emphatically, that / do
not believe that a single schedule OF
the Dingley tariff Iag can be SO amend
ed as to relieve the people from the
oppression Of trusts or combinations
i Of capital, however named and that
such action may involve the retardings
of our expanding commerce and get
ting and holding Of foreign markets.
Indeed, believe such plan to be.
f-aught with grave dangers to the peo-
pie. am a firm believer in reciproci-.
81. Z worked with un5iring zeal to
secure reciprocal arrangements between
Cuba and this country, and { was sue
cessfuI IN passing it through the house.
The senate did not act on the, bill
because consideration of it would have
permitted the opening up Of the whole
question OF tariff revision.
g While Z cannot speak for the pros
peets Of favorable action upon bills
sent to the senate I still hope and
believe that by treaty the same result
nay be accomplished, and have no
doubt that President Roosevelt is
now working on the question of a
treaty with Cuba, to give that strug-
cling young republic needed help, a
help; too, in which, while they Will
be gamers we viii not be losers.
And now, let me say. and let there
be no misunderstanding as to my
position believe in protection that
viii protect the hand Of labor, the
wheels Of industry, every farmer and
miner, and am against wicked cor
porations that would trample on the
rights OF the people to fair play and
to the fruits of honest efforts. I am
against unnecessary legislation that
would throw my country into panic
and bring back the horrors bequeath-
ed to us by the last Democratic ad-
ministration.