Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-09-19
DECLINES NOMINATION.
Speaker Henderson Refuses 90 Run
for Congress Because Ho Does No
Agroo with sis Constituents on tho
Tariff Question.

AErco with His Constituents on tho
Tariff Question.
Dubuque, Ia, Sept. 1T.-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 the views
of his party in Iowa, has declined to
accept the nomination for congress,
and has withdrawn from the race.
The following letter was addressed
to c. +. Albrook, chairman of the
notification committee, Eldora, Ia,
by Mr.. Henderson,:
"My Dear Sir: / have never an
swered the kind notice communicate
ed by you and your associates advis-
ing me of my nomination for the
eleventh time, by acclamation, as the
republican candidate for congress for
the Third congressional district of
Iowa. Reported conditions in the
public mind in my district upon pub
lie policies, induced me to make this
delay. Since my return to the dis
trict have made careful study as
to the sentiment in the district and
state and / believe there is no little
sentiment, and n growing sentiment,
among republicans, that I 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 | am and have
been opposed, can be cured or the
people benefited by free trade, in
whole or in part, / must decline to
accept the nomination so generously
and enthusiastically made.
II have devoted 90 of the best years
of my life to the service of my peo-
pie and my country and / have fought
for what / believed to be best for the
farmer, the laborer, and the business
interests of this district and state. I
am grateful for the devotion that has
ever been accorded me and to the
hour of my death l will hold in a
grateful heart the memory of that
devotion. L will give, later on, in
some detail my views and convictions
on our conditions and on public
questions and will state my reasons
why the republican party and it's poll
cies should continue in the confidence
of the voters of the United States,
and why the doctrines of the demo-
cracy should find no lodgment in the
faith and teachings of the republican
party"
Speaker Henderson announced his
withdrawal after a conference of sew
eral hours duration with Chairman
Glasser, of the congressional commit
tee, and friends Tuesday afternoon.
Speaker Henderson has been contem-
plating this action for two weeks, but
had intimated nothing of it to friends
until Monday. At yesterdays con-
ference, his friends implored him not
to take the action, but to no avail.
Washington, Sept. 17.-The dispatch
announcing Speaker Henderson's de-
clination of the congressional nomi-
nation caused sensation in WASH
ington. Very few public men are in
Washington at this time, but all here
expressed regret that the speaker
had determined on the course an
nounced in the Dubuque dispatch.
Public men acknowledge there is
demand in sections of the west and
northwest for revision of the tariff
along certain lines, notably in the
cases of articles whose manufacture
is controlled by the trusts. Their
opinion is that Gen. Henderson's de-
cision will make this issue more
acute and suggested that the presi-
dent is comforting at this time with
leading senator's from the east and
west, presumably on the very ques-
tion which has forced Henderson out
of line with his parsy in Iowa.