Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-09
FOR TAH(Ff REVISION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CHANGE SOME SCHEDULES.
But They waat caengea Made by Re
publican PaRty-Beieve in Roose-
welt and cubsn Reciprocity.

Mr.. w. w. Jermane, Washington CORE
spondent OF the Minneapolis Journal, re-
turned to the city today from trip to
Minnesota In which he attended the repub-
lican, democratic and populist state con-
ventions
There is no division of sentiment among
Minnesota republicans regarding the urgent
need for a revision Of certain of the Ding
ley tariff schedules" said Mr. Jermane to
Star reporter. The tariff revision plank
adopted by the state convention recently
was cheered enthusiastically by the 1.2OO
delegates. and carried by unanimous vote.
Representatives in Congress from the state,
when they have defended the Babcock bill
and lent themselves tn Washington to
movements which had for an ultimate pur-
pose the creation of tariff revision Senti-
ment over the country generally among re-
publtcans, have had the cordial support OF
their constituents.
The fact that the republicans of Mime
sofa are so earnestly In favor OF revision
mas served In some. measure to onset the
Ieel1ng or determined opposition to the dele
cation which grew out of it's attitude to-
ward Cuba. Minnesota republicans are al
most as strongly in favor of reciprocity
with Cuba as they are in favor of tariff re-
vision, and 1t is probable that several OF the
states representatives will find that out be-
fore the present campaign Is over. The con-
test against Representative Fletcher in the
Minneapolis district, for instance, is based
almost entirely on his failure to reflect the
sentiment of his constituents when 1t came
to voting on the Cuban question. Two
strong candidates are in the field against
him for the nomination. and he is having
the hardest fight he has had in the ten
years he has been in Congress.
Want Changes Made by Republicans.
while the republicans Of the north star
state favor changes in the Dingley sched-
ules, they want them made carefully and in
a way that will not injure any of the
vital interests of the country On that
account they want them made by the re-
publican party. rather than by the demo-
cratic. The republicans of Minnesota, like
those Of the middle west states about
them. are moderate protectionists. They
never have been In sympathy with the
ultra-tariff views of eastern republicans,
although accepting them in the Dingley
bill because at that time such policy
seemed the best for the country as whole.
They now believe that certain of the
Dingley schedules, notably those relating to
iron and steel, glass, wOolenS, textile fab
RIGS and certain other articles which they
think no longer need high protection,
should be radically revised, and every mem
Der of Congress from the state in each
house will labor and vote to that end until
revision shall have become an accomplished
fact.
president Roosevelt will have the vote
Of Minnesota in the republican national
convention in 1904 He and Governor Van
SAINT, recently renominated have much in
common in those parts of their public rec
ords which have to do with trusts and
railway consultations. The governors
early action against the Northern Securi
ties CompanR made his denomination at
the hands OF, hs5r recent state convention
certainty; and f4ring the campaign which
is to follow his name and Roosevet's will
be linked togsthen in a way that will add
materially to:the hold which the President
already has on, our p6ople.
North Dakota, viii hold its republican
state, conventiaR at Grand Forks July p.
That convention, predict, will enthusi
astically indorse the Presidents admin
istration. emphasizing his position as to
Cuba, and will, pledge itself to vote for his
nomination in 1904. Similar action will be
had in all Of the so-called merger states
through which the Great Northern and
the Northern Pacific Railways run, from
ST. Paul and Minneapolis to Puget sound.
They all, regardless of party lines, indorse
what the President has done through the
Department of Justice to enforce existing
laws, and think that he should be nomi-
mated to succeed himself. Thousands of
democrats, In all those states will support
him at the polls