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Henderson to ask for its consideration IN
| the House. his request was not seriously
| connidered Tawney had just offended
| the Speaker seriously by voting with
| Babcock in favor of an amendment 10
remove the tariff from certain trust
made goods. This was particularly re-
pugnant to Mr.. Dalzell, of Pittsburg, ana
| so the answer OF the Speaker to Mr..
Tawney was that he would better use
Dalzell about the London landing clause.
Had the Speaker openly declared his op-
nosition to this legislation he would have
good ground to stand on, for MS own
committee chairman Mr.. Hepburn, also
of Iowa, had headed strong minority.
report against the contentious OF the
millers. When Speaker Henderson reacn--
ed Iowa, however, he found conslderapie
trouble on his hands as result OF silet
activity of the n1illers, and SO gave out
an interview in which he denied that ne
had done anything to delay It. lie dlo
this with some exhibition of feeling.
The immediate occasion of his outburst
Is doubtless accura tely described in his
letter to Chairman Albrook. The Cum
Minis people have known his attitude on
the tariff, and as he had always fought
them vigorously in his district, they have
not hesitated to rub their victory IN the
State convention into him. a S occasions
have offered. Then, he has had a num-
Der of disagreeable post-ofice fights III
his district. and in each instance the par
ties agrieved by his decisions have be-
come most rampant tariff reformers. HIS
withdrawal! was a piece Of ill temper ana
political cowardlce. 1t Is IN no sense
comparable with the withdrawal or
Thomas B.. Reed, his predecessor, who
did so in a much more deliberate way,
and at time when no party interest
would suffer. The divergence between
Mr.. Reeds views and those OF his party
had long been pronounced, and of nation
al notoriety He had been one only OF
four Republicans to go on record against
Hawaiian annexation. and yet so earn
estIy did he feel on the subject as 10
ask one of his associates to announce MS
position in the House. illness prevent
ing him from being present. Mr. Reed
was further influenced by, the opportunl-
ties of a professional career. Jhls can
not apply in Colonel Henderson's case.
High tariff Republicans who opposed
the tendency expressed in the Iowa State
platform, regret that statement pre-
senting their position, destined to be so
widely read should not have been more
carefully drafted than was Speaker Hen
dersons Address to the voters, Whlcn
has been made public. His declaration
that not single schedule OF the Dlngley
CdTlH COulQ- DC dulcllOSu So 40 W ASAAS'S
people from the oppression of the trusts
is most extraordinary in view of the
ability of the American steel manufactur-
ers to undersell the world. and the con-
tinued high protection which they enjoy,
resulting in one rate for commodltles
abroad and another at home IT Speaker
Henderson would explain why Americans
pay cents a pound more for boraH than
foreigners when both are served from the
kl,A yraTI "a
American trusts, he would contribute
more to the discussion that by talking
about killing the child dead in order to
cure it,
Saw He Would Be Beaten.
The Republicans here, including Secre-
tary Shaw, Secretary Wilson, and others,
are simply stunned by the action OF the
Speaker. They hunt around for careful
words and phrases to put In interviews.
for fear of betraying the differences that
really exist in the party on the subject OF
the tariff The Democrats. on the other
hand, were never more elated or more
jubiant At Democratic headquarters
the claim is made that the action of the
Speaker clearly shows that the Demo-
Gratis will win the next House. The
Democrats are united for revision OF the
tariff for practical, present purposes. as
we'll as by tradition Throughout the
Northwest it is claimed that the same
condition of affairs exists as In Mr..
Hendersons district.
Will the President Become Involved
1t is. freely predicted that President
Roosevelts coming trip through the
Northwest will involve him in the tar1n
muddle the Republicans are in. MT.
Roosevelt is highly regarded in the west
because of his courageous qualities. He
will be expected to speak on the tariff
question. If he opposes tariff revision
he will lose the political support OF the
West. II he straddles the question ne
will lose much of the. admiration To- |
him held by men who like him solely be-
cause he is supposed to possess. and be
willing to express, an opinion on any
If he apparently agrees with the
West for revision he will lose ground in |
the East. He is walking on tremendous
ly dangerous ground, and there may be
terrible quicksands that will endanger
or engulf him either way he turns.
the political tact of Mckinley |
he may not be able to gloss the question
over On the trust question. which he |
will discuss, he will find division of SEN /
timent in the West also.