The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-09-27
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?


utfSON from the congress iOnal
Il contest in Iowa. last week not
only took the country by sur
prise. but was equally uncXprrtrd to
Republican Leaders everywhere.
| Th" prominence of the Speaker of the
House Of Representatives. as Il factor
in shaping and directing National Leg
iSlation. his official prcrogativc in select
ing the Committees of the House. his
intmat" relations with the National
Leaders of his party. all constitute him
next to the Chief Executive of the Ma
ton. the dominating officer of the Gov
eminent. Henderson stands i'll order of
official precedence and influence next to
Roosevelt.
The inquiry therefore. is rs universal
as it j" natural, why, upon the eve of an
important general Congressional cleo
| ton. should 50 conspicuous Il member of
his party. so prominent an official Of the
Government. haul down his flag. and re-
tire from the field in the face of the
| enemy?
Defending his act, Mr.. Henderson
pleads in its justification. want of har-
mony between himself and his Iowa con-
StitucntS upon the question of Tariff
revision.
We are to look therefore. in the recent
declaration of the Iowa Republicans. as
embodied in the State platform adopted
ON July 30th. nj Des Moincs. for the
/ alleged ca cause of the Speakers deser-
| ton of his party, ut an embarrassing
point i'll Il State contest.
What was that declaration?
That we demand such notifications
of the Tariff schedules. as may be re-
quired to prevent their affording shelter
to Monopoly" and further. "Such changes
from time to time as may become advis-
| able through the progress of our indus
tries. and their changing relations to
| the Commerce of the World"
1t will he thus seen. that the doctrines
|
| Republicans of Iowa. are not only not
extreme, radical. or destructive but on
| the contrary are conservative. construct
i've. clearly and Enthusiastically Republican
doctrines.
That to every man. either Republican
or Democrat, other than hidc-hound
Tn
veres the Dingley schedules as sacred
| oracles of his party. not to be deSecratcd
| by the Sacrilegcous hand of man in the
peoples interest. or 10 be modified or
revised by wise craftsmanship. as the
| growth progress, and development of
American industries may justify or re-
quirc,-these declarations of the Iowa
| Republicans, are ut once truly Amcri-
can. and therefore truly Republican.
| Such declarations of economic policv.
involve no departure whatever from true
Republican principles.
| They are in thorough harmony with
the spirit and theory of the protective
system, and without the suspicion of
faint of Free Trade.
| Holding such views. the Republicans
of Iowa. are neither diSsentors from the
past doctrines. traditions, and tenets Of
the Republican faith. nor are they in
novatorS upon present party orthodoxy.
These demands" of Western support
terS of the protective principle, in COM
mon with thousands of their party asso-
ciateS elsewhere, do not at all constitute
them despoilers of the protective edfice.
If Mr.. Henderson be tariff Bourbon,
who refuses to learn the new lessons of
the present, or unlean the old ones of
the past and refusing to read Alright the
signs of his times contends that ANY
CHANGES OF THE DINGLEY
SCHEDULES ARE TO BE OPPOS-
ED, AS INADVISABLE, UNDER
ANY OR ALL IMAGINABLE CON
OPTIONS, then his position is unwise
and untenable, and not in harmony with
the views and feelings of the great mass
of the people, not only in Iowa, but of
all other States of the Union.
If such really be his position, he acted
wisely in retiring from his Congressional
contest, since his attitude on Tariff Ne
vision, is antagonistic to that of his con-
stituents, and his attack upon their plat
form as Free Trade utterance, is
neither just, nor justifiable.
He has no right, because they favor a
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