Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-09
q. w. Blythe Believes Two
Iowans Will Unite in Sup
port Of Platform.
esUGGEsTs HARM o N Y
Prominent Burlington Man Declares
That Iowa Republicans Can Unite
on the Policies Outlined by Presi.
dent Roosevelt-Allison as Referee.

Burlington, April TIT may be ex
pected that Senator Allison and Gov
ernor Cummins will stand together in
!. support of the next republican state
platform declared j. w Blythe of this
city in answer to a question concern
|. ing the recent interview of the latter
I with reference to the political condi-
.sHions of the state.
Concerning the interview which ap
! peared in the Des Moines Register and
Leader Mr.. Blythe says:
81 have seen the governors inter-
view and have no doubt whatever that
he is right in his statement of Mr.. ALI
sons general view of the subject of
reciprocity Senator Allison has re-
peatedly on the stump and elsewhere
for years, declared his adherence to
this policy and there is no reason to
believe that he has changed his mind
although, Of course, with his wide ex-
perience in such matters he cannot
but be more and more impressed with
the difficulty of giving effect to poll
cy of this character, involving as it
does, such large and diverse interests. .
General Desire For Harmony.
Asked if he had noticed the sugges-
ton of Governor Cummins in regard to
the action of the coming state conven-
ton upon the platform, Mr.. Blythe re-
piled:
1.-The declarations of the governor in
this behalf are what have expected
for some time. The governor is first OF
all republican. More than that he
{c mr. or no 1xy Of ,iY,o fiOy,
by reclamation. As the accepted nomi
nee. he naturally will desire the adop-
ton of platform which shall elimi
nate from the convention any posi-.
bility of collision between those who
perhaps entertain somewhat divergent
views upon general policies The re
pubiicans OF this state are all in favor
of protection and all stand uaon the
national and safe platforms of recent
years. There have been differences oil
opinion as to detail, but this was in
evitable. Such differences occur in ev
ey campaign, but the governors de
sire, and that Of every other republi
can. ought to be expressed in the plat
form the general principles upol
which all agree, leaving out of sigh
so far as may consistently and proper
= ly be done, the points upon which TIL,
individuals have differed In a stat,
platform, especially it is wise to ignor,
those detestable points upon which tn.
party has not yet made any explicit
declaration through it's national con
vention.
Iowa Republicans for Roosevelt.
'.The republicans of Iowa are cordioll
4Nr ncfI n,,f ID a IA L.
+, In recent utterances has taken the peopI
fully into his condolences on the snhiec
Of the tariff and the trusts If Goyerno
Cummins agrees with the President. AM
and s anx ren ""rs I,hk II WI, pc nara
sent The Presidents AIinneapolis sneec
leaves no doubt that he adheres TO th
traditional policy of protection. which h
says Is 'fundamentally based upon ampl
recognition of the difference between til
cost of production-that is. the cost q
Iaboi-hera and abroad. and of the nee
to see to 1t that our laws shall In n
event afford advantage in our own markt
to foreign industries over American indus
tries, to foreign capital over America
labor IN the same speech as to sugces
ed revision of the tariff the Prcsider
said: Our aim should be to preserve II,
policy of a protective thrift In which til
nation as a whole acquiesced and "
wherever and whenevernecessary to chang
the duties in particular paragraphs {
s :. n,l as matters OF legislative deta
os,s Of the nation as !, whole
.Wheraver oven y SINGLE .n,,n,,,,,o 4. 40
sidered some interests vii an,,asr - u
mand :. cl,angn IN aimosf o" p s,.ho,, -
In tho law aud whom n .omas ~ ,,rIntt;,
tLa sohadnins annr.ii, III y. ref -,
,ha h,,sinass in,s,asts ~ t,,n o,,,,tr, w.,
ha ,ninn,s WV
..,n.idonto,,r tbe pro.,aont.s s,I,,,,
n, naa,b ~ sa,,,o s,oastio, w., -. = =
which every republican should give ear
A.t attention