Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-16

how greatly similar We're the two per-
sonal characters of president and gov
ernor in their progressiveness of
did not even believe that the president
would make any demands. Since
Cummins has lifted up his voice once
again in defense of u platform twice
adopted by a republican convention
there no longer remains any doubt
about the fiction that Roosevelt tried to
call him off. there rather fingers the
suspicion that Roosevelt said TO him
Go ahead, Governor You're right.
you"
The address delivered by the COVER
nor was a powerful one. Minds open to
conviction can not resist the force of
its conclusions. Cummins men will APP
plaud while. unfortunately. anti Cum
Minis men will continue to find fault
The inconsistency of the latter has al
ready been indicated in the treatment
given the speech by the anti-Cummins
frank enough TO state that "Cummins
Reaf1irms His Tariff Position The
Cedar Rapids Republican viewing the
same speech says "Cummins Hedges
On Tariff" The Burlington Hawkeye
editorially refers to it as sounding like
the utterances of a Calamity Howler.'
Of an extremely preiudiced Judgment
for the vast majority of Iowa editors
have commended the governors lam
guage in the highest terms.
The governor believes as most re-
publicans in Iowa do, that there is
nothing in the language or spirit of the
Iowa platform not in entire harmony
with republican principles. There is
no more ardent protectionist in public
life today than Governor Cummins,
however. he is not imbued with that
self satisfied conservatism of the Chin
aman which teaches that that which
was right 5000 years ago is always
right today. He realizes that our pres
ent schedules were adopted in 1897 in
a period Of great commercial depres-
sion. Since then conditions have
changed and industries have been
largely reorganzed on the community
OF interest" plan. He says:
Il for one, and l believe that in
this respect l speak the sentiment of
the great majority of the republicans
OF this state. believe that some of these
duties are too high, and that they are
of being used for an unlawful
object. All that we insist upon is that
protection shall not be made the instru-
ment OF unlawful gain; that it shall
not be taken from its high place and
lowered to the selfish plane Of illegiti-
mate profit"
Referring directly to the much crit |
lclSed phrase III the platform the gov /
ernor makes clear a distinction that |
has been persistently evaded by his |
critics. He believes that modern trust |
development can not be checked by |
legislation and does not expect to kill |
a trust by removing a tariff schedule I
but he does believe that when a tariff |
protected industry becomes controlled
oy any monopoly. corporate or private.
II should no longer enjoy the benefits
IF tariff law or any law passed
10 encourage lawful industry Cum
Minis believes that when monopoly
ioes the producing the consumers so
greatly outnumber the real producer
hat they have the better right TO COM
petition than the producer to protection.
In this the enlightened sentiment of
iowa republicans will endorse him. The
speech was careful, conservative, safe
md the best expression OF progressive
'epublicanism that has yet been made.
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