Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30
70 SPEAK
Senator j. P. Dolliver Address
ses the Republicans Of Des
Moines This Evening
HIS STAND ON THE TARIFF
Delivers Position on the Question of
Revision Was Stated FRANKLY on His
Election to the senate--campais
Managers Work Complete for Year
Butler County Factionalism.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Oct. Ex-senator Jona-
than p. Dolliver speaks to the repub-
lcans of Des Moines this evening on
the political issues. Mr.. Dolliver. al
though his eloquence has been heard
as often as that of any other man by
the people of Iowa, has never done
much campaigning in the city of Des
Moines. His famous convention speech
which gave him national prominence as
a campaigner. was delivered in Des
Moines, but he has seldom, since he
entered congress, been assigned to do
speech making in the capital city of
in this city was when he appeared be-
fore the legislature which unanimously
elected him to be United States sena-
tor This was nearly two years ago, or
in January, 1902. The present tariff law
about which much has recently been
said had then been IN force barely four
years, and yet on the occasion of his
election to the senate, Mr. Dolliyer ap-
peared before the legislature and stated
his position frankly on the question of
revision of the tariff. and what he said
then may be of interest now. His
speech was taken down ir shorthand
and afterwards revised by he senator,
and this is what he said ON the sub
iect of the tariff
The design of protective, Laws is to
prevent our home industries from be-
Ing overhorne by the competition of
foraign producers, and 1t may be safely
said that no American factory making
an unequal or even precarious fight
With its foreign rivals. will ever look
III vain for help and defense to the peo-
pie OF iowa. But we are not blind .
the fact that In many lines of industly
tariff rates. which in 1897 were reason
able have stlgeady become unnecessary
and. in many cases. even absurd. They
remain on the statute books not as a
shield for the safety of domestic labor,
but as a weapon of offense against the
American market place itself. With
out overlooking the dangers and evils
OF general tariff agitation l cannot
believe that correction OF obvious de-
fects in the present schedules, made by
friends of the law in an open and busi-
ness like way, could be disastrous to
any legitimate interest of the peoD 9.
unless, indeed, we admit the claim put
forward by some that congress is iu-
potent and helpless in the presente Of
these questions. If William Met<illay
speaking almost in the shadow s. his
martyrdom, uttered words of truth and
soberness-and we all think he did
how Is 1t possible to put eff very long
the readjustment of our laws to the
needs of the new era which will always
commemorate his name-tlle era of the
development of our markets-the era
of the expansion of commerce-the era
of reciprocity, not only with our own
neighbors, but with the nations of the
world and the islands of the sea-
These words were spoken to the rep
resentatives of the electorate of Iowa
at time when there was no effort
being made in the state 10 show that
the tariff schedules were sacred. The
address was loudly applauded by the
entire membership of the Iowa legis-
lature at the time.
The campaign Managers; have prac
tically completed their work for the
year. the speakers are doing their last
spell binding the committees are pre-
pairing to receive the returns and reck-
on on majorities. The situation in the
state generally is satisfactory to the
republicans, and the democrats are say
ing that they are we'll satisfied. The
feature of the campaign is the outbreak
of factionalism in many places. as If
by concerted agreement in many parts
of the state, and the malevolence ex-
hibited by the boilers wherever they
are found More or less has been writ
ten about the troubles in the Bremer-
Butler senatorial district. The story Of
the trouble may never be written as 1t
is. A great many rumors have gone
out as TO what 1t all means. That there
is bitter fight on the republican NOM
lnee is certain, and there IS some pros
pect that there will be a sufficient NUM-
Der of republican boilers to insure the
election of the democratic candidate.
That this situation is some way COM
plicated by the future senatorial pos
sibilities is now recognized as certain.
The Bremen county War oH tne butleI
county republicans seems to have been
inspired by belief that in some way
the Butler county convention had got
away from the old time manipuiators
OF politics. The issue between Larkin
and Sosbe was clear--they represent
ed opposite factions. When the son of
Mr. Sosebe came to Des Mones the
other day to file the nomination papers, |
after the opponents OF Soesbe had ex-
hausted every possible chance of de-
feafing Soesbes nomination, he stated
some things which if true will show
something of the nature of the fight. K
Mr. Soesbe. Jr.. said:
Every possible effort was made to
force Mr.. Soesbe to decline TO make the I
race The Bremen county bosses plead !
ed and threatened him. They said he
could not be elected unless he had the I
support Of the Bremen county manag- |
ers. Finally. just before the conven- |
tion, Edward Knott and others went to
Mr. Soesbe and told him that If he
would agree to vote for United States