New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-13
THE IOWA TARIFF PLANK
SOUND ON PROTECTION.
Senator 4ldrich Approves the DRAFT
Made bu Senator Allison.

Washington, May u CspecaD.-Senator All
son who has been chosen to draft the 'aiiih
plank OF the Iowa Republican PLATFORM SUI
rnitted to Senator Aldrich, at Hot Springs
last week, the wording Of the declaration M nv.
will be reported to the Iowa convention '1
ft received the entire approval OF the ie"e
tariff authority in the Senate WINE 'ne pr
ctse language Of the plank must be regarded as
CONFIDENTIAL until il is reported by the CoIh-
,.ittee on Resolutions. it may be SAID tnas -
is not fin any sense a tariff reform plank as noe
been asserted in widely puolisheo oiSp",o-'
-t,,t, Recently ennanated from Sioux CITY, oh
,na contrary il is in entire accord with the
views of the soundest protecuonists III 'iie "
publican party. including Mr. Aldrich anu
few others whom Mr.. Allison has hao 00'o''-'"
TO consult
~ 3 M s,snositson on the part Of Iowa
,,-,,hI,cans to antagonize any faction, II such
.x,e.s There is no desire TO precipitate re-
,,,sson of the tariff which II is believed Woulu
interfere with the prosperity now Delhs Gu
5oyed throughout the West; ana espe0ias
# deemed injudicious 10 undertake so helcuiea-i
"a task in g. year when business VIII ineVi'aoS
sf,sfer 10 some extent because of great ma
tionai campaign
.t-UMMINs ADOPTS ROoSEVELTS VIEW
II was asserted In The Tribune on April u
that the Iowa idea had gone glimmering' ana
events have proved the accuracy of that state
Ynent Governor Cumulins himself, Who' oe-
spite his whilom view that a revision OF the
,arifT was necessary to the control of the great
trusts has been quick TO appreciate the iosI1
of events. has gracefully accepted the correct
ness of the Presidents reasoning. as demon
s+-ated by the Northern Securities decision,
that such combinations were operating III
restraint of trade could be reached more eL-
fcaciousiy and equitably through the courts
than by lowering Of the rates Of duty; ana the
result is that to-day the Governor ana MS
most ardent supporters are as loyal to the
stand pat" tariff policy as any Eastern he
publican
throughout his rapid trip across the State
the receptions given to President Roosevelt
lacked none of Iowa's oldtime Republican en-
,brs;asr, and il is certain that when MI. Roose-
Welt again crosses the State in June he viii be
,-,aetAd with no less cordiality. An influential
Iowa farmer was recently asked the extent OF
the tariff revision sentiment in his State In
repiv he said Last week L marketed elgE~
hogs less than a year old for S1l9- Never De-
fore would those hogs have brought as much Oy
81 DO you suppose want any tar1h revision
TO upset the market and prevent my getons
that kind Of prices? That is the teehns oi
90 per cent Of the men in Iowa
HARMONY IN THE STATE
No more significant public utterance has been
shade than an editorial which appeared seVeras
DAYS after The Tribune announced the emo
of the Iowa idea in THE Des Moines Register
and Leader leading Iowa paper conrolieo Dy
,be director of the mint, George E Roberts, ano
=. strong supporter of Governor CumInlns anu
,,eratafore of his Iowa idea 1.-The Register
came out unequivocally for the policy OF the ao-
rninistra1ion and urged harmony On every lfieho
nj Governor Cunrnins, together with an aoan-
donrnent for the present at least, OF al loea
of immediate tariff revision In the words OF
"a prominent Iowa politician what Ieofse
Roberts and The Register say every supporter
of Governor Cumuins viii accept as gospel
truth" and events have demonstrated the cor
sec1ness of the proposition
Two other widely circulated statements de-
serve attention One is TO the erect that lne
President summoned Governor Cumnnlns 10
Washington: the other that for an entire day
on his trip through Iowa Governor CuInHlns
was closeted with the President, discussing
The Iowa idea" Both OF these statements are
sncorrect Governor Cummins came to Wash
sneton on his initiative-a fact when
INITIATED nothing against the cordial reception
which he received the White House, how
.ver ON the trim through Iowa Governor Cum
,rins was a guest on the Presidents train from
Clarinda TO Des Moines. distance OF perhaps
one hundred miles but in that time MI. Roose-
Welt and Mr.. Cummins had no private CONVEX
Bation whatever
he told Senator Aldrich that no ground what
ever remained for apprehension regarding the
situation in Iowa Harmony had been estab-
lished and he was confident of the adoption of
the tariff plank, the draft of which he showed
10 the Senator from Rhode Island Every one
who knows Senator Aldrich knows that no half
way tariff sentiment would satisfy that most
enthusiastic of protectionists, and be was en-
sirely satisfied with the plank as drafted
CREDIT DUE TO SENATOR ALLISON.
To J. W. Blythe Senator Aldrich gives great
credit for the prevailing unity, but in the dip
1onatic negotiations which have wrought har-
rnony In Iowa the master hand Of Senator ALI
son is plainly discernible. He il is who has
with infinite tact, brought both factions to-
Eyether and led them into the harmony camp
without the sacrifice Of pride or interest on
either side and who has secured condition
OF affairs which will result in every Iowa Re
publican working for the party ticket with
that admirable energy which has always char
acterized the Republicans OF the state once
more the unanimous verdict is that Uncle
sIlx-fS all vic