Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-01
PRESIDENT WILL :
DISCUSS TARIFF
Some Plain Talk Expected on
That Question In Roosevelt's
Letter of Acceptance
WILL MAKE HIS POSITION PLAIN
Change Of Front on the Part Of sena-
tor Lodge Due Largely to the Atti-
tude Of the President-Western Sem
ators Have = Influence ." the 6x-
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Special to Times Republican,.
Des Moines, Sept. 1.-"Look out Tor
some plain talk on the tariff question
in the letter of acceptance of Presi-
dent Roosevelt" So said a Des Moines.
man who has recently visited in Chi
cago where he met many OF the prom
inent politicians interested in the nat
ional republican campaign. The let
ter is due any day.
eff what is reported around in high
political circles can be depended up
on he stated, then President Roose-
velt will make his position so plain
on the tariff question that there need
be no further quibbling about it. There
is no doubt that the change of front
Of Senator Lodge was due to the In
tiuence of President Roosevelt and the
fact that he desired to get himself i'll
line with the party for this campaigl.
President Roosevelt evidently thought
he made himself plain in his speech OF
acceptance where he declared for re-
ciprocity in the most ule lpromlslns
terms and cited the CUBAN arrange
ment as triumph of that form Of trade
expansion. But some of the speak
ers in order to make their utterances
fit their records, have insisted upon op-
posing the administration and are ap-
parently ready to go on the stump and
fight reciprocity. Now it is rumored
among the big politicians that Presi-
dent Roosevelt is not going to stand for
this any more than he stood for re-
fusal to make trade agreements with
Cuba. He will insist on the party
standing by its platform and pledge
He will put a stop to the bushwhack-
[ ing going on by those who are already
fighting the republican platform and
preaching the doctrine Of population of
the party and of the party candidate.
1t will be noted that a number of wes-
tern senators and congressman have
been going quietly down to Oyster Bay
recently for conferences. Their pill
grimages have resulted irf the president
getting good deal of information as
to the sentiment among the common
people. The results will show up in
his letter soon to made public"
Democrats here are disappointed, so
they say frankly, over the congressional
conventions which have been held III
various districts of the state. They
expected more of the convention in the
Sixth district. They declare here that
Gen. Weaver was the logical candi-
date, and if he had been nominated
Ia ho1 nd
in the Second district, and Wade could
Gratis feel, in the Second district, is
that the silver democrats will stay at
home. But Gen. Weaver as candi-
date in the Sixth, could have gone over
into the Second and with a few speech
es appealing to his friends could have
got them all in line, and they would
have done 1t to help Weaver in his
fight. This was scheme which some
of the democrats had fixed up to
strengthen them all over the state or
the congressional fights. But the can
didate nominated will hardly be able
to WELD influence outside of his own
county. So, also, in the various dis
tricts of the state, the candidates nam
ed have not been especially strong, and
democrats here feel that it just like
abandoning the fight.
AS related In this correspondence last
week Speaker Cannon is to do some
speaking in Iowa during the campaign.
but the national committee is willing
at present to give him more than two
dates. Speaker Cannon and his ag-
gregation is to be the big feature of the
campaign this year. He will travel on
a special car and have with him some
other good speakers. It was announced
that Adam Bede and James Watson
would accompany the speaker, but
there may be others. Their meetings
will be events Of great Importance.
Cannon, by his splendid speech at the
national convention in Chicago, plac-
ed himself in the front rank of great
speakers. While the state committee is
disposed to place both these meetings
in the Second district yet it is possible
that one of them will be out in the
state either in the Sixth or the Third
district.
News from Wisconsin recently
brought to Des Moines by a former
resident of the city is to the effect that
the stalwarts of that state have gone
so far in their determination to put an
end to Governor LaFollette that they
are arranging to vote for George w.
Peck, the democratic candidate for gov
ernor and thus TO defeat LaFollette.
The opposition to the republican gov
ernor has become so pronounced that
a democratic governor is a certainty.
The fact that the electors are on both
tickets leaves it easier to carry the
state for Roosevelt and this will be
done.
"Calamity' Weller. on the occasion of
his recent visit 10 tire city to attend tine
state convention upheld his reputation.
He called attention to the fact that
when he came here some time ago to
assist in selecting delegates to the
Springfield convention he had declared