Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-16
A ROAST FOR WHITNEY,.
President Tells Massachusetts
Delegation of Discourtesy
of Candidate
GAYS NE WAS MsouoTED
Claims Candidate Purposely and De-
iiberately Misrepresented the Presi-
\ dents Views on, Tariff Revision in
che Campaign. in Massachusetts
Miscellaneous News.

Washington, Nov. ia develop
Qent OF the call Of a delegation of
loather and boot and shoe manufac-
turers Of Massachusetts,, which IN
oluded Governor Douglas, upon Presi-
Dent Roosevelt yesterday to request
him to use his influence to have the
tariff on leather removed, caused con-
siderable OF a sensation among politi-s
cians here last night. 1t appears that
President Roosevelt in answering the
eequest Of the delegation took occa-
don to severely rebuke the action OF
the candidate for lieutenant governor
Whitney, for mdsquoting him in the
Massachusetts campaign.
Subsequent to the departure Of the
delegation from the White house Pres
adent Roosevelt authorized the pLblica-
ton Of his remarks on the object of its
mission In the course Of his remarks
he related an experience he had last
winter, with committee from Massa-
chusetts Of which Mr.. Whitney, re-
Gently candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor Of Massachusetts. was q malnber.
He said that Mr.. Whitney had mis-
quoted him. in the campaign wlSch
was closed. few tSys ago. and dsSiar-
ed that he was "coi strained to believe"
that Mr.. Whitney ad deliberately
misrepresented what had occurred"
With this experience in mind the pres
ident declined to enter upon discus
sion of the subject Of free hides at
this time. The address Of the presi-
dent was in part as follows:
Tho Presidents View.
"It Is. Of course, unnecessary to
point out that no change in the tariff
can be made keeping In vi,w only the
interests or desires of one state or
locality. The law must first take tan
gibie shape in the lower house OF con-
gress, and must thoroughly correspond
with the sentiments Of the citizens OF
the several states as expressed thru
their representatives therein. Where
the interests, and therefore the senti-
ments based on these interests, ore d.
verse; as is almost invariably the case
In reference to the details of all tariff
matters, the law must normally, altho
not Invariably, represent compromise
and mutual concessions; ana no one
outside Of congress. can definitely FIRE
tell the exact shape such comprom-
Use wifi ultimately take.
II should Like to discuss the whole
situation with you freely and Inform 4
ally. But unfortunately my expert
ence with committee from your state,
Governor Douglas. which called on
me in connection with tariff matters
ABOUT year ago, forbtds my doing
30. Such free full and necessarily
tnformai and tentative discussion is
obviously Of benefit only II those join
ine it recognize as a matter OF honor
able obligation the duty OF not at
tempting to give from memory what
must necessarily be an imperfect and
rarpled version OF what takes place.
when the president Of the United
States definitely and formally ex-
aresses himself for publication on q
question Of great Importance. what he
saws should not he left to the imper-
lection OF memory often colored by In,
terest, but Should he put beyond the
possibility OF misunderstanding by
careful preparation and commdttal to
writing. To try and repeat from MEM
ory what the president has said when
year has elapsed is to show entire
Indifference as to accuracy, as we'll as
to prupriety.
Whitney Was Unfair.
"Yet this de- precisely Wat Mr..
whitney did IN the Massachusetts,
campaign that has just closed. He
pretemded to quote what had said
during the course OF the long and IN
forunal interview with his committee q
year befNs, no notes of the converse
ton having been taken at the time.
Not only dhd de nisquote the words
used, but by suppressing almost all
that I had said. and by giving what
he psMpmted to give entirely apart
6rom its context, he absolutely, and as
/ am constrained to believe, deli'ber-
ately misrepresented what had oc-
CURED, and he knew we'll that it was
impossible for the president of the
United States to enter into personal
discussion about the matter with him.
with this experience In view cam
net enter into amy discussion with you
on the merits Of your proposal, and
must content myself with saying that
1t shall receive my most earnest, at
tentive and respectful consideration"
At the conclusion OF the conference
W. b. Rice OF the firm OF Rice &
Hutchins Of Boston, made a state
ment to the newspaper men of the re-
suit OF the interview. He said:
1--WE represent the majority of the
heather tanning and boot and shoe in
terests of the United States. We de-
cided to request the president to as
sist US in procuring legislation plac-
inx hides on the free list and to re-
duce the duty on sole leather to 10
per cent, where the Mckinley law
placed It. We We're able to assure the
president that the boot and shoe in
forests would consent to reasonable
reduction OF the duty on their prod
pets"
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