The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-12
LAFE YOUNG s WORDS
TURNED upon HIMSELF.
All Iowa is Laughing at Practi-
cal Joke Which Was Played
On Des Moines Paper.

uERsrrER CITY. Ia, Nov. 1.-THE frHe-
,,,,n ,rr,hnne OF this city, has successfully
worked as smooth u practical Joke on N'A 1u'
cite Young and the Dcs Mo.nes Capita4 US "ae
ever perpetrated in American poiiucs. ~ VIZ
long be remembered with ausnte: pS A'epu'I
lcans OF this State although 1t may Ir 'a ~
aYcung's homecoming from his trip afou''e az
world somewhat embarrassing
remembering what u tariff reyis!on!st the
Capi,nl was before 1t fell out with Governor
cumm,ns and became tho leading representa-
tive OF tho American Protective League ~
Iowa, tho Webster City paper clipped from
the files OF the Capita! a paragraph from a
tariff ripping editorial which appeared on : Wy
IL 1901 and published II as lis own oIisi'iAi
expression. Tho Capital failed 70 recosntas
~ nMsurng and proceed to rend Its tof7lier
child with the fury Of a savage. Tho Weoste I
City paper than apoiogized for using the eai'
' the AFFAIR has been the political sensation
of The week in Iowa politics and It ~hi DC
many week before the msrh suhsides =, ,,,ors
fes and used by tho Freeman-lrlnune was as
follows: -, ,,a, reodv
rhe Republican party may as well s get r reuay
will be one of tho chiefest political issues ~
the near future The consensus OF opinion ). "
to the effect that the time Is RIPE or =, IN e the
schedules of tariff rates" g,. ,,o,, mora
10 season the bait and mako 1t look more nor,
Cuninins faction In Iowa, The Freeman III, r.
bune added to this paragraph that me SsP''a'
will hardly deny these statements, a.,
But the Capital would deny them una
po,lnced upon the bait IKE aoo1 huhgry NV, woi t.
Replying to what It said In lS9lIthi N 81 Y
was tho Webster City paper which shla ~
tho Capital in 1905 says: =,
'If tho Webster City Freeman Irlpune, ~, ~
my Of its journalistic ris,ns Ia the
dignity OF IL public demand TOR an opernau. LII
Of tariff schedules the Des MONIES tCapilAI VII
give the fact such consideration rs u oeSeIsss.
Quotations from Democratic mus" u'ii.'.S'n - y.
professional reform organs VIII not pc co,,'
sldered competent evidence In the present so,,'
troyersy for the reason that that class o. newn
uapers is constitutionaly opposed 70 al laia,.
schedulesor at least nave We. never ,dsed Nv
to be pleased win any larlii eNe' uSs 'SN's - y
Republican Congress. .,e,o
,'Who wants q revision OF the tallH
usifted to the bottom the conclusion IS SIN,
ply warranted that tho only serious u9 Tnn4
ff or tariff revision elnanates from tho ocsln1
cratic and mugwump!nn resources where ~
tariff echefules are held In contempt ana from
which assaults upon the protective system nave
boon periodically made Tor MY Setrs, 10
10 bar quotations from the 'Demo eIaa e.
,nu.wump!an or professional reform" ORGANS
VAS TOO much for the faction OF tioverno51
C,,mmims. The Webster City paper apoioglzIe.u
for lifting the Capitals former snhariau
e ere and economic Jumping jack must not
Tho editorial pages OF 'Iowa papers have been
flied with little else the latter part OF ths wegN
than a Discussion OF this bear trap ana inc p's
ct rha ' Webster city paper and the whole Of
Governor CUMMINGS faction are h9Snra'Y n,I
holding their sides ana laughing, ING any,
Cummins faction has nsem 80 a az ho s.ate hat
they are as yet unable to, sit up ana take
notice.