Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-08-29
THE IOWA IDEA
BObS up Again in a Con-
trOVerSy Between IOwaRS
TWO TARIFF FACTIONS
Governor Cummins Addresses q Let
ter TO Secretary Shaw Whs Con-
planned That the Governor HAD
Hisquoted Him In q Public address

Des Moines. Iowa. Aug eS.-Gov- \
b. Cummins today made public
his reply 10 the Secretary of
the Treasury Shaw. who cri-
ticIsed him for misquotiag the sec-r-
tary in his speech before the Chicagu
reciprocity convention. Governor Cum
Minis shows that ne said the quota
tions were from an editorial in th~
Des Moines Daily Capital whose edItor
attended the banquet of the nes Moines
bankers where AIr- Shaw made the ad-
dress and who is a warm supporter -
the secretary.
The letter follows. i nave the hon.
| or to acknowledge your letter of the
26th instant, in which you challenge a
statement that 1 recently made in an
address delivered before the National
Reciprocity conference at Chicago. ne
statement is as follows The secretary
] of the treasury in a speech recenti-
delivered in Des MOines Il reported aE
saying that the explanation II the re-
! fusal Of the senate 70 consider the
| French treaty is that II gives every
thing to France and nothing Ca he
/ United States. I must do him the ttis-
tice TO believe that he never read th-
! treaty for otherwise ne has coEnulitte,l
. q
of debate
THE quotation is accurate. male
] the statement You saY respecting o.
| I know tnat I did not say IL or aHp-
thing that could be so interpreted. hat
/ ! was not sure about the report Th-
occasion was an informal luncheon. sul
the speech was imprOmptu thcugh Hos
/ eXtempOraneOus."
You further say: Knowing. ther~--
I a
prOprieties Of debate BY quoting H-
without authority as having made =
| specific statement, wrote % you 90
| inquire wnere YOU saw the report eE
| my speech as given in your ChiraEN
address. I have not seen Il and I wish
to correct the record as soon as pos
sible."
81 am since really grateful to know
| that you deny having made the state
ment. for it was impossible for Ute o.
reconcile II with the truth; and uoN
I am no less gratified to be given the
| opportunity 70 adxise YOU - my au-
| thority for inpuJing the sentiment 80
/ YOU You may BE- against the French
! treaty and I may he for e. but YOU
can no more afford to mislead tne pub
lie concerning its provisions than I
can afford TO misrepresent the state
ments you make 10 justify the inac-
| tiOn Of the senate.
You are quite right in determine
that both Of US have had too long an
! experience in trial OF cases 70 believe
any substantial victory can b. Won
| either through falsehOod or passive
suppression Of the truth. I therefore
promptly give YOU my authority ~
stating that YOU were reported as say
! ing in your speech at Des Moines that
the senate failed to approve the French
! treaty because Il gave France every
| thing and the United States nothing
I In the Des Moinss Capital Satur-
day. May %. 1905. Cthe day after yegF-
speech here) YOU VIII ind a Ions rdi-
torial entitled. Secretary Snaw- 10
deals wholly with your speech of the
day before. quote that part of GO Uq-
on which I relied in my address Ia
Chicago:
| F." In his own original way ne drov-
home certain facts that viii h. re-
lmembered. He exposed the proposed
French treaty in all its defQ<Enities de-
imonstrating that We were offerinE
France tremendous bargain and SET
ting practically nothing in -eturu-
IF tais be not a sufficient basis for
the statement that I made in Chicago
I have Vet 20 learn the meaning % th.
Icommonest words Of M mother tongur-
Lafayette Young the editor uf tar Is-s
Moines Capital was present At the
luncheon and heard your speech He
is your political friend and ally. h~
is I'm sympathy with your views He ID
himself a speaker Of wonderful p-ovr~--
and knows wnat words mean he
writes constantly concerning the taFtS
and reciprocity and could not have
been mistaken with respect To the tCeIst
and conclusion OF your argument
when he wrote in his vivid ana
striking way that you exposed the pro-
posed French treaty in all its defor-
nifty. demonstrating that We were Of
fering France a tremendous bargain
and getting practically nothing In re-
turn. il was not possible for me On
doubt that you had said what he nad
imputed to you. know that he could
easily misunderstood me. but Z IS TN
credible that he should misunderStaud
YOU.
| Following your example. I yin hand
a copy Of my reply 20 the newsparsE
at the time I mail this letter Vita
high regard. 7 am very tEuly youFr.
nigh regard. I am yours very truly.
ALBERT b. CUMMINS--