The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-03-29

times claimed, he has had enough
other things on hand? Theodore
Roosevelt never has enough on hand.
Those who knew him need not be told
why he has thus far made no recon-
mendation with respect to the tariff
law generally. When the President,
the leader of his party, or the Repub-
lican Congress for whose conduct the
party is responsible. acts in the pre-
misses, then we who have less respon-
sibility will be free to criticize those
who refuse to accept.
Please do not misunderstan me.
l have no quarrel with any citizen of
Iowa. | call you to witness that i
have never stretched wire across any
mans path. was nominated in 1897.
and from that time till now no dele
gate to any state convention can
truthfully say that l ever sought to
influence his vote. Iowa got along
fairly we'll before my time. Her
proud record in the councils of ,the
nation from the days Of Grimes. to
the present time; her proud political
history free from scandal or serious
defalcations, speaks more eloquently
than can l of the wise councils that
have prevailed within our party. j
have been content and will be content
to teach the principles of the old
party which, under God, has done so
much for the American people and is
still big with possibilities of efficient
and glorious service. l will not be
dragged into factional fights. / lam
not opposing any man. l am simply
opposing teachings within my party
which are unauthorized by our nat
ional platform, unauthorized by any
action of Congress and unauthorized .
by anything the President of the Unit
ed States has said or done. l would
not do this if | did not feelssure that
the triumph of these ideas in this Re-
ublican of all REPUBLICAN, states
would seriouly handicap us in our
efforts to elect another Conrgess that
will be in harmony with the President
and his policies. The utterances OPP
pose, the teachings l object to are the
stock in trade of our political oppon--
ents. Of course they may be right,
we may all be wrong, but to admit
them to oe right is to admit that we
are wrong and have always been
wrong. l am speaking for my party
and may | not oppose the teachings of
our opponents without even seeming
to oppose the person who voices
them?
We can safely admit to ourselves
that Iowa has been occasionally car
ried off her feet by waves OF. camor
for change. In 1873 and 1874 irnaa-
ton got the better of oar Judgment
and a Republican legislature .Remor
allied Congress. asking the issuance
of an increased vo,ame of syreenbacks
The Anti-mon~poly party then at its
zenith in tie state, had elected one
half the membersfof the Legislature,
but all p pal.,es supported the infsSion
doc ~ |.e We're only ele, en- Votes
against the measure, one of which
was cast bv Hon. George D. Perkins.
There have been times in the state
when free silver resolution would
have received a surprisingly largessyote
in both Houses. Free silver was at
one time advocated by large per cent
of the press of the state, and those
who stood steadfast against this
heresy were not always spoken of. in
kindness, even by Republican papers.
1t is we'll for US to stick pretty
close to the party of our choice and
avoid being carried off on tangent
that will cost US much in prestige and
perhaps entail another Democratic adj
with its uniform and i'm
evitable results. This is political
counsel and not factional opposition to
any man.
A comparison of our commercial
attitude towards other countries with !.
that of other countries towards ua and {
towards each other may not be out Of
place. Barring few ex-
cluded articles, like domestic ANIMALS
for domestic use, England gives her !.
people no advantage whatever over
their foreign competitors. While she
collects more customs duties per capita .
than the United States, she so adjusts
her tariff schedules as to afford her
people no suggestion of protection.
She levies heavy tariff duties on beer
for instance, but balances 1t with an !.
internal revenue tax upon the domestic
article so that teach goes to the con- !,
sumer taxed exactly the same. Max .
ing no discrimination between for
eign competitors and her own people,
it is impossible for her to make dis
elimination as between foreign coun-
tries. She opens wide her doors and,