Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-11

Ion a uudu pure VI spirit, iuuSAluAc III
his purpose, fearless in his resolution,
to lead in the great movement. And
thanks to Theodore Roosevelt we now
have another law upon the same sub
ject.
81 do not pretend to say that the
present law is perfect. It may have
It's flaws and when they are found 1t
will be for you to take up the strug-
gle, because do not want you to de.
Jude yourselves with the thought that
this fight can be ended in any year.
II you surrender for a moment the
enemy will step into your place.
ESQ much has the republican party
done for railroad regulation. Now
which of these two great organiza-
tons is the best adapted to fight this
battle to the end? When you come to
that question, then l submit to you
with absolute confidence the record of
the republican party.
s'My friend Porter said in his open
ing speech that in his judgment it
would not be appropriate for the can
didates for governor to debate the
tariff, and then be proceeded through
three or four columns to exploit my
views on the tariff. He became, ap-
parently, so much absorbed that he
forgot to state his own. I couldn't
help drawing the conclusion that he
assumed that all the democrats would
vote for him because he was nominal
ed by democratic convention, and
that his mission was to appeal to
those republicans who were dissatis-
fed with my views on the tariff
Therefore he undertook to prove to
the republicans that l am not sound
on the doctrines of republicanism. He
cited the fact that had said that
some of the schedules of the Dingley
tariff law should be reduced. Having
convicted me of unsoundness he asked
the republicans to desert me and vote
for him. free trader. 4
The Charges Of Porter.
eff had only the task of restoring
| his good opinion of my tariff views 1
would not exhaust your patience to
state my position. But there is in this
state an intense fog with regard to my
views on the tariff question and
will depart from his advice to say
something of those views because this
/ is a matter of the utmost Importance
to the people of Iowa and the country
at large.
1 81 believe that import duties should
| be levied on all competitive commodi-
ties sufficient to enable the domestic
producer to take and hold the domestic
markets at fair and reasonable pro-
fit If any man knows any way in
which that sentiment can be more
strongly stated / wish he would give
it to me. Hold that in your mind. If
it isn't the essence of republicanism
then have sought for thirty-four
years in vain. For thirty-four years
in every campaign that has been
waged in Iowa have been lifting up
my voice in eulogy of that very doc
| trine."
I Here the governor referred to the
speeches of Mr. Porter in which the
I democratic candidate has criticised
Mr.. Cummins using as basis ex-
j cerpts from speeches made in Boston,
4 Des Moines and elsewhere The gov
speeches passages strongly favoring
4 the principles of protection. Continu-
3 ing he said
i SIS there any treason in these SEN
fences? You may examine closely
every speech have ever made on this
subject and you will not find single
utterance inconsistent with the fealty
loyalty and affection | have always
felt for the principle of protection
"Now what is the offense with
which am charged? 1t is queer, isn't
it, to find democrat going about this
state charging republican with be
ing unsound on the tariff question:
Every age has its oddities. There are
| always freaks-freaks of the human
{ mind 1 mean-always fads and fan
/ cies. My offense according to Porter
is that I have said there are some
!, schedules OF the Dingley law that are
| too high and should be reduced. have
: said this and say it again (ahplausey
81 am not alone, however, in the Of
tense, IL it be an offense. 1t ough
!, not to be with any loyal republican
Suppose had been member of the
ways and means committee, sitting
!, around Nelson Dingley in 1896. Sup
r pose the question of steel rails was VI
and l believed and said that dut.
| of IS ton was sufficient or that hat
r believed and said that duty of $40 |
Y ton was necessary, would have bee1
J. any less loyal republican than If
had said the duty should be $7.s4 a
J, was finally determined upon?
10 Still for Revision.
eli And now the next STEP I hav
t wanted some of the schedules reduce
e because have believed them to b
e too high. Hitherto have failed
}. trust the future will write differen
}. story But hitherto I and those VIII
e are with me have been unable to cor
). vince the majority of my party tina
|. our view is right. Porter says shout
n desert my party and join the on
a which stands, not for the protection c
d the American markets for the Amer
il can laboring man. but for tariff fo
/. revenue only But say to you that
) will work and wait all my life for tina
j. change which believe to be apprt
l. pirate, for a republican revision of tn
IL tariff. rather than to accept for a
e hour law based upon the false an
1t delusive notion of tariff for revenu