The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-08-20
CULL0M DESERTS
STAND PAT
POLICY
AND DECLARES IN FAVOR OF RE
VISION or TARIFF WHICH HE
THINKS TOO STIFF
LIKES THE IOWA IDEA
Party Will Make People Despair
OF Changes Even When
Badly Needed.


Chicago, Aug f9,-No longer can
Senator Shelby NJ, Cullom he classed
as stand patter." He has seen a
great white light and Is ready 10 j1in
the 'revisionists."
No other nor less parsonage than
the senator himself is authority for
this declaration He has stepped ont
lf the "stand-pat ranks and hencn
forth vii be found among those who
believe in revision Of the tariff.
He is friend Of the Iowa Idea
although probably not so radical ~
his views as Governor Cummlns
Nnch to the surprise Of evesy one
who listened to his comments. iha
senator made his attitude known
when replying to question az 70
what he thought of Speaker Cannens
speech before the Danvlle conyea.
ton.
"All in all. he said "it w7s an
excellent speech However. he went
little too stiff 0n the stand.pat issue
We must not lead the people to be-
lieve thai there IS no hopc Of our c e
hanging the tariff schedules. OF they
might put MS out Of office
But want YOU to understand that
am not critieisiug Uncle Joe I'm
for him all over. and the doctrine he
breaches as a whole WI do the rarity
A great deal of good He /. one Of the
ablest and safest men in the whole
country
Favors Revision Of Schedule,
.Bnt as i said before, we have got
pot away leaul the notioa that Il
Won't do O revise he tariff from time
| time as the changes in con1i ions
| nay require.
! Il do not advocate wholefale revis
on. and never shall for that would
We suicidal Furthermore The people
% not demand rad cal action, aud
hey won't stand for Il,
"My notion about the mater is q 1at
few of tho Dingley schedules conl1
re lowered and with benefit to our
| msiucs. Interests"
II must not be understood from
nything found in ;eDatOr Cnlloms
itterances that he I, in favor of tariff
| fnkering by the next congress, for h.
observed that in all probability moth
MS would be done until after the next
pres Dental election
As long as the country enjoys such
phenomenal prosperity as marked is
progress during the last few years.
he says he is satisfied the people will
lot ask congress to monkey with the
'ariG"
"But let there come a year or two
If depression. and there will be
linerent story to tell" said The sen
ltor while labor is employed ai higf
wages. while crops are hig and the
farmers are getting good prices for
everything thew have to sell. white
factorie. are running 'ull time day aud
night. and while money is cay at
low rates of interest The great mass
pf our people feel contented.
Change to "Hard Times"
They have nothing to complain
tbout and hey don't care rap whe.
her their congressman are "standpat
,ers' nr 'r-visionists" We cant t0li
hough. when all his contontment is
likely to change and bring about an
upheavaL
The tariff win hardly be made an
issue in this campaign OF cour the
Democrats will talk about il rs they
always do. hut il viii cut 40 figure.
"The people have naver forgotten
that terrible experience his corn'ry
nassed through under free trade ten
years ago. consequently IL is not like
~. that when the time does come -
revise The tariffs. the people vii N
trust -hc job 10 a Democrats con.
yress.
The senior Senator Of Illinois savs
be- is losing no sleep over the possihii
ity of William Jennings Bryan or any
other eDmocrat becoming the next
occupant of the White House
Hut h. saws hc does expect fhst. rs
result of the l9oS campaign. he sic
ceediuc congress WI ind il advisal lls
TO revise N, tariff sche lule-
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