Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-26
CALLING THE T..R.

The Advertiser Gazette at Creston
exulti; over a reference in Times-Re-
publican correspondence to high prices
of livestock and land. the argument
which contributes so much glee being
& that, The T-R. has admitted prosperity
under the present tariff law, hence has
proved the tstandpatter's contention
rs ii any wonder says the Gazette,
sthat with his eyes vide open to the
fact that THE present law contains in
equitable and indefensible schedules,
he (the farmsr) should still be salts
J fed to let well enough alone?"
Neither the Gazette nor any other
republican newspaper in the Reserva-
ton can outstrip the T.-R. in giving
credit to the principle of protection for
the prosperity which, when applied un-
der tepubIicat laws, it has brought to
our country. There has never been
ans controversy among republicans
over this point and the Gazette ii 1t
j
witt, Governor Cuininins as it would
have us be toward it, would recognize
this fact. The only difference has
been that the T.-R. has believed thaa
those schedules referred to by the
Gazette as ,"inequitable and indefensi-
be- ould be corrected by a republican
mir or
disturbing business. If they are not
soon changed by republicans them
selves the .'inequitable and indefensi-
BILE" schedules will be forced into such
prom nence by democratic campaign
ers that the democratic party will be
given a commission by the voters to
substitute tariff for revenue only"
with soup kitchens sure to follow. I'm
less republicans are willing to accept
5 responsibility and repair the flaws in
their own law, there can never be
progress in orr public affairs, "a great
people. will have to stand still. Hence
the T.-R. has believed with Secretary
Taft, speaking for himself alone, that
these schedules ought to be revised.
Th. Gazette has made the error of
erybe,dy else out of the republican par
ty who have believed that these sched-
tiles should be revised by republicans
them selves. But this has not prompted
harsh language on the part of the T.-R.
1t has been the opposition to Governor
Cumnins, prompted by the railroad
pat tariff discussion which has caused
the T.-R. to call names II is not diff
ficult to see why an old man or a timid
man might be afraid to touch the tariff
5 even tho admitting the ''indefensibili-
ty' of some of it's schedules. The T.-R.
respects an honest standpatter. The
republican who will help pound Cum
Minis into the earth" because Mr..
Blythe DEGREES it, who will circulate
lies about so distinguished a leader in
its own party, who will help to make
it possible for the notorious Ed Hunter
to mime committees in the Legislature
and dictate legislation. is the republic
can who gets his head cracked now
and then by the T.-R. No one else
need be alarmed when the bricks are
flying, for the T.-R. is reasonably sura
of it's aim.
But getting down to the point, the
governor, the T.-R. and all members
of the, majority of the republican parSy
in Iowa are willing to conceed honesty
and perfect sincerely Oh the part IF
the siandparter. 1t is refreshing to be-
lieye that the Creston Gazette is Will
ing 10 concede the republicanism o.
Governor Cummins and do what II can
to preevnt the organized bolt now be-
ing conducted in southern Iowa TO cut
Cuminins ard Garst and Hayward? II
1t were not, would the Gazette have
been surprised at an organized reprisal