The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-05-30
ROOSEVELT TO LET
THE TARIFF ALONE
RAILROAD LEGISLATION THE vi.
tai NEED JUST NOW.
LACEY KEEPS UP INTEREST.
Saye Next Year viii Be Political
Year and That He 10 Feeling
Too Good To Keep Out of
the Fight.

Des Moines, May 27.-"You know
there is constitutional prohibition
on talking politics this year in Iowa,
don't your was Major Lacey's re-
Spouse to question about next years
Developments. Major Lacey was in
the city on his way to Panora where
he delivered the commencement day
address before the graduates of Iowa's
one solitary county nigh school.
But next year will be political
year and am enjoying too good health
and am keeping up too much interest
in public ahairs to not take some hand
in next year. Personally? Well,
do not know what my own future will
be. My law business is keeping me
busy, and | may never again be per-
sonally involved. But | am not com.
hitting myself to retirement TO- | 40
not know what may happen.
But | shall maintain my interest in
republicanism and shall do all in my
pow to secure success for the cause
whether | am ever again a candidate
for office or not.
"As to Roosevelt, | believe major
| ity Of the people in Iowa are for min,
but | am also convinced that ne has
not the remotest thought of accepting
2 nomination.
"As to the tariff, it will be revised,
in fact it must be revised. But
want to recall to you the prophecies
of six years ago that IL we did not
have "evision then our foreign trade
would be destroyed. And every year
our exports have increased until In
1907 they will be double what they
were in 1901"
Roosevelt Stands Pat.
st. Louis, May PA Washington
special to the Globe-Democrat says:
president Roosevelt is not remote.
| ly considering the revision of the tar
| iff laws of the country at this time,
and will not make a recommendation
opening of the next session. The
president is not responsible for the
recent renewal of the agitation in lav-
or of tariff revision. Neither is any
member of his administration with the
approval of the chief executive. The
president believes that the recent tar
| iff revision agitation has been started
and fostered by opponents Of his adj
ministration.
| The president expects the most in
portant work of the next congress to
be the more simplifying and amending
of the railroad rate laws. The world
will know how ne feels about the rail.
road situation after May 80, for he mas
prepared an exhaustive speech on the
subject, which he will deliver on that
day at Indianapolis.
| Railroad Blamed For Story.
"The president believes that the
| railroad interests, knowing of his de-
Termination to have further lesisla-
ton at the next congress. nave start.
ed the tariff revision propaganda with
the idea of drawing attention from
what is most interesting the president.
In the opinion of the administration
the ring-leader in this movement is
James j. Hill of the Great Northern.
1.-THE president, believing That the
tariff revision agitation is intended to
divert attention from his railroad pro-
gram, proposes to ask congress not to
pay heed, to it and to assent to the
postponement of the subject to anotl-
er session.
Little Sentiment For Revision.
"The president had had some re-
Election of sentiment from few
states in the east and northwest for
tariff revision, but he has not had any
such sentiment reflected to nim to a
degree that leads him to believe that
there is a general demand for action
among the people of the country as a
mass