Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-23
Made and Won Campaign
Against Harlan Largely on
Question of Lower Tariff
sTANDPATTERs ARE WORRIED
Senior Senator Has in More Recent
Years Declared for Changes and is
on Record-senator Makes Official
Announcement Of His Candidacy for
denomination Before Primary.
pecial to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines Aug. 23.--Is Allison's
position on the tariff worrying some of
The standpatters?
The uneasiness that has been mani
fest in the standpat camp over the
senatorial situation is still engrossing
the attention of politicians. The fact
that the Nonpareil Of Council Bluffs
was so ready to jump at the suggestion
of another man. and the further fact
that tho Congressman Smith denies
that he is a candidate he went TO Du-
buque for conference with Senator
Allison before he was ready to an
nounce that fact, is only further evil
dence of the uneasiness of the stand
patters at the situation.
1t is recalled that in years past un-
der the slogan of anything to beat
Cummins" many of the standpat edl-
tors and politicians have made chle1
use of the tariff question as a stalking
horse to fight Cummins with and con-
fuse the public mind as to the real is
sue in this state of the control of the
corporations, rather than the corpor-
ations controlling the state.
But with Allison as candidate, and
the only candidate against Cummins,
there can be no such a fight this year.
Allison has spoken often on the tariff
question. On Oct. 10, 1902, at Mason
City, he advocated a revision of the
tariff in 1904. Since then he mas
given interviews in which he stated
that congress should take up the ques-
tion at once. Furthermore, in the ac-
counts of the first election of Allison,
when he defeated Harlan it is claimd
that the fact that Allison was for
lower tariffs was one of the main rea-
sons for his defeating Harlan.
Altho it is not said of Allison that
he has done a great deal to get the
line in repeated declarations, and this
may be worrying the Blythe crowd that
has used the tariff question mainly as
a club to fight Cummins with rather
than because of any particular beliefs
they entertained themselves on the
question. This year they see this club
slipping from their grasp.
In the files of the newspapers Of the
early part of 1872 at the state historical
building are some interesting informa-
tion relative to the first election of Will
liam B. Allison as United States sena-
tor from Iowa. and some of the infor-
nation has an important bearing on the
contest that is fast approaching now.
The Des Moines correspondent to
the Chicago Tribune a day or two after
Allison had beaten Harlan in the cau-
Gus sent his paper an explanation Of the
defeat of Harlan in which i'm one para
graph he enumerated the reasons to be:
1. THAT Mr.. Allison was known to be
happily and eninently qualified for the
position.
2. That Mr.. Harlan was believed to
have held office long enough.
2. Mr.. Allison was known to be an
earnest and able enemy of that system
of robbery according to forms of law
often so stupidity called protection 10
American industries"
4. He was also known to be very
faithful to his pledgs, political and per-
sonal honesty and to the republican
party.
5. The northern part Of the state
was fairly entitled to the candidate.
A little farther on in the article to
the Tribune the writer says: II may
with perfect truthfulness say that the
most potent of these questions were
those of locality and protection"
October 10, 1902, at Mason City Sen
ator Allison said that there should De
no general revision of the tariff then
but counseled that the party center
upon such subject after 1904" Pro-
ceeding he intimated that minor
charges should be made before thar
time to correct inequalities. More re-
Gently on May A. 1907, in the Chicago
Tribune Raymond Patterson quotd
Senator Allison as saying: "It Will be
necessary soon for the proper commit
tees of congress to take up the tariff
question"