The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-01
HOT WORDS
FOR TAFT
Senator La Toilette Attacks
the President for His
Ninona Speech.
CALLS HIS ANALYSIS acre GUESS WORK
La Toilette Declares the President
or Any Other Man Cannot Read
Progressives Out of Party.

FfOQceSS1VSS OuC OF fdTIys
That President Taft's speech on the
tariff while at Winona, Minnesota,
has stirred up dissension in the ranks
is noted in Wisconsin in Especial sent
out from Madison, quoting from 500
word editorial by Senator La Toilette,
published in his weekly magazine. in
which the president is held up to rid
icule.
1t is the first fiery omen by Senator
La Toilette that he has opened ma
tional war on the tariff law through
his magazine and from the platform,
in which he will demand a substan-
tial lowering Of the tariff schedules
before the law is to remain on the
statute books. Not content to take
issue with the presidents statements
and tariff figures, Senator La Fol-
lette's paper brings Vice President
James S. Sherman into the limelight
and says that Sherman's tariff words
are feeble effort to ''hand the mid
die west piece of buncombe."
The answer by Senator La Toilette
is declared the first pronunced stand
that the senator has taken against
the president. The issue is clearly
drawn in the editorial and it places
Aldrich, Payne and Cannon in the
position of misdirecting the president
and thwarting the will Of the people.
Congressman Tawney of Minnesota is
given shot of grape and canister
and then the editorial turns to a dis
cussion of the figures upon which the
president based his arguments.
CALLS ANALYSIS GUESS WORK.
"In the course of his speech the
president president presented an anal
ysis of the tariff changes effected by
the new law" says the editorial.
"This is the same analysis that was
printed in the Congressional Record
by Chairman Payne, when he laid his
conference report before the house.
This analysis purports to measure the
Importance of tariff changes by the
consumptive value of the commod-
tiles affected. This was done to make
an answer to the compilations Of
the Bureau of Statistics of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor,
showing the tariff increase measured
by the value of imports.
To attempt to measure the value
of the consumption in this country of
the thousands of articles embraced in
the tariff schedules as there CLASH
fled is to enter the realm of
pure speculation. The information
does not exist. No statistician, who
is more than mere juggler of figures,
would regard such calculation as
worthy of the slightest consideration.
"Nobody, then or since, has come
forward to claim credit for this email.
ysis which Mr. Payne caused to be
printed in the Record. 1t was pre-
sented anonymously. The data upon
which it was based have never beer
disclosed. Before any such so-callec
analysis we place the work of the
great statistical bureau of the gov
eminent, based upon official records )
CAN'T BE READ OUT OF PARTY.
After more thorough discussion
of Taft's figures, Senator La Follette's
editorial takes up the portion of tn,
Winona speech where the nationa
executive attempted to read out o
the republican party those congress
men and senators who voted agains
the tariff law. Still claiming to be
republican, Senator La Toilette make
cautious reply.
No individual has the power t.
read representative out of his par
ty," says the editorial. "That powe
rests solely with the voters who Sc
lected him as their party representa-
tive. 1t is for them and them alon
, to determine whether or not he ha
been faithful or Indifferent to tn
trust reposed in him, to the promise
which won their favor. Nor can eve
the president of the United State
decide for the American peopl
whether or not the tariff law is GEM
inc or counterfeit"
Turning to Vice President Sherma
! the senator's magazine demands {
him to give the facts upon which h
bases his words that the pledges {
g the party have been Fulfilled" TIL
editorial closes:
]. "Give us the facts by all mean
Give us the answer to this question
I Does the tariff protect labor?'"
3 Civil Service Examination.
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