Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-20
rAF7's APOLOGIES NOT ACCEPTED.

tAT y ATOIOGtCS WI HSSC' seps
The president is in Iowa today. He
is very welcome. The state and all its
people, irrespective of parties and po-
litical lsanings one way or another, are
glad and proud 10 receive him, the
chief. executive of a great nation, of
which it and they are no small part or
inconsiderable factor When the pres
ident came 10 Iowa this morning he
came to the chief of a great nation Of
states. to the chiefest among the states
in material wealth and prosperity, and
in the citizenship that is greatest OF
all that constitute a great common (
wealth. AS the leader of the repub /
lican party. he came TO the banner re-
publican state of the Union. q depend /
able, certain state when others We're
not to be depended upon. The orr
famine of republicanism has been i
worn on the helmet of Iowa since Iowa
grew into statehood, and II has always /!
moved in the van, carried by iowa
leaders who have been welcome in war
and wise Mn council. Personally. Mr.. |
Taft comesaao the state that made his
nomination certain. and whence he
drew his inspiration for revision down
ward, which made his election sure,
He came to Des Meines, where the
exigencies of a campaign which is not
yet one year old had made it urgent 10
put himself equarely on record as a
presidential candidate for a revision
of tariff schedules downward. But he
came very much on the defensive. All
Iowa remembered what he had said
as a candidate. AL Iowa and the mid
die west were very much pleased with
the heroic work ofswesrern members of
congress to force the kind OF revision
which Mr.. Taftyhad promised. Every
body, while wishing that TAFT himself
had done some. forcing earlier in the
fight, was conscious of the record in
Washington in which Taft appears as
favoring downward a few schedules in
conference, and there was expectation
that he would be exceedingly cautious
in defending the work of a Republican
congress not e seem 70 criticize those
who had made possible a record which
was capable OF any defense at all. He
did put in a clause of exemption now
and then, tbut he delivered an address
which he must have, known would be
read publicly as q, criticism of The
men WHO had nnaaess fight for what he
haa,sa,s in his, GIMP and toisay
that nar:: TAFT ds.natia popular prexi-
dent iayshe middls y est. today is stat
ing diam ssu.hsSlumly.
1t Is trast thaS sshseP sne. bill is a
lowerstarihlSshtlanl he'Dingley bin but
it tsFnot' true that:sy is as low as i.
ought to be so5coneom to the rightfui
expectations OF tine. country A lumber
tariff which seems. to, reduce a tariff,
but centains a joker exempting from
said reductions all lumber except as
hewn ."othsrwise than saving when
no such j. aumssr is known TO the
trade, is nossshssSehedule that it ought
to be. We AFRAID that if Mr.. Taft
were toIengsge oE. Dolliventin a tariff
debate. oysgiahis Payne bill, he would
come.ofslooEings like ttirtSes.eents.
Mr.. Taft should have made ar.Wi.
upna.- whasahe doubtless will atsDes
Moines, more effortito express rea
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. counuys demand
for asrevolt against the domination o
Cannon and ;Aldrich. Until he is will
ing Ito quit compromising with thei
leadership and join the public de
mand for their overthrow, he viii no
be accepted as the riglltful heir L
Roosevelt's popularity west OF the stat
of Pennsylvania.