Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-08


the campaign Of next year their
voices will be heard high above all
others defending its doctrines and sus-
tanning its candidates. Their struggle
will be within the lines, but they will
not hide the truth as they see 1t; for
they know that If the Republican party
is to be permanently successful, it
must be faithful to it's platforms, and
must meet courageously and justly the
new age problems and questions. 1t
cannot any longer be progressive in
Its platform and standpat in its con-
gress.
A few months ago said that was
willing to accept an arbiter as to the
Republicanism of those who voted
against the tariff bill, and hasten to
name the judge. appeal to the ma.
.tional Republican platform of 1908;
and tested by the criterion of that in
strument the Republican voters of the
United States will determine just as
rapidly as they have the opportunity
to do so, whether our votes were in
accordance with its declarations and
pledges.
AS reported in the Chicago news
papers, the speaker of the house, in
his address at Elgin, asked this ques-
ton: Are Aldrich and Payne with
their associates comprising the major
ity of the Republicans in congress, the
Republican party. or are the insur
gents the Republican party" The an.
swer he made. either explicitly or i'm.
pliedly, was that the majority of the
Republicans in congress was the
Republican party; that the insurgents
had refused to be bound by the will
of that majority, and therefore they
were no longer Republicans. freely
admit that the insurgents had no title
to speak for the Republican party as q
whole, and it gratifies me to know that
that they have never asserted such au.
thority. am, however, astounded to
hear so modest man as the speaker
Of the house claim that the leaders
who constructed the tariff bill and
the majority which passed 1t, consti.
tute the Republican party. / know
that they are strong, and do what they
please without rhyme or reason; but
am sure that this is the first time
they have become SO intoxicated with
their power as to imagine that they
constitute the Republican party. There
is Republican party, and 1t is com
posed Of something like 100000 of
men. They came together by their
representatives in 1908 and they made
a platform. Insofar as 1t related ia
the work Of congress, it became the
duty of every Republican member OF
the senate and of the house to execute
It; but to say that because q majority
of the Republican members Of con
gress were in favor of attaching Ger
tain duties to certain commodities
and other members in a minority were
in favor of attaching other duties tc
the same commodities. that therefore
the minority had rel slled against the
party, is nonsense of so sublime a de
gree that it provokes not debate, but
deriSion.
Harmony is Desirable.
understand perfectly that It woult
have been helpful to party harmon,
if we could have voted together; but
that is not the question. The platform
was for protection. All the Republic
ans in congress we're for protection;
but the view Of these high priests ap
pears to be that if they thought tina,
upon any given article protection re
| quired SO per cent, and we thought thu
article would be amply protected witt
25 per cent, unless we voted for so ",
were no longer Republicans. TIL,
whole proposition is so absurd tina
even the most rabid member of tn,
triumvirate will not repeat it often.
marvel at not only the audacit,
but the madness which inspires the al
tack which has been made upon tn
insurgents, for if Mr.. Cannon and hi
allies shall be successful in putting ey
cry man out of the Republican part,
who would not have voted for the tai
| iff bill had he been member Of cor
gress, he will have eliminated a ms
jority of the Republicans IN ever
northern state from Ohio to the Rock
mountains. There need be no concer
! about the attitude of the insurgent
and their friends. They will do thei
best to nominate candidates who BIZ
lieve in progressive Republican PAL
ty. When they succeed they will n
joice because a step will have bee
taken in the path of reform. Whe
they fail they will be Republican
still, for If there ever was time whe
there was absolutely no reason "a
transferring any branch of the go,
eminent to Democratic hands, this 1
the time. Individually have high r,
gard for the integrity and patriotism
Of many of the Democratic senator
and representatives in congress, bu
collectively they are more unfit Il
manage the affairs of a great countr,
than ever before in the history of th,
organization. Nevertheless. we do no
intend to accept as final the revision
of the tariff against which we vote,
and we do intend to tell the people o
the country from time to time VIII!
we could not and did not give the bill
our approval. You will, therefore,
am sure, permit me to state the cas-
from my standpoint.
"some Import Duties Too HIgn.''
For seven years I have been insist
ing in every part Of the United State
that the import duties upon the chic
competitive products were too high
and being too high should be reduced
The mere fact that the duties Of tn
Dtngley law had become excessive