Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-09
NEXT EVENT OF POLITICAL IN.
TEREsT in IOWA is PREsl.
DENTS SPEECH.
sTANDPATTERs REQUESTING
APPROVAL OF TARIFF BILL
Taft Expected to Discuss New Reve-
nue. Law Openly and Frankly-Wouis
Be Safest Course "Trip Recalls
RooseveIts Visit to Middle West In
der Similar Political Conditions.

Special to Times Republican.
Dies Moines. Sept. 9.-The next great
interest of the politicians of Iowa is
the speech President Taft will deliver
in the west on his coming tour. The
situation at this time is somewhat
analogous to that when Roosevelt
made his tour some years ago just be-
fore congress took up the question of
rate legislation. 1t is known that stand
patters are making every effort to per-
suade President Taft to take the stand
pat view of the recent tariff bill They
want him to say the bill is all right and
is just as he wanted it to be. The pro-
gressives are making no efforts to
persuade the president but they ara
hoping he will not treat them as did
Roosevelt.
Ii will be remembered that Roose-
velts Minneapolis speech was a staff
TOR the standpat newspapers of Iowa 10
lean on for many campaigns. He had
in fact assured the progressives that he
was for revision downward He in fact
wrote a message to deliver to congress
which message was seen and read by
Iowa men. When congress assembled
he delivered a message on rate legisla-
ton but said nothing on the tariff. The
copies Of his rate message which
reached the newspapers contained a
paragraph saying a tariff message
would be sent to congress later. This
paragraph was KILLED" by telegraph
but some newspapers failed to kill it
and the paragraph ran but the message
never appeared. But in his Minneapolis
speech Roosevelt did more good to the
standpatters of Iowa than he did the
prCgressives
Now comes Taft at the beginning Of
his administration just after congress
has passed a standpat tariff bill to
make speeches in the west Many poi
iticians think if he says nothing about
the tariff it Will be even worse than
if he discusses it frankly and freely.
Up to this point it is frankly admitted
on all hands that the insurgent mem
bers of congress who fought against
the tariff measure have been given
credit for what they did as being tie
best they could do TO get lower tariff
duties and the attitude toward the
president is one of anxiety to know
whether the bill suits him or not II
4 it Cont suit him they will class him
as progressive and if it does as a
standpatter, and the presidents state
1nent at the time he signed the bill they
consider as not conclusive. The speech
ct which the president is most likely
to discuss the tariff seems to be in the
j -cjo o1 a ri Of y
/ Tawny, a Minnesota standpatter.
Progressives believe that the pras-
ident will give no sop to the stanl-
patters The president has mapped out
a program of legislation for the coming
along progressive lines. To carry out
4 that program he will need every pro-
pressive vote he can get for he can loot
for no support from the standpatter.
for such program Whether the pres
! ident favored the tariff bill as it passed
or not will not help him in gettin:
standpat votes for his next program o
legislation and what ever he may o.
may not say as TO the tariff will nell
him none with them while on the othe
hand he can gain many friends will
the progressives by judicious course G
action in the next few weeks.
Iowa men have talked With Tai
since the passage of the tariff bin.
is known that he freely asked the opin
ion of prominent progressives wh'
We're not members of either the senat
or the house and even pressed them TO
their opinion after finding that it wa
adverse to his course of action He i
therefore thoroughly posted on wha
the progressiyes of the west think o
the tariff matter thus far. Furthermor
those progressives who discussed tn
matter with him did not seek the in
terviews but were sent for All o
which is conclusive proof that tn
president is thinking on the subjec
and is thoroughly posted in advance O
his western trip.
The action of the Christian Endeavo
in Iowa Falls in deciding to devot
more attention to prison work as par
of the home missionary efforts may b
taken UP by other religious organiza
tions. B. w. Garrett, secretary of tn
state board of parole, delivered an ad
dress of an hour and a half before tn
convention of the Iowa Christian En-
deavor Society at Iowa Falls and S
pleased his audience that he was aske
to continue his talk after dinner an
he gave them another half hour. TIL
result was a decision of the society t
devote more time to prison work Thi
will be done by providing workers t
visit the penitentiary and reformator
and by getting good literature in til
hands of the prisoners. Furthemol
] the membership of the society and til
people generally Will pe educated i
this work by the society deciding 1
devote at least two Sunday evenin
meetings each year and possibly q
many as one each month to Study
the prison work.
The condition of the iowa institu
tons is perhaps as good as any in I'll