Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-14
TARIFF SITUATION STARTS SPEC.
uLATloN AS TO POLITICAL
EFFECT OF LAW.
TAFT MUST MAKE GOOD
OR cuMMlNs MAY LEAD
Unless Presidents Promise of Down.
ward Revision is Fulfilled Party Will
Seek Presidential Candidate With
More Radical Views-Would Be
Either cumnans or LaFoIIette.
Washington Dispatch to Minneapolis
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Washington Dispatch to Minneapolis
Journal
Washington. April 1.-THE tariff is
to be the great issue in the off year
campaign of 1910. and probably in the
presidential campaign to follow. This
is the rule in American politics. The
minority party in congress follows each
tariff revision session with a campaign
on the tariff as the chief issue. and fire.
quently this minority party has been
able to convince the country that the
party doing the work of revision has
failed, in the new law, to keep in mind
the greatest good to the greatest num-
Der.
With this thought in mind, it is not
difficult to see good deal of presi-
Dental politics in the tariff debates of
the present session Regulations Won
in the great debate now we'll under way
are likely to project themselves as po-
tent influences in the next national
campaign. In the ante convention
skirmishes of the two parties, as well
as in the regular campaign preceding
election day in 1912. the men who have
made good with the public and most
accurately guaged and interpreted its
feelings as to the tariff, will have fol-
lowings that must be reckoned with
Culberson for Presidency.
Take Senator Culberson, the demo-
cratic leader in the upper chamber He
is mentioned nowadays in every dis
cussion of the democratic nomination
in 1912, and the opportunities opened
for him by the tariff debate. and the
privilege of largely guiding the policy
and making the program of his party,
are certain to strengthen his chances
vastly, If he turns them effectively to
account
The democrats may get away with
good deal of credit, or with nothing
but discredit, according as their
course is marked out and followed
Champ Clark democratic leader of the
house, has in the last few weeks at
tracted much attention to himself
because of his vigorous and uncon-
promising attitude, first in the fight
over the house organization and rules,
and later in the tariff discussion
Clark's name is good deal considered
as that of a coming man in his party,
and discussion of him as p very pos
sible legatee of the Bryan Strength has
received a great impetus because of
his work since he became the party's
leader in thenhouse
On the republican side are two men
whose part in the tariff consideration
is likely to increase regulations which
already have brought their names into
prominence-Cummins and LaFollette.
Mr.. Cummins is the bright particular
star of republican radicalism on this
issue. He has been lighting for new
republican conception of the tariff for
a decade and more and has made a
stir as radical in his home state.
Cummins and La Toilette.
At the upper end of Pennsylvania
avenue is the occupant of the White
House who will doubtless desire a re-
nomination in 1912 He is watching
the tariff with both eyes nowadays,
both because of its effect upon him per-
sonally and because of the pledges
made by himself and the republican
party to the country. The great weight
of the presidency is to be thrown into
the scale in favor of honest revision,
for which reason many believe the bill
which the senate finally passes will
show g. scaling downward of duties not
now believed to be possible. Mr.. Taft
must insist on this downward trend Or