Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-22
TRIBUNE DECLARES
PRESIDENTS RECEPTION in
IOWA WAS FRlelp.
TARIFF FIGHT TO CONTINUE;
cuMMINs A POSSIBLE LEADER
Iowa Voters Said to Have a Crouch
Because Tariff Bill as Passed Doesn't
Revise sufficientIy-Tribune Sends
Special Correspondent With Presi-
dents Party.

The Chicago Tribune sent a special
correspondent with the presidential
party on its "trip thru Iowa, and that
newspaper describes Tafts journey
across the state as being as chilly as a
dash to the north pole. The Tribune
correspondent says:
THE visit of the president to the
state capital today was the feature of
a trip across Iowa that one distin-
guished Iowa public man characterized
as a polar dash of conspicuous daring.
There was no mistaking the fact that
Iowa has a statewide crouch on the
tariff revision proposition, and finds it
hard to warm up to any one who
| thinks we'll of the Aldrich-Pay law.
Apparently the lowans since Mr.. Taft's
/ Winona speech, made an exception
even OF the president for they received
him with only formal cheering and
decorous applause. The chilly temper
allure was felt perceptibly by the mem
bers of the presidents party
The president effected his polar
dash to Des Moines in record time
Proceeding from Minnesota, that other
insurgent territory which the friends of
the Aldrich law are finding arctic terri
tory, the presidential exploring party
reached the eighty seventh parallel
soon after crossing the Iowa state line.
Arriving in Des Moines at about 7
a. m the president was driven to the
residence of Senator Cummins for
| breakfast. At 9 o'clock Mr. Taft, ac-
companied by Senator Dolliver, Cover
nor Carroll and Captain Butt, drove
thru the street at the head of the pa
rade and finally brought up at the
capitol, where the main crowd was
waiting.
observations at this point indicated
| that the president had reached the pole.
On every side was world of ice. There
had been some desultory cheers along
the line of parade, and upon the ar
rival of the party at the speakers
stand, but nothing remotely resembling
a demonstration. The $4,000 men,
women and children looked on stolidly
While the president reviewed 5000
United States troops engaged in the
military tournament here, and only a
few scattering whoops greeted him
when ne rose and unrolled his manu-
script preparatory to speaking.
cummins Shares Applause.
Gin striking contrast was the recep-
ton accorded Senator Cummins. When
he appeared in the parade the crowds
were moved, to prolonged cheering. and
every time his name was mentioned
from the speakers stand demonstra-
ton ensued.
CONGRESSMAN Hull, one of the stand
patters still eXtant in these parts. in
troduced Mr.. Taft in glowing eulogy
The president hurried thru reading his
address, passing rapidly over the tariff
question, upon which he spoke here a
year ago, promising a genuine revision
downward. His declarations of his pol
icy on the railroad regulation and the
revision of the antitrust law We're uni
versally applauded by the officials an6
other distinguished guests in the re-
viewing stand. AS for the people al
large, they stood silently thru the
speech, and at the close watched the
president enter his auto and depart t.
the accompaniment of polite cheering.
The Tribune predicts that if tariff
revision continues to be the vital issu,
Iowa will have a candidate for thu
republican nomination. for presiden
!
bert B. Cummins, junior United State
senator from Iowa and one of the lead
ers of the progressive element of tn
party. If the present dissatisfaction
with tariff revision prevails three year
hence Iowa will expect the entire mid
die west to support it's candidate
Senator Cummins is quoted as say
!: ing: II am going TO continue the figll
Nd 7 Lo1, y; ~ o1-3
Senator Cummins. "In my opinion tn
. fight has but just begun-the figh. G
2 the people against the robbery by tar
if fattended corporations"
Senators Discuss RepubIicanism.
5 Senator Cummins and Senator Dol
liver were found in the junior sen
r ator's office by a representative of tn
r Chicago Tribune, who asked them e
!. a statement of their views on the lat
est development of the tariff scral
Probably because he had been tn
presidents host during the forenoon
Senator Cummins proved reticent i
talking for publication, and Senate
\ Dolliver betrayed much reluctance. Tn
Chicago Tribune continues:
What I have to say explained NJ
o Cummins, will be said in number {
i speeches that I expect to make in tn
y near future. shall speak out only al
!. ter mature reflection, and then sha
v state my position in detail.
4 "T will say, however, that there wi
f be no change in my position-no re
cession from tn eattitude among 9th
ers took during the tariff debates. TIL
fight will go on, and If anything
probably will be a broader and hottie
J. fight in the future. I have found ii
G reason to change my conviction thu
g the present tariff law is not a genuir
4, revision downward and that it far frol
n complies with the promise of the re
% publican party to reduce the rates
It a figure that would cover only the d!
: ference in the cost Of production {
!, home and abroad and a reasonab
10 profit to the manufacturer.
II admire President Taft and star
ready to support him at all times whe
can do so conscientiously. But on tt
tariff hold opinions different from h
: and can not follow his line of reason
" ing. / have devoted the greater pa,
% of my political life to the fight for
= as long as my constituents belize
10 that represent their opinions and d,
II sires.'
care you going to consent to bell
read out Of the republican party?" Il
senator was asked.
"'Well. have been read out Of Il
o party SO Often" laughed Mr.. Cummir
ls that don't mind it any more
- "Itrall depends on what you call q
y republican party dryly observed Sc