Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-08-25
.WiNoNA coNGREssMAN's Eel.
LOW MEMBERS RESENT
IMPLIED CHARGE
THAT THEY PROMISED TOAD Bill
No Double Dealing Was Practiced by
Them on Tariff Bill, They Say
First District Member Will Com.
bat Attempt to Discredit Him.

'"6 "uI " lNe proposed PUBIC en-.
dorsement of the Minnesota insurgent
delegation. increased rather than les.
sened. following "a hours spent by
Congressman Tawney in St. Paul.
He gave it out fiat that the proposed
demonstration in favor of the insur.
gent congressman. through it's ex.
c'uslon OF himself, was a direct slap
for Tawney." BY inference, he
claimed it was an attack on the policy
OF the administration and Taft.
The Winona congressman refused
to elaborate further on his telegram
sent to President Warner. of the St.
Paul Commercial club, in which Mr..
Tawney indicated that some OF the
congressman had pledged to vote for
the tariff bill If their votes should
be necessary.
Il can see in this proposed demon.
stratlon, through it's exclusion of my
SELF. nothing but direct slap at me.
why should be singled out? The
demonstration is supposed to be to
honor the men who fought for lower
schedules. If it is for the purpose of
honoring the men who assisted in Sc.
curing tariff revision downward, then
should be invited to sit in.
Il have no quarrel with other mem.
bers of the Minnesota degelation.
They did what they thought was
right, just as did, but in view of
the active part took in securing low
er schedules. can see no fairness in
excluding me.
THE bill is now Republican doc.
trine. and has been signed by a Re-
publican president. It may not be the
best bill but it is the best we could
get at the time. The proposed action
cannot be taken otherwise than re.
Election on the Republican administra-
ton, and will have a tendency to dis
rupt the Republican party.
At the capitol, conferences have
been held and notice is said to have
been served on the federal machine. !"
that is will have to watch out Lists
OF the federal Office holders who took
part in the committee meeting for the
purpose of arranging the demonstra-
ton in honor of the insurgents, have
been prepared and are being sent out.
Representative Davis, of the Third
district came out with an enthusfas.
tic shout OF approval. Mr.. Davis in
timated that he and Congressman
Lindbergh were the only original in.
surgents, and he felt confident that
MIR. Tawney had no reference to him.
in his Warner telegram.
"Lindbergh and myself voted
against Cannon and the old rules and
against the bill. The other members, ~
continued Mr.. Davis, with a gentle
little fling at his brother congress.
men, voted with Cannon all the time
and it was not until a few hours be-.
fore the final vote that it was known
how they would finally vote"
Congressman Volstead says he an
preciates the object of the meeting.
but is afraid it will stir up hard feel
ings. Congressman Stevenson of
Crookston is also up in the air, and
doesn't know just what to think about
It.
Speaking for Senator Knute Nelson
of Alexandria who refused to come to
the telephone, Private Secretary
Hicks ventured the remark that it
would be like pulling stumps to get
anything out of Senator Nelson. "The
senator is seldom quoted" was the
laconic finale.
Congressman Clarence B. Miller of
Duluth talked. Ridiculous" he said.
Il can't speak for the rest, but as for
myself-why it's ridiculous! / tell
you. l never had any such under.
standing, in fact never talked with the
president on the matter at all. vot-
ed against the bill because didn't
think it was what the people wanted"
Congressman Hammond, the lone
Democrat on the delegation, wires
that he cannot be present.
Il must say that I am surprised
that Mr.. Tawney should make such an
intimation," said Congressman Frank
Nye regarding the telegram sent to
Mr.. Warner. personally, 1 had not
seen the president for two months. I
made no promises and never thought
OF making any. I voted against the
bill upon it's merits and not for the
sake of politics. I did what beliey.
ed was right.
IF any of the members voted with
any thought Of changing their vote in
case of it's being necessary, / didn't
know of it, and don't believe there
were any such members"
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