The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-22
Some people don't loaf because it isn't
easy for them. Some people loaf be-
cause they don't seem to have ability
to do anything else.
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as might have been expected by those
who have been following the Presi-
dent closely, and who have noted his
attitude on the tariff from the day he
commenced to get busy with the con-
/ ference committees to the day ne
affixed his signature to the bill, after
having honestly stated that 1t was
not all that he had hoped for, but
that it had been constructed con-
scientiously, and that he believed it
was the best obtainable under the
| circumstances.
1t was sane, clear and logical
exposition Of the tariff question. He
did not mince his words anywhere. He
met every issue clearly and squarely.
/ There was no straddling. He did not
fail to find fault with those sections
which did not meet with his individual
! views. But he said that it would have
been destructive for congress to have
adjourned without taking action, and
that he felt it his duty, both to his
party and to the country, to sign
the bill
The law, Notwithstanding it was
Objectionable in some phases, is de-
clared by the President to be the
best that has ever been constructed.
His defense of the makers and of the
law itself was vigorous and forceful.
He spoke in behalf of those who voted
for the law not in defense of them,
for they need no defense. They simply
did their duty. Els criticism of those
Republicans who voted against the
bill, while not severe, was effective
He never spoke more self-evident
truth than when he said: "In party
those who join it, if they would make it
effective, must surrender their per-
sonal predictions on matter ON
paratively Of less Importance in u Ter
to accomplish the ground which unit
ed action on the most important prin-
ciples at issue secures
The speech of President Taft at
Winona will have a tendency to
bring more closely together the mem
bership of the Republican party, har-
monizing the discontents, and cement
ing the party together more closely
for future and effective work for the
good of the country. Tariff discus
sion is over. The Aldrich-Payne bill
is now the law of the land and will
stand as the work of the Republican
party. To NEEDLE further with the
tariff at this time, in the views of the
President, would be disastrous to bust
ness, and disastrous to party.
! The President said that in his cam
paign speeches he promised general
revision downward and that he con
tends was accomplished in the en-
1 actment of the Aldrich-Payne bill.
] 1t now is time to forget the tariff
and devote the energies of the party
{ the Republican party, to the settle
K ment OF other great and important
9 issues which demand the attention OIL
Y the lawmakers.
t Mr. Taft's Winona speech will dc
r much toward bringing this very thing
: from oratorical thrills, SO simple that
e ali might understand, and treating
: every phase of the question honestly
: and fairly, and with view of bring
ing harmony to the ranks of the party
/ Mason City Globe-Gazette: Taft's
j tariff speech at Winona rang true to
q his record and that of the Republican
n party. 1t showed not only frankness
Z and courage but that he is neither q
n trimmer nor an apologist The tariff
b liar that he added to the list of pub
d lie prevaricators is timely and is as
a forceful as Roosevelt's castigation OF
Z the Ananiases and much more digni
= fed Iowa Republicans do not care par
d ticularly for Tawney but most of them
e will admire Taft's rugged stand for
d him as against the criticism that he
!. voted for a Republican bill When
X Taft produces figures and facts as he
o did at Winona, the people know they
are authentic and his frank. concise
L and plain exposition of the Payne bill
r has brushed away with one mighty
sweep the large pile of chaff of unre
= publican misrepresentation of Demo
K Gratis parading in Republican disguise
q
J. delegation for having acted as they
d said to satisfy their conscience, there
u has been no hammering by them OF
8 the President nor other members who
a voted for the bill but it does have ref
o erence to irresponsible critics who
q have never been real Republicans, who
attend Republican primaries and vote
for Democratic candidates. Taft has
only reiterated what Senator Cum
2 minis said on his return to Washington
= that there would be no more general
@ tariff revision and that the Payne bill
Il Is better bill than the Dingley bill
o Tafts speech sets at rest whole LOT
: of Misrepresentation by Washington
, correspondents that the bill was not
. a revision downward, for as between
. a reduction that effects $5,000,00O0O
of necessaries consumed in the Unit
ed States and an additional tariff on
!. $500 1000 600 necessities, there isn'. a
proof left for the contention that the
Payne bill is not a revision downward
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