Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-29
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BAILEY EFT Al. OUT OF PARTY
Bryan Has a Big Task on His Hands
-Foresees Danger Of Republicans
Gaining Foothoid in Solid South on
Tariff lssue-How Bailey and 9th
ers Offended.
Especial Correspondence


Senator Bailey indicates that he is
adopting program of reading out of
the party fold all the democrats who
helped to put duties into the tariff
bill, at points where tariff reform re-
publicans declined to vote for the i'm
position of them.
If Mr.. Bryan is going after demo-
cratic scalps on this basis, he will
shortly appear on the trail of these
prominent members of his own party:
Senator Taliaferre, of Florida.
Senator Simmons, of North Carolina.
Senator Martin, of Virginia
Senator Owen, of Oklahoma.
Senators Foster and McEnery, of
Louisiana
Senator Bailey. of Texas.
He might find grievances against
several others; but these are the ones
against whom his most serious protest
would lie. Take Senator Bailey. He
was quoted as sneerngly referring to
the fact that the party pledges were
hardly to be taken seriously; he de-
clined fatty to be bound in retail
by the Denver declarations. He
voted for duties on lumber coal,
iron ore, print paper and pulp,
hides, and pineapples. All these
were in the classification that might
be called fundamental. The tariff-re-
vision republicans voted against them.
Therefore democrats who voted for
them may be set down as better
republicans, on tariff, rha consid-
eble number of the men serving
with republican certificates of election.
Bryan Still Leads.
| Mr. Bryan is not the man to shirk
| the duties of his party leadership. He
will be the party leader till the day a
candidate is named for president in
1912. 1t is pointed out that the very
work he has beep doing in the south is
calculated to make him stronger than
| ever in his home state of Nebra ska, in
case he has ambition to be elected
to the senate the coming year. Ne
braska i'll for tariff revision without
regard to party, and Mr.. Bryan will
the more commend himself to its re-
publican independents, by displaying a
! Willingness to treat with the tariff ele-
ment in his own party.
/ There is much consideration, these
times, of the possible weight his OPP
position may have in deciding the po-
litical futures of democrats he opposes
Realizing that there is only one tariff
program on which the democrats can
hope to gain in the north, and conf
dent that the south will remain loya
in any case, Mr. Bryan would organize
the party around the policy which
promises the best results in the north
where the gains must be made
How Bailey Offended.
He is particularly incensed agains
Mr.. Bailey, because Bailey not only
voted with the republicans at import
,, ant points, but went farther; he con.
temptuously referred to the Denve
platform, and he went home, after thu
tariff bill had been passed, and vigor
ousiy defended his specific votes Hi
course, if it should be Endorsed b.
Texas, would place that state in tn
column of half-hearted tariff reform
, communities; it would commit Texa
: to a program of tariff compromis
looking to local advantage wheneve
trades could be secured. In short,
would make Texas a promising candi
date for membership in some futur
Aldrich- Smoot- England and far
west combination, to make another b
by the same logical processes whic
were applied in passing the recen
measure.
And such development in Texa
would be invitation to Alabama, Flori
da, North Carolina and other states, t
take part in such combination. Bus
mess interests in the south, concerne
with recent industrial development
there, will be ready to encourage sue
a situation; and in the end it is by n
means possible that the south Nigh
become honeycombed with tariff sen
:, timent, and a very considerable souro
:, of strength to the protectionists
!, maintaining high duties in future.
- Hopes to Hold South Solid.
:, Indeed, a good many far-seeing me
y have in the past few months predicte
: that while the far west would like
- repudiate the partnership into whio
- it's senator's entered with New Ems
-. land, the south could be expected
= enter that partnership when next IL
"a tariff should have to be made over, ar
= to supply voters enough to make |
"a for defections elsewhere.
1t is this possibility which Mr.. Br.
-, an foresees, and against which ne
determined to hold back the sout
The north he finds ready to ent
upon a tariff revision movement; b
just as the north is full Of republics
by trouble and democratic promise, t
south shows signs Of slipping ava
or from it's ancient tariff moorine
'ot Wherefore it is become a most serio
air business, with the party leader to pr
he vent such schism The task is t
Use more agreeable to Mr. Bryan becau
CHI of his lifelong adherence, to the vi
nd orous tariff reform policy.
ng Mr.. Bailey is strongly for the mai
al tenance of party platform pledges
.r- sacred promises. In his first speech
JUS Texas, he declared he had come in a
SIS. ceptance of no invitation He had
te- none; he had come entirely on his o,
ito initiative, and because he was loo
-ba ing for finish fight" He took up tt
question Of the sacred character
party pledges, discussed those Of t
Denver platform, and insisted that t
party's pledge should be binding.
Die every man in position to help cal
on out the platform.
Mr.. Bailey made another spec
shortly after, In which he assumed