Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-12-02

ana otner CanuluateS opposed 70
Grant united on Gen. Garfield, who
then received the majority vote of the
convention and became the candidate
for president. The famous 306 went
down with colors flying, but not to
don sackcloth or sulk in their tents.
Those men had the same fidelity to
the principles that governed the par.
ty that the old guard OF Grant-to
which many Of them had belonged
had in war. and they marched out OF
that convention to take up the Gar
field banner and carry 1t to victory.
Let me commend the history of that
one political battle to the senator.
Senator Cummins declares that
the Payne law is Reputation of the
Chicago platform. President Taft.
when he signed the bill, made public
statement in which he said:
"'There have been a great number
Of real decreases in rates and they
constitute a sufficient amount to jus.
tify O statement that this bill Is a
substantial reduction Of excessive
rates
"In his Winona speech the presi-
dent declared:
""The Payne tariff bill is the best
tariff bill the Republican party has
ever passed
Senator Cummins declares that
the issue from now until the nation.
al convention In 1912 is: Shall the
Sy IF
be permitted further to disregard
plain party platforms?
President Taft Is the recognized
leader Of the Republican party and
the great majority of Republicans are
his followers. The president and the
Republican majority in congress CO.
operated in the legislation that has
been written on the statute books.
With whom did Senator Cummins CO.
operate? Let the record of the votes
on this legislation from beginning to
end decide
Only Way to Treat Them.
"Mr. Bryan wants the war against
the Republicans who enacted this leg
islation to go on; Senator Cummins
also wants it to go on. When Lincoln
found an army marching on the ma
tlonal capital from the south and a
body of sympathizers in tho north
encouraging the army, he said 1t was
difficult to determine which was the
most threatening to the welfare OF
the nation. History repeats itself, and
when Senators Cummins, La Toilette,
BristOw and their so-called progress
sive' following join hands with Mr..
Bryan in making war upon the Re-
publican members of congress who
passed the tariff bill, and upon the
president who signed 1t, in that con-
test l know Of but one way to treat
them, and that is to fight them just
as we fight Mr.. Bryan and his fol-
lowing"
Speaker Cannon next took up the
defense of the rules Of the house, and
incidentally said some scathing things
about Champ Clark, adding:
1.-THE rules will remain substantial
ly as they have been and are so long
as we have a congress, and the ma
jority party, whether Republican or
Democratic, responsible to the people
for legislation will be their defend
ers. The opponents Of the rules have
always been the men who did not feel
responsibility for the transaction OF
the business laid before congress.
Those who denounced them in the
past have lived to defend them as the
wheel turned and they came into re-
| sponsibility.
ever since history began the man
in the minority has been seeking
some device by which he could over
| come the will of the majority, and
| we have a popular, if not absolutely
| reliable, record Of one celebrated
| character antedating history whose
fat was: Better to reign in hell than
to serve in heaven There was our
| first great insurgent, and he was
| pitched over the battlements of heav-
en-. Since the creation of man there
| have been those at work on earth to
| encourage instruction against order.
| which is heavens first law.
"A word in conclusion: The cOun-
| try waited from March until AugUIt
| for the enactment of a tariff bill.
During that period, on account of the
| uncertainty, 1t has been conserva-
| lively estimated that the loss due to
| the hating of business and produc-
ton amounted to ten million dollars
| ($l0,000,000) day. Since the enact
| ment of the new law production in
our own country and imports from
foreign countries have greatly in
creased, and day by day conditions
are improving.
The revenues of the government are
constantly increasing. The Payne
tariff law is not perfect-perfection
resides in Deity alone-but | agree
most heartily with Representative
Payne of New York and with the
president of the United States in his
Winona speech that the new tariff law
is the best one ever passed under
Republican leadership.
Neither Bryan, Cummins. La Fol-
lette, Bristow or their followers claim
that 1t can be changed during tho
coming four years. but they all agree
in one thing, namely. that they will
agitate-and they are agitating-for
additional tariff legislation. and. as
the car of prosperity drawn by nine
ty million people moves on. they are
seeking to hinder its progress by cri'
ticism and denunoiation. and this toe
within three months of its enactment
1.-THE demagogue we have always
with US, and, as ours Is a government
of the people the only way to disDoSe