The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-18

Winona, Mimi, Sept 1S.-ln the
most important utterance he has
made since his occupancy of the
White House, President Taft here
last night, in state which is the
hotbed of The Republican "insurgent
movement defended the Payne bill
as the best tariff measure ever passed
by a Republican congress, and hence
The best tariff bill the people have
ever known
The president boldly asserted that
The insurgents who voted against the
bill had abandoned the Republican
party.
WAS it the duty of the member
Of congress who believed that the bill
will not accomplish everything thai
it ought to accomplish, to vote against
it?' asked the President
81 am here TO Justify those who an
swer this question in the negative
am not here 10 defend those who
voted for the Payne bill, but to sup
port them"
To this statement the crowd re
sponded with a cheer, shouted by tho
adherents of Representative James
A Tawney Of this district, chairman
of the house committee on apprOpr
ations, who has been on the defens
i've because he did not vote with the
other members of the delegation
from Minnesota against the bill
Party Government.
Nfro u,alya tqrf,t uovot+ft,,aut af
foctive' said the President the
members Of that party should sur
render their personal predictions Of
comparative less importance. am
not here to criticise those who felt so
strongly and believed so intensely
that it was their duty to vote against
the tariff bill because it did not con
tain all they thought it should II
was a question for each man 20 settle
for himself
I'm matters of this kind il is q
question with the party representa-
tives whether he shall maintain the
party solidarity for accomplishing its
chief purposes. or whether the depar
tire from principle in the bill. as he
regards it, is SO extreme that he must
i'm conscience abandon the party
am clad To see that those who voted
against the bill Still insist they are
Republicans, and that they intend tc
keep up the fight for still lower tar
iff rates within the party
plain Defense Of Bill.
The speech was a plain spoken de
fense of the bill lie has been met
with many queries since the begin
ming Of his trip as TO when he in
tended taking up the subject Of the
tariff He waited unil yesterday
afternoon, however, when a mass Of
facts and figures before him, with q
new statement just prepared b
Chairman Payne, and with his own
personal knowledge Of all the init
mate details q the tariff fight in
Washington fresh in his mind. he die
tated tO TWO stenographers the speech
he delivered last night and which
represents a statement on the ac.
complshments and dement's Of the
Payne bill, from an administration
standpoint
Increases and Decreases.
NE NldttIHtlIl contained oHlN
enough figures to make clear a point
which the President has dwelt upon
for some time in his confidential
talks. that he measure of the new
bin should be taken by the amount Of
reductions made on articles Of gen.
eral consumption, compared to the
increases on articles little used
by means Of a table prepared by
Mr. Payne, he showed that the tariff
had been Increased on articles whose
consumption in This country amounts
yearlr to S651 000. 600. and that Of this
amount 1879 Oo0.00J is represented
by such Injuries as silks. wines.
liquors. perfumes and pomades, leav-
ing a balance Ct $272000,O00 repre-
senting increases on articles not lux.
uries Against this. the President set
with great er' ~hqsis the fact that
the tariff had been reduced on arti-
cles. mostly necessities. whose con.
sumption in this country amounts
annually 10 FIVE billions Of dollars.
Woolen Schedule Too Hioh.
As 20 the woolen schedule. Mr.
Taft declared without hesitation or