Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-16
ICANNON CAMPAIGNS
FOR LOST CAUSE
GOES TO KANSAS IN EFFORT TO
SAVE STATE FROM
INSURGENCY.
RAPs cUMMlNs AND OTHERS
IN SPEECH At WINFIELD


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Of Party Platform PIedses-8elittIes
Insuraent Efforts to Amend the
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Winfield, Kan. July 1s.-Speaker
Joseph q. Cannon made the first OF a
series Of political speeches in this state
this afternoon. appearing here before
the chautauqua assembly in an address
that was not planned to be other than
political Mr. Cannon has been brought
to Kansas in an effort to stem the tide
Of insurgency as represented by several
Of the congressional representatives
from this state, and devoted q large
part Of his address to defense Of the
tariff bill and the belittling Of such In
surgents as Cummins, Of Iowa. He
said dn part:
Take the Tariff Out Of Politics.
"Take the tariff out Of politics" isthe
advice Of some; but I have noticed that
this advice usually comes from those
who are opposed to the protective tariff
under which this country has had It's
greatest development. We have sew
eral times thought we had the tariff
out Of politics by the demonstration OF
the success and the necessity for the
protective tariff principle.
We thought this principle Of tariff
taxation had been firmly established
when it produced the revenue to pay
Off the debts Of the civil war, and, at
the same time built up our industries.
not only In the north, but In the south.
which had been laid waste by the raw
ages Of that war. But our opponents
would not have 1t so. Every four years
they met in national convention and
declared that a tariff for protection
was unconstitutional and a system OF
robbery. They made their campaigns
on that issue. refusing to allow the
system that had been established to
such great adantage to the country to
stand unmolested. They did not merely
They insisted that the system was
wrong. was unconstitutional. and must
be abolished.
The present democratic leader In the
house Of representatives has repeated
ly said:
II am free-trader from the sole
OF my foot to the crown Of my head,
and would tear down every customs
house from turret to foundation
stone"
In that declaration Mr.. Clark was
not speaking as an Individual, but as
a loyal, enthusiastic, ardent demo-
crat, representing the tariff principles
OF the democratic party and their un-
wavering determination not to allow
the tariff to be kept out Of politics.
President Mckinley thought we had
taken the tariff out of politics In 1899,
when tho whole country had so pros
pered under the Dingley law that the
people had ceased to discuss the tariff.
In a speech in Boston he said that 1t
seemed we had at last accepted the
principles Of protection. and that he
hoped it would be many years before
there would be another campaign made
against It, But in the next year the
democratic party In national conven-
@tion again took the old position that
the tariff was unconstitutional and
made their campaign against 1t, just
as they did in 1904 and again in 1908.
The remarkable success OF the Payne
law, both in restoring confidence and
encouraging business, and IN raising
revenues, ought to have taken the tariff
out Of politics for several years to
come; but the opponents Of protec-
ton renewed the campaign Immediate
ly after the enactment Of the law, and
they have continued that campaign in
the most violent and virulent form
ever since. They have misrepresented
1t; they have lied about its schedules;
they have resorted to every conceivable
trick to keep the tariff in politics.
On the final vote on agreeing to the
conference report on the Payne tariff
bill the majority in the house OF rep
sesentatives was 12; the Kansas dele
.0ation i'm the house, with the exception
OF !. MI. Murdock, voted to adopt the
conference report. The majority in the
senate in favor Of the adoption Of the
report, was 16. Among those voting
against the adoption of the report in
the senate were Messrs. LaFollette,
Culnmins, Dolliver, Beveridge and
Bristow.
After the final passage Of the bill in
the senate, Senator Cummins made a
speech. On his way to Iowa, after the
adjournment. he gave an interview to
the Chicago papers, and later on ad-
dressed the Marquette Club in Chicago.
On these occasions Senator Cummins
declare that the fayne tar1n law Is
Reputation Of the Chicago plat
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President Taft Commended Payne Law.
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 con-
stitute a sufficient amount to justify a
statement that this bill Is a substantial
downward revision and a reduction Of
excessive rates."
In his Vinona speech the president
declared:
"The Payne tariff bill is the bestCtar-
iff bill the republican party has Fever
passed"
Senator Cummins declares that the
issue from now until the national con-
vention in 1912. is. "Shall the men
now In control Of party destinies be