Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-05-19
A Cabinet Members Confession.

speech made by the Secretary of the
Treasury early this winter at Boston.
to Boston to make speech without show
ing it to the big chief. Even the At
torney Generals speech became lnappro-
pirate only after he had left for Chicago.
| Iaughter) Here is what Mr.. Mac
Weigh says: "rhe opinion is practically
universal that we have seen the last OF
the log rolling system of legislation upon
such an important subject, and that here
| after such legislation must be based on
| facts, knowledge, scientific investigation,
and not on mere barterlng between zen, Sec e
the Secretary takes the same view of it
that l do, although he hadn't as good
evidence Of it as l had. (Laughter.9
| But for fear my own testimony might
not be taken, for fear Secretary Mac
| Weigh might be discountenanced, for fear
some of you. might be preJudiced against
still higher authority. Read the Vino
| ma speech. Uaughter) l do not know
whether the President in the hurry OF
preparation-and you are awfully hurried
| when you try to write a speech in Pull
man carl do not know whether he eX-
actly appreciated all that was. In What
he said But in denouncing this WOODEN
tariff he. said that the worsted people
and the far western sheep people got to-
gether in meeting at Chicago and pass.
ed a resolution that If that wooden tariff fc
legislation OF any kind. Let me say that
again. because it is strategic, I want to
| explain to you what an insurgent is. Here
is Group of people the WOODEN rod trust ste on
people on the other, meet together ana
say to the congress of the United States,
If you touch this bill which we wrote SO
many years ago. there will be no tariff
| legislation at all. The President says that
is exactly what they did, and congress
did not touch it because the President
| said they were in a position to execute
| that threat
Not only do I denounce this method Of
tariff legislation, but between you and
me I am not particularly enamored OF
Young, seems to think am fighting for
some some kind Of leadership or against some
kind. Well, the Senate is peculiar
| place. If a man has sense enough to
occupy seat there he ought to have
sense enough to lead himself. I read
hs fh IS of aaaas No% am
peculiarly situated I don't want to lead
anybody except by reason and persuasion.
And between you and me l don't intend
and persuasion. (Applause) I assert
here that men are in charge of our re-
publican affairs in Washington who un-
are to do who are not fit for that leader
ship and 1 will tell you why. 1 do not
think that man who has a partner iden-
| titled with the speculative trust system
In the United States is qualified for a re-
publican leader in these times. | do not
| believe that a partner of Guggenheimer
G Is a prder e adr or they either
| house of congress am sorry to tell you
that that is the shape we have got Into
| in the Senate.
| Here Senator Dolliver gave the
| graphic story of the connection Of
Senator Aldrich with the rubber trust
and his partnership with the Guggen-
rators of record in the Intercontinental
Rubber company. 1t is a company not
only seeking to monopolize the rubber
but 1t is a universal holding company.
| so that it is in position to take adj
vantage of the movement to corral the
natural resources of Alaska. Continu-
Ing Senator Dolliver said:
| Now I do not intend 60 follow that kind
Of leadership. I do not intend to defend
1t, do not want its word made a part
OF the republicanism of Iowa. (Applause.)
| sit around in the cloak room and when
the bell for roll call sounds to walk into
| the chamber brushing the cigar ashes off
What is our VOTE you have my con-
| sent to take that kind of representative
If you want it, bat so long. as have the
opportunity to serve you l want to do a
| little thinking for you on my own ac-
count and when 1t comes to acting for
you l want your permission given at this
primary here In Iowa, to use my own
judgment and my own conscience, guided
only by. an intelligent Interpretation of
the public opinion of this great communi-
ty here s11 in in Iowa .eac,e (AppIause And what
| United States l ask for my colleague and
| ask for every congressional district Of
the state of Iowa: (Great applause) The
| time has come when the American people
] ought to resume business in their own
name. daughter and applause)
Republicanism VIII Triumph.
~, You say, what is to be the end of all
say the republican party is going to be
destroyed. Don't you believe it. CAD
plauseo There is going to be a little
wards the rear, by some old time politi-
cal advisers and leaders. 1t is not going
to make much of a disturbance in the
meeting. The scattered millions who
make up the membership of the republic
can party are not going to desire and are
not going to allow it to be captured If
they can help It. Sometimes they say we
not believe it. We have had too many
personal contentious here in Iowa, but We
never have had and never can have too
public questions which lie at the founda-
tion, not only of our political system but
OF the civilization which we have in
You need not be alarmed about the fu-
| ture of the republican party. you need not
be be-, worried abou! the leadership. Men
dc, what little leadership this great in
telligent constituency in the United States
needs. am one of the veterans now in
| the cause i do not mind confessing to
you that / have wasted a good many Of
| the years of my opportunity. / have been
oyershadowed by great Influences, some
Of which l have revered and honored, and
1t is one consolation in my heart here to-
| night as try to speak words of truth
| to you fellow citizens, that in nothing
which ] have said and in nothing which
| have tried to do in the congress Of the
| United States have I departed one fota
| from the fatherly counsel of the lamented
| Senator who was my leader for so MANY
| years and has now gone to his reward
| William B. Allison. (Applause.) For in
| his library, surrounded by his books their
| pages illumined bv his counsel / caught
| a glimpse of the larger problems that are
had in him prophetic insight into the
| future, he saw as General Sherman saw
| twenty years ago what was coming to
| this market place. His counsel was that
| the young men of the United States
| should take care of these great industriai
| interests that must thrive in the marker
| place of the United States And so whiIa
| / have been accused by some shortsightad
| and by some evil-minded men of Going
back on the counsel of Senator Allison
| I know what his thought were even down
to the last years of his life, and / am
| sure that II he were living today I would
| have the approval of his judgment and
| his conscience and his good will Gan
| plause.)