The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-18
AN IOWA srALwART.

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Republican representative in Congress
from the Ninth Iowa district, has
opened his campaign for denomination
and reelection. Representative Smith
is one of the strong men Of the lower
House, being a member of the rules
committee and one Of the tried and
true Republican leaders.
Undoubtedly the Council Bluffs
statesman is the leading exponent or
straight Republicanism in the Hawk
eye state, and the fact that he has en-
tered the lists against Dolliyer and
Cummins gives assurance that the in
surgents are not going to walk over
the course in Iowa this fall.
In his opening speech Judge smith
planted himself squarely and fairly on
the Republican platform, defended
the course of the regulars and criti-
cized the insurgents, accusing the lat
ter Of attacking the administration OF
President Taft and doing all in their
power to defeat the reform measures
to which the Republican party is
pledged.
Calling attention to the fact that
between So and 80 per cent of the Re-
publicans in both houses of Congress
are loyal and true, Judge Smith con-
Guided that the 80 per cent is more
likely to be right than the 10 per cent,
| a logical conclusion certainly.
Referring to the passage of the
Payne-Aldrich bill, he said:
Every man who voted on the pres
ent tariff law was voting, not
for the new law so much as on
the question whether the new
law was better than the old
Every man who voted against
the present law voted to per
pe5gaTgb 6 the 9o Rl9g aesinst the E new
law voted for high duties on
everything produced by the
Standard Oil company, and
every such vote was against the
| maximum and minimum tariff
by which for the first time we
are getting fair trade relations
with foreign countries; livery
was against the tax of corpora
tions, which now brings reve-
nue. of about twenty-five million
| dollars a year
| Even Senator Dolliver, with all his
skill as a word painter and ability TO
distort the truth on almost any propo-
| sition, cannot find a flaw IN the argu-
ment of Judge Smith The facts speak
! for themselves.
| The insurgents, of course, are try
/ ing TO make the Iowa farmers believe
] that the tariff should be taken off ar
ticies not produced within the imnedi-
| ate confines of that state, a purely
| position of Senator Beveridge of In
| diana, who is in favor of free wool.
i free lead, free lumber and free iron
ore. but who wants the glass industry
protected to the fullest extent In
diana being one of the leading glass
|, producing states, the utter selfishnes:
|, of the Hoosier senator becomes al
. once apparent.
Beverage stated in his speech he
fore the Indiana Republican conven
ton that he could not stand for tn,
tariff bill for a variety of reasons. Ye
he took small part in the debate OF
the bill and introduced but tw'
amendments. one of which was to re
duce the tariff on lead. The views o
the Iowa senator's and the Indians
senator will not commend themselve
to the people of Utah.
The principal fight made by DOLL
i yer and Cummins was against tn
wool schedule, another circumstanc
which viii not make any friends fo
81 the insurgents in this state. IL
l. doubtful If they will get very far j
Iowa now that Judge Smith has take
&c the stump in behalf of the party TIL
Ie two senator's are attempting to be
IS tray.