Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-09-21
CHARGES FORMER FORESTER
WITH MISREPRESENTATION
OF FACTS.
ALWAYS STOOD BY ROOSEVELT 7
Support Of the Government Within
Law His Purpose, He aays.-As
Appropriations Chief He A.
tempted to Benefit People.

the same platform from which Clifford
Pinchot had spoken a week before,
Congressman James A. Tawney an
sWered his political critics.
1t was a remarkable speech, spoken
in remarkable way. The town of
Rochester was out in full force and
nearly every community in Olmstead
county and in the entire district was
represented. The speech was deliver
ed in the Metropolitan opera house.
The address of Congressman Taw-
ney was directed chiefly towards Gift.
ford Pinchot. The fighting congress-
man, the man who has the reputation
of possessing more nerve and fight
ing characteristics than any man in
congress, did not mince matters. He
SAID ne hesltated to characterize the
former forester by the shorter, ugller
word but proceeded to take up the
Plnchot charges one by one, and to
read the record on him.
The address was pitched on high
plane. Mr.. Tawney says the fight
being made on him is waged chiefly
because of the fact that as chairman
OF the committee on appropriations,
he has awakened the hostility OF DOW.
erful interests.
He read from the letter written by
Senator Knute Nelson to c.. l.. Sven
son OF Albert Lea in which the sena-
tor from Minnesota offers his testi-
mony in opposition to the charges that
have been made against the first
district congressman.
In outlining the position which he
has taken as chairman of the COM
mittee on appropriations Mr.. Tawney
was reserved and took no drastic posi-
ton. He insisted that this was a gov
eminent within the law and not a gov
eminent by executive choice and pref.
erence.
With this as text, the speaker pro.
ceeded to show that his actions as
the chairman of the committee on an
preparations had been actuated by a
desire to do good for the public serv-
Ice and to conserve the public rev.
enues.
Relative to former President Roose.
welt, Congressman Tawney paid an
eloquent tibute to the militant colonel
Il voted for every one of the meas.
ures President Roosevelt praised and
commended congress for enacting,"
said the speaker and the audience
cheered this magnanimous tribute to
the former president to the echo.
s. I deny that I am an enemy of Mr..
Roosevelt" continued the speaker aft
er the storm of applause had died
out, nor do l believe he bears any
enmlty towards me. Mr.. Roosevelt is
man of great force, positive in his
Ideas and emphatic both in manner
and voice when expressing them. I
might add, there are other men in this
country who possess, perhaps in less
Degree the same qualities. Mr.. Roose-
welt and I have nevcd had any person
al difficulties. Speaking generally we
nave always agreed upon all public
questions outside of the appropria.
ton OF public moneys. Only two
years ago, in the first session of the
Slxtleth congress, we worked side nv
SIDE and no man rendered me greater
assistance when I was fighting tho
organization of the house in an en-.
deaver to force it to offer = resoln.
ton instructing the ways and means
committee to begin work of tariff re-
vision before the Republican national
convention declared III favor of such
a policy. No man, say, rendered
more valuable assistance in this fight
against the house organization prop.
oslt'on than Mr.. Roosevelt.
i was entrusted by him and his
manager. Mr.. Cortelyou, with the re.
sponslble position of director of the
speakers bureau for the national com.
m1ttee when he was candidate for
the presidency in the United States in
1904. According to his own. Testimony
winch l have, successfully managed
the speaking campaign tor him in q
states. For that service he Afterwards
extended me his thanks and coneratu
latlons. From that time until he wont
out OF office as have said. our differ
ences have been few and were wholly
confined to the expenditures of public
moneys"