Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-06-23
FORMER GOVERNOR
ROGER ALL|N
GIVES HIS VIEWS ON THE QUEs-
TIONs IN THE CAMPAIGN.
PRES. TAFT's SUP
PORTERS IN CON.
GRESS
The Real Progressive Program and
Who Are Carrying
1t Out

1t Out
Park River, North Dakota,
June 18th, 1910.
Dear Editor:-Having watched
with much interest the contest thru
the press of the two factions, repub-
licans and insurgents, and after many
years as farmer, and as governor
of this great state, after having gone
through the vicissitudes of various
political contests and campaigns, and
notifications of the tariff and their
subsequent good and bad results to
the agriculturists, I feel it necessary
to call your attention to these facts:
In 1890 the Mckinley bill became
a law, and wave of prosperity swept
over the country, unparalleled in its
history until that time. Following
on this wave of prosperity the Farm
er's Alliance with the same cry that
the insurgents now have) rose up,
and led by a few men who desired
to split the republican party, that a
democrat president and congress were
elected. ..
81 Immediately following the Cleve-
land inauguration, the representa-
.tives who wanted low tariff, enacted
bill known as the Wilson bill. In
this bill no consideration was given
the farmer, manufacturer and labor
;er. Nothing occupied the attention
of the representatives and senator's
at that time except !" to lower the tar
it, That they succeeded in lower
ing the tariff is apparent to all. They
also lowered wages, stock, manufac-
turerings. Also the price of grain.
In fact threw hundreds of thousands
of men out of employment, and made
beggars of hundreds of others. This
condition prevailed for several years,
and people grew tired of low tariff.
When Mr.. Mckinley, the greatest
tariff advocate of the century, was
nominated for president on the re-
publican ticket, partial return of the
confidence was noticed. His election
and subsequent passage of the Ding
ley Tariff Bill followed. This bill
denounced by the democrats and
Mugwamps greatly added to the con-
fidence of the business men in the
future prosperity of the nation. Fac
tories were opened. Operations were
extended. Our exports increased.
From being debtor nation we be-
came a creditor nation, and with the
exception of the 1907 furry or pam
ic, as it was called, which was only
local in character, unparalleled pros
perity has been the lot of the people
of the United States. =.
Taking this little furry as indi-
cative of an opening, few disgrunt-
led politicians tried to lead fray in
to the ranks of the republican party,
and through some means following
was gained. This following began
the cry of the revision of the tariff.
Several of the republican senators
and representatives, apparently egged
on by the democrats, took up the
cry of tariff revision downward, and
openly, through the press, began an
attack upon the regular representa-
tives and senators.
This attack amplified, until, from
the yellow press, one would believe
that the majority Of the representa-
tives and senators who passed the
Payne-Aldrich Tariff Bill has sold
out to what, the so-called progress
sives, denominate the interests Hav-
ing read this number of times in q
Of papers, and wishing to as
certain the position, Tin regard to the
Roosevelt policies) Of our Senator p.
J. McCumber and Representative
Hanna, wrote President William H.
Taft regarding the matter. The
questions I asked him were embodied
in letter from the president under
date Of May 31st, 1910. His answer
is also given. His letter is as fol-
lows:
''The White House, Washington,
]. May 81. 1910.
Ny Dear Governor Allen
You write me and ask several ques-
lions.
81 Let. Have Senator McCumber and
Representative Hanna stood loyally.