Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-29
SENIOR IOWA SENATOR CALLS ON
PRESIDENT TO LEAD IN NEW
IDEA.
BIG INTERESTS MUST QUIT
WRITING TARIFF LAWS
President Taft and Speaker Cannon
Present and Witness Big Demon
stration Over Iowan's views-DoIli-
YER Threatens Postal Investigation
Other News.
Special to Times-Republican.

washington, Jan. Ex-senator j. T.
Dolliver called upon President Taft to
lead the insurgents in new trend of
public opinion, addressing the Period
ical Publishers Association dinner at
the New Willard last night With the
president and Speaker Cannon seated
not five yards distant and the publish
ers, editors and writer's of every i'm
portant magazine in the country as an
audience, the senator from Iowa de-
clared that an awakened public will no
longer allow Tariff laws written in
the offices of the big interests
"As 1 understand it," hes aid, IAN in
surgent is merely a man who wants to
have bill read before it is adopted
and who demands protection against
hand-me- down legislation"
The statement was greeted with con-
tinued cheers and a display of enthus-
iasism seldom allowed at public af
fair. Editors and dignified men Of
literature waved their napkins and
shouted loudly. The ovation lasted for
five minutes. The senator said it is a
short-sighted policy that attributes the
mail matter privilege for periodicals,
as set out in President Taft's message
to congress. He predicted a careful
investigation of the present postoffice
regime if the magazine rate is revoked.
Taft Raps Publishers.
President Taft told the periodical
publishers of the United States that
if they overloaded their criticisms Of
men in administrative authority with
supplementary expressions and inti-
nations as to lack of honorable mo-
tives nobody is going to pay any at
tention to them. Altho he made no di-
rect allusion to Undertaking" it was
plainly evident at what he was direct
ing his attack.
The president, addressing the Period
ical Publishers Association of America,
as their guest at dinner, did not give
this advice to the editors.-assembled
from all parts of the nation until he
had prefaced his emphatic conclusions
with good -humored treatment of his
relative position to the wielders of pub
lie opinion.
This is rather formidable gather
ing to address," said President Taft
kinson Smith, POSTMASTER of the oc-
casion. Gentlemen who act as fates
as to what is or it not current litera-
ture would, under any circumstances,
be formidable to address, and under
conditions prevailing in Washington
and in legislative halls it requires a
brave man, standing in my position, to
face them.
LAS to controversies, let me say that
all evidence, questions of cast must be
weighted broadly to reach an ultimate
conclusion. 1t is the case with every
trust, as much as we condemn them
for their iniquities. The evidence must
be weighted. 1t does no good to de-
nounce person on the witness stand il
he testifies against you.
Men Become Indifferent.
you controllers of public opinion
and controllers of the rulers of the
country may hammer a man into in
difference as to what you say. but al
that he will come nearer to doing
right than if he tried to fight. But
seriously speaking, 1 would like to say
that when you criticise a poor devi
exercising a difficult responsibility
first give him the same benefit enjoyed
by every criminal, that of reasonable
doubt
Secondly, don't use unparliamentars
expressions if you can help it, for Il
you do and if you overload your criti.
cisms with superlatives and intima.
tions as to his lack of honorable mo.
tive, in the end you will weaken al
your criticism and nobody is going te
pay any attention to it.
I'm respect to this matter Of the
postage, it is for judicial investigation
and a conclusion should be reached or
calm business basis. have no doub
that you will find in the committees ot
congress that careful judgment that i.
needed. I don't agree with some o,
the committee who started out b,
shouting CRATER and robber, but nobod,
should be led astray just because some
gentlemen's heat carried them away
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