The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-27
Returns to Connersville Say
ing He Won't Vote for a
Democratic President I'm
less He Is Progressive.
SAYS INDIANA WILL
|. RALLY TO MARSHALL
Expresses Admiration for
Speaker Clark and Gives
Opinions on Doings Of the
Special Session.
(Staff Correspondent

(Staff Correspondent
CONNERSvILLE, Ind, Aug. 90
Congressman Finley Gray of the Sixth
Indiana district is in his native city
since last March in the special session
of congress. Mr. Gray is still an en-
thusiastic insurgent, Notwithstanding
the fact he serves under the banner
Of democracy and that the progressive
movement is supposed to be confined
Just to prove that he is still insur-
gent Representative Gray informed the
Palladium by way. Of Introduction
to a detailed statement on congress
sional affairs. that unless the Demo
Gratis nominated for president man
who was progressive in every sense of
the word he would not vote his party's
presidential ticket, but would vote for
the man who measured up to the re-
quired standard.
Mr.. Gray said that in his opinion
Governor Marshall would receive the
support of Indiana Democracy for the
presidential nomination, but that he
did not know who the Indiana Demo
Gratis would favor for vice president.
Sentiment For Clark.
Mr.. Gray said that in Washington
there was strong sentiment for
Champ Clark to head the Democratic
ticket, especially among the Demo
cratic members of the House. Mr..
Gray did not commit himself as to
whom he favored for the nomination.
but said he thought well of Speaker
Clark because he was an advocate OF
the open caucus. He said that last
Monday night both he and Speaker
Clark had spoken in favor Of the open
caucus and that there ,Mas Quite n do
'bata aon this question.
Mr. Gray said that every thing poin.
ted to President Taft being again nom,
mated to head the Republican ticket.
Other matters of interest were dis.
cussed by Mr.. Gray in the interview,
He gave his opinion on the legislation
enacted at the special session. He EN-.
phatically denied that he had changed
his opinion on the wool tariff. He said
he favors tariff commission appoint.
ed by and under the control Of Con.
gress, and declared that the next big
issues which will be considered by
the coming Congress will be LaFol-
lette's bill for government ownership
OF the Alaskan railroads and public
utilities.
A. To Reciprocity.
What is your opinion of the legisla.
tion enacted during the extra session
particularly as to the wool bill and the
reciprocity treaty?
"The objection of the insurgent re
publicans to the Canadian Treaty was
that it Disseminated against the farm
ers and ultimate consumers In that II
admitted free of duty rough lumber
and grain, live stock and other farm
products in the form in which they
are sold by the farmer. but imposed
a tariff tax on dressed lumber and
flour, meat and other food articles in
the state in which they are consumed
by the people. They expressed vii
nngness to support the Reciprocity
Treaty II the farmers and ultimate
consumers were given correspond
ing advantage with the manufacturers
and proposed that this be done by .
free list amendment to the treaty bill
The President demanded, however
that the treaty should pass without
amendment. And while the Democrats
shared the same views with the in
surgent Republicans that the treaty
alone did not favor the farmers and
consumer equally with the manufac
turer, they chose to pass the treaty
as demanded by the President and re
ly upon him to approve separate
free list bill to correct the inequali
ties OF the treaty schedules discrimi
mating against the farmer and consum
er, and put 1t in force with the treaty
But the President. accepting Tho
support OF the Democrats on the trea
ty, vetoed the free list bin embodyina
the amendments asked by the insur
gent Republicans to equalize the tar
i'll rates of the treaty in favor OF th<
farmer and consumer. rs the insur
gent Republicans had warned th<
Democrats he would do. In this the in
surgents claim. and they may have
a strong case OF creduIity against th<
Democrats in relying upon the Presi
dent to protect the farmer and con
sumner. But, II 30, they have 4 much
stronger case against the President
for deliberately discriminating agains'
the farmers and consumers In approx
ing and putting in force the treaty
and vetoing the separate free list bill
to protect the farmer and consumer
do not believe the President vii
be sustained in his vetoe Of the frel
list bill and Withholding the bene1ts
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