The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-05
CUMM|MS PICKS TO
PIECES TAFT'S ACTS
In Open Letter Gives Eight
Reasons Why He Oppos-
es His denomination.
tNational New. Association

(National News Association)
CHICAGO, Sept. BIN a signed ar.
ticle, published N the Chicago Record
Herald today, u. 8. Senator Albert B.
Cummins. Of Iowa, gives his reasons
for declaring, as he did recently. that
President Taft should not be renomi-
mated by the Republican party for the
presidency. The article says in part:
"A few days ago. in answer to an in
Quiry from a reporter OF the Register
& Leader of Des Moines, ! stated that
in my opinion Mr.. Taft ought not to
be remoninated as the candidate for
president by the national convention
and among other things l said that he
did not take the progressive view of
matters which concerned the public
interest. ...+. ~, =.
ut 10 to be understood that my OPP
position to the denomination of Taft Is
Based solely upon his attitude toward
public questions and my conviction
that the convention ought to nominate
. candidate for president who will be
strongest in the election.
II have no other than the most
friendly feeling for the president.
With these preliminary and explana-
tory suggestions present my bill Of
particulars.
1T will be conceded. I suppose. that
President Taft's alignment must be
defined chiefly
"l-By his position upon the Payne
Aldrich tariff law.
"S-By his position upon the bill for
the further regulation of interstate
common carriers, brought forward
about the Arst of the year 1910. NJ
BY his position upon the change
made In the postal savings. just as 1t
was being passed in the Senate.
"4-By his position upon the propos-
ed income tax law, which was sought
to be incorporated into the Payne-Al.
drich tariff act.
"6-That BY HE attitude toward the
control and disposition Of our public
domain"
"6--By his position on the Canadian
tariff bill passed at the extra session
Just closed.
"7-By his work for the peace trea-
ties. =. ese
Spy his vetoes of the wooden
schedule. free list. and the resolution
admitting New Mexico and Arizona
40 states"
Senator Cummins takes up each one
Of these In turn and picks Taft's stand
to pieces. He criticizes Taft's asso-
ciates in the making of the tariff.
naming Aldrich. Papne. Cannon and
Dalzell In particular.
He lays the. Interstate commerce
law to, Aldrich and Taft and declares
that coercion wAs used to force It's
passafe = Y - ~ Is
Cummins charges that Taft was al
igned with the reactionaries on practi-
caily every big piece OF legislation and
concludes his article thus:
my general conclusion L., therefore,
that In every struggle which has taken
place since Mr.. Taft became president
upon vital things his allies ana supper
ters have been the senators and men,
bers OF the House of Representative
who. however honest they may be, are
known from one border of the covntry
to the other az reactionaries or stand
patters and not progressives.
II the voters Of the Republican par
ty believe that the old leadership
should be perpetuated they can find no
better nominee than Mr.. Taft. / do not
believe II ought to be continued and.
therefore. without any personal dis
paragement of the president. am
hoping that a progressive Republican
will be nominated and elected next
year."