Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-23
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1AFTS VISIT.
pEs MONIES COMMERCIAL CLUB
CRITICISED FOR ITS METHODS
OF FINANCING RECEPTION.
coTERIE IN CHARGE
DEFICIENT IN POLICY
Political Friends Of President Pick
Guest List With Indiseretion-Many
Decline 70 Pay 50 Per Plate and Sec
ond List Will Be Sent out-Many
Good Taft Men Omitted.

Good Taft Men Omitted.
Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines. Sept. 23.-It was prob
ably impossible for any one to have ar
ranged it so that strictly silk stock
ing reception to President Taft in Des
Moines should be satisfactory to all his
friends; but it is certain that the per-
sons to whom he has committed his
fortunes while here have not tried very
hard to encourage the harmony idea
They have apparently gone on the
theory that the president has votes to
spare and it would be just as well to
lop off few that the remaining ones
might be more conspicuous. There is
not very good feeling because the
Greater Dies Moines committee has seen
fit to commercialize the visit and by
a charge Of So per plate thus seek to
raise money to pay for ali the festiv
tiles of Taft day. Probably half OF
those on the list of invited ones de-
clined to send the 50 check, tho the list
was selected carefully as including the
persons. In official and political life,
most likely to feel obligation to at
tend.
A second invitation list will be sent
out, but Of course those who are left for
second table" will not be quite so fiat
tered over the invitations Just what
policy was pursued in making the in
vitation list has not been disclosed, but
it is certain that a good many who
have been good Taft men" right from
the start have been omitted-men VINO
have, or feel they have, right to be
included In such list. The mutterings
of dissatisfaction are plainly heard all
around: but Of course most Of them
will disappear before the close Of an
other week, and eevrybody will be
ready to give fine greeting to the
president Of the United States no mat
ter how indtscreet might have been the
coterie which will surround him and
make use OF his visit for their own pur-
poses.
When President Roosevelt came into
Iowa some years ago, Governor Cum
minis met him with special train and
leading officials. both standpat and
progresstves. were on the train. and the
whole event was Invested of any fac
tional significance. It is very plain,
however. that President Taft is to be
impressed with the idea that standpat-
ters only are to be regarded as his
supporters in Iowa
Rsvision Policy DispIsasss.
Standpat acouiesence in the promise
Of President Taft to reopen the tariff
question and give the long promised
downward revision at the long session
commencing two months hence, is not
to be unanimous; and the president will
find on his coming to Iowa that, as
usual, 1t Is the standpatters who are
most sharply criticising the essentials
of his administration. It is the plan Of
the president as announced in his
speeches to start in with the downward
revision OF the tariff schedules prompt
ly on the opening OF congress in De-
cember, when his tariff board will re-
port on the extent of the revision and
a bill VIII be presented probably just
the way congress Will have to pass it.
Here is Editor Payne, Of the Nevada
Representative, keeping up running
fire Of criticism Of the president. and
there are indications that one of the
Taft organs Of this city is weakening
in his defense. Then there is Editor
Rathbun Of the Marion Register, stand
pat, and Editor Murphy, OF the vinton
Eagle, also standpat both keeping right
after the president. Major Rathbun
wants to call a halt, and says:
"The time has come to call halt, a
clear. loud call that can be heard across
the country from border to border. A
long time patient people should arouse
from their political lethargy and drive
the destrovers from the temple. A
Jacksonian by the eternal ultimatum
should be given that will ring thru the
land like Old Hickory's warning to
Calhoun"
Editor Late Young. generally stand
pat. does not approve OF the presidents
plan fc- commencing the real work OF
revision in December He Is under
stood to stand squarely opposed to hav-
ing the tariff issue made the one big
one In the next session Of congress.
Here Is his view as expressed in his
paper:
Business men generally are anxious
that congress shall do all its tariff r1p-
ping at the present session They do
not want the subject taken up again
in December. Whatever the politicians
have to say should be said now. II
the wooden schedule IL to be revised the
WORK Sh0uEO De done DIT Once. luS same
may be said In regard to the cotton
schedule. The men who make the bus
mess world go round are weary Of poll
tics"
This view OF the matter is directly
contrary to the program OF the admin
fstration OF having only partial revision
at the summer session and then to re-
open II in December when the long
term opens and the matter can be car
rid on until after the time for the ma
y tional convention. The president will
ma that his recommendation to the
people Of his tariff board as the one
panacea for all tariff Ills does not suit
an the standpat editors, either. for here
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