The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-30
WATSON AGAIN IN
A FAMILIAR ROLE
Will Stump West to Arouse
Farmers Against Canad-
ian Reciprocity.
A WAR ON PRESIDENT
Has Been Started by Stand
pattcrs Because of the
Treaty He Prepared.

Washington, Jan. 30.--After consult.
ing with Speaker Cannon. former Rep
rcscntative james Il. Watson. of In
diana. left Washington last night on
the hurried trip to Topeka. Kansas.
where he will try TO tear President
Taft's Canadian reciprocity treaty into
shreds In a speach which he will
make Tuesday. This speech will be
In effect the rallying cry Of the "Old
Guard against the ratification OF the
treaty.
Watson was formerly whip of the
house under Speaker Cannon and is
the Speakers closest friend and most
trusted political emissary.
Tho kind Of speech he will; male vii!
DC calculated to set the farmers ot
the West on fire against the recIproci-
~ agreement. He will seek 10 point
out how the farmers are hit by tho
agreement and how their products are
Disseminated against In favor of man.
ufactured products OF all kinds which
are not touched by the agreement.
II Is predicted that Watson's speech
will make the line OF cleavage between
the President and the standpatters In
regard to Canadian reciprocity clear
and distinct.
"old Guard" Wars on TAFT.
Evidently the stundpatters have
started out to ovage war to the last
ditch on the Presidents reciprocity
program. Watson's speech will be
delivered before the Kansas Day club
at . banquet Tuesday night in com.
mcmoratiOn Of the flftieth anniversary
Of Kansas statehood. His decision to
speak on Canadian reciprocity was an
eleventh hour suggestion. and 1t is
believed to Indicate that the standpat-
ters saw chance to set the prairics
Aflame with opposition to the arrange
Uent.
Before leaving Washington Mr.. Wat
son outlined what he intends to say IN
his speech. Tho statement which he
gave out undoubtedly set forth the oh
sections which Speaker Cannon AMI
tho senate star .dpatters hold against
the treaty. although thcJ themselves
hive not been interviewed. II Is az
foll0wo:
"'rhis proposed treaty cannot get in
70 effect without pulling down the en-
tire citadel Of protection. I have great
regard for President Taft as man
and ~ President, and I am exceed
ingly loyal to his Administration. and
yet canot find II in my heart to sup.
port him In this movement. This
treaty Ii confession that the Re-
publican party was wrong when 1t
passed the Payne tariff law. because
conditions have not changed since
then. II II In right now It was right
then. and 1t ought to have been acted
~ = part of the Payne law or In con.
nection with II.
1t In not only confession that
the enactment OF that law was unjust.
but that It was UBIQUITOUS.
Dead Against Protection.
This treaty Is absolutely at vari.
ance with the doctrine OF protection
~ advocated by the Republicans from
Lincoln's day to this hour. Unless
the whole policy OF protection as ad-
vocated by the Republican party be
wrong. II this policy be right with
reference to Canada II Is right with
reference to every other nation.
'If Il be right In providing free
trade In farm products II would be
right ~ applied to ali manufactured
products. II means free trade on all
of the products OF the farm. and mt the
same time high tariff on all Of the
products Of the factory.
THE President states that the OBJ
ject Of the treaty 10 to reduce the cost
VI living In this country. II II does re-
duce the cost Of living. Il Of necessity