The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-09-21
GATOR CUMM|NS
SCORES Mr.. TAFT

.,rgent republican. of Iowa, to give
-..,feations in his opposition to Mr..
..r,s denomination. Senator Cum
made the following reply:
4My general conclusion isl there
-. that in every struggle which
:. taken place since Mr.. Taft be-
mo president. on vital things, his
Mos and supporters have been the
,.,ors and members of the house,
IN however honest they may be,
!. known from one border of the
ountry to the other as reactionaries
:, standpatters and not progressives.
III the voters of the republican
ATTY believe that the old leadership
.Aould be perpetuated they can find
"a better nominee than Mr.. Taft.
b not believe it ought to be con-
s,ued and therefore. without any
.ssonal disparagement of the pres
amt. I am hoping that a progress
ne republican will be nominated and
.iected next year.
Mis- reason for this conclusion fol-
| bvs
1T is to be understood that my
muosition to the denomination of
ssft Is based solely on his attitude
nvard public questions and my con-
trtiou that the convention ought to
rminate a candidate for president
vAo will be the strongest in the cleo
-.
with this preliminary and ex-
ihnatory suggestion l present my
N Of particulars. l shall content
nyyef in the main with merely re-
nIInR to the minds of the people
II lineup on each of the following
nbjects:
|. The Payne-Aldrich tariff law.
u. Taft's associates in the making
I this law, which he declared to be
tle best ever passed on the subject
NE Mr.. Aldrich and his followers in
T. senate; Mr.. Payne. Mr.. Dalzell,
b. Cannon and their followers in the
huse. It seems to me am justi-
I'd in the conclusion that he did not
tie the progressive view with res
ut to this measure.
Y. The act amending and en-
hrging the interstate commerce law,
resident Taft made legislation on
Ae subject the prominent feature OF
he first regular session after he was
haugurated. Through his attorney
eaeral he presented to congress a
20 which was introduced in the SEN
re. referred to the committee on
bterstate commerce and reported
hek to the senate precisely as the
atorney general wrote it and as
hesident Taft apparently believed,
fought to be enacted.
III this bill had passed as insisted
= By the president, the work Of near
- quarter of century would have
oeeA swept away and we would have
hken a long step backward in the
Ngulation of our railways.
1t was reconstructed on the floor
4 the senate by the progressives,
tainst the violent opposition Of the
dictionaries, who were acting for
ne president. believe that people
generally will agree with me that
MN respect to this measure, Mr..
mt did not take the progressive
new Of the subject.
3. Before the present admins
nation came in. a postal savings bill
20 been practically agreed on in
We senate. The fight which the pro-
uessives had made was to insure the
seposit of the money put into the
ostofices in the banks of the local
eonmunities.
We had won out, but just as we
sere on the point of passing the bill,
resident Taft had sufficient in
auence to rewrite that part OF the
sl'' and everybody recognizes that
us law. as it was finally adopted. in
'ast respect, was a great victory for
me great city banks and defeat for
&c small country banks. Again the
resident was in the company Of the
dictionaries and not with the pro-
osasives.
:. The progressives were ex-
"ea'ngly anxious to attach an in
~ TAX law to the Payne-Aldrich
.a act. We had good reason to
"aeve that the president was with
this effort, but at the moment
asn 1t seemed likely to succeed,
president, under the leadership
II. Aldrich and his close associ-
brought forward the sO-called
pvration tax law and defeated the
0posal to levy tax on the great in
- OF the country.
= All that | care to say re-