Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-10-10
ON war PATH
rHR INDIAN SENATOR OUT FOR
SCALPS.
Cont House Crowded TO Hear uur-
tis Talk True Blue Republican
ism-7O Old Soldiers
Inside Rail-

cine man, had MS WAT paint On 'o0S
night and was out for scalps. When
he pitched his tent for the night
many of his friends said that they
thought they saw a scalp OF golden
hue hanging from his girdle ana
Others in the enemies territory were
afraid that Il was true. Curtis gave
his audience to understand from the
Kick off that he was on the war
path" and he hadn't gone very Tar
until his audience was very sure
that "war path" was the way II
could best be described. II give my
hand to you my Republican broth
ar" he said, "and give my mana
20 YOU my Democratic friend" ana
"if you we're dissatisfied with the
Republican party and have LETT u
TO support the Bull Moose party
give my hand to you, my Bull Moose
friend. but if you are hypocrite
seeking aid from the party you are
irving to destroy | am here to de-
nounce YOU"
And then Senator Curtis proceed
ed to the denouncing business IN
way original and all his own one
az the biggest crowds ever gathered
for a political gathering here was
out to greet him and 70 old soldiers
sat within the railing at the court
house and cheered the man who had
always stood SO strong for them.
Mr.. Curtis said this morning tnat
A. was one of the best political meet
ings he had had this year
when the senator touched upon
the tariff he got down to brass tacks
and seemed to. be at home on mis-
subject. That part of the speech
devoted to the tariff contained more
argument than any political NalK
heard before this year.
Arthur Capper and Henry Allen
came in for share of the speakers
attention when he told what pres
sure is brought to sbear upon mem
bers Of congress when tariff legisla-
tion is up.
..These men have cried out IN
4heir newspapers for reduction OF
+ha tariff" said the senator. Then
he read letter from Mr.. Capper
oeking him to vote to raise the duty
an colored post cards, one from Mr.
Allen asking him to vote for an In
creased duty on lemons, ana au-
other from Capper saying that ne
had been asked to second MT. Al
Hans request. The letters were
greeted with laughter and cheers
"When did the objection to the
Renublican party begin?" asked the
senator. at was when the Payne
Aldrich tariff bill was passed Tne
duties had not been lowered as
much as people thought they wouid
be.
"But here is condition when
the newspapers in this part OF the
country have not told you about.
The Roosevelt administration nao
left a deficit of s5S,OOO.OOO, Con-
grees was confronted with the nee
essity of making UP the deficit and
At the same time revising the tariff
a such a way that it would be less
kof a burden to those who are least
able to pay.
II have no apologies to offer for
the work congress finally accom-
nI,shed. It reduced the duties on
700 necessities and raised the duty
on goo articles in the luxury class.
Ii gave the country the greatest free
list 1t ever had, except in fourteen
years of free trade. And with all
that, 1t placed surplus OF $780,
600 900 in the national treasury
instead of deficit"
The senator asserted that che Re-
publican party is truly progressive
and that in thirty-four progressive
acts of the last seventeen years,
twenty-five have been enacted In
Taft's administration. As chief
among them he mentioned the pos
tai savings bank law, the submission
Of an amendment to the constitu-
ton to states to provide for an i'm
come tax, the tariff commission, the
white slavery law, the child labor
law, and the children's bureau Law
senator Curtis denounced w. a.
white as the worst boss the state
NJ kansas ever had. That drew no
applause. but his remark that
Whites offer to pay commission OF
/ per cent on campaign funds col
lected was much less generous than
that Of the man who wanted others