The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-24

er cannon FOR the presidency IN lSOS
Mulhall testified that the speaker
had been the "chief adviser of the
representatives of the association in
their efforts to have no planks in
serted in the republican platform
which would be prejudicial to it's in
terests.''
"Our organization" said Mulhall
"was busy trying to nominate Sher-
man for vice president, and keep
labor planks out of the platform"
The organization swung to Taft,
when it was seen Cannon had no
chance, but not until Mulhall had
seen Arthur I. Vorys, Taft's cam
paign manager, and obtained the
promise that president Van Cleve
of the National Association of Manu-
facturers should be given the privi-
lege of naming member of 1aft's
cabinet, and place man on the re-
publican campaign committee pro-
vided the association should get out
and work for Taft
Former Congressman Watson of
Indiana, who was the Taft floor lead
err at the last republican convention,
is shown to have been the handy man
for the manufacturers in congress.
Watson had long interview with
President Roosevelt and he is quot
ed by Mulhall as saying that "Roose-
welt is moving heaven and earth to
nominate Taft, and that he is willing
to sacrifice the Sherman law and
every law to please the trusts and
Wall street, so that he can get their
support for his candidate.'
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saying that all this furore about
the Sherman law amendments and
injunction bills was gotten up by
himself and the speaker to flood the
president with letters and stop tariff
dickering at this session.
Both Watson and former Vice
President Sherman are, quoted as de-
claring that the fight against Can
non was Matched at the White House
by President Roosevelt to eliminate
Cannon from the presidential race.
Mulhall has testified that the tar
if commission of which so much was
said in the last campaign, was pro-
noted by the National association of
Manufacturers and that the organiza
ton worked for it's passage in con-
gress, seeing in it means of obtain
ing more favorable tariff legislation.
His testimony of how congression-
al committees were packed to defeat
opposed by the associa-
ton and of how unlimited funds
were placed in campaigns to defeat
for reelection who had
shown themselves to be friendly to
labor and to elect others who had
been friendly to the manufacturers,
threw added light on the activities
of the lobbyists and the aid they
were given by powerful members of
congress.
The investigation of the Mulhall
charges and of the activity OF the
sugar lobbyists has resulted in estab-
fishing the fact that the protected in
terests have virtually had represen-
tatives in congress. President Will
son declared the people, who were
without lobby at Washington,
should know about these things. Mr..
Wilson has made it plain that the
protected interests will not be given
a hand in the conduct of the present
administration. They will not be
able, through the work of lobbyists,
to exert any influence on pending
legislation, because it has been made
very unhealthy for the lobbyists.
The democratic tariff bill which is
now before the senate, having passed
the house, carries an average of
27.64 under the rates of the existing
Payne-Aldrich law. In a statement
accompanying the reporting of the
bill to the senate the democratic ma
jority said that, following the lead
of the house, it has sought in the
it proposes to the house
bill to further carry out and perfect
the theory of establishing revenue
tariff upon the basis of
rates, as a just and fair
in the light OF, exist
ing conditions of the latest authori-
tative utterances of the party in
power upon that subject, and now
submits the results of it's labors with
the confident belief that the enact
ment into law of the house bill as
will result in a more equit-
able distribution of the burdens and
incidental benefits of our system of
customs taxation; that it will tend
to disintegrate the monopolies built
up under the present system; that it
will enlarge opportunity through in
dividual effort, reduce the cost of liv-
ing and relieve the people from the
burdens of the protective system
strikingly exemplified in the social
ed Payne-AIdrich bill which this
measure is intended to supersede.'
Of products purchased by the
farmer, many of which were trans
ferred to the free list in addition to
those put there by the house, the
committee has this to say:
"The house bill and amendments
made by the committee on finance
fully recognized the paramount in
terests of our agricultural popula
ton by placing agricultural imple-
ments of every kind and description,
fence and baling wire, cotton bag
cling and ties, lowpriced blankets,
boots and shoes, cement, nails, lum-
Der, coal, harness, saddles, cotton
gins, wagons, carts, bagging for
grain, wool and other bags, sewing
machines and many other products
Of daily utility on the free list.
"In common with the rest of our
people, our agricultural population
will share in the benefits brought