Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-17
TAKES ISSUE WITH
RANSDELL ON POINT
Makes Pointed Reply to
Louisiana Man Who
Claims the Measure Will
Work Evil There.

for President Wilson and the adminis-
tratlon. interpreted the Baltimore plat
form IN speech in the senate today.
as committing the president and the
democratic party to free sugar. His
remarks We're in reply to the declara-
tlon by Senator Ransdell and Senator
eject Broussard of Louisiana that It
ald not. In the gallery, listening close
", was JOS. P. Tumuty secretary to
tne president, who went to the capitol
TO near the reply to the anti-free sugar
democrats who for two days have
oeen assailing the sugar schedulo
winch President Wilson has declared
VIII not be compromised IL he can
help it.
Senator James declared that the
platform adopted at the Baltimore con-
vention approved the course OF the
democratic house In the last session
OF congress and that 1t included q.
proVal OF he Underwood free sugar
Dill. He read a paragraph from the
democratic campaign text book APPROX
ing the excellent record Of the house."
IN placing sugar on the free list.
Not = Free Trader. 5
! Senator Ransdell asked III President
Wilson had not declared in speech at
pittsburgh that he did not stand for
free trade.
Senator James returned that the
president was not a free trader and
the proposed bill calculated to raise
$3OO,0OO,00O in revenue was not d free
trade bill.
If you say President Wilson is I
free trader because he favors free
sugar demanded Senator James,
did you call yourself q free trader
when you voted for free bread and
free shoes?"
Senator Ransdell denies he was q
free trader and asked II the demo
cratic national committee had not IN.
structed its orators in the west not to
discuss free sugar and also IL the party
would MT have been defeated IL they
had discussed 1t there.
II know the Chicago headquarters 50
instructed Representative Aswell OF
Louisiana" he declared
Not to Cause Injury.
Senator James referred to the point
made by the Louisiana leaders that
President Wilson and the platform had
declared against tariff reductions
which would injure any legitimate In
dustry.
by Legitimate industry in the plat
FORM" said the Kentucky senator, 'ip'
meant industrial]y legitimate ana
commercially legitimate industry. 1t
does not refer to an industry which
has had 125 years of government aid
and protection and Is yet unable to
take care OF ITSELF
Senator James eloquently praised
President Wilson's stand for free
sugar. t,, ,.r
IF William H. Taft had had half the.
courage Of Woodrow Wilson he would
have vetoed the Payne-Aldrich bill
and bonfires would have been burned
on every hillside in his honor, and In
my opinion he would have been re-
elected.
President Wilson says he Is in
favor of free sugar and free wool and
wants no compromise. At Pittsburgh
he merely said he did not want to
destroy any legitimate industry. I
challenge you to find anybody to whom
Woodrow Wilson ever said he was not
in favor Of free sugar. @
Senator Ransdell inquired II he con-
sidered the sugar business OF the
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Legally, but not economically, !" re-
piled Senator James. 4,i
Clash on Cotton Rate.
Senator Smoot and Senator Smith
Of Georgia, clashed when the Utah
senator called on his colleagues to
compare the bill as it now appears and
when 1t comes from the finance COM
mittee.
Il have no doubt he said. that the
cotton schedule will be changed.
have no doubt that some interests will
be taken care of. Why cotton any
more than wool? any more than
sugar."
Does the senator mean that the
rate on cotton Is to be changed because
people in my state are interested in
it?' demanded Senator Smith
Does the senator say that he has
not promised that the cotton rate shall
be changed?" retorted Senator Smoot.
II have promised nobody anything,
Not suggestion has come to me for
q raise on the cotton rate from Georgia
but suggestions have come from New
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