Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-04
CUM MINIS ROLLS DEMOS
Senator's Speech likenins Wilson to
Huerta as a Dictator Brings Resent
ment-Aceuses President Of coercins
Compress.

Washington. Nov 4-Senator Cum
Minis, of Iowa, was taken to task by
democratic senators and representa-
tives yesterday for reported utterances
to the effect that in the matter Of DOM
mating congress President Wilson out
classes General Huerta
Senator James MARITIME, of New
Jersey. tried TO call Senator Cummins
to account on the floor OF the senate for
Plaintield, y. J., last week. in which
he declared that President Wilson had
coerced members OF his party in con-
gress into passing bad tariff bill.
Senator MARITIME had clippings from
a number of newspapers reporting Sen
ator Cunmins' speech in New Jersey.
in which President Wilson was referred
to as an enemy OF the constitution"
Reference was made also by Senator
Cummins to the power welded by the
president thru the 100000 federal Of
ices he had distributed.
MARITIME Calls Criticism Absurd.
Senator MARITIME declared that the
speech of his colleague from Iowa was
absurd. ridiculous, and ungenerous"
Relying. Senator Cummins said he
had been In:sQuoted and declared that
the matter which Mr. MARITIME had
brought up on the floor ought not to
be introduced in the senate. But in
asmuch as il had been brought in, he
would say that ne had condemned the
disposition on the pat OF the executive
to encroach upon the legislative branch
Of the government.
Senator Cummins said that he was
criticising the office and not the man.
He had criticised President Taft and
President Roosevelt for like oHenses.
The senator from Iowa declared he had
nothing to explain and that he stood
by his speech. He said he knew that
senators had been cnerced into voting
for the tariff bill. If Senator MARITIME
was not Of that opinion. with the proofs
before him. it was no fault Of the sena-
tor from Iowa.
cummins Holds to Attitude.
Senator CuInmins concluded by de-
claring that he would continue to eriti-
else the practice which had grown UP
in the White House of trying to doni
nate congress.
Senator Owen and Senator John
Sharp Williams made reply, each de-
claring President Wilson had not at
action of congress Improperly.
Speaker Clark devoted a formal
statement to Senator Cummins. say
Ing:
"Terrninology has not yet reached
ence, but it is closely approximating
it; therefore plain, matter Of fact
citizen Is surprised-even amazed-to
discover a man Of the official standing
Of United States Senator A. B. Cum
Minis Of Iowa, accusing President Will
son of treason on account of his en-
deavor to bring democrats into line on
the tariff question. That certainly is
a most serious accusation. and. what
is more, ii is not true. However much
Senator Cummins condemns the pres
ident. treason is not the right word
TO describe the presidents perform
ance.
Defends Actions Of President.
"All of US from the president dowr
made suggestions as to particuia
items Chairman Underwood and my
self and the members Of the commit
tee and other members put In a good
deal of time and labor reconciling
members who objected to particular
items here and there and we put in
time and labor trying TO change rates
On particular items where we thought
Injustice was being done. We were
trying TO hold our members together
on a tariff bill containing over 1000
items and redeem the tariff promises
of the Baltimore platform
Now. e the rest Of US did these
things what hindered the president
from doing the same things?"