Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-11
SENATOR cuMMlNs SAWS ADMIN.
TRATioN BILLS 90 NOT
WORRY MONOPOLY.
REFUSES TO SIT WITH
COMMITTEE HANDLING BILLS
Senator critieisss Methods Of Caucus
and Tells Of Lack Of Harmony
Tariff to Be Paramount Issue IN
Forthcoming Campaign - Slump in
Democratic Vote Not Surprising.

Des Moines, Feb. 11.-Senator Cum
minis arrived in Des Moines last night
for a twenty-four hour stopover on ms
way to. Denver where he IS to SPEAK
tomorrow night. He stopped in Des
Moines merely because he had a day IN
which to do so and wished to get the
change it would give him from the con-
sressional grind. There is no political
significance in his visit at this time, the
senator said last night
Hno opposition to his nomination as
the republican candidate for the SEN
interest in the primary campaign in
Iowa, Senator Cummins said. 1T is al
most impossible for me to be here for
the campaign" he declared. We have
and it involves measures in which am
vitality interested. 1 must be IN Wash
ington to look after these things.
Trouble in Committee.
Justly recently we have had some
thing Of an explosion in the committee
I am chiefly interested in and I nave
refused to sit with the committee in
its consideration of the trust bills.
Members OF the majority side Of the
committee brought in the adnlinistra-
ton bills for presentation and an
nounced that they would be glad TO
hear suggestions from the minority
members and they would then hold a
caucus and decide what they would 60
with the suggestions. informed the
majority members that I would not
participate in any such farce and left
the meeting Of the committee. Sen
ator Ciapp went with he. Senator la
Toilette was III at the time, but I ex
pect him 10 indorse our course.
1T is absurd that a committee meet
ing should be held that way and the
minority be treated as Il It had no otr-
er function but to make arguments be-
fore the majority, which would in turn
retire like set Of judges and decide
what was to be done about the argu-
ments.
The administration program has
been mapped out IN Ave bills known as
the five brothers, think they are not
very disagreeable to the trusts AMI
monopolies. We members Of the mi
nority of the committee will make our
fight on the floor Of the senate
Tariff to Be Campaign Issue.
The senator said the tariff would
doubtless play a considerable part in
the campaign in Iowa this summer and
fall. The democratic tariff was so
unfair and SO unreasonably discrirnin-
atory that it must challenge debate
and receive attention. he said. ITO
realize it's unfairness You have only
to compare two states like New Jersey
and Iowa New Jersey has more than
so per cent Of iIs products protected.
Iowa has less than 10 per cent pro-
tected. That sort Of condition is alb
solutely indefensible. and no man can
justify il. 1t is easy TO prove, and I
have always contended that duties
heretofore were generally too high and
ought to come down, but I never ia
vored a plan that would permit one
state to suffer from free trade and
another 70 profit by protection"
Second District Election.
Commenting on the recond district
election Mr.. Cummins said:
y have not dared 10 hope that Hull
would win he commented. "but 1
have been keeping in close touch with
the situation in the Second, and have
been Of the opinion that the people
would be surprised at the result.
have written good many letters and
have received many from there. and
had reached the conclusion that the
district would not show this time any