the republican candidates, und lu this
spirit I appeal tu every republican In
the state to glvu his voice and his
vote to every candidate on th« ticket,
• ’»MISti ELECTION MEANN MUCH
whether national or »tate.
CUMMINS OPENS IONI CAMPAIGN
pledgs; refuse«! to be guided by the the last session of congress was the
rub« which had been announced, and amendment to the interstate com
forced through congreas a tariff bill merce law. The regulation of com
without even th«- pretens«* of att«-mpt- mon carriers is altogether the most
Ing to ascertain, or of applying when difficult undertaking upon which the
IX» THIN tXH’STHY
|ascertained, the standard which the government has entered, and it will
I* ik U m lion
There is not u rcpubllcan uny- party ha«l established.
require all the Independence which
Home republicans, burin« done u58 a popular "«lection of lawmakers
Nis'celi ut inourgetit Ncnator ignores where who do«'« nut yield to the pro-
tectlw system unreserved and un- lhey could to *Nlk.- «fl* f>HI whut it can supply; all the Intelligence which
Tufi und ttronw Standisti
wavei Ing allegiance. Aldrich, Lodge, • bould have been, finally vote«) for general education and specific study
Congressmen
Hal«, Cannon, Payne and Daizeil may It. and I have no word of censure for ciin contribute, and all the courage
he its sincere advocates, but In zeal them, for they did what they believed which tb< highest type of patriotism
for Its perpetuation, and In the elo ; to be their duty. Homo of us voted cun create to carry the government
DEH MOINHtv Iowa, August 4.—
quence of Ils defense they cannot against the bill, and »«• make no to a safe and Just conclusion.
One of thu must Impoitant politicai
surpass Nelson, Clapp, Beveridge, Lu- , apology for our votes,
It would be an Intricate and try-
nddreem«s that Ima buon delivored In
Follette, Dolliver and Bristow,
i
H*-pu«lh«ll<»n of l'l< <lg«-".
Ing
problem, « ven If the railway eor-
thla alate In muny yoara wus thnt of
If Ibero had been un honest attempt porations would co-operate with con-
There has been no controversy, and
Hunator Cummins ut thè republhan
there cun be non«, between («publi > to llx duties attcordlng to the cost of gr«ws In the effort to enact the proper
«tate convention bere ynatorday.
cans as Io tlic soundness or valu«* of i production I might have yielded my legislation, but their co-operation Is
Wlillo Theodor«
Itooaovolt was
this do« trlu«.
view on the qu«'«tlon of fact; but tiot to be expected
They will, In
•pokon of In th<< iiddreM, thè name
H<> long us there wus full uml free {them was no such attempt, and I, I the future as they have in the past,
■ >f William II. Teff *»n no! men
competition In our own i-ountr) It ' for one, refused to follow, and would resist every proposal to increase the
tion« <1. nixl only u very few references
mattered little how excessive th« ' ii-fuse ugaln to follow Aidrich, Halo, efficiency of the regulation and con
.to him us president were mud« by the
duth-s were, because the rivalry 1 Lodge, Cunnon, ,Payne an«l Dalzell trol already Ju our statutes. Their
speaker.
among domestic producers could b« .Into a sneering, contemptuous, open influence exerted In a thousand ways
Senulor i’uiumlns suld In part
depended upon to bring price« to n 1 repudiation of my ¡»arty platform.
and flowing In a thousand channels,
Uvntl« men of the Convention
fair American level.
We did not,
It 1« not n republican measure, Is oftcntlnoH hard to discover, and
Harmony Is Ilk« the | mm t, it Is born,
therefore, seriously concern ourselves although panned by republican votes,] always hard to overcome.
i’ot mail«*. If It Is amongst us we
about a scientific adjustment of th«' for the men who are chiefly responsi
Although the Jaw was
greatly
will "p«-edll) hear its sweet sounds;
ini Iff <>ur manufacturers w« re pro i ble for It thought more of swelling ■ strengthened In 190*5 under the puis
but If It is not her«, the effort to err
ugulnst competition from ' t)»- overgrown fortunes of their Inti- ] sant and patriotic
Ilected
leadership . of
ata It with deceitful protestations and
abroad, and our consumers were pro- mute friends than they thought of Theodore Roosevelt, the experience
false phrnses will <<nd in iiilwuable
tccted by th«- natural laws of busi th«- party*principle«, the party pl«*dge,, of four years demonstrate that the
failure. There Is more dlsoorfl In
or the welfare of n long suffering ] power of the Interstate commerce
ness at home.
■ he suppression of honest conviction
As time passed on. however, there ¡»•■Oplc.
commission should be materially en
than in th«- open, 1<111<II<I ««xpi i - im I oii
anp>-ar< d u new factor In th« Indus
SV«* have revised the tariff In re larged. and we of the west, at any
of opposing views.
trial and commercial life of the sponse to an overpowering republi iate, felt that there should be some
This In not an age of plain living,
l'nlt««l Htutcs, and the era of conaoll- can sentiment, und have succeed«d In reatricticn ii|en common carrier cor-
but It is un ng<- of plain speaking, and
| «lotion and monopoly began
With « tuklng off uboiit on«eforty-s«*cond of ¡«orations «tigaged in Interstate traf-
therefore, "with lualice toward noni,
lupldlty that even now It Is hard to th«- uvvrng«' imposition upon dutlabl«* .flc with respect to the issuance of
and charity for all." I sp«-ak to you
comprehend business of all kind" goods.
»docks and bonds.
according to the truth um I see It and
la-t me, however ngaln warn re-
rushed Into close union, and scattered i
The history of the previous decade |
according to my duty a, | undoiHtand
«apltul was drawn Into the strong em publlcans who ar«' of my way of ! in our national platform in 1908
it.
thinking «oncernlng the shortcomings i made emphatic references to this
brace of triiHts und consolidations.
This convention, ultb«>ugb com
Hafc from th« competition of other of this measure thnt the failure of the phase of the subject. The president
posed wholly of republicans, in the
icountries. It became th« chief ob republican leaders
In congress to a*«ur«-d th< initiative, but unfortu-
outcome of a political struggle. Is th««
ject of our maniifucttiri'rs to destroy ubid«' by our platform furnishes no . nately, a« I view It, he delegated to
rh'd on with exceeding eartK-atncsM In
. competition in their own country. r«'m«on for delivering this country ¡the attorney general the task of pre
«•very county of the stat«« There may
I They accomplished their purpose so Into the hands of tho democrats.
paring a bill to be laid before con
be a few delcgnt"« who are here by
Our course, it seems to me. Is set gress.
¡effectually that years ago in nearly
I have no reason to doubt
accident. but substantially all of you
«ven Important fl«-id of production plainly before us. I do not favor an the honestly of the attorney general,
«re h«*rc by design. A conscious pur
prices ceased to b< the n-sult of th«' Immediate general revision of th«' but he had Just come from a long
pose b«hln<i you and a clear obliga
tim«-bonoi(«| laws of trad«', and th« tariff, indeed I earnestly hop«' that we professional training and
associa
tion la before you.
power of determining profits fell Into may never be compelled to enter tion which unflted him to deal wisely
. Every man who believes In free
I the hands cither of a monopoly or an upon another general readjustment with this subject, and there came
government must believe In th« rule
acknowledge«! master in protected of the system.
from hi.» hands into the house and
of th«« majority, but that Implies no
Industry.
In our last attempt it was made senate a bill which, if it had passed,
mor«’ than a ¡»eacrful submission to
Then cam«* a demand for a revi clearer than ever before, first, that as Aldrich so emphatically declared
the will of the majority, and does not
sion of the tariff, It originated In i some better way must be found than it should pass, would have consigned
Imply th«' surrcndi'r of th«- high prlv
the necessities of the people, and i wo now have of «««curing Information the republican party to eternal dl*-
liege of recording a sincere belief
was founded upon the fundamental OS to cost here and abroad: and sec- grace and defeat.
In <l«*aling with these problems th«- Instinct for justice
They felt the ' «»nd, that we mnst amend the s«-hc- It«-niad«' the Bill
in«mb«ra of our i«arty hav«< ranged
l«lutl«'K shouldjie so modified thnt th«- ' doles Koparnt«'ly.
As to the first,
With the introduction of the
themselves along th«' whole stretch
continued insistence upon unfair . the way will be found in the creation there began such a struggle as
of «cuuomic thought at««l govern« ■
prices would ex|»osc our manufac of nn Independent, nonpartisan tariff been rarely witnessed between
mental action from th«- hopcltma
turers to th« correction «of foreign <*<>nimission, not to change the law. forces of pregress and reaction,
md r«'treutlng reactionary to th«* ex-j
for that Is. ami must remain the progressive republicans did not
competition.
item«' and visionary radical.
The1
In this demand there was no dis- work of congress; but to collect and al) they wanter, not all they ought
r«-ar division of this long line with all
loyalty to the doctrln«- of pr<»t«*ctlon. lay befor«» congre»«« nnd before the to have bad but they succeeded tu
Its varying shades of jx>||tl« nl doc-1
although for a short period the ben-1 people tho facts.
converting a measure which in its
trine, has com«« to b«- known as the
«-Hilaries of excessive duties succeed-
When this is done there will be original form would have been a
standpatter«, while th«' other, with
I
ti' lthcr high tariff man nor low tariff long «tep backward Into a measure
cd in confusing the huiuc
<«m«- dlveraity of opinion upon sjre-*
man who will venture to disregard that is a gratifying step forward.
Mun«l|kiti«ii> Metins Mon««|H»l)
• Iflc questions, march«*« forward nn- '
his duty. Fortunately, th« demand
We earnestly contended that no
It was then that the standpatter I
der the nam«' of th« progreswiv« -
for such a <?omml"s1on has become al increase in rates should hereafter go
adopted
the
name
which
he
now
It is probabl) true that some of the <
was most unanimous among republicans into effect until approved by the com
progressives want to go too fast and ' bears, an«! his campaign cry
nnd th«1 few who still oppose it will mission
This seems fair and just,
”
L«t
well
enough
alone."
Th«'
more-
■Io too much
It Is certainly true
soon
disappear from public life.
inasmuch a* the carriers made tl.j
that there are many of tlx- stand mint, however, was Irresistible and
As to the second, we must insist rates tha. are now in force, and it
patters who want either to go bn< k the i «-publican national convention of
19os icaponding, not «inly with unan ui»on n law. or rule of congress that may. therefore, be assumed that they
or do nothing nt all.
will allow ou«' schedule to be amend- are remunerative.
1 r««cur In this unparalleled situa imity but with enthusiasm to the
«•d or revlHod without going over the
We failed in that effort, but as a
progressive
scutlment
of
th<>
rank
tion to the calm and optimistic phll-
whol«' range of the tariff. W’e must substitute for it, it was provided 'list
■ »sophy of Abraham l.lflcoln. who, in und file of the party, not only pledged
exclude th«> opportunity for the trades lb»- commission can suspend new rates
the epochal dabate of 1858, after th«- incoming congress to a revision
and combinations which now dishon for a pt-r’od of ten months, and that
«lunting the maxim "A house divided of the taylff. but defined th«' doctrln«*
or
tariff legislation. We must make in all hearings as to the reasonable
of protection with a care and preci
«gainst ItM-lf cannot stand," said:
it Impossible to coerce or bribe a ness of rates the burden of proof
sion
unknown
to
any
former
plat
I believe this government cannot
It solemnly prescribed a rule member of congress Into voting for shall rest upon the railway compa
• ndur«’ permanently half slave anti form
with
which
to measure Import duties, what he knows to be wrong in order nies.
half fr««' I do not expect the union
to get what be believes to be right.
We insisted that no injunction re
to be dissolved. I do not expect the to th«' end that both producer and
Happily, the movement for such a straining an order or the commission
consumer,
both
capital
and
labor,
Isiusc to fall, but I do expect It will
rule or law is-steadily advancing, should be issued without notice, and
«•«•use to b«’ divided. It will become might share In our prosperity.
and
it will not be long until It. too. that there should be the right of ap
In i«-demption of the pl«*dgc so
nil on«- thing or all th«* other."
will embrace every republican In the peal from any such injunction. The
made,
the
president
convened
the
It is eves so with th«- republican
land.
bill was so amended.
party. It cannot endur«* permanently new congruan In special sesaion. and
Itnilii«n<l itegulation.
We contended that the shipper
did
revise
the
tariff.
it
half progreitalvv untl half staudput I
The most important legislation of w|io bad complained to the interstate
I have never been much Interested
• Io not expect to SM It either def«*at-
the debate over the
technical
• <1 or dissolved, but it must speodily
iH-com« all progressiva or all stand I proposition that our promise was to!
revise the tariff downward. Beyond
pat.
generally cx-
I understand perfectly that there ■ dispute, the people
be revised
ire some short-visioned men amongst j pc« ted that It would
uh who will continue either to bewail I downward, because they knew that
or denounce individual Independence, th« duties were too high, and were
¡«nd who will deplore fro«« criticism greatly more than the difference be-'
'tween the cost of production here j
of party leaders and party acts, be-
lievlnff that to be Independent of an ami elsewhere.
HH«aim>'d leadership and to give ox- What til«' Pledge Was.
But whatever may have- been sub! «
presalon to honest censure of a party
measure la to destroy ¡»arty unity, In th«' campaign, I agree that there1
and to invlt«' democratic victory. Ruch was no formal pledge In the platform i
men dlsparnge both th«* lntelUg«.«nce to revise the tariff downward.
and th«* patriotism of th<< poople. I
There was. however, a pledge that
The voters of th«- country know that | it should be revised so that the duties
there Is infinitely more hope of mak upon protected commodities should
ing th«' republican party progressive be the difference between the cost of
than there Is of efficient and compre producing them here and in other
hensive legislation from the demo countries, with a fair profit added,
crats.
and the intent, aa everybody will con
Th«* character of- the problems cede. was. that our manufacturers
which now hold the first place in the should be able to enter our markets '
'tmerlcan mind makes the repub and sell their products at a fair price
lican view of the constitution vital to as against their foreign competitors:
i
the common good. I admit that the and ft was the further intent that
differences between republicans are grossly excessive profits growing out
*
many and that they uro important; of abnormal prices should be pre
hut nny republican who, by reason of i vented by reducing the duties to n
these differences, votes for a demo point that would admit Importations
cratic candidate will find that ho has whenever our own manufacturers
lumped from the frying pan Into the raised their prices above the level of
Are.
fairness and decency.
I believe that ninety-nine repub
Vote for Purty ('nndidates
I reiterate what I have always said licans In every hundred desired a re
In every campaign during the stormy vision thnt would keep the faith and
decade in which I have been In public accomplish the purpose.
1 believe
■ iffice.
We will fight with al) tho that the president wanted to fulfill
strength that is in us before the the promises of the party, and to
nominations are made, hut when they make good his own declarations; but
are made In the appointed way we the lead«™ of both the house and the
will Rtnnd shoulder to Bhoulder for senate refused to recognise the party
commerce commission, and bad wo.i
his case, should have the right to ap
pear In any suit that was brought by
the railway «ompanles to annul Ills
victory. It Is now in the law.
Wall Street Interests
Certain republican* who are enam
ored with the manipulation« of Wall
street, Joining themsrivtrs with cer
W«j urged that no greater Jurisdl«- tain democrat« who found no author
tion over the Interstate commerce ity in the constitution for such legte
commission should be conferred up«»«i lutlon, defeated our amendment. We
the comiDirce court than Is now ex are not. however, without hope, for
ercised by the circuit courts, and the under the recommendation of the
president a provision was adopted
bill was so am«-nded.
which will Insure an immediate In
We kept the anti-trust, law Inta.-* i
v«-«tlgatlon of the subject, and we
Wo reme mbered that It ha«l dlssolv* I
may shortly be more successful in
two vicious traffic associations; that
our effort« to regulate railway Mock«
It had annihilated the Northern Se
and bonds.
curities company; that it had decreed
Upon the whole, the republican
the death of the American Tobacco (
party Is to be congratulated upon the
company, and. finally had sent tho
terror of disintegration Into the rank i I bill a« it became a law. It is a step
in the right direction, and ultimately
of the Standard OH company, and we!
we will reach the end toward which
did not intend to see Its vigor Im
paired or Its scope narrowed until | all patriots are striving.
I trust I will not be accused of
something bettor could bo enacted In I
any desire to stir up factional feeling
Its stead.
for saying, as 1 am bound to say.
We attempted with all the strength that had it not been for the pro-
we had. to put Into the bill a fair gresaive republicans in the senate,
and effectual provision which would men who have been derided through
have prevented the Issuance of stocks out the country as insurgents, the
and bonds without full compensation, bi)) would have passed the senate a*
and that would have rendered Impos it came from the pen of the attorney
sible hereafter the exhibitions of dis- i general, and the republican part;
honesty and extravagance that have
so startled the world In the last few
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