| Show t C e 0 THE IOWA STRADDLE BOTH FACTIONS ojE oJ the Republican 1 party In Iowa lows may reasonably enough from the standpoint of at the poll poli politic tic ian claim a Victory in the tariff plank of their platform for neither has hasnon h WOn non it The plank is ill a R straddle pure im It end nd i simple a bid to catch all the Re He publican votes Tote possible Indeed in view or of the fact that the tM preparation of or the tank plank was left to Senator S Allison AllISon it is not nt surprising blet no definite declara declaration declaration tion tio was Mas made But aut the plank speaks fur for itself It says san Tariff rates enacted 10 to carry this policy the policy of protection into ef et should be bf b just fair fall and d impartial ed to foreign control and monopoly to sectional die n and individual favoritism m mAnd and end must from time to time be changed o meet the varying conditions incident to tl t the progress pr grf of 1 t our industries and heir changing relations in our foreign domestic commerce Duties that II e i re e too low should be Increased and aM a I duties that thU are toe too high should sho ld be re reduced The straddle in plank is so obvious ous OIls that it becomes laughable Sen Ben Sent t Allison on has bas fairly outdone him If It is a matter or common know ie ige I e in Iowa that Mr Allison has haa never Devor Devorl r rt t l been pinned down to a direct an anver anler ver WEI 1 to to any aay question An old story roes ros that once he was standing with ine nc of or his hla constituents eon watching a flock nock t If f r newly sheep go by Think ng n to win wi at nt toast least t one direct answer n rom m the senator the constituent re reworked worked Senator those sheep have lust been sheared eared red It looks looka ke it on this side sid was the cautious reply While nobody seriously believes the Democrats will carry carzy lows Iowa this fall tan it itIs ItIs Is J nevertheless s certain n that the tariff plank in the UtE Republican platform will hOt help that party Political trim trimmers mers never have won much from the theA American A j eople ople The voters like an anu unequivocal u nc statement both from in individuals and from parties They will n nut t like the th cowardice that prompted 1 t b i 10 insertion of the plank just quoted i j the Ion Iowa Ioa a platform To lQ say that duties which are too 1 I v should be increased and duties are too tot high should be reduced i to state a perfectly apparent proposition Iton one 0 that is not worth the paper it is written on unless it is accompanied 1 11 v specifications if It carrying out the Cummins Idea the platform had Dad said that duties on foreign articles coMing into competition comp with goods hould be reduced or abolished the platform u l have meant something By the same token roan jt it would have meant m allt something if the reverse r veNie of ctt tho the as 3 favored oy the ultra i had been n Inserted Insert d As It Ith hp h platform means mean neither thi one g nor the other |
