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Show STANDS SQUARELY FOR PROTECTION Strong Iowa Candidate Who Will Dispute Dis-pute the Re-election of Senator Cummins The best thing that hds occurred In Iowa Republicans politics for some time is tho announcement of the Hon. A. C. Sahgo as a candidate for United States Senator on the Republican Repub-lican ticket. It provides an outlet by which tlio equilibrium of the party can be sustained. sus-tained. iAb Is woll known, there aro thousands of Republicans In tho state who are ardent bellovers In a protective protect-ive tariff. They hvo not felt that Senator Cummins has diligently represented rep-resented them in this respect. They nro ns firm believers in a protective tariff as was Presidents McKlnley, Rooseclt nnd Taft. 1 Every string that could bo pulled from q political standpoint to prevent nny candidate from opposing Senator Senat-or Cummins has been pulled. But it ' did not satisfy tho b'.g mass of prp-tectivo prp-tectivo tariff Repub'icnns. They were, determined to havo a candidCto. Finally Fin-ally Senator Siunge consented to tho uco of his name.. His candidacy will stand as distinctive from Unit ot , Senator Cummins for the reason that Senator' Savage wlH stand as a representative rep-resentative of the' princlplo of io tcctlon to Amorlcsin fhrms nnd factories. fac-tories. There will bo no tariff ripping rip-ping or tar',ff reform plank to his platform. He will stand 011 all fours on tho protective tariff princlplo. It seed not bo an acrimonious campaign. cam-paign. Let tho Republican voters decide de-cide the matter at tho coming primary prim-ary elcctipn. Whichever candidate wins should be supported at tlio general gen-eral election by a full party voto. Tho Eagle Is a believer In a protective protec-tive tariff. It has novcr been known to close ei factory nor lower tho price of n farm. It is well acquainted with both tho candidates. It believes Senator Sen-ator Savage should receive tlio vote tect'.ve principle, andlt does not lies-itnto lies-itnto to say that it believes that Senator Sen-ator Saage should recelvo the vots of every Republican who Is opposed to the destruction ot American factories fac-tories and farms. As we said In tho beginning of th'a article, Sentjtor Savage's candidacy will be beneficial to the party. It will provide an outlet. It will glvo those voters who do not believe In the tariff vlows as expressed by Senator Cummins to express themselves. Vinton, .Iown, Eaglo. |