Show REFUSES TO reconsider speaker of the house will not bow down to iowa republican anti tariff antitrust anti trust platform acs moines sept 17 speaker hen ditson refused to reconsider hi withdrawal from the congressional race in the Third district this morning the following reply was received to a request to reconsider his action dubuque iowa sept ac late young and S W I 1 rathbun ath bun dea moines your joint telegram sincerely appreciated but cannot reconsider for an age spent in fighting my country state and district I 1 cannot acquiesce in e or to cure the trust evil which I 1 abhor signed 1 B washington sept 17 in further today upon the action of speak J er II enderson in declining a re tion secretary shaw said either many newspapers misunderstood general position or I 1 do I 1 understand him to stand pat on the tariff plank of the iowa platform which favors such revisions as changed make advisable in liis ad arcas to the republican voters of the third iowa district ho ays while I 1 have li against a general revision I 1 have never been opposed to making need of changes and I 1 am not now nor do I 1 understand liim to object to the antitrust anti trust plank which in in a different section of the state platform and which only declares against allowing turf tariff to income a shelter for trusts it goes no further than intimating that nuch thing may occur it does not my macli a thing does echt commenting on isih plank in hii addiw the general ha it is bold declaration that if modifications of the tarifa are to prevent monopoly from sheltering itself under the wings of protection then fhe be modified to prevent that condition an I 1 understand liim he finds hint self unable to agree with the placed upon aliis plank by many of his constituents and firm party friends to what extent if any the republicans public ans of iowa are advocating a re guyal pathe on mada or goods as a remedial measure I 1 am unable to speak I 1 think gen friends ought to see to it ihna his position be correctly interpreted to the people ani that be be not placed in the false light of hating declined to ic a for as abc of they iowa platform kowch hangea iii the tariff from time to time at become advisable through the progress of our industries and their relations to the commerce of the world dubuque la sept 17 the following telegram was received by speaker hen deragon from the president most earnestly ask that you reconsider your determination not to run signed ROOSEVELT congressman J if babcock chairman of the republican national committee sent this message bew york sept 16 am in receipt of telegram signed by you saying that yon have declined nomination for congress we cannot believe the telegram ig genuine hepburn and hull are hero and all enter our earnest protest action of this kind by you the republican party that you have served so long and faithfully lr cannot part ith your services now replying the speaker further explained his action ad hercing to his poi i on lie gaic positive assurance that was aft danger to ahe third dm brict that governor boie if a very weak candidate that the republican candidate will be elected and that ho will do what be can to insure his election lie said he must decline to reconsider his withdrawal |