Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 244, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1914 — Charles A. West, Progressive, Supports Wood (or Congress [ARTICLE]

Charles A. West, Progressive, Supports Wood (or Congress

Lafayette Jqgirnal. Charted A. West, former president of the Central Labor Union and the progressive candidate for legislature two years ago, will support WiW R. Wood for congress. iMr. West made this announcement last night. 0 Mr. West' was actively identified with the progressive campaign of two years ago, having made many speeches in behalf of the progressive cause. When asked for the reasons that induced him to support Mr. Wood, he said: “I have become convinced that the fight for congress in this district is between Senator Wood and Mr. Peterson. Believing as I do that the one great question before us is the tariff—whether it shall he protection or free trade—and believing as I do in the policy of protection, I am convinced that Senator Wood should have my support and vote. In my belief the tariff should he

taken out of politics and placed on a tariff commission basis, eliminating as it would these causes which create business unrest and uncertainty by making the tariff a political issue. Just as long as the tariff continues to be a political issue just as certainly it be continually changing and be the cause of business depression. Just as long as that condition exists we can not hope for permanent prosperity. Wood stands for protection and the tariff commission idea. I can not see that I can do anything else than support him as against Mr. Peterson, who after tiwo years in congress makes his plea for re-election on the ground that he has done just what the president told him to do and stands for free trade, which places the American “workingmen on a competitive basis -with foreign labor.”