Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1902 — Crumpacker Lays It To His Constituents. [ARTICLE]

Crumpacker Lays It To His Constituents.

A press dispatch from Washington, dated March 20tb, says: '‘Representative Crumpacker, who served as a member of the steering committee of the beet sugar members authorized the statement today that he could no longer oppose relief for Cuba. “I now feel that it is my duty to stand by the ways and means committee,” said he, “I opposed the reciprocity plan because my constituents were against it, but now that the caucus has reached a decision, I feel that it is my doty to support tbe bill that will be brought in, and from now on shall follow the lead of the ways and means committee.” It will be noticed that Mr. Crnmpaoker eays he “opposed Cuban relief because his constituents were against it.” Instead of that we are ready to maintain that be no more followed the wishes of his constituents in his opposition to giving some relief to the poverty strioken people of Cuba, than he did when he voted against the annexation of Hawaii, or when he voted against the exclusion of Roberts the polygamist; or any of the other cases where he has lined up with Littlefield, Beatwole and a few other chronio opponents of the Republican administrations. We deny, indignantly and most emphatically deny, that the people of the Tenth Indiana district are so lost to every sense of humanity and justioe that they wish to deny to the suffering people of Cuba the all too slight and poor relief this proposed small reduction on their sogar tariff would afford. We venture to assert that if the proposition were put to a vote of the Republicans of the Tenth district, that 90 per cent, of them would vote not for the beggarly 20 per oent. redaction of the Cuban sugar tariff, but for 50 per cent., or even 75 per oent. redaction. Constituents opposed to it! Forsoothe!