The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-16
BINGER HERMANN
TAKES THE OATH
Indicted Oregon Congressman APP
pears in the House for the First
Time This Session.
POSITION OF Mr.. BABcocK
DEBATE ON PHILIPPINE BILL Is
CLOSED.

washington, Jan 15.-When the
house met at II O'Clock Mr.. Babcock
took the floor on question of person
al privilege. He based this on a state
ment Of a local newspaper. entitled
How Came Babcock to Rebel" and
which gave as a reason for his opposi-
ton to Joining Arizona and New Mex
leo as one state his pique at not being
made chairman Of the appropriation
committee.
The statement. Mr.. Babcock said, to
tally nisrepresented him and, he also
believed, the so-calIed "stalwarts'
which he understood meant the house
organization. He had, he said, never
been an applicant for the craftsmanship
of the appropriations committee He
had not wanted that Craftsmanship and
had it been rendered him should have
declined it, ''as did not feel that under
the circumstances I could have filled
it to the satisfaction Of the house.
Opposed to Joint Statehood.
As to statehood, Mr.. Babcock said he
had always been opposed to Joining
ARIZONA ana New MGAICO DIS OAAC SSe~lN1
and had always opposed IT. AT the last
session, he said the opposition support
ed the rules committee Of the house
Joining the statehood question as the
best means Of killing the bill.
AS to the views on the tariff, Mr..
Rabcock said they had not changed.
He presented a resolution adopted by
the Wisconsin delegation in congress
Jan. Il, 1905. IN favor of the revision,
and said while bowling as a party man
TO the programme, he still adhered to
the opinion that revision should be had.
There was no reply to Mr.. Babcock' S
statement and when he concluded some
of his colleagues applauded-
Resolutions calling on the secretary
of the navy to report If there has been
any delay in delivering material to the
battleships Connecticut and Louisiana,
now being built, or any change in the
cost or plans OF the ships were agreed
on.
Cyclone Predicted.
I In opposition to the Philippine bill.
air. Davis of Minnesota asserted that
DIE recent expedition Of members of
the Philippines was gotten up for the
purpose Of passing the pending bill. He
said the beneficiary of the legislation
would be the so-called sugar trust and
the Spreckels people. who were the only
p purchasers OF raw sugar in this coun-
try.
Announcing himself in favor of tariff
revision, Mr.. Davis concluded with a
warning to Republican representatives
OF manufacturing districts. you had
better be wise in time" he said. You
had better retain the friendship and CO.
operation of the farmer and thus Sc
cure and retain his Vote-because, my
friends, there may be a time when if
the gentle zephyr does not affect you
a cyclone will"
The "sacredness" of the schedules Of
the Dingley tariff was made the sub
ject of a speech of castigation against
Republican inactiOn regarding tariff
revision by Mr.. De Almond Of Ms
souri,. With an overwhelming majority
in the house and senate and a decided
ly overwhelming majority in the White
House he said, the Republican party
had no excuse for inaction.
Debate Closed.
Mr.. Boutell. closing the debate. re-
viewed the provisions Of the bill, and
urged the following reasons for its
PASSAGE:
That It Will meet the approval of the
great mass OF Americans; that II Is
hoped it Will prove of ines1nable ben
eft to both the Philippines and the
United States, and that all educated
Filipinos favor the measure.
An entertaining depression was made
by Mr.. BOutell, involving the prosper
fly OF the state Of Missouri. He was
describing its richness in biblical Ian
guage when Champ Clark interrupted
20 inquire if Mr.. Boutell was going to
give the Dingley tariff law credit for all
this.
1t had given Missouri producers bet.
ter prices for their products IN this
country, was the reply. When the
Dingley law was passed, Mr.. Boutell
said the mortgages on Missouri farms
made the state look like a tented field;
now there were not enough such mort
cages to furnish paper on which the
recent speech Of Mr.. Clark could have
been written
Accepted the Challenge.
Mr.. Clark was on his feet. wait"
said Mr.. Boutell II have yet other
Missouri blessings to recount" The
last was the fact that Missouri had
placed herself in the Republican col
umn- The next would be the CONVEX
sion Of Mr.. Clark to protection and his
elevation to the senate. He challenged
Mr.. Clark to join the debate in his dis
tr1Ct, Mr.. Clark to advocate tearing
down the custom houses and Mr. Bou-
tell TO advocate the Dingley rates or
even higher ones
Mr.. Clark accepted the challenge. He
added that his tear down customs
houses" speech was made nine years
ago. How long do you think IT will
be before any. gentleman on that side
VIII make a speech which Will live for
nine years?" he asked, amid general
laughter.
Appearance OF Hermann.
Representative Binger Hermann of Ore
gon presented himself and took the oath
as a member. II was his first appear-
ance on the floor this session
At 4:35 o'clock the house adjourned IN
I'll tomorrow at noon.