Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-04

trade. and il was not free trade party. .
Notwithstanding how active republicans
were to put II In that category.
He read from the democratic platform OF
1895 on the tariff
Mr. C. b. Lands andl wanted to know
whether he had read the entire tarin par
egraph in that platform
u haven't. but will.' replied MIR. Clark,
and he read the tariff plank in It's en-
tirety.
Mr.. I4andis then asked him to read the
tariff plank in the 1sa2 platform.
When he reached the phrase I'VE de-
nounce the republican party's position on
protection the democrats applauded vo-
ciferously. some OF the members yelling,
That's the stuffr
Mr. Needham (Cal) asked Mr.. Clark IL
citrous fruits.
81 certainly am" replied Mr. Clark.
81 would like to know on what demo-
cratic theory You can hold to that posi-
ton" asked Mr.. Needham.
Protection and Prices.
Mr.. Clark asserted that protective tarifI
had the direct effect of increasing the cost
to the purchaser.
Mr. Lands here challenged Mr.. Clark TO
name any single article higher than it was
at the time the tax was placed upon it,
which Mr. Clark stated he was unable
to do.
MI. NHDaInS mere interrupted 10 rem
force Mr.. Clark g statement and challenged
Mr.. Lands to specify article the price
of which had been lowered after the I'M
position of the tariff
Mr.. Lands cited the case of wire nails.
which back in the SOS were given the ad-
vantage of a protective tariff He said the
result was additional factories and the ulti-
mate reduction In price to as low as 81. 80
per hundred. and the tariff still remained
at 81. He admitted on an inquiry of Mr..
WI a
S2.2o, and he thought the steel trust might
be responsible for the raise.
MIR. Clark then discussed a bill which he
has introduced placing duty of 10 cents
on Egyptian or long staple cotton, after
which he declared that IL the democratic
party declare for free trade tomorrow he
would quit 1t on the spot.
AS he said this the republicans and many
democrats applauded vociferously. and on
closing he was congratulated by the repre-
sentatives on both sides.
The rulings of Speaker Cannon again was
the subject of speech by. Mr.. Shackleford
(Mo).
A self-Tmposed Task.
Mr.. Shackleford said that on several oc-
casions during the session he had spoken
In criticism of the methods and practices
by which the Speaker represses the mem
bership of the House.
have undertaken to show that ours Is
no longer a representative government:
that in defiance OF the Constitution and
the rules the Speaker exercises an abso-
lutte veto power over all legislation pro-
posed here; that instead of being as the
Constitution contemplates he should the
servant of the House, the Speaker has con-
stituted himself its master l have laid
out for my task to make it an issue before
the country whether he shall not be re-
quired to give back to the people their free
representative government
He read from a number of newspapers
commencing his former speech inveighing
against the power Of the Speaker, but the
House showed little or no interest in the
subject.
Mr.. Burton (Ohio). who for many years
has opposed the annual naval budget. ad-
dressed the House In opposition to ths
bill under consideration.