The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-07
.RA|NEY ASSA|LS
D|NCLEY TARIFF
Illinois Member Sets Up Kinder
gartcn School" for stal,d-Pat
Republicans.
HAD EXHIBIT OF WATCHES
Read Letter From Speaker Say
ing Revision Is Coming.
Democratic Applause.
INV Associated Press.l

(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Anrfl e.-Tariff, rail-
way malt subsidy denatured alcohol.
these were features Of the debates in tho
House to-day.
The alleged inlquttcs OF the Dlnglcy
law so for MS the manufacture OF watches
B is concerned, were pointed out by Mr.
Rainey ullinos), whose tariff revision
speech was listened to with much interest.
tile stand pntters," so-called, making
copious notes for discussions on protcc-
ton. which are foreshndowed.
Using the watch trust as an object
lesson 10 show how protection works in
behalf Of nonopolies, Mr.. Rainey set up
a'kindergarten school for stand-pat Re
publicans" He displayed n number of
watches of American make, which he
said had been bought abroad and are
now being resold in the United States.
3''Why does bhe gentleman continue to
speak Of the watch trust2 y asked Mr.
Gardner (Massachl,setts). III am q stock
holder IN the Waltham Company, and 1
have no knowledge that they are In q
trust"
'1You may have to show that before the
Ways and Means Committee" retorted
Mr.. Rainey.
Revision Coming, Said Speaker.
MIR. Rainey read q letter from ron the
speaker to q friend In the West. In which
he stated that tariff revision would
come In the not distant FUTURE
How can 1t come If the speaker
doesn't want it?' asked Mr.. Sulzer (NeW
York;
N viii como because the next House
will be Democratic, : responded Mr..
Rainey which brought round Of ap-
plause from.the Democratic side. 5..s
Mr.. Rainey charged Mr. Payne (New
York;, with having gone about tho cham
her Yesterday and advised the Replbli-
cans not to Issue any questions. !,
"You must have been nd1reader,
replied MI Payne. W .,
'sThere are no leaders on the major
ity side OF this House," continued Mr.
Ruiney '"rhe real leaders of the Repub-
lican party are the NTcC'urdt's,y McCall's
and IInmi1tons: the t1lockefellers who
skulle behind stone walls to resist SER
vice-they are the real leaders OF tle
Republican party. The Democratic party
needs no leader for every platform OF
the Democratic party mans Thou shalt
not steal AS long as that sentence IS
emblazoned on tho pnrty's escutcheon,
no leader is necessary
Mr. Rainey was accorded an ovation
by his colleagues on concluding.
Denatured Alcohol,
Speaking for the bill denaturizing alco-
hol, Mr.. Murdoch (Kansas) said:
'rThe most Important Effect ofremoving
the tax on denatured' alcohol would be
It's regulation Of tho present erratc price
or Kerosene and gasoline. Gnsolene sells
In some of the eastern cities at nino
cents per gallon and In some Of the
western States at thirty cents per gal
Ion. Kerosene has n similar range. The
price OF 10th is arbitrarily fixed
Mr.. W. w. Kitchen (North CarolinN
opposed the special subsidy for railway
mail facilities from Washington to At
nnta and New Orleans and from Kan
sas City, Mo-, to Newton, Kansas. Ile
said these special aapnHroprlq ttlFonsi 4 were
among the very3first 10 be recommended
for discontlnuance by the Postmaster
General.
Mr.. Bird (AIississippD addressed the
House on the subject Of protection.
Without having touched upon the merits
OF the postofIlce appropriation bill which