Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-06
Railroad Rate Legislation

rectly at the speaker said;
Railroad Rate Legislation
"The newspapers say President
Roosevelt and Speaker Cannon have
entered into a modus vivendi by which
the speaker will permit or facilitate
railroad rate Legislation during this ses-
sion II the president will not send in a
message in favor of tariff revision"
Does the gentleman believe that
statement?" asked Mr.. Grosvenor
after the laugh had quieted. "I am not
on the witness stand" was the answer,
but President Roosevelt entered into
a modus vivendi with President Mo-
rales of Santo Domingo and Morales
has taken to the woods modus vivendi
and ALL"
Asserting that the attitude of Ger
many and other European nations on
the tariff question meant general
tariff war against the United States
Mr.. Clark said it also meant that the
price of products in the Mississippi
valley would at once depreciate in
value
When Mr.. Clark asserted that the
Dingley bill was not producing enough
revenue to run the government he
brought Mr.. Grosvenor and Mr.. Payne
to their feet with denials.
day" declared Mr.. Clark Then,
turning to Mr.. Grosvenor, he shouted
Nov, 1 want to ask you a question
Are we going to have any river and
harbor bill this year?"
Mr.. Grosvenor at first asserted that
he did not know, whereupon Mr. Clark
pictured him for the amusement of the
house as one of the great triumvirate
of the house."
ut consists of the speaker, Mr. Dali
zell and Gen. Grosvenor," Mr.. Clark
declared.
When Mr.. Payne arose Mr.. Clark held
out his hand and said:
Now, l want to ask you question:
Are we to have a public building bill
this session ?'
Il don't know"
well, why don't you?"
Because I am not interested"
That's just it. You have got yours"
0aughter.)
Talks to "Kindergartners
Mr.. Clark then addressed himself
TO the kindergarten members of the
house, and advised them to take notice
IL there was necessity for an appro-
priation to carry on river and harbor
work already begun it might be had.
but not cent for new work on public
buildings
An exhaustive refutation that the
present prosperity was due to the
Dingley tariff was made by Mr.. Clark.
Led by questions from Mr.. Grosve-
nor to review the monetary campaign
or 1896, Mr.. Clark declared the Re-
publicans played what is called a Con |
hdence game" on the country in de-
claring for bi-metallism as soon as the |
other nations of the world would agree |
to take action and then he said LYMAN |
j: Gage, secretary of the treasury |
'hamstrung" the International money |
commission and that ended all efforts |
IN that direction. He had no apology |
to make for following Bryan.
Mr.. Watson of Indiana wanted to
know what kind of a democrat Mr. |
Clark was.
Il am a Champ Clark Democrat" he |
rejoined, amid hearty laughter.
But the gentleman in 1897 said he
wished all the custom houses in the |
country We're destroyed" persisted Mr.
Watson.
We'll, I refuse to have that speech
injected in here" answered Mr.. Clark. |
II said it,
First asking any Republican if he
considered free trade crime, and get
ting an affirmative answer from Mr.. |
Mahon of Pennsylvania, Mr.. Clark as
You are just the man L am looking
for; 1 want to pump something into |
YOU"
Praises T. H. Benton
He then read a paragrap phi praising
Thomas II. Benton for his efforts to
put salt on the free list
rs that free trade doctrine?" he |
asked.
NO" interjected Mr.. Grosvenor.
ooh, you know who wrote it," re-
joined Mr.. Clark. But here (pointing |