Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-26
Bill to Conferences.


The house committee on rules de-
cided today to report the Hepburn rate
bill resolution favorably. 1t provides
for nonconcurrence in the amendments
made by the senate and sends the bill
to conference.
The conferees on the railroad rate
bill on the part Of the house will be
Hepburn of Iowa, Sherman of New
York, and Richardson Of Alabama
The rate bill was sent to conference
yeas 144, nays los, not present IA.
Twenty-Five republicans voted with
the democrats against the rule sending
the railroad bill to conference.
The Canal Bill.
On motion of Kittredge the sea level
Panama canal bill was today made un-
finished business In the senate.
Nominations.
The President sent to the senate to-
day the following nominations: Con-
sui at Para, Brazil, George H. Pickerell,
Of Iowa; Chaplain, Rev. Washington
William B. GLADDEN., Of Colorado
Washington. D. c., May 25.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt's course in regard to
tariff revision and railway rate regula-
tion was condemned by Representa-
tive Charles A. Towne of New York in
+ q speech In the house yesterday The
attack was an echo of the re- SIT bitter
controversy during the rate UIIl debate
in the senate and Mr.. Towne reiterat-
ed the charges made by Senators Till
man and Bailey that the President had
been guilty of bad faith toward his
democratic allies. Mr.. Towne insisted
that the President had surrendered to
Aldrich, that he was "out of tune with
his own party" and that he never
again could hope for support from
democrats.
The speech was greeted with wild
applause from the democratic side and
was replied to by Representative John
Dalzell of Pennsylvania, who defended
the protective tariff and the standpat
attitude.
Attack on President.
| Mr.. Towne's first sentence, II rise
to make some observations to this
house why the republican party should
be driven from power and the demo
cratic party entrusted with the reins
of government" outlined the trend OF
his address. After defending the dem.
ocratic stand In the money question,
he turned quickly to the attack on the
President, taking up first his utter.
ances regarding the tariff.
"In Roosevelt's Life of Benton |
think in the old first edition. said Mr..
| Towne, "you will find the following
| Political economists have pretty gen.
orally agreed that protection is vicious
in theory and harmful In practice.
But If majority Of the people in in.
terest wish 1t and 1t affects only
themselves there is no earthly reason
why they should not be allowed to try
the experiment to their hearts con.
tent"
Mr.. Towne then read an extract
from the speech OF the President ac.
| cepting the nomination July 27, 1904
wherein. Mr.. Roosevelt said: "That
whenever the need arises there should
be readjustment of the tariff sched.
ules Is undoubted, but such change can
with safety be made only by those
whose devotion to the principles OF
high protective tariff is beyond cues.
| tion."
Chance for Deadly Parallel.
| Having concluded the reading. Mr.
Towne said: II refrain at present
from producing the deadly parallel col.
umns from the same high source
They can be produced, believe, on
any subject he gave expression to. In,
Guiding the rate bill.''
Mr.. Towne promises to insert in his
remarks later "a few instances Of ex
ecutiye excess, Of executive usurpa
tion, Of executive wandering beyond