The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-31
Says Towne in Discussing
Rate Measure in House.
ROOSEVELT Is SPiTTED
Asserts That President, Shorn OF
Power, Was Bound Captive to
Chariot of Atdrich, "Duxe OF
Rhode island"

A Washington SpScIal Says. NeA1
filed galleries and a large member
shin on the floor listened with great
attention Thursday in the house CT
representatives to leaders OF opposite
schools OF politics, Representative
Charles A. Towne Of New York and
Representative John Dalzell OF Penn
sylvania.
MIR. Towne was in splendid voice
and the democrats applauded him I'd
the echo. His structures on the pres
;dent were received with continued
hand clapring on the democratic side
and when he read the president oat
Of the democratic party the minority
again applauded.
Mr. Dakell, who followed Mr..
Towne, spoke OF letting well enough
alone" His speech was enthusiastic
cally applauded by the republicans.
Nothing OF q legislative character
was accomplished by the house, the
day being given over to oratory.
Mr.. Towne read an extract from tho
speech CT the president, accepting the
nomination on July 81, 1904, wherein
: Mr. Roosevelt said: That whenever
the reed arises there should be re-
adjustment of the tariff schedules Is
undo2bsed, but such Change can with
safety be made only by those whose
devotion to the principles OF high
protective tariff is beyond question"
Having concluded tho reading, Mr..
Towne said:
2 'I refrain ct present from prodac-
ing the deadly parallel columns from
the same high source. They can be
produced, l believe, on any subject
he ever gave expression to, includ-
ing the rate BILL (Great applause.)
When he came into ofnce he had the
sanction OF the populace that no elec.
tive magistrate in the history OF the
world has had. 1t gave him chance
to recognize that the vote Of the peo-
pie was in the nature of plebescite.
as a vote Of public confidence.
In that attitude he could and Gid
choose his allies to carry out ideas
Of legislation that he entertained. In
the senate these combinations were
made with scme republicans and many
democrats, and we are informed On
the record that there was at one time
an arrangement arrived at by which
forty-seven or fifty votes, enough to
pass the law, were assured to the
president upon tho basis Of an amend
ment to the rate provision OF the so
called Hepburn law, providing fer
restricted court review and for sus-
pension OF interlocutory injunction.
within twenty-four hours after tie
agreement was reached, without no
tice 10 his allies, even to his ally
in his own cabinet, the attorney gen-
eral, the settlement of that arrange
ment, which is now known to be emf
nently satisfactory to the senator from
Rhode Island had triumphed. The
democrats were thrown out.
''Tnis vauntedly non-partisan rats
legislation became partisan repub-
ican bill as far as they could make
1t one, and the president of the Unit
ed States, shorn OF his baroaric, ORR
entail powers, like another Caratacus,
manacled and humbled, followed the
chariot OF the duke OF Rhode Island.
What is one OF the results? Hence
forth our fight is against the repub-
ican party and its iniquity and Rocse-
Veit is out of the way. He has repud!-
ated his democratic allies and he is
now bound hand and foot to the CO.
teries at the other. end of the capitol
that dominates the republican policies
In that body, and lie can never again
act Independent OF his marty. having
abdicateG formally and submitted him.
self TO the party yoke"