Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-06
5s.h CONGRESS.
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these same acres would be planted in
sugar. 1t all reminded him of draw
poker of the game of ducks and
brakes.
Having his attention called to the "su-
gar trust by a question from Broussard.
La, Clark declared emphatically:
| "I'll tell you about the sugar trust-if
| you beet sugar people over here will vote
| with us to wipe out the differential tariff
of 2G,. cents on refined sugar we will kill
| the sugar trust as dead as d mulet'
| y question which was immeasur,bIy
! greater in importance than the Philippine
sugar eacstion, Clark declared was the
| German tariff situation and the DingIey
tariff in general. He quoted Gov. Cum
| Minis of Iowa as saying that all of the in
| sutance stealing and other Irregularities
| were not a 1.-THE to the stealing that is
going on under the Dingley tariff law.
| Then he continued. here il, Massa-
chusetts joining hands with Iowa"
He paid his respects to Senator Culom
of Illinois. who prides himself OH a
physical resemblance to Abraham Lin
| coin and said he had changed from a
~. Senator Lodge. he said, had been
stirred to action by tho recent election
in Massachusetts and wanted reciprocity.
"Would the gentleman support II propo-
ssition for free hides coupled with re,
duction on leather products" asked
Gardner. Mass.
so quick it would make your head
| SWIM replied Clark.
| Speaker Cannon had taken a seat direct
~ in front OF Clark, who, looking di-
rectly at the former said:
The newspapers say President Roose-
welt and Speaker Cannon have entered
into Il moduS vivendi by which the
Speaker VIII permit or. facilitate railroad
rate legislation during this session if the
President will not send ir.a message in
favor of tariff revision"
| no hplioCp state
ment?" asked Grosve1sOr.' after the laugh
| ter had Quieted.
II am not on the witness stand was
, the answer. But president Roosevelt
, entered into modus .vivendi with Prcsi-
dent Morales of Sanfo Domingo and Mo-
raies has taken to the woods, modus
yivendi and all" 0auehtcr).
Asserting that the attitude of Germany
and other European nations on the tariff
question meant u general tariff war
against the United States Clark said it
all meant that the price of products i'll
, the Mississippi valley would at once de-
preciatc in value.
Grasvcnor asked if therefore Clark
would advocate that the American people
: should be dictated to by every foreign ma
ton that undertakes to fix our tariff for
US.
"If We can rob the whole world then We
might be il position to dictate. answer
cd Clark.
Clark asserted the Dinglcy bill was not
producing enough revenue to run tho Eov-
ernment which brought Grosvenor and
, Payne to their feet with den1alS:
1T is producing deficit of $l,CHn0O q
, day." declared Clark.
An exhaustive refutation that present
prosperity was due to the Din6lcy tariff
was made by Clark.
Led by questions by GrosvenOr to review
| the monetary issues of the campaign OF
1896, Clark declared the Republicans play
cd what he called Il confidence game
| on the country in declaring for bi-mctal-
/ ~. tir,,. of l,n
world would agree to take action and
then. he said. Lyman j. Gage, secretary
of the treasury. 'hamStrung the inter
, national monetary commission and that
ended all efforts in that direction. lie had
no apology to make for following Bryan
= Watson, Ind, wanted to know what
kind of a Democrat Clark was. ,
Il am Champ Clark Democrat. h,
| rciOined. amid hearty laughter.
But the gentleman in 1897 said that he
:. | wished all the customs houses in the
country were destroyed persisted Wat
well. 7 refuse to have that speech nj
| jccted in here" answered Clark. Il said
First asking any Republican if he CON
!; sidared free trade a crime and getting
an affirmative answer from Mahon. Pa.
| Clark asserted: You are just the man
, l am looking for. | want to pun seine
a thing into YOU" He then read a para
| graph prdising Thomas H. Benton for
his efforts to put salt on tn" free list.
| is that flcc trade dOctrinc?' he asked.
mo" INTERCEPTED GroSvenor.
'Oll, you know who wrote it. r"loincd
3 Clark. "Eut here. pointing to Mahon,
r ''is the man am after. He VIII have 1"
admit that the man who wrote 1t Is Il
criminal"
= Grosvrnor explained that President
Y Roosevelt in lis younger days had writ
!, ten the esentm"nt
Il am not d defender of The President"
I,said Clark.
{ Nor L." intcrjectcd Grosvcnor.
well. I am glad of it," continued
| Clark for | do not think he wants To b.
defended by having the baby act plead
for him He would rot do that himself"
| Neither can any Republican repre-
, sentative call him criminal. for If he did
the President would cut off his pap
uaughtcr), and Republican congress-
l man without pap IS nothing.
4, Clark. in closing. after holding the
, floor for three hours. predicted that the
frank discussion OF the tariff which h"
believed would result from the conSid'r2 :
ton of the present bill would be oil great
benefit to the country.
When he concluded he was warmly CON
graduated by many members Of both
parties .
Fordny, Mich. opposed the measure. ""
expressed his disgust that the bill was
made to represent a movement under the
name of RECIPROCITY" He read the Re
publican national platform ard the Pres
| ident's letter accepting the nomination..
both. he said. pledginG the party against
tariff legislation and asserted that h.
| considered the bill under consideration u
direct viola ton of those pledges. Hc re
| viewed exhauStively the sugar beet in
dustry and argued earnestly for Its pro
| lection against competition with Inc
Philippines.
| Fordny concluded at :. O'Clock. when the
House adjourned until tomorrow.