Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-05-31
jOINNNGTHEISSUES
The Political Parties Are Preparing
Campaign Ammunition During
the Debates In Congress.
TARIFF SEEMS UPPERMOsT.
Preliminary skirmishes Call Forth
Utterances from Leaders which
ForeshadOw Positions In
Approaching Contest.


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washington, May N.-ine l0'I
destined to be uppermoS' ue'Woon
two great parties during .no 49,,
campaign are already peihs 'oin,u'
II the speeches now being made IN .n'
house Of representatives afe saw "
dex.
Several weeks ago Mr. Hainey y,
Illinois made a carefully prepa.eu
speech on the watch trust asser'ins
that the watch manulacture's VI s
United States had one price ior wa'cn-
es at home and a lesser price aproau'
Wednesday in the house, MT Onaries
B. Lands Of Indiana, in sense an
swered Mr. Rainey, frankly adml1tihs
that American manufacturers hau one
price at home and another aproau' AM
he defended the practice as III aoeoiu
with rood business methods, lnsistlhs
that all countries sold their wares LOT
less prices abroad than at nome
Mr.. Lands also paid some attention
to speech made by Mr. bourke oocN-
ran of New York, wherein the latter
denounced the policy OF protection
as one of public plumber, FOUNTAIN
source of all corruption and the cause
Of total Generalization OF the Amerl
can republic. This Mr.. Lands denied
he said that every poor but ambitious
emigrant who landed, here during the
last ten years would refute that al
legation. Referring to Mr.. Cockrans
speech he said:
This is the best country on earth
and not the worst country on earth
And if l thought about 1t as the gen.
| tlemen from New York would re-
sign my seat in this house, sell out
my belongings, and move to some other
country nearer In harmony with my
political notions"
Mr.. Lands displayed a number OF
pictures of Coxey's army and COM
mented upon its appearance in Wash
ington and the demand Of Its mem
bers for work.
"That was the condition in the last
wears Of democratic rule" said Mr..
Iandis
In replv IN this Mr. Williams, the
minority leader, stated that he had
walked through Coxey's army while
II was encamped on the erase in
front of the senate entrance to the
canitol and at that time the Wilson
German hill was under discussion II
the senate He insisted that the gov
eminent was still operating under thu
| McKinlev bill at that time and reve
mes we're being collected under tina
renublican measure.
Mr. Williams said he was encour
aoed in the fpht the democrats wer'
making in favor of tariff reform be
cause of the number Of republican
,oaders who were dashing to the relic
~ Tho nrotective tariff He said thu
sledgebammer debater. Mr.. Hepburn
~ iowa the cbasto and brilliant Bou
te,I and evon the humor.:.-of the re-
publican SideT Mr. ~CusHman OF Wash
ington. had been all Communicated II
support the protective theory and hi
inferred from this that the attack
were having effect.
Il was Mr.. williams solemn bella
that the worst thing about the pro
tectiye tariff was that 1t brides an
corrupts the friends Of good govern
ment He said the republicans wouI
come into the democratic party an
saw to the friends of free trade, "w
viii protect you against frost, W
will protect YOU against hail." and 8
the democrats Welded, and even b
Ihad been indirectly approached alon
some similar lines, but he had bee
tnus Iar aDie " say "e' INV O-'
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