The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-25
.DAY WAS GIVEN
. OVER TO 0RAT0RY.
Opposite Schools Of Politics Clash
on Floor Of the
HOuse.
TOWNE AND DALZELL SPEAK
(l3y Associated 1'ress.)


galleries and large membership OH tho
floor listened with great attention to-
day In the House OF Representatives to
two leaders of opposite schools OF poll.
tics. Representative Charles A. Towne,
OF New York, and Representative John
Dalzell, Of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Towne was in splendid voice and
the Democrats npplnuded him to til !.
echo. His structures on the President
clappng on the Democratic side and
when he read the President out Of thu
Democmtc party, the minority again
applauded.
Mr.. Dalzcll, who followed Mr. Townc.
spoke letting we'll enough alone" his
speech being enthusiastically appl1uded
by the Republicans.
Nothing of Legislative character was
accomplished by tho House, the day
being given over 20 Oretory.
Mr.. Towne, when he rose to address
the House under general debate on
the diplomatic bin, was accorded an
ovation, a number OF Republicans join
ing with the Democrats In giving him
a friendly welcome. He quoted from
Roosevclt's Life OF Benton" to show
that the President was out Of tune with
his party AS the party was sometimes
out OF tune with itself.
In hOOSPVEll 1Lilb VI IOtIIIcuf
think in the old first edition." said
Mr.. Townc. you will find the following:
Political economists have pretty gen
orally agreed that protection Is vicious
In theory and harmful In practice. But
IL a majority OF the people in interest wish
It and 1t affects only themselves. there
Is no earthly reason why they should not
be allowed to try the. experiment to their
hearts content"
The Democrats rose to the speaker
when he finished the reading OF the ex-
ccrpt from the Presidents work.
Mr. Towne then read an extract from
tho speech Of the President, accepting
the nomination July q. 1904. wherein.
Mr.. Roosevelt said: THAT whenever the
reed arises. there should be readjust-
incnt of the tariff schedules Is undoubted,
but such chance can with safety be
made only by those whose devotion to
the principles of high protective tariff
is beyond question"
Having concluded t he reading, Mr..
.rowne said: II refrain at present from
producing the deadly parallel columns
from the same high source. They can
be produced. / believe on any subject
he ever gave expression to, including the
rate BILL (Great applause.)
Admission of Completely.
"In the last campaign" he continued,
1t was admitted In many places In this
country that the accusations brought
against the Republican party of COM
plicity and partnership with these great
economic forces that to-day prevail in
the civilized world were true. Repub-
licans in many places admitted 1t. There
were n great many thousand Democrats
IN the country who believed, whether
rightly or not. that the Democratic can
dldate was largely sponsored by and
represented the class as to which the
masses OF the Democratic party charged
that the Republican party was in part
nerships with.
Thousands Of Republicans, therefore.
who would otherwise have voted against
their party, voted for Roosevelt's and
thousands Of Democrats voted for him,
too When he came into Office he had
the sanction of the populace that no cleo
tive Magistrate in the history of the world
las had. 1t gave him chance to re-
cognize that the vote of the people was
IN the nature of plebescite, as q vote
OF public confidence, substituting him in
that sense as a direct popular representa-
tive instead of the ordinary representative
legislative body. In that attitude he
could and did choose his allies to carry
out ideas of legislation that he enter
tanned In the Senate these combina-
lions were made with some Republicans
and many Democrats, and we are In
formed on the record that there was
at one time arrived at an arrangement by
which forty-seven or fifty votes enough
to pass the law, were assured to the
President upon the basis of an amend
ment to the rate provision Of the So
called Hepburn law. providing for q re-
stricted court review and for g. suspen-
sion of interlocutory injunction.
within twenty-four hours after that
agreement was reached, without notice
to his allies, even to his ally In his
own Cabinet. the attorney-general, the
settlement of the arrangement, which Is
not known to be eminently satisfactory
to the senator from Rhode Island had
triumphed. The Democrats were thrown
out This vauntedly non-partlsan rate
legislation became partisan Republican
biz as far us they could make 1t one
and the President OF the United States.
shorn Of his barbaric. Oriental power lie
like another caratacus, TGanacled land
humbled, followed the chariot Of the
Duke of Rhode Island.
Fight Against 1niquity.
forth CUR fight Ia against the Republican
marty and It's iniqulty, and Roosevelt
is out OF the way. He has repudated
his Democratic allies. and he Is now
bound hand and foot to the coterle at
the other end of tho Capitol that domi-
mates the Republican politics IN that
body, and he can never again act indie
pendently of his party. having abdicated
formally and submitted himself to the
party yoke"
.Dalzell on Tariff.
Representative Dalzell was warmly ap-