The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-03-08
DOLLWER CHEERED,
Speech on Rate Bill Draws Out
Great Crowd.
SENATE CHAMBER FILLED,
Statehood and Philippine Bills Sais
to be in Doubt democratic
Senators Oppose

Washington, D. c., March 8, 1906
The beginning of the fourth month
of the first session of the Fifty-ninth
congress finds the presidents policies
in somewhat uncertain attitude.
The rate bill is in the hands of the
Senate, with reasonably favorable
prospects of friendly treatment in
its final disposition. On the other
hand the Philippine Tariff Bill and
the Statehood Bill appear to be DOOM
ed. The former will not be reported
at this session. Senator Bailey, who
has assumed the leadership of the
minority in the Senate, in place of
Senator German, whose health is
failing him, has shown some of his
Napoleonic ability in directing the fate
of certain legislation. His tactics are
marked by the acumen and the efficacy
of the brilliant general, rather than
by patriotism. The measures which
minority leader Williams favored in
the House have fallen under the ban
of the Texan senator. In his pro-
gram the prime object is the democrat
ization of the enemy, the republican
party. He regards the Philippine
Tariff as an act in mitigation of pro-
lection, and he would confne the party
to its doctrine, hoping thereby to dis
comfit and, embarass the party by prov
ing an insufficiency of its creed. He
supports the rate bill on the far
fetched supposition that it is demo-
cratic thunder, stolen from it's right
full owners. The statehood measure
will perish from the effects of the
Foraker amendment, which provides
for popular vote in Arizona and New
Mexico ON the proposition of joint
admission, which is quite generally
considered tantamount to defeat OF
the bill, inasmuch as the inhabitants
of those territories will probable
vote against joint statehood.
The battle this week has centeree
about the rate bill. After Herculear
endeavored Senator Dolliver finally
succeeded in spite of the big Five
republican members OF the Committee
in Interstate Commerce combating it.
in having the Hepburn Bill reported
favorably to the Senate. The five
referred to are Foraker, Elkins, AL.
dfich, Keane and Crane. The mos
persistent and hostile opponent torate
legislation is Senator Aldrich, Of
Rhode Island. His daughter is mar.
ried to John D. Rockefeller Jr. ane
he is otherwise allied with corporate
interests, which perhaps sheds SOM
light upon his pertinaceous struggl'
for the perpetuation of special i'm
munities and privileges now enjoyed
by corporations of whatever descrip-
ton. The spirit in which he is meet
ing this question shone forth IN hi'
parting shot of malice at Senate
Dolliver, when after realizing tina
the bill would be reported favorably
he moved that Senator Tillman,
democratic member, be directed t
report the bill, thus depriving Sen
ator Dolliver of this we'll came
honor. By means of hostile repub
lican voters, and friendly voters o
his colleges Tillman was thus honor
ed. Foraker is unique in this mat
ter in that he is opposed to any reg
ulation of railroads whatever. HI
spoke three hours on Wednesday ii
defense of his position. Senator Dol
liver spoke about two hours on Thurs
day, as the spokesman of the Ameri
can people, his position being un
doubtedly the popular side OF the ques
ton, and the one calculated to secur
for the public their rights at the hand
of imperious and domineering combin