The Washington herald., 1908-03-14
PREDICTS DICTATOR
IN SENATE DEBATE
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in the construction OF the canal. no
matter at what price" American labor
had been denied a similar privilege, al
though it had demanded IT,
Then the tariff question was brought
up by the Democratic Senator's. and Mr..
Bacon turned to that with a number Of
newspaper clippings in his hand. Re
ferring 20 a statement he had made
earlier In the debate. he continued:
7 said that whatever might be the
correctness of the principle Of protec
ton. il ought not 10 be applied in this
case; that in my opinion, the reward.
IL you please, or the fruits that the
producers. the manufacturers. in this
country reap from the present tariff
dill are sufficient without their grasp
ing for more; and, as an evidence OF
that. am going to read something that
Republican said. On the Sd day OF
February. 1905. there appeared in The
Washington Herald series Of inter
views with a number OF manufacturers
who were here al the time when the
Senator from Indiana (Mr. Beveridge)
was 20 ke his heralded speech on the
subject OF tariff commission. Those
manufacturers were here in the inter-
est OF the appointment of such COM
mission and in the interest of a re-
vision of the tariff. / will read what
one Of those manufacturers. who said
he was a Republican. said on that sub
ject After several other interviews,
the article goes on TO say;
Even more outspoken than Mr. Van Cleave is Mr..
II. Z. Miles chairman ct the tariff committee oi
the Manufacturers Association and president a the
National Association Of Agricultural Implement aud
Vehicle Manufacturers.
Quotes "A Republican.
Il hope l may have the attention OF
Senators to the words Of this Republican
manufacturer who was here upon that
business. I repeat these are the words OF
MIR. II. r. Miles, chairman Of the tariff
committee of the Manufacturers AssOcia-
ton and president of the National AssQ-
citation Of Agricultural Implement and
Vehicle Manufacturers. He says this;
United States shown in the last crnss. = valued
az SfsO0.000000 The tariff which covers the prices
is ineXsct. antquated. and inappcahle at the Ires
Cut time Scarcely a single schedule has any honest
and direct application az this time 70 the principle
Of protection Under present conditions the ta1h Is
not protective tariff IN any sense.
President as Dictator
Coming TO the Presidents attitude
toward Congress. Mr.. Baeon lourished a
clipping which he held in his hand. and
after reading il. said:
1T is true this Is not issued by the
President, but il Is issued by some one
who states IL as fact. / have waited
a day. because I know that II it were not
a fact. and If it were not recognized by
the President as true. he would be swift
in its denial with the shortest Of all words
10 mark the line Of division between him
and the one who had mlsrepresented him.
These are the great subjects that we are
tC legislate upon before Congress adjouras
prior TO the meeting Of the Republican
national convention:
An emergency currency-and. by the
way, that seems 10 be assured, because
see IL stated In the newspapers that
the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr AID
rich) has been IN close conference With
the President. and as a result OF that ]
saw In yesterdays Washington Herald.
I think il was, a cartoon in which the
President is represented with a big stick
and an extinguisher, under which he
had some dozen Senator's. You could only
see their feet, and consequently I cannot
say who they were, but the President
was Brobdingnagian. and they were Lii
I liputians. AS the Senator from Rhode Isl
and now has not simply the active CO.
| operation. but the active coercion. if the
l dent Of the United States. there can be
no doubt about the fact that the cur
rency bill is 10 pass. But I am trying
TO read about the number OF things which
you Senators have got to attend 10 before
you leave here. and I Just want to call
attention to the fact that the tariff. un-
/ fortunately, is not among them Here
they are
Emergency currency.
"Employers' liability.
Abuse OF inIlnctions in labor cases
Strengthening of laws regulating labor conditions
Increase Of fcdoral power ever railroads
Authorization Of railroads 70 form traffic sssocia
tons
Mobilization Of the Sherman antitrust law.
Elimination o. bucket shops and gambling IL
/ stocks aud commodities"
TiIImRn Is Very Curious.
Does the Senator think that we arc
going 10 have another message orderine
our brethren over there TO do those
/ things?' asked Mr.. Tillman.