Evening star., 1909-06-26
Arkansas Senator Scores Re-
publican Members.
cRITICISES TARIFF BILL
Declares That the People Are Real
izing Their Condition.
HAS HOPE IN MIDDLE WEST
Asserts That the Majority Leaders
Are Drunk With Power and
Temporary Success.

Altogether undismayed by the swell
terins heat, the absence from the cham
| ber OF every republican member Of the
| finance committee and the array OF
| empty chairs on both sides Of the cham
| ber, not to mention tho galleries, Sena-
| tor JEFF Davis Of Arkansas delivered
long speech on the floor Of the Senate
today that was crammed with personal
references to other senators and charges
Of selfishness and greed against the re-
publican party in that body.
1t was the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill
that particularly aroused his wrath.
"The more I think Of the outrageous
| iniquities embraced in this bill" said
he In his opening remarks. "and because
of certain statements which have been
made upon the floor cannot content
myself with merely casting my vote,
but shall attempt In a very brief way
| to call attention to some OF the out
RACES perpetrated upon the American
people by this bill"
1t had been noised about that the sena-
| tor from Arkansas had returned to the
| fray and was going to pay his respects
| in no uncertain terms to the tann oil!
| and the finance committee. Mindful OF
| former utterances Of this senator enough
i ITSpuOliCduS TcIudutcu lIC Ch0uIbSt ~
keep a sharp lookout for possible viola
| tions Of the Senate's rules of debate; but
| although Mr.. Davis cut mighty close to
| the line on several occasions. ana even
said things that could have been taken
notice of under q strict construction OF
those rules, he was greeted with nothing
but smiles from the indulgent Senator
Gallinger of New Hampshire. special Gus
todian of the rules on the republican
side.
Perkins Disagrees.
Senator Perkins of California was
braver than the rest. He ventured to In
terrupt' the senator from Arkansas In the
reading of his philippe. He did not
agree with him that Senator Aldrich Of
Rhode Island, alone and unaided, was
making the tariff bill.
did not this bill originate in the
House?" inquired Mr.. Perkins.
Yes, SIR" shouted Mr.. Davis, forget
ting his manuscript and losing his place.
but as the great metropolitan press has
said, all of the Payne has been extracted
and the Aldrich has been injected in its
place."
But" insisted Mr.. Perkins, lis not the
bill?'
"Ah. yes" replied Mr.. Davis, ''but the
senator from Rhode Island. by the super
effulsence of his mind and the greatness
OF his intellect mas InAQc Tie ScNdlc loll
down and reverence him..
THIS was more than Mr.. Perkins could
bear. He resumed his seat without fur
| ther remark.
The American people. declared Mr..
Davis, are awakening to q realization
that they have been "tricked and cheated
| of their birthright." He charged Sena-
| tor Aidrich with the entire responsibility
for the bill and accused Senator Smoot
of Utah, one Of the new members Of the
| finance committee, with copying the
| mannerisms made of speech and other
senatorial paraphernalia of the senator
| from Rhode Island perfectly" The high
tariff republicans he accused of voting
| for their own personal interests and
| 'bowins and apologizing to the giant
monOpolies."
Calls Bill q Tax on the People.
Senator Davis found general fault with
| the bill as a tax upon the people, as
| discrimination in favor of certain in
terests and as promoter of trusts.
Contending that the republican party
| had promised to lower the tariff, but
had failed to do So he said that IL that
| party had possessed the manhood to an
l.ounce boldly that II intended to in
crease the tariff the places that know
! them would have known them no longer
forever, and they would have been a
| hiss and q byword in the land. their de-
struction inevitable" Declaring that the
party had not dared to let the people
know its real purposes, he dwelt at some
length upon the motives of Its members
| which were to still further swell their
already colossal fortunes and to take
| from the poor man the last vestige OF
hope and from their helpless families
| their means of sustenance."
| Still. the Arkansas senator was not
| without hope. because he believed that
| the American people were awakened to a
realization of the fact that the promises
I~f .H~It rkx- mt h iYfs
more than broken reeds and smoking
fax. He continued.
Hopes in Middle West.
"They are turning their faces in hope.
fulness and glad acclaim to the great
middle west, where small cloud has
arisen, not larger than a mans hand. but
which is gathering strength and volume,
led on by the insurgent forces of the re-
publican party In this body. that assures
the downfall and destruction o. the Bour-
bon element, that old dominant party
planted by Hamilton, in which there yet
reposes the spirit of kings. and the be-
lief that one crowd was created to be
ridden, booted and spurred by their mas
ters. and that when they call for bread
they should be given a stone and when
their children cry for fish. they should
! be given a serpent. These insurgents,
sir, catching the spirit of freedom and
independence. catching the spirit of de-
mocracy, and catching the spirit Of the
eternal brotherhood of man, have before
them great possibilities, and in their ulti-
mate success and helpfulness to the peo-
pie depends much for the future happi-
ness Of this republic
Drunk With Power.
"Why do the republican leaders on this
floor no longer conceal their real pur-
| pose?" asked the senatoY from Arkan-
sas. why do they exhibit their mailed
hand and cloven hoof. in this transac-
tion?" Answering his own question, Mr..
Davis said: .'FAey are drunk upon pow
er, upon temporary glory. upon passing
| success. They feel that these protected
| industries, whose 'slush fund and whose
blood money has kept them in power
for the last quarter of century pos
sesses now such emnpotent power that
| their hold upon the throats of the peo-
pie cannot be .loosened, and their power
| 10 further rdh them cannot be de-