Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-05-19
Washington Letter.

mas been made In the tariff bill, bat
1T was specially noticeable for the
fact that several republican sena-
tors broke away from the republi.
can moorings and on account of
the first vote taken. Among the
senator's TO show, at least free
trade tendencies, were Senators
McCumber, of North Dakota, and
Dolliver, of Iowa. Dolliver was
born and reared in West Virginia
but has lived since early manhood
in Iowa. Under the guidance of
Governor Cummins, Iowa has tried
to break away from protection on
articles which are not grown OF
manufactured in that state and il
seems that Dolliver has fallen in
line. The first vote on any schedule
in the tariff bill was on Wednes-
day. 1t showed that the free trade
republicans were only able to mus
ter ten votes, and this is thought to
to be the extent of their strength.
Thursday morning Senator Scott
introduced an amendment TO the
"Payne Bill" placing a duty of
fifty per centum ad valorem on
oil, crude or refined, on it's pro-
lucts. This was in answer to the
plea of the oil men of West Vir-
ginia and he will fight to the ut
termost to have it adopted.
The West Virginia senator's have
had their hands full all the week.
Neither Senator Elkins nor Senator
Scott have been able to be away
from the senate chamber scarcely a
moment, but are ready for any
amount more of work. On Wednes.
day when Senator Beveridge of
Indiana wanted the hours of meet.
ing changed from eleven to twelve
o'clock, Senator Scott said:
"Mr. President, | hope that rule
Will not be made. For my part,
think the thing we should do in the
present emergency and in the con-
dition of the country is to meet
here at night aud hold night ses-
sions in addition TO day sessions.
We do not want to keep the coun-
try hanging by the eyelids, as it
were, for months and months. We
want to give the manufacturers OF
the country and the business men
an opportunity to go ahead. As it
is. they do not know what we are
going to do and what they can de.
pend upon. think putting off the
meeting until IL o'clock is ridicu-
ious under present conditions and
the stress the business people of
the country are under"
The senator takes the view that
the sooner that this is all over the
better it will be for the country.
He was prepared for an argu-
ment Senator Dolliver made on the
glass schedule but the senator from
Iowa did not touch on that in his
long speech. In a running debate
last week he spoke on the glass
schedule but Senator Scott was
able to show him where he was
wrong and he did not in this ad.
dress criticise it at all.
With Senator McCumber, though,
Senator Scott had heated little
debate and upheld the principles
which be thinks are of vital i'm
portance to the state of West Vir-
ginia. During the course of his
speech Senator McCumber said:
"No tariff should be levied upon
iron, coal, oil, or timber where q
duty upon any one of these articles
contravenes every principle of the
protective policy of the nation"
To this Senator Scott replied as
follows:
81 wish to ask the Senator from
North Dakota il be could not find
something else that we have in
West Virginia which he thinks
should not be protected? The good
Lord made it possible for us to find
oil and coal and iron ore and lum-
her in my State. 1t was His great
privilege to give the Dakotas a
great SOLE OF feet thick--on
which they can raise grain for a
great many years. The senator,