Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-08-05
Washington, Aug. 5
SENATE.

establishment of the court had been
postponed and that nothing further
would be done 10 the matter until there
was further action by Congress. This
is a plain intima.iOn to the president
that there are senators who would OBJ
iecl to the action which he is reported
to be contemplating in appointing the
judges and trusting to DIT fciency sp-
prs priation 10 the future to pay their
salaries. Senator O ark and those with
him will probably go SO far as to pre-
vent the confirmation of men nominated
under such conditions.
The 6oal days debate on the tar fl bill
began at 10 O'Clock with fair prospect
that Congress would complete its work
aud adjourn before night. Senator Al.
drich is optimistic enough to believe that
this will be accomplished. There are
others, however, who fear that there
may be yet some considerable debate on
the concurrent resolution changing the
leather schedule and on the McCumber
drawback resolution which carries with
it proposition Of putting cotton bagging
on the free list.
Senator Flint, opened The tariff de-
bate with an explanation Of the schedules
on clothing in the effort to prove there
had been no increases and some decreases
In the artic'es of wear used by the
average men aud women.
Senator DOlliver, one OF the leading
progressive republicans, then took the
floor and announced his Intention of
voting sgsinst the conference re-
port. II it was mere controversy, be
said, as to "a es which had been com.
promised in some way, 1t would have been
possible for him to scquiesce in the re-
port. But the measure in his opinion
was no just aud fair compromise of con-
fiicting interests but contained burdens
which the people be represented ought
not to be compelled to bear. He then
complained of the lack of generosity and
good will which be ssid bad chsracterIz ID
the tariff debate and said that the efforts
of hIsmelf and other republicans to secure
lower rates of duties on some thugs had
been met with sneers, ridieule, Rccusa
lions and disparsgements.
Mr.. Deliver condemned what he said
was rate of 800 per cent on cotton
cloth containing single mercerizad
thread. This had been struck out from
the bill in the House. IL reappeared in
the Senate bill aud WAS struck out and
then, Mr.. Dollver said, the conference
committee, although without jurisdiction,
10 his judgment, reiDserted 1t. Refer
ring to the cotton schedule generally,
he said, al do not propose to become Q
party to a swiDdle of the American peO-
pie without telling them about it. |
say that every paragraph of the cotton
schedule has been increased"
Ssnsor Eikius, 10 voiciog his protest
sgainst the reduction made on coal and
lumber aud putting hides on the free
list, said that these sO-called raw ma.
terials were the manufactured products
of his state, and should have protection
as well as manufactured articles.
Senator Hepburn interrupted to say
that there was nothing 10 the Chicago
platform to indicate that raw materials
would be treated differently from q pro-
tective standpoint than The mhDu'ac.
tured goods and that message had been
taken back 10 the people of the west.
Speaking for himself aud other western
senators who felt that they had not been
treated fairly On the raw materials ques-
ton, Mr.. Heybnrn said, however, they
would have their contentious inside the
party, and would not go outside to fight
1t. He raised laugh 10 the galleries
when be said it had been his policy in
life "to take all you can get and then
fight for the bslance."
ResnmiDg, Mr.. ElkinS said that the
of the progressive republicans
had been inconsistent and that IL bad
resulted in putting raw materials on the
free list and letting the manufacturers
get all they wanted.
Senator Warren, of Wyoming, one OF
the "Iauge senator's" expressed his dis-
gust at the free hides proposition. He
recalled that when boot and shoe man.
u'acturers were before the ways and
means committee they declared that they
needed no protection and that il they
had free hides the country could have
free boots and shoes. Yet, Mr.. War
rem said, there sre rates ia the bill rang
ing from five TO thirty FIVE pr cent on
different forms OF leather, and be pre-.
jicte that it was going to be difficult
matter to defend q bill that gave the
n anufscturers, the interested parties,
higher rates than they asked for.
Senator Bailey, in strong address,
made the principal closing on the bill on
Dehalf Of the democrats. he said that
he defeats of democracy in 1894 and
1876 we're due to misrepresentation of
he Wilson tariff bill He argued at
considerable length to show that the vii.
on tariff and not the silVery issue Wss
, principal cause of democratic defeat
q the presidential contes. of 1896.
'eople we're made to believe that the
wilson law Was responsible for hard
ines tba, began before 1t was enacted
nd ended before II was repealed. he
aid that q remarkable development 10
be confederation OF this bill was that
epublicans at last admitted that the
arif wss tax.
Mr.. Bailey said Mr.. Aldrich would
OF deny that the average rates of the
ending bill were higher than those
( the DiDgley law. Mr.. AIdrich did