The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-02

ments were net public bearings Il
all. :
SENATOR Daniel insisted on knowing
what objection could be urged by the
Senator from Rhode Island against
the Democratic members OF the COM
mittee hearing the statements.
privste ssap CAarwed.
Els IT." asked Mr.. Daniel. "a private
snap for the purpose Of framing q
tariff bill without giving right to
representative Of the people to hesr
the testimony"
Mr.. Aldrieh said 1T was the purpose
Of the committee. 30 far IN he knew.
TO hold public hearings.
An impassioned address by Senator
Rayner was directed against the meth
Cd Of the majority In the framing Of q
This IL the worst practice" he said.
that has ever arisen before q iesisIs-
tive body.
when you are dfvidins this, plum
der. at least be fair, to each other. On
behalf OF the Senator from West vlr-
ginfa, Vt least beg OF you to give
him hack his raw. materials. He has
stood with wool on the field of battle
and when the hour Of submission
comes the Senator from West Virginia
will be here and his protesting voice
will not be heard in this hall against
any article In the schedule"
He referred to the coal mines Of the
Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Ell
kins) and his indignation over the
proposition to place the products Of
his State upon the free list
we on this side" he said, ARE In
the camp Of the vanQuished and so far
as I am concerned. I would rather be
In the camp OF the vanquished than in
the camp OF the victors in possession
Of tile spoils"
Mr.. Rayner declared that the Res
publicapS procedure was merly
star chamber process. James /. and
Charles T." he said. had undertaken
ligious liberty by the same methods
that are now used to stem the prog.
ress of commercial freedom.
II have right" said Mr.. Aldrich.
replying to the charge that star cham
Der proceedings were held by the Re-
publicans OF the Committee on Finance.
ito have conversation without hav-
Ing Democratic Senator cross exam
inc the person with whom converse"
He declared that the Democratic
members o. the Finance Committee
were holding meetings Of their own
and that they had their experts.
Mr.. Rayner said the members Of the
committee lost their individual charac.
ter when they became a committee Of
the Senate charged with public duty.
Mr.. Rayner In an earnest manner
declared that Democracy represented
the consumer and was against the
''p1underers Of the people," represent.
ed by the Republican party.
Aldrich RusAea to Defend.
Mr.. Aldrich asserted on the other
hand, that the protective principle had
never been more widely approved than
at present and he said he was NOT
alarmed that defamation OF the kind
voiced by the Senator from Maryland
would in any way change It.
Continuing, Mr.. Aldrich charged that
II the Senator from Maryland should
frame q tariff bill according to his poll
icy, he would not get ten Democratic
votes for II.
He said distinguished Senator from
Maryland (the late Mr.. Germany had
recast the Wilson bill on lines that
does not agree with the ideas put
forth by the present Senator from that
State and he may not believe he rep
resented the views of all the people
of Maryland. even Of the Democrats
of that State. Tennessee, Georgia,
North Carolina. Louisiana and other
States of the South. he said. are no
longer In sympathy with free trade
principles
you might as well be frank" said
Mr.. Aldrich. addressing the Democratic
Senators. land admit that do not In
tend to let such a speech AZ we have
listened to from the Senator from Mary
land, deter US from being just to every
Southern State.
This tariff policy win be just to every
section and to every interest OF this
country. am quite certain that the
Senator from Maryland will have no
followers on his side OF the chamber IS
Senator Bailey Indignantly resented
the right OF the Senator from Rhode
Island to speak for the Democratic
party on the subject Of the tariff and
added that when the time came to vote
the party would be found sustaining
the principles of taxation that 1t had
so lapg maintained. He commended for
the right Of Democratic members OF
the committee to be present at hear
inga but added that IL the Democrats
were framing tariff they would not
permit the Republicans to participate.
You might look at II, but you
shouldn't touch IT," he said.
Speaking Of the Inheritance tax pro-
posed in the House bill, he said he
would rather tax the living rich by
means OF an Income tax than to tax the
dead who are only moderately well to
!do," as proposed in the inheritance tax
Mr., Aldrich suggested that the mat
tar contaminated In the Bacon reso-