The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-07-02
LA FOLLETTE'S
LONG SPEECH.
Ills Address on Tariff Revision
Almost Longest on Record.
BUT ONE THAT BEAT IT.

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Late General Logan on the Fitz-Johr
Porter Case-The Ship Subsidy Prop
osition Again The Parcels Posi-
Proposition.
Washington, June 26. = Especial. !
When Senator La Follette's revised
speech appeared the other day in the
Congressional Record even the most
well informed people here jumped to
the conclusion that it was the longest
speech that ever had appeared in that
publication. Such is not the case, how
ever, although the Wisconsin states
man in contributing to the archives
Of the country will leave 1877 pages
for future generations to scan when
they want to look up facts in connec-
ton with the tariff law of 1909. A
longer speech than that of Senator La
Toilette was the one made some years
ago in the Fitz-John Porter case by
the late General John A. Logan of Illi-
nois, but as that had to do with the
military record of single man 1t con-
tanned a mass of dry correspondence
and orders that will not be read by
one person in a hundred thousand who
fifty years from now may happen to
+ search the pages of the Record. In
| the shape of addenda, many pages of
statistical information bearing upon
the cotton and wooden schedules are
included in the La Toilette effort, but
they are necessary in view of the ar
gument he presented.
Ship Subsidy Proposition Revived.
| AS several former house committees
on the merchant marine and fisheries
were so constituted that they failed to
report anything in the way of a sub
sidy, it was decided in the last con-
gress to try to pass only a measure
that would provide for ocean mail
subsidy and it was handled by the
postoffice committee, of which former
Representative Jesse Overstreet of In
diana was chairman. But Mr.. Burton
of Ohio, since transferred to the SEN
ate, led the opposition to the PROPOSE
ton, and it was defeated by narrow
margin, the greater part of the mega
tive votes having been cast by the
Democrats. Now Congressman Greene
Of Massachusetts has revived the reg
ular old ship subsidy proposition in a
bill which he introduced at this ses-
sion and which he and some of his
friends insist will be pushed vigorous
Iy at the next session of congress.
Local Parcel Post Bill.
Numerous bills are being introduced
this session for the establishment of q
system of local rural parcel posts.
The measures are somewhat different
from those introduced in the last con-
gress in that they are strictly local and
doubtless will not provoke so much OPP
position from express companies on
the one hand and from dealers in
smaller cities, who have feared that If
a general parcel post were put in OPP
Grafton the department stores in the
cities would take much of their trade
away from them. Hundreds of thou
sands of petitions have been received
by congressman for and against the old
The matter doubtless will
be considered carefully by the post
office committees of both the senate
and house next winter with a view of
settling it one way or the other.
Messages More of a Novelty.
When President Taft's message in
regard to the income and corporation
tax was about to be read in the SEN
ate hardly one-third of the members |
In hafr rs
ticing this, Senator Lodge suggested |
the absence of a quorum, and practi- |
rally all of the senators came I'm .
and answered to their names. 4
They also remained and listened most /
TO every word of the mes
sage. This would not have occurred .
during the last year of Mr.. Roose-
yelts administration. He sent in so
many caustic messages and congress
men of his own party were so much I
lt variance with him that they would
not listen TO what he had TO say, al
.hough they realized and admitted
hat Mr.. Roosevelt was pretty solid
with the people all over the land. even
.hough senators and representatives Of
his own party fell out with him on
account Of his views.
New Prohibition Measure.
Representative Sims of Tennessee. 7
me OF the most ardent advocates Of
for the District Of Column
,ia and the ranking Democratic men,
ler of the committee which legislates
or the seat of government. Is going
o press a new bill that he has pre-
jared and offered in the house. 1t
lrovides that I'm all contracts hereafter
made for star route mail service the
contract shall stipulate that no intox-
eating liquors shall be carried or de-
ivered by any star route contractor.
or employee on any star
nail route i'm the Emitted States.
Demand For Passports.
The great number Of passports being
ssued by the state department to per-
ons going TO Europe this summer
would seem to indicate that times are ..
lot too hard in this country to pre-
ent the more prosperous classes from
aking a Sreat many millions Of doll
lrs over the big pond. In recent years
he fee for a passport has been only
i. 1t used to be s..
CHARLES W. ARTHuD
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