The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-17
CLASH Of 0RLTORT IN
SENATE TARIFF DEBATE
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was widely circulated that eIe Il the
S.stGesss gl4 the Supreme Court Changed
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has lad various Interpretations Ii
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have gr9mn IN popularity during 1fs
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realities Of tEss s2gn5EAeznes Of sevzS5az
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+ al 5sga-anezgS. have been Brought Eoaas
To aaaav whso for enc reason 90 another
aye detained lin " a&l58zgr@@ because Of
tire tariff activities
Take the aaeaas9ess a4 the Finance
Gasaaa6stee. Most of thsaa arg aa@n of
affairs shs have interests elsewhere
M@ss Of tasans also are naez we85 al
8smeeG sn wears and Rave G9aas 90 E@ea-
sz&ge where men avoid t6e 6sga@gerg
Of e0at6a@e8 daily sodl. Bas MS street
Tafagrer ever applied himself SO Is
sSa3@asIy Oh for ss long agsrs az have
some eff shes@ Senators of the FINANCE
C0maa5stee a@g1ag rbe aasS three Gr four
saenfSas. Of e8gasse there lie soean for 3
! difference Of opdz5on 81 TO the kind of
w8sk shey have been doing. That sAeg
are &6aeefe raea no ske WIFE question.
If Senator Aldrseh has been TgiE5mg
bricks @fsoE THE tariff wall. az IL s0
fregaerss8g charged ard probably with
Some eaase. ii is because be fs . stanns1
believer IL high protection.
Some folks say that Senator Af5r5eE
does set care because be happens to be
the m0se criticized m&n 5n Congress
today. On account Of the tariff revision
That naag be interesting talk bat ii lie
rot true Senator A3drsea does Rot
t65Dk the criticisms hagled Sc his head
viii materially effect his political
standing 70 Rhode Island But be is
hsaraaH ana ii il NOT pleasant even for
him 20 have nearly ali the newspapers
Of The country, even the Republican
newspapers. huY95ng aaathena. Neither
5s IL pleasant TO him 20 hear hand
Of Republican insurgents den0uae5ng
him almost every day Of the sarifE
debate.
He win be IS years old In November
and for haany summers has been ae-
eust0aaed 20 take little rest 10 Europe.
Instead Of his customary trip abroad
this summer. Senator Afdrieh has been
getting 10 work az 9 or DO clock in
the morning and keeping at ii till
or 10 clock al night Apart from the
sessions Of the Senate there have beer
many demands upon his time. Mann
faetuYers and others have been coming
80 Washington constantly. seeking the
attention 81 the Chairman 10 the hope
81 getting duties raised or modified.
There have been meetings Of the FL
nance Committee, which did not eoB1-
plete It's report on the tariff bill. wheH
that document was returned To the
Senate April IL last 50 that the debate
might begin f0rwith.
The Senators Of the Finance Com
mittee have been in the thick of some
battle almost every day since the tariff
bin was delivered into their hands. Al
il usual when responsibility is placed
apon a group Of men, only part Of
them bear the brunt Of it. The bulk
Of the tariff work has been done By
Senator AIdrieb. Penroge, of Pennsyl-
i vania; Hale. Of Maine; Lodge, OF Mas
sachugetts; MeCumber, Of North Dak0.
ia; Smoot. Of Utah; and Flint, Of Cali
fornia Burrows Of Michigan and CuI.
| ION, Of Illinois, are very old meH. not
in robust health and have not taken so
active part in the revision as Others
Of the Finance Committee. McCumber
smoot, and Flint are younger Senators
| but Smoot and Flint especially have
done a vast amount of hard work in
the preparation of the bill. No one OF
them has worked harder or more as
sidnously and efficiently than Senator
Smoot, the Mormon apostle, who had
! a narrow escape some years ago from
| being ousted from the Senate because
Of the howl of religious disapproyal
| over the activity of the Mormon HE
l.rarcny in Utah Politics.
i Senator Penrose has NOT been featur.
ed much in connection with the tariff
bill but he has been one Of the strong
men in the Committee. His state IS
one of the large manufacturing states
Of the union, which means that hun
dreds of manufacturers have come dowr
here to see him about duties and that
thousands Of letters have been written
him on the same subject. He has been
best known during the tariff discussion
for the occasional thumpings he has
administered to Senator La Toilette, ths
leading Republican insurgent. Never
before. however, has Senator Penross
been so attentive to his legislativ,
duties and never before has he compel
led bis colleagues in the Senate to re
] cogniZe his ability to such a degree
. He has studied tariff thoroughly ant
has a good familiarity with fhe subject
The Senators from the manufactur
ing states have had their troubles ever
day in the week while the tariff ha
been under consideration If thos,
Senators happened to be members d