Evening star., 1909-06-05
SPEECH PUTS TO FLIGHT )
RHODE ISLAND'SENATOR
Critic Bids Him Hear His Say or
Take Consequence.
SM00T ASSERTIONS AssAILED
Finance Committee Charged With
Presenting Shadowy Arguments
That Require Full In
vestigation.

Senator Dolliver. the irrepressible ~
publican "insurgent" from Iowa, went on
the warpath In the Senate again today.
With all the vigor. sarcasm and facts
he could muster, he once more assailed
the Aldrich tariff rates on cotton goods
Straight at the statements made in
the Senate last night by Senator Aldrich
the darts OF the Iowan were hurled.
Fearlessly he challenged the claim of the
chairman of the finance committee that
the cotton goods rates had not been in
creased. He could prove they were in
creased by the Aldrich schedule. he as
serted with great emphasis. and then pro-
ceeded to make good his word.
So fierce was his onslaught that Mr..
Aldrich couldn't stand it and left the
chamber in the face of direct challenge
by Dolliver to remain and answer the
charge that he had imposed statements
ON the Senate that were not based on
facts.
The galleries and the Senate chamber
we're crowded Mr.. Dolliver was given
the closest attention. He ascended to
many oratorical heights and turned loose
This whole store of invective against the
finance committee time and again.
Dolliver Discharges Sacred Duty.
Mr. Dolliver said he did not wish to say
an unkind thing to Senator Aldrich or
any other member OF the finance commit
tee, but that he must discharge his sacred
duty and call attention to an imposition"
by the committee and to Senator AID
rich's appeal for votes. which. he said.
was not based on facts.
He asked Mr.. Aldrich IL he had said
last night that only 10 per cent OF the
cotton goods that only are affected by the
Aldrich increases.
The senator's hearing was correct"
replied Mr.. Aldrich.
Very well. then. / confute IL by the
figures given by the senator from Utah.
cried Mr.. Dolliver. He said 20 per cert
had been affected, and only 30 per cent
not changed
Mr.. Aldrich retorted that he had meant
to refer to the total importation of cot
ton goods. and not to the kinds.
why did not the senator say that just
now" asked Mr.. Dolliver.
Aldrich Has Business Elsewhere.
i Mr.. Aldrich got up to leave the cham
ber.
The senator, / hope. will listen to
what l have to say declared Mr. DOL
liver.
Mr.. Aldrich remarked that a matter Of
Importance was engaging his attention
out side the chamber.
tention here shouted Mr.. Dolliver, EN-
phatically. Il shall make charges which
he must answer about the facts in this
case, and he cannot turn his pack on
these facts without suffering the moral
consequences.
Mr. Aldrich sat down again, but did
not stay long.
Taking up a list of the merchants who
had furnished him with his information-
Mr. Dolliver was about to read them,
when Senator Flint. member OF the
finance committee, demanded IL they were
not importers of foreign goods. as Mr..
Aldrich charged last night.
Some are and some are not. declared
Mr. Dolliver, and proceeded to read his
list.
He said he had letter from q New
York merchant who had been president
OF the American Protective Tariff League
and was treasurer of a republican ma.
tional campaign committee.
Takes UP Aldrich's Gage.
The senator from Rhode Island chal-
reductions from our constituents he
continued. Il have received such de-
mands. not only from my state. but from
all over the country.
Il am in a very peculiar position here
because l can't for the life Of me find
out who is the author of these committee
amendments
He said that a month ago Mr. Aldrich
caid hos rat faS ao hy ha
tom house officials In New York. He
said that proceeding along this line. he
soon had the most famous criminal law
yer in the United States defending the
New York appraisers against the attack
on them in the Senate. Mr. Aldr1ch. like
wise, denied later that these gentlemen
had anything to do with them, declared
the Iowan.
Now. last night asserted Mr. Dol
liver Il heard again tina; the committee
told these officials what they wanted and
had them figure the equivalent specinc
rates from the existing ad vaiorems.
will say l am greatly confused
Now, the great question before this
Senate is whether the Dingley law. OPP
Grating successfully for twelve years,
ought to be revived. Thefe Is no one
here who wants TO mutiiate H. ana ye.
The issue has been befogged in the most
curious way ever since this question mas
been under discussion.
Delivers Hurts Salved.
Humorously referring to the way he
was hurt by the fun that was made or
him after he had dragged cotton goods
samples into the Senate. Mr.. Dolliver
said he didn't feel so badly about II now.
because since then others had followed
his lead. He referred to this sort of
speech by Senator Lodge of Massachu-
setts calling him the most eminent lit
erary man i'm America today. but man
who ,ands alone in a world where the
consumer does not exist at all.
He proposed to prove that the rates /
in the Aldrich cotton schedule had been /
increased. 1t would be easier, said he.
for senator to explain to the people ,
why he voted to increase a rate than to
explain why he voted not to increase