The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-26
BAILEY WILL
ATTACK BILL,
Texas Senator's Views
/ on Tariff.
HIS INCOME TAX AMENDMENT
Democrats Enjoy Criticisms Being
Heaped Upon Measure.
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WaHhiu Rton April Zb--tSpeciaI.1-
Senator Bailey expects to make some
extended remarks tomorrow on the
| tariff bill. II he does not take the
( floor tomorrow he certainly win within
a few days. for he has been preparing
himself thoroughly for an attack upon
| the vicious features OF the bill AZ con-
structed by the House Republicans and
| made more Questionable 70 the Demo-
erats BY the Republican members Of
the Senate Finance Committee.
The Texas senator Il ranked a. one
of the foremost orators In public life.
He has been preparing himself for this
effort for many weeks. Mr.. Bailey ~
| q minority member OF the Finance
/ Committee. He II undoubtedly the
| best equipped man among the Demo-
Gratis ON that COMMITTEES. He II hot
| the ranking Democrat ON the commtt-
| tee. for Senators Daniel Of Virginia and
Money Of Mississppi. have served
| longer than he. Neither the VlrGtntan
| nor the Afississippian. however. has the
| physical strength to cope with the
| leading Republicans In these discuss
| sions- They do not enjoy good health,
| Senator Daniel suffers constantly from
| HIS wounds received during the civil
war. and Senator Money IL SO dim Of
vision that he has not been able to read
| for several years. senator Bailey 10
Il
| picture OF health. and With IL all. IL
one or the finest looking men who ever
served In q great legislative body.
II is predicted that what he has; to
| say regarding HIS income tax amend
ment win worry the Republicans to
answer, should they attempt to do 80.
The understanding Il this subject viii
be one OF the strongest features OF his
| Foreer wen A. Sfsna
Although the Paynt-Aidrtch bill IL
| getting some hard jolts In the Senate
| from Republicans, and win undoubtedly
| recetve some more knocks before the
| nnar show down occura, the prevailing
belief In iegssiattve and ppliticai cifs
eles q that Senator Aldrich has hts
| forces so we'll II haiad that Ne Will
/ snoukh TO prevent any radical changes
| In the MEASURE as reported BY the FL
nance Committee. At present no feiia-
! BILE estimate can be made Of the num-
Der OF Republicans who will support
| the income tar Amendment. n the
| vote on this proposition were to be
taken within q few Gays the chances
are that not more than a dozen Repub-
licane would record themselves In its
favor. Aecessions may possibly BIO Sc
| cured II the debate were to run along
| for couple OF weeks. A great dealis
going TO depend upon the speeches yet
| to be made In regard to this matter.
| Public sentiment might be aroused so
that number OF wavering Republicans
| would feel compelled to support the
amendment who at this time are coma
| pleteiy under the domination Of Mr..
Aldrich and other. Senate leaders. That
| Is why Mr.. Aldrich Is anxious to have
| the bill considered rapidly by para
| graphs and to curtail as much as possf-
BILE the speeches that win have weight
| right in the chamber In addition to
creating keen interest among the
| people
Senator Aldrich Is resourcefui mar,
As they have said about him for al
most twenty years, you never know
| what he has up his sleeve" Time and
| again when his opponents within and
without his own party thought they
had him In a corner, they discovered
that they we're overmatched. His sue
cess Is due chiefly to the thorough way
in which he keeps his organization In
tact. And he has the art OF trading
| down TO fine point. When pushed he
can also grant a concession that en-
abies him to come up smiling and have
the country think that he hasn't been
crowded bit.
severe Criticisms.
The Democrats have been enjoying
for several days the severe criticisms
that have been heaped upon some sec
tions OF the bill by such Independent
thinkers on the subject OF ~the tariff
as Senator'S Nelson OF Minnesota and
Doiliver of Iowa. These men are rank
In their Republicanism. but they have
no hesitancy in getting right. ND in the
meeting and telling the country that
New. England is trying to play the
hog when 1t comes to distributing pro-
lection and creating monopoiies.
Senator Nelson Is about as blunt a
man as there is In Congress-. He does
not mince hts words Before being
elected to the Senate he served several
terms in the House OF Representatives.
and was the Governor of Minnesota at
the time Of his election to the Senate.
He is and always has been Rep1bli-
can But he has never been an advo-
cate Of high protection. In the House
he supported the. leading features OF
both the Morrison and the Mills tariff
bills.
The people Of the South cannot helm
being deeply interested in extracts
given below from speech of Senator
Nelson the other day. Only q smatter-
Ing OF what he said was sent out in
the regular reports OF the discussion.
Remember this native OF Norway is a
Republican. and his hot shots for four
Of the leading schedules In the pending
bin are coucbed in the following caus-
tic language:
"Afr. President there has been prac-
tica1ly no reduction In rates. In a
few instances there have been trining
cats: In a few instances there have
been slight increases. Take these
acbeduies: Cotton and manufactures
Of cotton. 5S.Se per cent: earthen.
stone and china ware. IS Sc per cent. 4
glass and manufactures Of glass, sara
per cent? manufactures OF wool, SO. az
per cent OF all the schedules Of this
bill the highest by all odds In every
way. taking them in the aggregate and
in detail. are these four schedule
cotton, earthen, stone and china ware,
glass. and the manufactures OF wool
IT am we'll aware, Mr.. President, that
II Is easier to criticise than II Is to
build up, but can only say to the
members OF the Committee on Finance
that I am greatly disappointed that
they have made no effort In any respect
to efrect any particular reduction in
the four schedules TO which 1 have
referred. These industries. of cloth
manufacturing, wooden manufacturing.
glass manufacturing. and earthsn.
stone. and china ware manufacturing.
have been under high protection for