The National tribune., 1909-08-12

free hides. Senator Crane, Of the same
State, gained in reputation as an organ
izer because of the admirable work he
did in holding n majority of Republic
can Senators together for the bill. Per-
haps Senator Reed Smoot. of Utah. has
gained as much fame from the tasin
bill as any man who was comparatively
unknown as a legislator. He has been
great student, a tremendous glutton
for facts, and was of so much service
that he will have higher standing
hereafter in the Senate. But, after all,
no regulations have been made during
consideration of the tariff bill. The
same men are leaders in Senate and
House. and no one is advancing by
leaps and bounds, because of tarin
achievements, to mold the legislative at
tention of the country.
Charges of sectionalisT,. have been so
stoutly made in connection with the
| framing and the perfecting of the S,.t
| that these are likely to stand out as
| historic features. First and foremost
| is the charge that II Is New England
bill, favorable to New England manu-
! facturers. The truth Is that, In so FAR
as the bill is favorable TO the manufac-
| turers of the country, II Is favorable 10
| Eastern States. where the bulk OF the
| country's manufacturing is done. In
many respects the bill Is no more favor
able to New England than II is TO New
York, Pennsylvania. Ohio, Illinois and
other manufacturing States that might
| be enumerated.
Massachusetts, which In the heart Of
New England, and particularly Che
heart of manufacturing New England,
| fares especially well The manufactur-
ing industries of the Pay State have had
alert agents In Washington make their
wants known. The Lassachusetts Zen
ators are among the most influential in
. 4t1 s-f..ft ..t.
| House Massachusetts has one Of the
| largest Republican delegations fn the
Union. They have gradually been at
tanning to influence there. and during
1 the consideration of the tariff bill have
| displayed excellent team work IN OBJ
| tanning what their manufacturing con-
stituents asked for. The State had a
representative on the Ways and Means
Committee in the person of Samuel w.
Mccall, who was also member of the
Conference Committee. The State also
| had a representative on the Finance
Committee in the person of Senator
Lodge. That gave Massachusetts,, which
| ranks in votes as about the fifth or sixth
Republican State, very great advan-
tage.
But Rhode Island was strongly rep
resented in Senator Aldrich and Maine
was strongly represented in Senator
Hale. These three New England SEN
dtOTs, together WIN senator crane, OF
Massachusetts,, who was captain of the
Macedonian phalanx of Senate votes
who perfected the voting organization
and proved a tower of strength to his
party in the Senate, make a mighty
team. Those Senators constitute a
group that virtually rules the Senate
The Western insurgent groups. whose
| constituents wanted different kind of
tariff bill than the East wanted have
naturally centered their attacks upon
New England. Their attitude toward
New England has become one of in
tense political hatred
Representative Payne, Chairman of
Ways and Means, comes from Auburn,
N. Y, and he co-operated with Sena-
tor Root to get tariff favors for New
Workers. but those efforts did not be-
come intense till the tariff bill reached
the Senate. and the Senators had to
bear the brunt of the blame. One
item, which, rightly or wrongly, was
more stoutly denounced than any other
in the tariff bill, was that increasing
the duties on women's gloves. Those
gloves are not manufactured to any
great extent, and it was claimed that
a little protection would not materially
increase the prices and would soon
build up a big industry in Gloversville,
N. Y. The President frowned upon
that proposition. aItho Chairman Payne
and Speaker Cannon championed it,
and it was not included in the bill.
1t is said around the Capitol that the