Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-05-20
Senator Bailey Objects to Statement
of Minnesota Executive.
FREE RAW MATERIAL HEPr~
Texan Says Democratic Party
Long Since Repudiated.
PRICES PAID FOR SUGAR BEL
Senator Clay Charges that schedu
Is Fixed by Head of Mormon
church I'm Interest of
Factories.

WAsHINNGTON, May 19-The senate
dropped into a party discussion late today
and democrats and republicans using at
times strong language in good natured
way. taunted each other with the degree
OF dissensions each party had suffered
during the consideration OF the tariff. The
debate was precipitated by Mr.. Bailey, who
charged the republicans with entering
into a conspiracy by exaggerating demo-
cratic discensons in order to hide their
own difficulties. He said he had by care
ful observation recently become convinced
that a deliberate and systematic plan had
been inaugurated to obscure the differences
on the republican side by exaggerating
and even misrepresenting the differences
on this side.
This statement called Mr. Hale to his
feet. Mr.. Bailey readily giving way to the
senator from Maine. Mr.. Hale assured the
senator from Texas that there was no
reason for such words and added the fact
wa that the newspapers seizing upon dis
sension In either party, diplay themselves
prominently as picturesque features. He
assured the Texan that nothing beyond
that, in hi opinion. existed in respect to
his suspicion of conspiracy. Mr.. Hale de-
clared that when it was all over all the
republicans would support It and ali the
democrats would oppose it.
Criticism of johnson.
Mr. Bailey, resuming, read a published
interview with Governor johnson of Min
nesota criticizlng the minority in the SEN
ate in it's attitude toward the tariff bill
III this represents the views of Mr.. john
SON" Mr.. Bailey said. then he might bet
ter be at home studying the tariff question
l.., In In flnnr
states II this interview was authorized or
sanctioned by Governor johnson he was
utterly reckless of the truth and Is dis
qualified for any station. His explanation
is that the railroads of the south have in
terested themselves in this Legislation and
have overcome the consciences of some SEN
ators He aught II he knows that, In the
cause OF truth TO specify who are the men
TO whom he refers"
Defining the democratic attitude toward
the tariff question, Mr.. Bailey declared
that the day when democrats should favor
free raw material had passed and said that
doctrine was expressed by democrats in
the past who had hoped by such favor to
attract northern manufacturers.
Free Raw Material Heresy.
THE democratic party, said Mr.. Bailey.
'repudiated the heresy of free raw ma
terial"
He defended the vote of the democrats.
who favored revenue tax on iron ore.
lie ridiculed "5 per cent reduction" in ar
tcles of the pending bill, which, he said,
were for the benefit of manufacturers
using the articles pending the reduction.
The discus sion then shifted to the iron
ana steel schedule.
Il was called upon and asked to vote
for duty on iron ore by men who repre-
scented the United States Steel corporation
or subsidiary companies. said Senator
Smith OF Maryland. when pressed by Mr..
Tillman to say how he knew the steel cor
roration wanted a duty on iron ore. Mr..
Smith defended his idea for free ore as
one to encourage competing steel corpora
tions
Jail for Trust Law VioIRtOrs.
Mr.. Bailey, again rising. said he proposed
TO votet place oil and its products on the
free list, because, he said. duty on II
would produce no revenue and would only
increase the price of oil to the people who
use IT,
And yet he said. two excellent gentle.
men recently called on me and spent an
hour trying 10 convince me that the
standard OH company wants oil on the
free list"
Referrlng aeain TO the antitrust law, Mr.
Bailey said that II he were attorney gen.
eral with competent assistants he could
break Up all unlawful combinations Il
would only be necessary, he said, to put
few Of the vioatoTs Of the law in Jail.
In the southern states recently" he said
two men We're put in jsil -or violating tn,
antitrust law and those sentences vii
dissolve the turpentine trust"
Sanatp~ aRx-par alec dafanaad -.
in favor Of free iron ore which he said n,
had cast to help in breaking up the UniteC
states steel corporation.
"Whenever can vote for free raw ma
terial that vii, destroy one OF these monop
oles' he said, Il will vote for IT, l will
never vote for a protective duty, but al
ways for duty for the purpose of reve
nue."
Declaring that Joseph F. Smith, the hea,
OF the Mormon church. every year fixe,
the price OF beets in the interest of tn
beet sugar factories OF Utah, rather thai
In favor OF the producers Of beets senato
Clay In the senate today called forth
Characterization of his statement as "abso
utely untrue by Senator smoot himsel
an official OF the Mormon church. Mi
Clay declared that Mr.. Smith ,as presiden
OF the beet sugar factories Of Utah. re
ceived SsOco annual salary. He is alway
in favor OF the factories and against tn
growers said Mr. Clay.
Upon Mr.. Shoots denying this statement
Mr.. Clay declined to be interrupted further
Mr. Clay declared that votes alread
taken In the senate demonstrating tina
the finance committee had full power 1
obtain agreement on its tariff bill as re
ported, he favored an early vote on the bi
as delay WAS useless in affecting the rate
carried by that measure.