The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-03-30
West Virginia 5 Senator Says
South IS Not Getting
a Fair Deal
NEW EN- NGI ND b OSsES s
Southern States Are Asking
For 2 rotection as Well
AS Northern

AS Northern.
WA INGToN, p. q. March so.g
senator Fallsins. q West Virginia,
who wanted representation Tor his
State on tle Senate finance cofamit.
zee, Watch II dealing with tae new
ltaTltf bill, and! did not SET ii today
made things lively IN the Senate 81
paying his respeets 10 very vigorous
Language 10 the way New England
s,menopo olises,' the business of me
country. and especially the tarlf bliss
dness Of the Senate.
The time had come. in his opinidn,
tpsprotest against the ;.itrne CONVICTION
of the SOUTH He declared that ne
stood for protection for all sections,
ana would not stand quietly by and
watch New England protect her min.
tufactpred articles and place upon the
free list raw materials. such IS coal,
iron and hides. which are nr6dncts
Of the South.
Mf EllSins accused the three New
England members OF the finance,
committee Of making use of the DEM
ocratic disposition in favor of free
trade IN order to get certain so-caiied'
raw materials on tho free list and
then turning around and 3betraying.
them bSrefusing 10 protect their in
|dustries.
Joining with the Democrats; sena..
Tor Elkins warmly attacked the meth
cd OF procedure now being followed1
Iby the Republican members of the
finance committee in their considera-
ton OF tho tariff questions. Hc agreed
with the Democrats that the Repnb.
lican mcmbers of the committee were
shutting out from the hearings now
being held NIL of the Democrats With
out sisfticient justification, and de-
clared that even Southern and middle
Western Republicans conidn't get a
fair hearing from the committee
Thrust at Mr.. Lodge.
Senator Lodge. of ATassa6husetts
who Is onesof the members of tho
finance committee recently appoiataa
to nh a vacancy that Mr.. Eilsins
wanted. got into verbal mix-tfi, with
the West Virgfnian. He attempted TO
put Mr. Elkins off the tloor in the
middle Of his speech by moving that
the Senate go into executive session.
This made Mr.: Elltins pretty hot He
called attention TO the fact that al.
though New England already had two
members on the committee Mr.. Lodge
had to be put on also. while senators
from other sections were kept wait.
ing. When Mr.. Lodge made his mo.
ton, Mr.. Elkins sarcastically q.
marked:
You sec New England can't keep
out OF 1t"
The whole matter was precipltatea
by the introduction Of resolution BY
Senator Hale. of Maine, a member OF
tho committee. the purpose OF which
was to prevent all other legislative
business than the consideration OF the
census bill, until the finance commit
tee was ready to report the tarIff bin.
Mr.. Hale did not insist upon an i'm
mediate consideration for his resolu-
tlon and 1t went over until next
Thursday, but the match had been
touched to the powder. In explaining
the purpose of the resolution he said
the finance committee was very busy
holding hearings on the tarim bill.
Does the senator mean to say,
asked Senator Bacon. of Georgia, |
that the finance committee Is hold.
ing hearings?"
Yes" replied Mr.. Hale, adding "a
an afterthought, ''by a subcommittee
of senators who happen to SIT on this
tRepublicanl side Of the chamber"
Mr.. Bacon suggested that subcom-
mittees always had minority men,
bers.
Not on the tarlG, remarked Mr..
Hale with a smile. Mr.. Bacon laughed
knowingly and nodded his head, as
much as to say. II told you So
No Use 10 Object.
In Mr.. Bacon's opinion the n1inori-
ty members of the finance committee
ought to be given ctance to cross
examine the witnesses. Mr.. Hale said
the testimony was being taken down
In shorthand. hut that did not satfs-
fy Mr.. Bacon. When 1t was suggested
by Mr.. Hale that the DeElocrats had
been consulted about the arrange
ment Senator Money. OF Mississippi
who is a member Of the committee.
remarked that they had been noti-
fed of what was going to he done bs
the Republicans and had decided that
4. was no use to object.
I 1t was here that Senator ElkIna
broke in. Ie started out By saying:
Il agree with my Southern brother
That this is an unheard-of proceeding.
How can the minority he heard under
such an arrangement? come from