The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-05

most notable speeches presented 10
the senate since the revision OF the
tariff has been under consideration.
4 considerable portion OF his remarks
was addressed directly To Senator Al
drlch chairman of the committee on
finance.
"If | speak the truth" said Mr. Dol
liver III | deal with the things as
they are. suggest TO the senator from
Rhode Island that II Will not be an
aleouate answer 10 reproach me with
tbo crors of nv youth or TO diSparagc
me because, in other years ] followed
| without question In the foot steps of
our party leaders"
Referring to recent exchange Of
words ID the senate between himself
and Senator Aldrich. Mr.. Dolliyer
said.
"If the senator from Rhode Island
intends 10 humiliate me because my
course In these matters Is dictated by
political conditions at home. he unin-
tentionally pays me compliment
which / sincerely appreciate. because
this nation has entered upon a new
era of direct responsibility on the part
of the presidents and congresses alike
to that enlightened public opinion
which ought to be the real government
OF the United States
Referring to the several tariff acts
that have been passe9' the senator
said:
rs it possible that man, because
he voted for the Allison tin plate rate
of 1889, and heard poor Mckinley ded-
icate the first tin plate mill in Ameri
| ca. can be convinced in this chamber
| of treachery to the protective tariff
system. IL he desires that schedule re-
examined, after seeing the feeble en-
terprise of 1890. grown within single
decade to the full measure of the mar
ket place. organized into great cor
| Dorations, overcapitaliZed into a spec
ulative trust, and at length unloadeJ
on the United States Steel company
with a rakeoff to the promoters of the
| Rock Island system? If transaction
| like that has made no impression upon
the mind of congress, ! expose the
secret in saying that 1t has made
| very profound impression on the
thought and purposes of the American
| people,"
Saying the origin of the woolen sche-
lule was not more mysterious than
| that of the cotton schedule, Mr.. Dolli-
| yer, referring to Aldrlch, said that.
| 'It was evidently handed to him by
| others just as it was to me, and the
cnly difference between us is that |
| have grown little more curious than
| he has been to sec what was in the
package"
Mr.. Dolliver referred to the method
by which the cotton and woolen sche-
dulles were framed. He said if those
rates were high enough twenty years
ago, they were too high In the present
year unless VIC admit that the weay-
er's craft Is at a standstill in America
"a thing which nobody believes for a
moment
What | ask today of party leader-
ship" said Mr. Dolliver, "is 10 take us
back not TO 1890, when Mckinley. in
despair turned the making Of the wool
tariff over to a mass meeting of its
| beneflciaries; not to 1897, When Gov
crnor Dingley's avowed purpose to re-
duce the Mckinley rates was vetoed
| by the threats and clamor Of outside
interests but to 1888, when the sena-
| tor from Rhode Island labored month
after month, day and night with Will
liam B, Allison in the preparation OF
| the only schedule of wool and woolens
| in forty years in which either the pub
| lie interest or the welfare OF the Re-
| publican party was made paramount
over sordid private considerations.
When Mr. Dolliver declared as he
said. upon the authority of Mr Aldrich.
that the schedules Of the pending bill
were made by officers Of the New York
| custom house and not by the commit
| tee on finance, Mr Aldrich promptly
( denied that he had made a statement
| on which such an assertion could be
based.
Mt Aldrich explained that what he
| had said was that those officers, eX-
perts Of the government, had been en-
trusted with the duty Of calculating
the amount of the specific duties inn
posed In place of ad yalorem rates.
but he denied that he had turned over
| to them the making of the duties,
After some searching of the congress
sional record. Mr.. Dolliyer read from
| Mr.. Aldrich's remarks and declared
| that his Interpretation OF those re
marks was warranted by man, agi-
| tated as he was.
Il know he Is agitated," said Mr. Al
drch. "and trust ] will not have oc-
casiop to allude to it,
| Paving no attention to this sugges-
| ton Mr. Dolhver referred to Mr.. Al
! drich's remarks on a former occasion
that he was circulating false Demo-
cratic tariff rumors." His quotation Of
| Mr.. AldTichs remarks was again eX-
ceptcd to by the latter who declared
that the Iowa senator was speaking
from a guilty conscience Again the
record was consulted and when il was
read, Mr.. Dolliyer proceeded with his
argument.
Mr. Aldrich, interrupting to say
something about senator's coming to
him with samples OF cotton good. was
sharply cut off by Mr. Dolliver, who re.
fused 10 yield for what he declared
was intended to be an answer to the
argument he had not yet made, and he
declined TO allow MI Aldrich to COM
plete saying he would not permit his
remarks to be snceringly dScredited
In his own time.
With strong voice the words Of the
Iowa senator resounded through the
chamber. Quick of retort, he fire.
quently provoked laughter.
When Senator Warren undertook to
give some information concerning the
business, Mr.. Dolliver replied that he
had studied the wool business from
the birth OF the lamb to the manufac-
ture OF piece of cloth. and when the
laughter died out, Senator Smoot
sought to interrupt with a statement.
The senator wishes to read a book
to us" insisted Mt. Dolliver. referring
TO a volume held 0y Mr. Smoot, ami
amid renewed laughter. Mr. Dolliver
proceeded