The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-27

words, these gentlemen who call
themselves insurgents" votel with
1.-THE republicans on schedules that pro-
; ltected the products of their const:tn-
ents end with the democrats on sched,
! ules that protected the products Of
, other sections of the country. rhas
was their right, but when they voted
: with the democrats against the final
enactment of the bill they voteI to
maintain the Old schedule OF tho Ding
ley law and were not supporting the
pledge of the republican platform or
the pledge made by President Taft.
There was not one member of the
republican majority who secured In
he bill as enacted a'l tha., he had
ontended for. President Taft, Soma
or Aldrich and myself all accepted
more COMPROMISES than the so,calte
Insurgents" were asked to aceopt,
, N Illinois we wanted free lumber and
ny constituents wanted duty onre-
troleum because they have me gteat-
st Independent oil producing district
IN the world We were beaten. bltt
we did not make our own interests
the only Interpretation of the rcpub-
ican pledge to revise the tariff
Taft VS.. Senator Cummins.
Senator Crmnins declares that tie
Payne law is Reputation Of the Chi
lcago platform. President Taft, when
he signed the bill made public
statement IN which he said;
There have been a great number
Of real decreases in rates and they
constitute Q sufficient amount to lus-
Itfy a statement TINT this oill is 4
substantial downward revision and Il
Production Of excessive rates"
In bis Winona speech the president
declared:
The Fayne tariff bill is the best
'ariff hin TIE republican party mas ers
: ssr Passed" et
Senator Cummins declares that tic
ssuc from now until the natioual con.
'ention in 1912 is. Shall the men now
n control of party destinies be per.
nitted further to disregard plain
party platforms?
President Taft Is the recognized
leader Of the republican party and the
great majority of republicans are his
followers. The president and the le-
publican majority in congress coop.
crate in the legislation that has been
written on the statute books. With
whom did Senator Cummins cooper,
ate? Let the record of the votes IN
this legislation from beginning 70 end
decide.
Mr.. Bryan wants the war against
the republicans who enacted this leg
llso wants it to go on. When Lincoln
found an army marching on the ma
tional capital from the south and q
body OF sympathizers in the north en-
nouraging that army ne said it wa
difficult to determine which was the
most threatening to the welfare Of the
nation.
Champ. Clark and the Rules.
Your distinguished fellow citizen o
y Missouri, the Honorable Champ Clark
> has done me the honor on several oc
ca8ions lately to take issue with re
~ mark mede by me TO the effect tina
he fight against the rules of tht
house was fight to prevent an.
tariff legislation. The Associate
Press in dispatch from Sioux City
= Iowa, under date of October q
1rotel Mr. Clark ~ saying
This is untrue aud is proven nr
:. true by the resolution I offered tonct
: ing upon the rules which authorize
!. the seoaker to inmedatelv annoln
q tbti Sainmittee tep ,yaysS and means
4 sAahlfsthrf cShpiittee ln the. -oits TIA
7 had tharse <of thor tariff hiti..1s Th
I resolution also authorized the sBcak
er TO appoint the committees on lG;ies
mileage, and accounts. These are al
the committees which bv aoy con
struction could have anything to d
- with the tariff bill.
- II MIR. Clark is correctly quoted l,
" the Associated Press, he did not hav'
. cory Of the resolution with him O
20 vcrv clear recollection rs ~ Uha
- 1t contained. That resolution loltet
" for the special session only the rule
= of the last congress. and authorize,
~ the speaker to appoint the committee
on ways and means. printing. ac
~ counts mileage AMI enrolled hitI9 70
- the sneciil session only. II then pro
- vidod that the committee on rule
!, should consist of fifteen mcnh ar
- who shall be elected by the memher
y OF the house. sail committee to Sc
Y lect its own chairman, and then "R,
. solved, THAT the ro,lowing name,
members OF the house BE-, and the!
v are hereby elected AMI appoints,
= members of the committee on rules.
y naming - members in his resolution
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