The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-06-03
DUTY
NOT BELOW 81 90 WILL LUMBER
5. BEAR. 20
Efforts of West virginia and Other
Senators Meets Wi}h Success After
Strong opRosttion IN Senate. "

| West Virginia senators In connection
with their. other friends, have been
able to accomplish, : BY an over
whelming majority the senate on
Monday voted down 4the free lumber
amendment to Senator McCumber.
Just yet it is not known what the rate
is that will be: dxs& on this product.
but it is sure th4ts cannot >Ho be-
low 81. The, chancenSare that rate
Of 81 will be fixed by Hhe Senate. The
two West Virginia Sehators can con-
graduate themselves Jon this. Each
Senator has worked i vigorously for
this result. They hay been insistent
in season and out OF Sseason and are
beginning to reap thef reward. SEN
ator Elkins made 10 very strong
lspeech against free K1mber~ on Sat-
urGay. the 22nd. 1t 3was listened to
with marked attention by his col
Leagues. 1t was q strong argument
and he was warmly congratulated
after he had concluded his remark ks.
The 1ght against freb lumber being
on Senator Scott followed Senator
Elkins and said in Hart: -.
"Mr. President, IHerely desire to
add a word to whaS my colleague
said, and very ably aaid, indeed, in
regard to the South.
| "I desire r. cau x o++o,,t;.,,
the Senate to tho fort Sh.+ T., +bo do,,,
dave of +ha civil MIS-. E,vbo,, aortni,,
nortion of tho oo,,,fr,; ,1,o. tr,,t,,er
to make 1t appear that the war was
q failure when, that, Sreat and GOOD
| man r,resldent i yinn,kn n,.a ot,,o,+
rea ~ 'to throw. I'm re hands IN 40
sna,r when ,po16 Nd, 81 oroo+
nror,i,,n whom an 1ect;on ,vea -
.hn ,,n,d I'm Tho. fal1 uhor g.
tboupl,t in al, nrohabi1itv +ho+ +ho
Inoxr Congress- Of tba$I1nited = St.ta.
|wou1d no Democrottn ,nd +,,o+ +to
|policy OF tho country and tba noIIcv
of President Iirfeolnl. Would ma no
upheld for the lack "a aneans "a ann-
i mort tI,e army itha ~, l,ap,ta.
iSouthern States which ca me to the
(rescue. and lpi1ed the hands Of pras-
1fdent Lincoln and made # possi,,+,.
for him to carry that war tn q suc-
lcessful termination.
/ notwithstanding fba+ ,,onu re- tina
great Remb,ican S,atos- IT, raooao
lrhusetts New .Yor,y ony, panns,,ua,,i,
Ifaiied to aL.ct q uni+od pon',,>,Io,,
ldeIegation then tho sto+os 30 I,aIo
ware and hIarv1ond +ho S+otoa 20
West Virginia Knntuclv ond ,n;..s
louri gent enouob RanuhEoon 49,,
|bers to Conareee in tb.t e1ectio,, 80
|saye the country from tho d,soroco ,,+
having to ask the soIdiers of tbo Do
bubble who wera otfarina I'm +b,tr
Lives to on without their nav ond ~
Having the war declarad q foi1uro
"Mr. President Wa of tho hordor
Estates ask for nothing moro than wa
are willing to give to ,nv otber
State in this Union. lam willing TO
I vote for q tariff and ri,h+ 70 ot,o,,1,
section of The countrv- whetber wa
produce any Of the articles in NV
State or in the Southland. Thd
Isouthern peome are NOT sel,sb. thov
are a generous Deople. thew ara
lwarm-hearted: and thew onlv aek for
themselves what thew are WILLING to
give to others. hope when It comes
to lumber, coal and oil. and when If
lcomes to other articles Cor which wa
ARE asking only q fair nrotection In
the great bill that is before the Sen
iate, The South, not particularly West
Virginia, but the entire South. will
be taken care Of; and I predict AS T
did a few days ago, that the time ia
not far distant when, the greatest
protectionists, the most earnest advo-
Gates of the principles OF protection
will come from the so-called South
ern States / ask In fairness and can
dor and as / stated before on the
same line that we are willing to give
to others, to the farmer, and to the
mechanic, and to the Iaborer, that
same measure may be melted ONT to