The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-06-04
is the general supervisor of the field

ana mas at his command number of
customs officers and senators to whim
he delegates, from time to time, his
tarlr-making powers. These senators
and other officials then epcrt to him,
making OF themselves the proud pos
SCISSORS of a little sprinlsling of in
formation here and there while Aid
rich is practically the only one who
knows all that is going on.
Thus it is that he can 90 steadily
ahead on the tariff bill. At one time
In the tariff proceedings he was run
ming the debate, framing committee
amendments in the committee room
and supervising the complaints of
those who wanted more cr less pro-
lection under the pending bill. Much
OF this detail work has now dropped
OF and the senator is giving more
time to the debate and to pushing the
measure to its final passage. Let a
test come along and the senate leader
is doubly fortunate.
Name Leads All the Rest.
Were his name Wetn1ore instead of
Aldrich he would need to have an able
assistant at the top OF the roll call SO
as to set worthy example for his
followers who await his beck and call
Instead his name is Allrich, the only
senatorial name beginning with the
first letter In the alphabet and "it
leads all the rest
Nevertheless. there are some ambi-
tious members of the Aldrich camp
who chafe a bit under the restricted
leadership of the solcn from Rhode
Island. These are the younger men
who have not nearly thirty years of
legislative career behind them and
Who are seeking some glory out of this
tariff legislation. They are beginning
to cast about, for place to shine
little themselves, but their opportuni-
ties are not great. Everywhere Aid
rich is the whole show. They must
needs consult him before they act;
they must act as he would have them
Go and, at best, they can hope to be
nothing more than second fiddle to a
strong bow and masterful player.
Begin to Grow Bit Nervous.
1t is these men who are beginning to
get hit nervous over the tariff stu
alton as they find it. They would not
join With the "progressives" if they
could. but they are restricted to their
own balliwicks in debate. Except SEN
ator Smoot, who hurts as often as he
helps the Aldrich cause. few of the
Aldrich senators have dared to in
terfere in the debate except to deliver
one set speech for ''home consump-
tion." AS the days go by the ambi-
tious youngsters see the hope of glory
rapidly fading away and they are be-
ginning to fear that, instead of Rep
resentative Payne of New York going
into the gallery of immortal tariff-biil
makers. like Morrill,, Mckinley and
Dingley. the new tariff bill will be at
least the "Aldrich-Payne bill". or vice
versa, if not the Aldrch bill.
The naming of the bill depends
largely upon the conference report
which the two houses adopt. In that
conference committee there will be a
struggle between Senator Aldrich on
the stand-pat side and Representative
Payne, who has shown more of the
attributes of tariff revisionist down.
ward than were ever before accorded
to him. 1t may be said in all fairness
that Representative Payne is as much
interested in seeing his bill preserved
as nearly intact as possible as any
man living and. in addition thereto,
he is particularly interested in getting
as much glory out of the tariff legis-
lation as is Senator Aldrich. Besides
both tariff leaders have vet to COM
promise with the white house.
May be Double Compromise.
In the end, therefore, it would not
be surprising if the tariff bill which
finally becomes law should repre-
sent double compromise and that
the Republican progressives, if the
president stands by the speeches
which he has made and which Senator
Beveridge of Indiana recently read to
the senate. are yet likely to win a
number Of their contentious. TIL,
point is that Aldrich. who has made
the senate tariff bill. will be the one
who get the glory for the concessions
to come. Having demonstrated his
ability to resist assault. he can then
afford to be generous. Those who fol-
lowed him will never be heard frcm
in the transaction.
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