The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14
LIARS SWARM
AT THE CAPITOL
Senator Rayner Declares Truth
Is Scarce Concerning
the Tariff
After Day of Debate. Duty OF
Is Cents a Ton Is Put
on Iron Ore


such that you can not get the truth
out of anybody. am very fond of
liars, but 1 never in my life saw such
an aggregation of them are assem-
bied In this capital. and they can lie
with equal facility upon side the
other of the same observation-disclosures
Rayner of Maryland on tariff question.
WASHINGTON, May 13.--After a day
devoted to discussing the duty on iron
ore the senate adopted by vote of
81 to "a the recommendation from the
cents per ton. The house had placed
that article on the free list. The Ding
ley duty is 40 cents ton. Party lines
were annihilated in the vote today, as
II democrats voyed AYE" with the
republicans and IL republicans voted
no" with the democrats.
During the day Senator Bailey, in
announcing that he proposed TO vote
for the duty on iron ore, as a revenue
measure. declared that free ore would
not affect the prosperity of the United
States steel corporation. and added that
even IL it did there was better way
to deal with that organization. which
was by an enforcement of an antitrust
law against it, He declared he ex-
pected to see this law enforced and ex-
pressed confidence that eventually the
officers of the steel corporation would
either be in the penitentiary or fugi-
tiVes from Justice
For the first time there was a sug-
gestion looking to the fixing Of a date
for a vote, but it came to naught be-
cause of objection from Senator Bever-
idge.
TRUTH HARD TO FIND
During the debate on iron ore SMITH
Of Michigan quoted Charles Schwab as
stating before the house ways and
means committee that to put iron ore
upon the free list would not reduce the
price Of the manufactured product.
Il don't believe a word he says" re-
torted Rayner OF Maryland, with
energy.
Il don't believe some things, either"
replied Smith.
There seems to be something about
the tariff" said Rayner that perverts
the human mind and aspirations and
longing OF the soul for TRUTH
rs that true of importers as we'll as
OF manufacturers? inquired Dick.
yThe situation in Washington here
today" replied Rayner, lis such that
you can not get the truth out of any
body. | am very fond of liars; / have
studied them by day and by night. but
1 never in my life saw such an aggre-
cation OF them as are assembled in this
capitol. and they can lie with equal
60 ell fhn OIL
the same question"
Smith of Michigan replied that he
spoke not for the steel corporation. but
for the great body of men who owned
the iron ore of Michigan and for the
thousands of men who worked in those
mines of his state.
FINE BONUS FOR SCHwAB
Later, Smith said Schwab owned
more iron ore. property in Cuba than
anybody else and that consequently
free iron ore would give him fine
bonus on his property there.
Short speeches were made by sem
ators defining their positions with ref
erence to the proposed protection of %
cents a ton on iron ore. Nelson (R.)
favored the free entry of that product.
Daniel CD wanted it to pay the duty
Of 6 cents.
TiHman inquired whether anything
was ever to be done about the illegal"
absorption OF the Tennessee coal and
iron company by the United States
steel corporation.
Culberson replied that il the attor
ney general had no information to
show the illegal nature of that COM
bination he could furnish it TO him.
on motion of Aldrich a vote was
taken on the committee amendment
making iron ore dutiable at 25 cents
a tom The amendment was adopted,
81 to q.
Democratic senators for the amend
ments We're as follows: Bacon. Bailey.
Chamberlain. Clay. Daniel, Fletcher,
Foster, Frazier, Johnston tAla.), Nc
Emery, Martin, Painter, Simmons Stone,
Taliaferro, Taylor and Tillman.
The republicans who voted against
the amendment were: Beveridge, Bo-
rah, Bristow, Brown, Burkett, Cum
Minis, Curtis, Dolliver. Dupont, Gamble,
La Toilette and Nelson.