The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-06
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cism Of what has been done" he said,
in opening his remarks, ''but l am not
able to avoid a plain, straightforward
statement of what this committee now
asks the senate to do, -
MEN are asked. - continued Mr.
Dolliver, ''to cast their votes here,
not upon testimony. but upon authority
of a committee, and it becomes my
duty to inquire into the sacredness OF
that substitute for facts and figures. -
Saying he had no opportunity TO read
the speech of the senator from Rhode
Island, Mr.. Dolliver commented on the
statement that "only ten per cent of
the cotton-cloth schedule had been
changed Denying this by counter
statement on the authority of Senator
Smoot that only thirty per cent were
unchanged. he was quickly interrupted
by Mr.. Aldrieh.
Rhode Island, "'that less than ten per
cent of the cotton importations, which
amount in the aggregate to S7S,000,000,
were affected by those provisions. -
Accepting the correction, Mr.. DOLL"
yer declared that thirty years ago ne
had gone everywhere, carrying his
satchel speeches of the senator from
Rhode Island on the tariff so that he
could refer TO his statistics, in which
=
slipping away.
Mr.. Aldrlch arose to leave the cham
Der.
Senator Aldrich Rebuked.
81 hope the senator will remain to
hear what / have to say suggested the
Iowa senator in an appealing tone;
Aldrich smiling and hesitating.
"Well, you have an engagement
here retorted the Iowan. ~ say you
will not turn your back upon what /
have to say without taking the moral
consequences that will naturally arise
in such case.'
Mr.. Dolliver then exhibited a copy
of petition of merchants of New York,
which was a declaration against any in
crease of the tariff duties. Responding
to a request by the senator from Rhode
Island, Mr.. Dolllver read the names Of
the merchants.
"Please state which Of them are i'm
porters,' said Mr.. Aldrich.
"Well, some of them are leading
merchants of this country responded
Mr., Dolliver
A cross-fre of criticism and defense
| followed, Mr.. Dolliver. Mr.. Aldrich and
Mr.. Flint participating, 1t pertained
TO the interests of the signers of the
petition, Messrs, Aldrich and Flint CON
! interested in low duties, while the Iowa
senator continued to urge their general
| representative petition.
"It 8 a strange thing declared Mr..
! Dolliver, "to find the leaders of the
Republican party representing the mer-
chants of the country with eXtrava-
ganccs which have grown up III con
nectlon with the protective tariff.
| Exhibiting Samples.
Referring to cartoons OF himself rep
resented as exhibiting samples in the
senate, he declared that since that eX
hibition, others had adopted his method
of "reachine the intelligence OF his
hearers.' He referred pointedly TO
Senator Lodge as having ''also shown
his samples, F" but while the Iowa sena-
tor spoke, his Massachusetts colleague
walked ont Of the chamber without ap-
pearing to notice the allusion.
Declaring that the cotton duties had
been increased in the pending bill over
those of the Dingley law. Mr.. Dolliver
read from speech by Mr. Smoot He
said that senator told the people the
duties of the cotton schedule had been
''equalized, but that the rates had not
been lowered. Likewise. the senator
| from Rhode Island had come to the sen