The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-26
CHAMP CLARK
REVIEWS THE
TARIFF BILL
Minority Leader Frequently
Applauded During Course
of His Remarks.
MEASURE SHOULD BE
LITERALLY AMENDED
CONSUMERS NOT REPRESENTED
AT HEARINGS AND MINORITY
MEMBERS NOT CONSULTED.

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g" claring, among other things. that 8
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Washington. March 24-Interest in
today's tariff discussion in the house
of representatives centered in the
speech made by Champ Clark of Mis-
souri,, minority leader and ranking
Democratic member of the committee
on ways and means.
From the outset Mr.. CIark's remarks
commanded attention At times he In
Jected humor into what he had to say,
frequently interrupted by applause.
For Payne, the minority leader had
LILY words of praise, and his remarks
IN that connection ELECTED applause on
both sides. Mr.. Payne's powers of en-
dUrance, ne declared, were marvellous
and his nine-hoUr speech on the tariff
had made him great historical per-
son.
Mr.. Clark had a kind word for every
member of the committee on ways and
means.
We worked like galley slaves in try
ing to ascertain TRUTH" he said.
Witness Not BuIIyrasged.
He denied the committee had bully
ragged any witness. as. he said, had
been charged, and declared if any wit
ness had received an indecent word in
the committee room he had provoked
it by his own acts.
Declaring that the present was no
time for academic discussion of tht
tariff, MIR. Clark said that he had gone
to Chairman Payne and suggested that
III so far as he was concerned he gladly [
would have waived all general debate |
on the bill IL assurance could be given |
that there would be ample opportunity !
for amendments and debate under the |
fve-minute rule of the entire measure, !
section by section. It was his judg- /
ment that the bill could be amended in |
many respects.
Consumer Not Represented.
Touching the failure of the consumer /
to appear before the committee, Mr., /
Clark said that there were two reasons !
for this. one, that in the beginning the /
public looked upon the hearings as a |
stupendous confidence game, and. sec |
ond, that the consumer felt that the |
possibility of having, his tariff burden |
substantially reduced was so remote |
that he did not think It worth travelling |
expenses hotel bills, neglect of buSi- |
ness and loss of time. While that APP |
piled to the fairly Well-tO-dO ultimate /
consumer, I've said. there were millions /
of ultimate consumers who had not the |
wberewithal TO foot the bills for a trip /
to Washington, and other millions who /
could scrape together the expense |
money could not afford to use it in that /
way.
$50 that ne said, the ultimate /
consumer really speaks I'm these hear
jngs only through questions PROFOUND I
ed by members of the committee In an /
honest endeavor to ascertain the 1
truth"
Most Of the cross-firing among Wit
nesses, he said. was where one set OF
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