Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1909-06-04
RAYNER IS SARCASTIC.
"Citadel of Protection" Beset With.
In and without.

| hdNG huhCu part Ill
on the pending bill
Much amusement was created by his
sarcastic, but good natured, characterize
tons of the parts performed by these
senators either in attacking and attempt
ing to destroy, or in defending the citadel
of protection from the many sales made
upon it.
THE other day" he said, 1.-THE senator
from Rhode Island (Mr Aldrich). when n
great speech had been delivered attacking
the rates of duty in the wooden and cotton
| schedule, remarked that to change those
schedules would destroy the very citadel
| of protection.
A LOOK INSIDE THE CITADEL.
81 want to look inside of this citadel now
for a moment and see what things are 90
| ing on from day to day within. Never in
my experience was citadel in such
state of tumult and commotion.
THE senator from Rhode Island is on
the upper floor, and with him are his war
riors. The din and clatter are on the floors
beneath.
II was gazing at the classic features of
the senior senator from Massachusetts (Mr.
LODGE the other day when there was the
usual uproar in the citadel. The sturdy
recruit from Kansas (Mr. Bristow) was
hammering away at the lead schedule.
ut seemed to disturb the tranquility
! and repose of the senior senator from
Massachusetts. He appeared to be almost
upon the point of prostration from collapse
when the senior senator from New Hamp-
shire (Mr. Gallinger), who is the surgeon
of the post. and is always ready with his
remedies and nOstrums, arose to admins
ter a stimulant to the senator from Massa-
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exhilarating effects.
81 observed upon another day, when
everything seemed serene upon the upper
floor, that suddenly the nerves of the senior
senator from Rhode Island became dis
tracted when the sturdy old revolter, the
senior senator from Minnesota (Mr. Mel
SOM, who has admitted that the blood of
Scandinavian pirates is in his veins, and
who is upon the ground floor, commenced
to scuttle the citadel--if may use that
word in connection with a citadel-by
driving with his sledge hammer blows large
holes into the bottom of the structure.
when the muster roll was called, how
ever and the vote was taken the damage
was repaired. The senator from Rhode
Island upon the upper floor resumed his
ancient smile"
1900 YEARS OF PROTECTION FOR IRON.
Referring to Senator Crawford as vol
unteer from South Dakota" and as having
been engaged in dismantling the citadel by
tearing away the iron Orders. he declared
that the senators from Michigan had as
sured the senator from Rhode Island that
if he would keep up his courage they would
guarantee that the iron mines of their
State would furnish sufficient raw material
to underpin the structure for the next g.
600 years. and he added, on this floor a
compromise was struck and fifteen hun
bred years was determined upon as the
time limit within which all the ores from
all over the world should be excluded from
our shores.
Then there arose the great insurgent
from Wisconsin (Mr La Follette), as mild
hammered a man as ever cut throat or
scuttled ship continued MIR. Rayner.
"He is also in the citadel He is under
meath the structure all alone, plotting by
day and dreaming by night how to under
mine its foundations. so that the entire
citadel would tremble from its turret to its
base. lie arose to make some interesting
suggestion in his usual modest and persua-
sive way.
Mr.. Rayner at this point introduced the
great ex-Secretary of State" (Mr. RooD
writing.
Nov, it must be understood" he went
on, that the senator from New York Is
not within the citadel. He has little cit
adel of his own.
"And between his citadel and the main
stronghold, upon the upper floor of which
his client, the senator from Rhode Island,
is located, there is wireless system Of
telegraphy. And whenever the senator
from Rhode Island is in imminent danger
and peril there comes hieroglyphic mes
sage from the senator from New York
Hold the fort | am coming
in this instance there came upon the
waves a message that startled and electri-
fled the senate.
He then referred to this wireless message
as having been an assurance to the sena-
tor from Rhode Island that the senate was
laboring under the delusion by holding
him responsible for the bill. The senator
from New York limited his responsibility
for the italics embracing committee amend
ments.
He said the senator from New York
proved an nlibi for the senator from Rhode
island Dcscrihius a"ioyOus smile suiftsed
not only OF Jbo grDiai ceu.+""nnce of the
senator fro KBudo iallH9 Bat D.. ~
tenance o. OH his falativee and k'aiirpl
upon the ttee inance, hc da
clared 'ie scuat9G from N4lilpC W.
(Mr. FlintJv6p eciHliy rejacrd because
der this acquittal the senator from kh0e
Island was only responsible, amobs d hr
duties affecting California. for that which
taxed imported lemons at the rate OF q
quarter Of a cent.
PUZZLED BY BEVERAGE.
He referred to the brilliant senior sena-
tor from Indiana" (Mr. Beveridge) also be-
ing engaged constantly in figuring and
writing, and he could not make out what
it was all about.
II do not know whether he is In the
citadel trying to get out or whether he Is
outside Of the citadel trying to get In. he
continued.
He spoke OF the action of this senator
as being comedy or tragedy.
Continuing In the same spirit, he referred
to the senator from Utah (Mr. SmOoD as
the chaplain of the garrison, holding daily
his morning, midday and afternoon re-
vivals.
"IIc is not only the chaplain Of the gar
rison, he said. but he is the spiritual adj
wiser and comforter Of the senator from
Rhode Island. And this is perfectly right
and proper, because the senator from
Rhode Island, in his moments Of remorse
and penitence for the work that he is en-
Gagged in, is entitled to all the assuaging
consolation that religion can afford him.
The moral Of this narrative, said Mr..
Rayner, was pointed out by the senator
from Nevada. who had suggested to those
who are playing around the breastworks
that they should form combination with
those who are inside the citadel, and thus
by union Of forces destroy the edificc.
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