Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-07
MEASURE SENT THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON AFTER DISCLOSING
OF PRELiMiNARiEs AND SOON
GOES TO PRESIDENT.
TWOIOWA SENATORS
SPEAK AGAINST 1T
cUMMINs AT SESSION LAST
NIGHT EXPLAINED WHY HE
WOULD NOT VOTE FOR IT, AND
DoLLIvER SPOKE TODAY.

Washington, D. c., Aug. Sat 2:10
p. M, today the senate adopted the
conference report on the tariff bill,
which effects the final passage Of that
bill through congress- The vote was
Al ayes, and 81 noes. The bill re-
ceived all che Republican votes except
those Of Bristow, Clapp. Cummins, Dol
liver, LaFollette, Beveridge and Mel
son. The senate then took up the
concurrent resolution reducing the
rates In the leather schedule.
Congress probably will be adjourned
sine die tonight. Senator AIdrich
and Speaker Cannon me. this after
noon to grease the ways for the
passage of the concurrent resolution
relating to the hide and leather
schedule. They reported there was TO
apparent obstacles to adjournment to.
day.
The Program For the Day.
To adopt the conference report and
finally pass the tariff bill, to adopt
a concurrent resolution revising the
leather schedule and having 1t go to
the house to be agreed to there, to
adopt joint resolution Interpreting
the drawback resolution with free
cotton bagging rider and send it to
the house, where, it is expected, it
will not be accepted, and finally tn
adjourn the extra session Of con-
gress before the close of the day
such was the program of the leading
Republican members Of the senate
committee on finan IS when the senate
met today. That the plan could be
carried into execution was doubted
by most Of the other senator's When
the senate was called to order by the
vice president, who had received noti-
fication from Dolliver, Elkins. War
rem, Clay, Aldrich. LaFollette. PEN
rose, Flint, Dick. Hepburn and Brad
ley that they would desire to speak
on the tariff either before or after the
passage Of the bill.
DoIliver Defends Course.
Senator Dolliver was the first speak
er Of the day. Opening his remarks
with defense of his course as a
Republican in eontending for lower
customs duties, Dolliver denied the
right of the other Republican senators
to question his position in the senate,
position which he said was dictated
by his conscience.
ut has not been my fortune" he
said. "to enjoy that mutual good will
that should meet the efforts of a
senator to change the tariff laws Of
the United States"
Denies PopuIism in Iowa.
The people of his state he added,
had been referred to as farm folks"
while the state itself had been declared
TO be unreliable, given to populism
and greenbackism. Iowa, he insisted,
had always been true to the Republi-
can standards and still was upholding
The bes. interests of the protective
policy.
Here he said, 1--WE have not the
spectacle Of men compelled to bar
gain with the authorities which con-
troll the senate for the protection OF
their own people. The majorities are
obtained by, system of reciprocity
arranged in the citadel of protection .
The conference report on the urgent
deficiency appropriation bill WINS
agreed to. The house had already
agreed to the report.
cummins at Night Session.
Senator Cummins of Iowa, in an adj
Hress in the senate last night, declared
his intention Of voting against the
Payne-Aldrich tariff bill because, he
said, 1t did not carry out the promise
Of the Republican party for down
ward revision. At the same time, Mr.,
Cummins said, the proposed law was
superior to any bill framed for reve-
hue purposes, and, as far as the sched-
90 Ia
He prophesied that the time was not
TAR distant when a real downward re-
vision would be made.
Mr.. Cummins praised Mr.. Taft for
his efforts to carry out his campaign
pledges. He expressed admiration fol
the courage and persistence of the
president in attempting to secure
and to degree in securing lower rates
In the range of dispute between the
house and the senate. The range was
narrow" he added "and the president
has done all that one man could do for
the betterment of the bill"
Speaking with the full conscious
ness that the president will sign the
bill and that it will become a Law
with his assent" he recognized, he
Eaid that there Is fundamental differ
ence between the veto power and the
voting power. IAN executive ought not,
he said, ito veto measure simply be-
cause he would have voted against il
had he been member of the legisla.
tive body that passed it,
Sees Success in Future.
Mr. Cummins' objection to tht
work of the conference committee wa:
voiced in the following words:
Il am opposed to the conference re
port and to the bill which 1t embodie
because 1t is not such a revision of thu
tariff as l have expended the bes
years of my Life in fighting for, and i
not a fair and reasonable perform
nnce Of the promise of our platform.
This is not a court of bankruptcy
and am not willing to accept 10 cent