The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-06-24

word. as he himself had found by con-
sulttng Its origin.
The word from which revision was
derived, he said, when translated into
French, became ''au revoir" and into
German ''auf wiedersehm"-'I will see
you again"--that, he claimed. amid
| uproarious laughter. was the promise
being carried out by the Republicans
| Of the Senate. He said he had de-
elared that revision" as used by the
Republicans In the campaign, meant
nothing whatever; but he predicted
that in the next campaign they would
be called to account by the vosers OF
the country.
''The voters" he said, will accept
no technical definition, You will ar
rive at the conclusion that even in a
document like a political platform,
constructed by cunning and dexterous
hands, the principles Of truth and
honor must prevail and while strata
gem and artihce are often resorted to,
one thing Is sure, and that Is treachery
can never triumph and q lie can never
live"
Duty ON Pineapples.
Insisting that higher rate of duty
was needed to make the pineapple in
dustry prosperous in Florida. Mr..
Fletcher. the new Florida Senator, be.
came involved in a controversy that
appeared to be embarrassing. He had
hesttated to place his advocacy of the
highly duty on any ground except that
of revenue-producer, and Mr.. Dixon
and Mr.. Jones suggested that he was
losing their support because they were
only inclined to vote for his amendment
as policy of protecting an American
industry.
Il arm endeavoring to present the
facts in this case" replied Mr.. Fletcher.
AS q revenue duty alone. no objection
can be made to it. Upon the ground
of protection, no argument whatever
can be urged in /. opposition to this
"wSIsS Il ihessss two &c grounds Saa , does
the Senator. take?' inquired Senator
Clark (Wyo.l from the opposite side
of the chamber.
I am going to place the matter be-
fore the Senate upon its merits" re-
sponded Mr.. Fletcher. and any Sena-
tor can figure 1t for himself whether
he votes for 1t for one reason or for
another reason"
Concludes Coal Schedule.
Rather unexpectedly, even to itself,
the Senate late today concluded its
consideration OF the coal schedule.
The finance committee, through Mr..
Aldrich, reported an amendment fixing
the duty on bituminous coal and shale
at 90 cents per ton; on coal slack, or
culm, at 15 cents per ton; coke and
compositions used for fuel at 20 per
cent ad valirem. A drawback equal to the
duty is allowed vessels in the foreign
trade. This scale, Mr.. Aldrich ex-
planned, was a reduction of cents
ton on coal under the House rate. The
amendment, he said. also left out the
House reciprocity provision. he did
not believe, however, that the House
would remove it's duty on coal, even If
the reciprocity provision were left in
the bill.
Explaining at length the manner in
which the coal duty bore upon the
different sections of the country, he
said to remove the duty would injure
the Wyoming and West Virginia in
terests.
.'The Democratic party" he said. has
always been in favor of duty on
coal"
He did not agree that free coal would
benefit New England, as was popular
ly supposed. because the mills OF that
section demand the better and more
expensive coal of West Virginia. If
the reciprocity provision were enacted
and went into effect, he said, the coal
consumers of West Virginia, Western
PennsylVania, Ohio and in some parts
of Indiana would be greatly benefited.
on the other hand. the. coal deposits
of wyoming and Utah would not be
developed under free coal.
Senator McCumber, declaring he was
in favor of free coal, offered an amend
ment reducing the rate of duty report
ed by the Committee on Finance to
40 cents a ton. The amendment was
voted down, 20 to a., whereupon the
committees amendment was adopted
without change and without division
The twenty ell ht votes for lower duty
were cast by Senators Bacon, Clay Da-
Wis. Fletcher Gore. Hughes, Johnston
overman, Paynter. kayner, Smith
IS. c., and stone, Democrats; ana
Bristow. Brown. Burkett. Burton, Car
ter, Ciapp, Crawford, Cummins, Cur
tbs. Dolliver. Gamble. Johnson. LaFol-
| lette, McCumber. Nelson and Root Re-
| publicans.
An amendment by Mr.. McCumoer' re-
instating the House reciprocity clause
in the committee amendment, was de-
feated under a division of "a to At,
while a free coal amendment by Sena-
tor crawford was rejected on viva
voce vote The committee amendment
| was then agree to by a viva voce vote {.
|