Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08
No Amount OF Spphistry Can Explain II
], Party Promise Otherwise; Any
Other Position Kidic,rlons.

Washington, May THE ssi2n OF
the senate was begun today Withs5.a
speech by Senator Clapn Of Minnesnt;r,.
who. commented upon the policy q 2Fo-7.
gection. and referred 10 distinctions W:
sween a protective tariff and q tariff
4 FOR revenue only.
: Nh Glapp declared that instead 81
Congress taking up he work of q com y.
pletc Tevis.on5of the Customs cut y. ! y
should haze taken ons schedule at a
time, in which event tl,sre would not
have been the great excitement aud tils
opposition existent when all the sels ~ (
,iics were taken up, The effect OF tn2
a&JnIkins law he cited as having been
passed with little popular attention.
while the last rtillToAd rate legisl3isoa,i
iie declared. han net opposition because
+ agitation had exercised the public lDl1ld
\ and caused Il widespread opposition AMI
predictions OF danger 10 the Interest
affected. So the present tariT QnlelS.-j
ton, he said, had been provoked by,
4 widespread agitation, whereas had isie5
schedules been taken up separately &c.
vision could more easily haze been ;te-t
colnplished.
The promise OF the Republican party
= Mi. clapp declared, was that the ttpsiff
& should be revised downward. and he
asserted that this Promise had been
lrltde IN response to II positive demand.
He snid tho position on the part Of the
protected interests was that 'ye
should leave well enough alone, and
on the part of the consumers that, the
tariff should be revised.
FoR DOWNWARD REVISION.
E s. You can't tell me. he said, "that
the latter demand did not mean tliat4
the5tariff should be revised downward, !.
8Tn take anyothcr position is mere boys,
play, nothing less than a farce, and " I
did not believe the duties We're To! y aS5
lowered in3lesponsc TO this eSactino. i
would pack my grip and 90 home, for,
ia u. senator, 1 {anlnot required to par
Gticipate in such Il faree3as the mere re-
enactment of the Dingley rates. The
people understood that VIC Mere to have
\ a revision StleWfWard; the men who
si,,tldc the platform understood it; We
understood It. Everybody understood
lit and mo amount Of sophistry can 9TH
serwise explain, the popular demand and
the party promise.
revision that would mean the n,aiittsn-,
3nnce of the Dinsley ates. then We are
by the righteousness OF thef
chief executive calling Congress togeth7
el to revise apmethtng that should
stand unchanged until the end OF time
When the people made the demand for
"a tariff revision downward, 4 there, vas
no suggestion that these industries
We're not sufficiently protected. II the
demand Tor revision, did not mean
changing the duties downward, it did
not mean ANYTHING, aud we are indulg-3
ging In IL farce now
8Declaring that II Congress should fall
nov to lower The tariff latas the Detno-
cratic party would he put in q position
TO so revise il two years hence, MIR.
5tslapp said ne did rot wish to use
Threats. but merely to$tell tile truth.
The American people" he added,
have determined upon this revision
downward, ana anything else will lis
appoint them. ii may be iii your poW-
ser,s he said, as lie faced the Repabii-
r:tn senators, ITO act contrary to the
wishes of tho people. but 90 sure you
do that, two years from now this tarif1
will be revised, nos by tbs friends OF
Sprotention, but ~ The enemies OF prD-
steetion.'
LEAD Schedule
When the lead schedule. was agaia
taken up. Senator StGAe took issue With
his. Republican colleague. Ny. N-a,lieig
on the duties5p provided in the bill. d.
claring Tint the rates; ofEille llSiise bill
We're sufficient TO protect the great lead
Industry of his state, ana that the In
5creases made by the senate committee
on finance We're unnecessary for that
Industry
3'sIn my opinion, continued hIr stone.
s. 1a cents n pound on lead ore is more
than 1t ought to be. even from the
standpoint of the prntectipnist and /
will vote to put t down to cent
Referring TO remarks by Mr.. Brjstow
Yesterday, MIR. Stone declared there
We're more people using white lead than
making it, and they We're entitled to
equal consideration
Mr.. Warner agreed with his colleague