The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-02
ALDRICH FOOLS
OTHER SOLONS
"Steanl Roller Still
Triumphant.
soUTHS INTERESTS SUFFER
New England Delegation Gets
Lions Share.
While Farmers Of West Have Free
Grain Bass and hinder Irvine,
Southern Farmers Pay
For Cotton Ties.
BY ALFRED >. sTOFEn.

Washington. Aug. l--(Special.)--In
this latest struggle over the tariff
question. New England and Pennsylva-
MIA have come out ahead SO far as get
ting the lions share of the advantages
ito be derived from the outrageous pro-
lection that has been given the favored
interests.
This Is due largely to the fact that
six New England States have made 1t
q rule for ffty years or more to band
together solidly. They have also kept
their men in the Senate and House for
such long terms that by right OF Sc
niority they have in the natural course
of events been promoted to positions
of power and influence.
In the matter of getting what he goes
after for his section. Senator Aldrich
alone ID worth almost score OF Sena-
tors when 1t comes to the general aver
age. He Is the acknowledged leader
of his party in body that invariably
makes the House come to terms when
important legislation Is at stake. 1t 10
the rarest thing that his word is dis
puted inside of the Organization. He Is
ON committees which absolutely DOM
mate things in the Senate, and usually
has the say when 1t comes to promot-
ing Senators and In placing the new
ones of the Republican Party on COM
mittees at the beginning of their terms.
They are compelled to stand In with
him from the very start or suner Tor
It IL they do not.
Senators stand Together.
AS any school boy knows, the six
New England States have twelve Sena-
tors. They are usually to be found vot-
ing solidiy together. Throughout this
tariff agitation they have been har-
mpnious, only a few times having d.
vided their vote. and then IT resulted
In gain for their section, This was
notably true as to the free hides propo-
sition Mr.. Aidrich and the assistant
managers placed is per cent duty on
hides in the face of the fact that the
House, after a stubborn fight and by q
pronounced majority, had put them on
the free list. There was purpose In
this. The Senate managers had to mold
in line such men from the cattle grow
ang sections as Carter and Dixon.
(Mont.), Warren and Clark, (Wyo.).
and Hepburn and Borah. Qdaho.'
These are all hard fighters and they
would have kicked clear out of the
traces II the bill had been reported
with hides on the free list. Lodge and
Crane, (Mass.), were put forward TO
urge free hides in the interest of the
manufacturers. They made their fight
and ostensibiy lost, and pretended to
he very mad about II. knowing all the
time that President Taft was for free
hides, SO was the House. and that when
the bill got into conference It would be
easy enough TO bring to bear the nec-
essary pressure to remove the duty on
an article that New England mas been
Assisting upon from the very start. 1t
was another glaring instance of the
hoggishness Of the New England
Pennsylvania combination.
Wcsterners Were Hoodwinked.
Those Republican Senators from out
In the Far West have simply been hood
winked, and they know II. but they
have got to make a pretehse Of being
very much incensed over a situation
they helped to create. and from which
they cannot extricate themselves un.