The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-01
RAYNER LIVENS TARIFF TALK
HE TAXES THE CITADEL OF
PROTECTION AS HIS TEXT.

NE sI1nES lhE CHI fDEL OE
PROTECTION AS HIS TEXT.
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aNeyer was n citadel in Such 4 state Of
Tumult and Comm otion.'" He say
La Toilette the Great Insursenl
: I'M Dolllyer the Radiant Mutineer
WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator 1sadoI
Rayner. Of Maryland .entortaiued ths
Senate to-day for, twenty-seven minutes,
His theme was the Citadel OF Protection
He convulsed his colleagues as he drew
picture Of the mimic warfare that was
being carried on by the low tarif Repub-
lioans in their efforts to undermine the
citadel Of protection. MIR. Rayner Dor
roved his subject from a speech OF Senator
Aldrich, who, in defence Of the cotton and
woollen schedules OF the bill, declared
that these schedules were the citadel OF
the protective system in the United States
Mr., Rayner's remarks were not inter-
rupted. He was permitted to have his
" way, and even the low tariff Re-
nublicans seemed t o welcome such a pleas
ant DEPRESSION from the dreary routine
OF tariff debate. He spoke in part as foi-
lows: =,
II want to look inside OF this citadel
now for a moment" he said. IAN see
what things are going on from day 10
day within. Never in my experience
was a citadel in such a state OF tumult
and commotion. The Senator from Rhode
Island (Mr. Aldrich) isupon the upperhoor
and with him are his warriors. The din
and clatter are ON the floors beneath. !
was gazing on 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 sched-
ule, and 1t seemed to disturb the tran
o,uility and repose OF the senior Senat
from Massachusetts,. He seemed to be
almost upon the point OF prostration
and collapse when the senior Senator
from New Hampshire (Mr. Gallinger),
who is the surgeon OF the post and Is al
ways ready with his remedy and nostrums,
arose 10 administer a stimulant to the
Senator from Massachusetts,, who quickly
revived under its exhilarating effect
This sally at Mr.. Gallinger was especially
appreciated because Of the fact that he
was a successful physician and surgeon
IN New Hampshire at the time OF his
election to Congress. Continuing, Mr..
Rayne said: Then there arose the great
i~nsurgent from Wisconsin tMr. La Fol
lette), as mild a hammered man as ever
cut a throat or scuttled a ship. He is also
in the citadel. He is underneath the
structure right along, plotting by day
and dreaming by right how to undermine
its foundations 80 that the entire citadel
would tremble from its turret to its base.
He arose to make some innocent sugges-
tons in his usual modest and persuasive
way. and they were made in almost whis-
pered accents. but they rang through
every floor Of the citadel like discordant
notes OF music on the structural clauses
Of the metal schedule.
-The great e~x-Secretary Of State (Mr.
Root, whose presence Is an honor to
this body and who has filled with such
Nsh distinction every. service into which
his country has called him. was figuring
and writing The Senator seems to Ebe
always figuring and writing. The Senator
from Rhode Island mir. Aldrich) was
looking toward him. Now. it must be
understood that the Senator from New
York Is not within the citadel. He a
~ llLNo ClO0lcis VI Llo oAft AAAo
citadel and the main stronghold. upon
the upper floor Of which his client. the
Senator from Rhode Island, is located,
there il a wireless system Of telegraphy.
and Whenever the Senator from Rhode
Island Ia in Imminent danger and peril
there a h~ieroglyphio message from
the Senator from New fork-'Hold the
fort, for ] am coming
-When l said that the Senator from New
York was constantly figuring and writing
Mr. Rayner continued, 1T is proper for
me to state that he is not the only Senator
who is thus at work. The brilliant senior
henator from Indiana CMr. Beveridge)
seems to be engaged continuously at the
same sort OF labor. | must confess |
have not any definite idea what the Sen
ator from Indiana, with all these enormous
tariff schedules on his desk Is figuring and
writing about all the time. 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.
The greatest act, ~however-and when
l call IL It an act I do not mean for a mo-
ment that it was not perfectly sincere
and eenuine-that has been played during
all these scenes either inside or outside
Of the citadel was that performed by the
radiant mutineer from Iowa. the senior
Senator from Iowa (Mr. Dolliver). |
have q the Senate and the House held
for hours upon great governmental and
Constitutional questions. but any man
who can throw his emotions into the
woollen and cotton schedules and capti-
psss the Senate for two days by the charms
ofatory and the sparkling hnmor Of
his repartee deserves the admiration Of
posterity. It vas a great and dazzling
speech that the Senator from Iowa under
took. The Senator measured the citadel
and made up his mind that he would
ascend to the top Of 1t while the shot and
the shell were pouring in upon him from
its upper apartment, He did 1t we'll.
Round by round he climbed. His eye
was on the summit and he never stopped
until he stood beside the spire. With
one hand on the Flagstaff, with the other
he seized the flag and took it's protected
bunting and tore II into shreds and ~tatters.
Upon the first day Of the charge he was
Senator from Utah (Mr. Smooth. The
Senator from Utah is the chaplain OF the
garrison and is holding daily his morning,
midday and afternoon REVEALS. He Is
not only the chaplain OF the garrison, but
ne Is the spiritual adviser 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 repentance
for the work that he is engaged in ia en-
titled to all the assuaging consolation
that religion can afford him. Upon the
second day the Senator from Utah ceased
his invocation because he had evidently
arrived at the conclusion that the hereto
from Iowa was not a subject for con-
version"
The moral OF his allegory. the Senator
from Maryland continued, was 10 show