The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-11
INSURGENTS WAR
F|tRCELy But
WITHOUT RESULT
As the Russian Generals Wrote
1T Was a Sad But Glorious
Day. for the 0utIaWed
Statesmen.
WHIPPED BY ALDRIcH
IN A LEAD SK4RMiSH
Beverage Is Routed at the
Head Of the insurgents So
The Metal Barons Get the
Desired Protection.

Washington, May 11.-"Yesterday
was another sad but glorious day. for
the Republican senatorial insurgents
and their democratic allies.
Fast and furious they fought all day
under the leadership of Albert Jere-
miah Beveridge, of Indiana, and Albert
Baird Cummins, of Iowa.
Repeatedly. likewise vailiantly, they
charged the republican regulars who
were under the command of Nelson
Wilmarth Aldrich-since this will
rank as one of the greatest conflicts
Of the tariff war of 1909, the heroes
names are given in full. as is the GUS
tom in writing the history of all nota-
BILE engagements-but every onslaught
was successfully repulsed.
Cohesive Power.
The cohesive power of local self-in-
terest-a pessimistic legislator once
called it cohesive power of public
plunder"-by which Commander-in-
Chief Aldrich is holding together his
compact organization, was the deter
mining factor in the result.
The lead bullion schedule was the
bone of contention. and wool stood by
lead, so did coal and oil, and hides, and
lumber and iron ore, and pottery, and
silk and cotton, and all the other arti-
cles Of commerce which are the OBJ
jects of the tender solicitude Of the
regulars.
The Postponed Stunt.
The engagement was the one which
actually was billed for last Saturday,
but did not come off. The patriotic
folks in the Ohio Valley probably
would have to employ artificial stimu-
lants to get excited over the lead
schedules, but to the people controll-
ing the lead mines in Idaho, Utah,
Missouri and Colorado. and. perhaps
to the miners employed there in, they
are of considerable Importance just as
the wool schedules are Of paramount
interest to the sheep raisers of Ohio.
The Metals Trust. so-called, is also ex-
tremely solicitous.
The Dingley duty on lead bullion is
21s cents pound. The house reduced
it to 2h cents. The senate committee
on Finance restored it to 21s cents.
"Insurgent" Cummins offered an
amendment fixing 1t at IL cents, a re-
duction of = cent. He contended that
the trust needed no more protec-
tion. The regulars defeated this
~ 4 NV ~ 70 ".
Beveridge proposed to make it cents
and his amendment also was lost, 43
to 81 being the vote Thereupon, up
on motion of Aldrich the 211s cents du-
ty was adopted.
Second Triumph.
It was Aldrich's second triumph over
the insurgents in less than a week. his
first being when the orange mineral
duty was assailed. The high tariff
chieftain/was SO happy he wanted to
turn a few handsprings or kick at the
ceiling, which is not to be wondered
at.
The vote yesterday afternoon pos
sessed significance which should not
be underestimated. 1t means that
Aldrich has the republican insurgents
beaten, that his organization is riveted
together so tightly it will be impossi-
BILE to disrupt 1t without use of dynar
mite or some other powerful and dan
gerous explosive The vote last
Wednesday on orange mineral, a BIZ
product Of lead ore-41 to 35-indicAt-
ed this. but the outcome Of yester-
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