Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-05
NO BANKRUPTCY
COURT, IS TRUST
OF SEN. CUMMINS
PLEADS FOR REAL SETTLE
MENT OF TARIFF PROMISES
AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVING
OF MORE THAN 10 PER CENT
Although Night Session Is Held the
Senate Deliberations Result in No
Conclusive Acton-HaIe and
BeVeridee Clash
CBy Associated Press.)

their attendance upon the meeting of
the senate tonight. Nearly an hour
passed after the appointed time before
a quorum could be assembled.
It was finally obtained after an order
had been issued to the sergeant-at-
arms to bring in the absentees. The
entire session was consumed by
speeches by Senators Cummins of Iowa
and Daniel of Virginia.
Whether the tariff bill about to be
enacted, said Mr.. Hale, would be ac-
cepted by the American people as sat
isfactory and will be followed by pros
perity no one could tell. But, what
ever the result would be, he was salts
fed that for ten years people would
look with marked impatience and
frown upon any project or plan or
tribunal that would be likely to dis
turb conditions.
No Foreign Investigation
Replying to Mr. Newlands, Mr.. Halo
declared the president would have
nothing to do with investigating the
cost of production at home and abroad.
Mr.. BeYeridge then explained that ne
had been inclined to the same view,
but that Mr.. Aldrich, having expressed
a different opinion, he would hesitate
to press his tariff commission bill un-
til it could be known what the fact
would prove to be.
1.-The senator will admit" said Mr..
Beveridge, that the language was re-
assuring to those of us who favored
the tariff commission"
TOO much So" replied Mr.. Hale.
Mr. Hale then sent to the desk a cir
cular letter from the committee of ten
appointed at the national tariff con-
Vention in Indianapolis last spring for
the purpose of promoting tariff COM
1,1iScinY1 lauiClati II annnnnpRd that
S25000 would be required to get bill
through congress, and requested the
recipients of the circular to see that
their newspapers were filled with in
terviews and editorials favorable to
tariff commission.
Hale Is Sarcastic
"That is your high-toned agitation"
remarked Mr. Hale, bowling to Mr..
Beveridge, and then taking his seat.
II never heard of such a thing be-
fore, but don't see any thing improper
in that letter. replied Mr.. Beveridge.
Senator Gamble spoke ~ length on
the tariff bill. While obje6ing to some
of its features, he said that as it had
met the approval of the president, and
was the work of the majority party in
congress, he would vote for it.
Some difficulty was encountered in
getting a quorum at the night session.
Finally, at $40, the sergeant-at-arms
was instructed to bring in the alb
sentees. For more than half an hour
senate employees had been telephoning
to residences of senators to induce their
attendance but with small success. In
several instances the only information
that could be obtained was that sena-
tors telephones had been temporarily
detached" Senator Lodge, entering the
chamber, made a quorum.
Cummins Sees No Reform
Senator Cummins of Iowa discussed
the paragraphs of the tariff bill gem
orally, not presenting his objection in
detail. He sought to establish his con-
tention that no substantial tariff re-
form is accomplished by the changes
the bill makes.
Mr.. Cummins announced his deter
mination to vote against the bill,
though he confessed the belief that it
would be superior to any bill framed
for revenue purposes and. so far as
the schedules go, better than the Ding
ley law.
Il am opposed to the conference re-
port and to the bill which it embodies,"
he said, because it is not such a re-
vision of the tariff as l have expended
the best years of my life in fighting
for and is not fair and reasonable per-
fomance of the promise of our plat
form.
Wants Promise Fulfilled
This is not court of bankruptcy
and / am not willing to accept ten
cents on the dollar in discharge of the
obligations of the Republican party.
1t always has been and is now a SOL
vent organization and ii is not only
able, but its rank and file will insist
upon paying its debt in full. It's
pledges will be redeemed at par and
although the blindness of some of its
leaders may at this time postpone the
day of redemption, l shall await with
patience, confidence and serenity, the
hour at which it win keep full and
complete faith with the American
people"
He exposed his admiration and ap-
plause for the courage and persistence
of the president lin attempting to Sc
cure and to a degree in securing lower
rates in the range of dispute between
the house and the senate"
Doesn't Expect Veto
Speaking with the full conscious
ness that the president will sign the
bill and it will become a law with his
assent" he recognized, he said, that
there was a fundamental difference be-
tween the veto power and the voting
said, ito veto a measure simply be-
cause he would have voted against it
had he been a member of the legisla-
tive body that passed it,"
Il always have admitted" said the
senator that with respect to those
commodities on which we are capable
of supplying the home demand, duties
however high do not harm, so long
as effectual competition between our
own producers exists, and I repeat that
admission now. ] have seen, however,
competition in the most important
fields of production grow weaker and
weaker until it has been easy to per
ceive that, with many things. prices
have not been fixed by the fundamen-
tai and essential law of commerce but
have been fixed by the arbitrary will
of the producer, and solely with ref
erence to the profit that the trade
would bear
Are Shields for Greed
Under these conditions, it seemed
to me that the excessive duties wouI5
necessarily become a shield for aVarice
and greed. 1t seemed time that duties
should be so adjusted as to prevent
the domestic producer from raising his
price above fair American level with
out exposing himself to foreign COM
petition.
"These We're the only reasons known