Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-07-22
REBELS IN THE SENATE
What They Have Achieved by
Their Course on the Tariff.
stud. Of Their Actions and Motives
step Toward Ircomc Tux Anne nd
mcnt-VccOrd OF the Insure
gents.
A Washington special to the Boston

A Washington special to the Boston
Transcript says:
OF what avail has 1t been that less
than dozen senators have fought tho
finance committee and the majority Of
tho upper branch from the start of tho
tariff bill to the fnish7
Two results and two only. can he
attributed to the fight which the rob
els have made. One Is tho passage Of
tn" income tax amendment to the con-
stitution. The other is the education OF
tho people Of the United states in the So
called inquities 70 the protective tariff.
Tho Senat" insurgents may he divided
into two classes. tho real and the pseudo.
The one fought for it's cause from prin-
ciple and the other from policy Tho one
had their States behind them because
they had led them there and the others
were pushed along by their constituents
GENUINE AND PSEUDO INSt'R-
GENTS.
In the class Of rcnuncs should he
placed l,aFolette of Wisconsin. Bria-
tow Of Kansas. Cummns Of Iowa and
Nelson and clapp Of Minnesota.
In the second class arc RcvciidG" Of
Indiana, Doliver of Iowa. Brown of
kota. Burkett Of Nebraska. IN add
tion to the nine Just named voted
against tho tariff bill on its final pas
sage Of the Senate. hu. he had often
voted with Senator Mdrlch. ana crosse
cd the line for his final stand with 1q-
Toilette and Cummins group only few
days before the final vote was taken.
Although hailing from the Same STATE.
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ferent basis as protestantl agains' the
Aldrich regime. For ten years Cummina
had fought tho most powerful political
syndicateH in his state before he reached
the Senate. He had created his own fol-
lowing by the v!eor and progressivenes'
of his own ideas. and he owed hin ad-
vanc"ment only to his own energy. On
entering TN" senate he bore tn commits
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fear tho radcalism of their former gov
ornor call Il heroir If YOU will hut there
was pure patriotism in the act Of tho man
who refused TO vote uDon the lead duties
because he weld stock IN a lead mine. He
was the only senator that showed any
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plies Of his wares into tho senate cham
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