The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-05-19
KITTY D0[LNER PLAYED
WITH M0USY ALDR|CH
First Real Revolt in Congress for
Thirty Years and Senator Dolliver Is
Deserving of a Great Deal of Credit
for Attacking Powerful Leader Such
as Aldrich.

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Washington, May 18.-"For the
first time in the 80 years / have lived
in Washington and followed the do
ings of congress. have seen a gen.
uine revolt against the domination Of
Nelson w. Aldrich.'
This comment by an old resident of
the capital was called forth by the
recent speech of Senator Jonathan
Dolliver of Iowa.
Nothing like it has been seen in
the senate since the days of Ingalls,.
to equal its sarcasm and
probably nothing it's daring Nothing
which so reveals a genuine personal
based on reasons which
can only be surmised, carried to the
point of open rupture between mem
bers of the same party and veterans
Of the same brand of tariff partizan-
ship.
Turns Against Leader.
Without mercy and without fear
Senator Dolliver raised strong hand
against the suave and powerful lead
er of the senate. He gripped him,
as it were, by the scruff of his neck,
and shook him until every tooth in
his head ratified in it's place. He set
him down and let him start to walk
away; then he picked him up and
gave him another shake. He cuffed
him, tossed him, nipped him, played
with him, scratched him lightly,
scratched him deeply. He poked him
to see whether there were signs of
life. Then he bit him through the
spinal column.
Thus the cat Dolliver played with
Aldrich the mouse
Dolliver Talked Tariff.
Senator Dolliver talked tariff.
What he said sounded sensational
because he spoke the simple truth.
He told how lobbyists and special in
terests had written tariffs in the past,
and how they were writing them to-
day Only he named names and
handed out figures. He exposed the
present bill as revision upward and
again he handed out the facts and
figures. He denounced the whole
thing as a fraud and imposition on
the people, and to this denunciation
he added force and the eloquence of
man long trained in public speaking.
He exposed the leadership of Aldrich
as trifling and paltry; the sensation
lay in the fact that Nelson w. Aldrich
sat and had to listen. He told of
tricks and subterfuges in the past and
present legislation. and the galleries
looked down and saw in Mr.. Aldrich
the author of these tricks. He drew
on history and parable. He was both
vehement and caustic At times he
was persuasive and then again almost
playful. On the whole he made a
speech more iaringly antagonistic
than anything which has come from
the party of the opposition.
Vitrolic Speech.
Cold words In type give but small
Idea Of the speech of Senator Dolliver.
Yet the touch of vitrol may be seen
in a passage like the following:
"All men bow naturally before the
divine wisdom, even when they do
not understand. All men regard with
reverence the wisdom of Solomoa,
Dr. Franklin Or Lincoln. But it is
another matter for men full grown,
sitting in this chamber. to put their
individual judgment into servitude,
not to the great and good men who
adorn the deliberations of congress,
but to the persons on the outside
whose very names are unknown to
Is. 1t is not necessary to comment
aarshly upon the work OF Governor
Dingley or William Mckinley. Much
ess is 1t necessary to appear wanting
n consideration for my honored
friends from Rhode Island"
Springs the Expose.
With this gentle Introduction Sena-
or Dolliver proceeded to expose the
action of the committee on finance
md its chairman in turning over the
of the cotton schedule to