The Washington herald., 1909-05-11

devotion 10 the system Of protection in
the future. as older Senators have given /
Il in the past And II I see anything /
clearly II is that the peril q that system 4
does not come from the earnest wish OF 4
those who hope 70 take any excess out 4
Ct Il. but from the further fnsiStence or I
those who have clothed il with q sacred /
ness which no human law can possess /
50 long as we go forward upon a pro 4
tective system based upon justice. the /
American people viii follow rs 10 victory /
But I think their sentiment to-day IS the 1
same that ran in their blocd upon another /
historic occasion That once said, Nil (
lions for defense. but not a cent Tor +
tribute They now say, Millions for (
+ protection. but not one cent for extor- /
ton"
after the defeat Of Mr- Cummins
amendment Senator Beveridge offered an
amendment 10 make the duty cents
/ fat. one-eighth Of q cent less than the
( Finance Committee proposed That
/ amendment failed. g 10 s5- All Of the
Z Republicans who had voted on-the first
( roll call for the CUmmins amendment
rallied 10 the support OF Ar Beverage,
and two Democrats who failed 20 vote Cn
( the first roll cail-Senaror Foster, Of Lou
+ isiana. and Senator Owen, Of Oklahoma
( added their votes. swelling the affirmative
% g. But the Finance Committee ral-
( led two more Republicans, Senators Dill
/ Iingham and McCumber-
I II IS believed the votes taken yesterday
show that Senator Aldrich has the situa-
ton we'll in hard II is believed the pro-
81.
votes as they VIII probably be able 10
muster on any ore issue Some Of The
prcCressives admitted that indications
were against their winning at any point
for on all the other controveTted ques-
tions likely 10 arise there VIII be more
/ Democrats vote to support the committee
than on either OF the votes taken yes
/ terdar.
The tariff debate had not proceeded far
+ until Senator Aldrich and Senator Bev-
eridge had a tiIt M BeveTidse has de-
: veloped many symptoms OF al 'inSUr-
. gent Yesterday he tried 20 have printed
in the Congressional Record q statement
made by the Senator from Rhode Island
on May s. IN which ar Aldrich appeared
l. have said that he had not read the
hearings before the Ways and Means
Committee. and did Tot know what they
contained
Then Mr. Beverage coHrasted this
I statement OF the Senator from Rhode
Island with later assertions that he knew
all there was IN the hearings. having read
every word of them
Aidrich Severe in Reply
Mr Aldrich was severe in his reply.
He intimeted that there was a general
impression that 0Ir. Beveridge knew il all.
he spoke Of his own special study OF the
I tariff subject covering thirty years. He
advised the Senator from Indiana to learn
more and say less
Mr Beveridge was il a mood for reply.
but Senator Hepburn claimed the floor
10 finish a speech begun Saturday. and
4 snuTed out the Senator from Indiana for
the time being Mr.. BeveTidge promised
u be heard from later
Senator Bristow took issue with a
/ statement made by Senator Hepburn that
members Of the Senate who were opnCs-
ing the differentiaI on pig lead. were do
ine 50 70 curry favor with their con
stituencies.
IF Senator can't express his views
without having his motives impUgned. -
Mr. Bristow declared hotly. then we
need a higher class OF men in this Sen
ate"
) diferentlaI on pig lead Of $40 a ton,
he added. IS adequate The reduction OF
the duty proposed IN the pending bin.
he declared. VIII not be a Tebuke TO the
Finance Committee.
Senator Bradley said the great mass OF
statistics presented during the debate had
been more confusing than enIghtening,
and he urged that the action Of the Fl
nance Committee he sustained
Senator Stone favored 2 duty Of l cent
or II cents q pound on lead ore, and
IL cents a pound on pig lead
Senator BOrah speakS.
Senator Borah. Of Idaho. asserted that
no amount Of duty given or withheld
could affect the lead trust or the smell
ter trust They have interests On both
sides Of the American border said he,
and can shift the base of their opera
tiCns 10 whichever side Of the boundary
line may appear wise within twenty-fOur
hours on receipt OF a telegram advising
them as 70 what action the Senate has
taken
The Senator from Idaho chided Senator's
from the Mississippi Valley. the products
OF whose States had been 50 much ad
vanced in price as the result of the in
dustrial revival due TO the Dingley law,
because they were now willing 20 cripple
. the lead-prOdUcing industry.
Senator Nelson. Of Minnesota, reply
ing. declared he was ready 10 reduce the
tariff on the products Of his own State
He said he advocated q reduction Of the
duty or lumber, the chief product Of his
own state. ten years ago. He had even
then urged Senators 20 put lumber on TIE
free list.
We might as well be frank" said
0fr. Nelson This tariff revision is Ike
: e river and harbor bill Il is a case Of
I tickle you and you tickle me The
Senator's from New England say 10 the
Senators from the mountain States
Give US a duty on our cotton and wOolen
goods and we viii give yOu a duty on
your citrous fruits and lead and lum-
/ ber
Mr.. Nelson said he had been chided be
cause he had not absorbed all the infor-
nation concerning the tariff contained in
the volumes that lay upon Senators
desks He intimated that they were not
the most valuable repositories Of infor-
nation
Comes Out for Reductions.
IF I wanted to know about the woolen
schedule 7 would &C to the Senator from
Utah; or about the lead schedule would
.