Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-04-29
Sixty-first Congress.
Washington, April 20.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Senslor Smith, of Michigan, today
presented in The Senate a memorial from
the American Newspaper Publishers'
Association claiming to represent 29U
newspapers asking for free wOodPulp aud
printing paper.
During the call for the introduction
of bills Senator Smith, of Michigan,
sent to the clerks desk a bunch of bills
nearly foot high. They turned out to
be mostly pension bills aud there were
about a hundred of them. Mr.. Nc
Oumber. chairman OF the pension CON-
mittee, after hsgiOg listened to the read
ing of large number of these, wanted
to know how many citizens of Michigan
we're not upon the pension rolls. 10
answer to this Mr.. Smith referred him
to the records OF the pension Office. Then
Mr.. Culberson inquired how many bills
there we're 10 the bunch introduced By
Mr.. Smith. The vice-president said
the clerk would find Out If necessary and
Mr.. McOumbsr Clipped in with the
statement that be understood Mr., Smith
bad not had time to count them, there
upon Mr.. Olapp called attention to the
act that two or three years ago
the Senate had to pass a rule allowing
pension bills and private claim bills to
be introduced and handed to the clerk
without reading so IS to save the time OF
the Senator Through this gentle hsz.
ing, Mr.. Smith sat nndistuTbed, but it
is quite probable that In the future he
will not present 30 large q bundle Of pen
sion bills into the Senate at one time.
1.-THE republican party and the Amer
lean protective tariff League have
carried out their promise in re-
visiDg the tariff to suit themselves,
and the American people have sgain
been fooled-just as they will be fooled
to ell eternity until and unless this
whole subject of federal iaxstion is res
cued from the communicating touch OF
politics and these great combinations Of
fabulous dimensions that today practi-
Caly own the government OF the Uniled
States are told that the hour has
come when they must dissolve and
retire and make way for the people, so
that legitimate American enterprise, up
on the broad sveroues of competition,
can resume its time.hOnored vocation
and resssert its ancient rights"
This vas the scsthing comment of
Senator Rayner Of Maryland today in
the Senate on the Aldrich tariff bill, in
a speech bristliDg with assignments that
the people has been sold to the trusts,
with humorous shafts aimed at the franz
ers of the bill, and plea for that much
forgotten personsge, the consumer.
Mr.. Rsyner spoke for the time-honor-
ed democratic doctrine of tariff for reve-
nue. only" He declared the present
bill was an sf'er failure in the raising
of revenue and would not add any appre-
cable amount II the collections now
levied uuder the Dingley bill. The res-
son for this, be asserted, was that the
bill, although under the guIz9 of raising
revenue. nevertheless bad f)r Ito obj &C!
the furnishing Of protection.
Senator Nelson who recently denoun-
ced certain features OF the tariff bill
made another speech along the same
lines today. he said that siuce bis last
remarks some senstors bad accused him
Of being q free trader But be took as a
warrant for his attitude, the speech
made by Taft lest fell, in which be said
that no revision of the tariff st all
would be better unless genuine revision,
as promised by the republican party,
could be had.
HOUSE.