Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-22
PALMER ATTACKS
ADMINISTRATION
ON HOUSE FLOOR
CONTINUED from First Page.)

ton had been sadly impaired by the
record of years of broker pledges.
IF President Taft had displayed but
half the zeal in an attempt to force
Rsongress to reduce the tariff taxation
on the necessities Of. life that he dis
played in securing those reductions OF
duties which will result in greater
profits to the protected manufacturers,
already enriched by operation of tariff
laws beyond the dreams of a~varice, he
would lave earne the right to say
that. as the indorser of the Republican
party's promise. he had saved its obli-
cation from protest.
If he had been but half as anxious
TO save the pennies of the w~orkingman
by giving him cheaper cotton goods as
he was to save the dollars of the steel
trust by dumping into its mills its raw
materials at much reduced expense his
name would nave been enshrined in the
hearts of the poor as his praises now
are sung in the counting houses of pro-
tected wealth."
The reduction of the tariff on lumber
was described by Mr.. Palmer as pur-
chased at the price of a trade war
with Canada, now all too imminent,
which is liable to bring into operation
the maximum rate provided in the law
and increase the tariff on lumber
products by 100 per cent"
ITO say that the American people
were deceived" he proceeded, "by the
double play of a rather plant eXecu-
tive and an astute leader of the Re
publican organization during the last
inning of the tariff game, is 10 inn
pute to the citizens of this country a
lack of intelligence for which there is
no warrant in their record for prompt
punishment they lave meted out in
the past to parties reereant to their
trust"
The thrilling events of the last few
days in Congress, the Pinehot incident,
postal savings banks and Federal cor
rorations all were included in Repre-
sentative Palmer's diatribe.
Nov that the insurgents have been
whipped into line" he said, "by the
refusal of the public pap and by the
successful use OF the most gigantic bluff
IN the history of his body, and the
men OF independent thought and action
have been corraled into the party eau
Gus and made to promise to be good,
what has become of these pledges in
the Republican platform? The Presi-
dents legislative program started out
bravely to redeem the party promises
and to carry out the policies which pre-
vailed in the elections of 1908. but one
after another we see the items of this
program so down before the insidious
assaults Of the organization, which
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five as we'll as. the legislative branch
Of the government.
We have@witnessed the spectacle of
the greatest friend that conservation
evclq- had being hurled from out the
councils of the administration because
he was over jealous in his support of
the cause to which he has devoted his
life. We see the postal savings bank
bill amended. with the apparent appro-
val of the administration in the inter
ests of the great money centres of the
country. so that no man who deprecates
the growing strength of the money
power can give it his support. We find
the Alaskan government bill a dereliot
upon the high seas of legislation. We
witness the passing of the Federal in
corporation bill and ever statehood for
-AftZOlld anu MEN AltAlIO IL COiiiiliOiilS
reported to be about to walk the plank
which leads to oblivion"
Upon these measures, Representative
Palmer said he had nj opinion to ex-
press. Some OF them. he admitted. were
supported by members of his party.
THE point l desire to emphasize,
he said, lis that everyone of them
was promised by the Republican plat
form Of 190s-or originated with and
was supported by the greatest insur-
gent of them all. the man who taught
the insurgents how to insurge;' the
man who walked off the Republican
reservation with the greatest disre-
gard of results; h man who was re-
sponsible more than any other cause
for the present chief executive; the
mar who left as a legacy to the in
coming administration the unfinished
program which the Republican party
In its program promised to complete.
In concluding his address Represen-
tative Palmer reminded the Republicans
that, while they had been binding fast
their coalition with the President. the
great insurgent has been coming out
of the Jungle
His party he said as he took his
seat. will be more fortunate h its
Performances deserve if they do not
find upon his return that his hitherto
effective weapon Will be poised in the
air. ready to fall about the heads of
those who are responsible for the
breach of his party's plighted faith
Mr.. Shackelford Dem., MOI inter-
rupted Mr.. Palmer to ask whether he
had heard that the President had
promised members on this side of
the House meaning the Democratic
side, that IL they would vote for his
measure he would give them any
patronage al his disposal. Mr.~Pslmer
made no reply. to this question.