The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-24
TO RENEW The TARIFF FIGHT
THE VENT STEP Tb RE TAkEN
M INSI RGENT SENAT0RS.
srnAtSrS IA FsIlr1sr nj DolINer chosen
% lead the Attack Democratic
LANDSLIDE IN Massarhs.etis. Thes sAS.
FsrrshadaNs the Result Ia M, eaber

F~rr>hadS~s the Result In Ns' enber.
NAsHINGroN. March n A reopening
~ the tarih debate in the senate will he
the next step token nv the Republican
lnSurgent Senators This step more than
any other will aRGravats the serious
situauon now confronting the Republican
leaders in regard To next falls election.
IL will add new life To an issue that already
- giving Administration forces a good
deal OF concern
Ever since President TAFT IN his New
York speech nf February ~ reiterated
his Winona defence Of the new tariH
Law. declaring il to he the best act Of tie
kind ever placed on the statute books.
the more radical Of the Republican
Senators have been planning for an
opportunity io reply 10 the President
Mr. raft's Providence speech and the
result Of the special Congress election In
the Fourteenth Massachusetts, district
haV" gven the insurgents additional
inspiration on thus suhject. and senators
Ia Toilette and Cummins to-day con-
irmed the report that the senate will
not ba permitted to adjourn until the
Insurgents views on the tariff nave been
thoroughly aired IN the Congregational
R.cJrd
senators Ia Toilette and DolhveT have
bcen selected u train the verbal artillery
on the PAYNE Aldrich law and they pro-
po-s o. d. their hest to shoot It fIll of
holes A, the same time the defenders
nf the law notably President Taft him
self wall not he spared and the senate
before - - over may he the scene ~ a
good deaf of unpleasantnes- All of the
radical insurgents NAV NJ drawn into the
discussion before ~ ~ over. but la Fol-
let,e and Doiliver will BE- the leaders and
they are nov preparing their arguments
Sens'pr DoliVer Was one 81 the most
persistent and effective speakers against
the hill in the extra session
The dehata m the senate will ne made
possible NV the INTRODUCTION ~ pro-
prsad amendment - the new tarih Law
providing for the creation - \ tarin
commission The insurgents are hopeful
vt forcing the adoption of such an amend
ment hut their chief purpose - 10 open
up the taTiH QUESTION for a general dis-
ciIz-ion IN the course of which they can
defend their votes against the Payne
Aldrich hill
Their -p~echss. however. will not be
coHfiR~d 70 the defensive The Democratic
landslide IN the anachuaetts Fourteenth
district has greatly encouraged the in
surGents On both the seoats and Ho,nss
sia4s aTr~, iu-ius s'at me tarTR wHs the
real issue on which Eugene y Foes
changed some 2D.pp votes - this re-
publican stronghold They make n
.hor' - ,.-nc~sl their satisfaction over
the result e -p.-cial election and do not
hesitate On say Il foreshadows the result
- the Congressman elections m Noyem-
b~r Il the Republican leaders insist IN
ms k,ng the tariff an ISSUE e the campaign
What ~ there to be said - emphatic
- shat ws- actually done said senator
Cummln. today when asked e. comment
upon the election 20 Foss
Il vas l.lrns-i today that Mr. Fo-a
had mad" an app"Il 20 the senate IN
surg"nts - I'D HIM IN his campaign.
but thus they declined - 30. prefsrring
- present their views "u tn. PAYNE
Att.nti "a Na- called Nv N. insurgents
today al~o 20 the fact that the convention
AT IndiaroT oils winch nominated the
Republican candidate for Congress from
the Seventh l'SiIana district Yesterday
faiI.,i 80 adopt resolutions indor-ing th..
Taft Administration ur approving the new
X, publican tarn Ia the pI.iriun u IN. I
insurgents this was another straw point
.ng the way that th" p"ltICal winds arr.
blowing When senator Bav..ri dg~ WA |
asked to-day II th. action II the seventh :
INDIANA DISTRICT convention was any
Indication that the state convention |
,rntIld adopt similar atutui- hs 10 /
-Iin,-i 90 ,'pr,-s an opinion. he made "a
rl..ar huwrver that N" ~ stalking ms |
political life On IN" approval nv the
Irriiara G. -. p nf his course IN oppo-lBg I
M" Payns- AIdrich bill Just how Soon th. !
iariF discussion will IN taken up by ;he /
insurgents depends upon the time ~ !
INJURED on the Administration railroad /
hill The insurgents are m NO hurry - !
pre- ipitAt.. the issue and they do M. /
want 70 have 'Wo ighJs on their hands 1T !
he sam" tine
Representative Otto - Foeiksr. Re J
publican. ~ Brooklyn. seemed saddsr |
han he average Republican.
My state has gone 60 the deuce that - |
M there 10 o. it said he rnournful!y |
There - no use IN trying N argue that /
I, - not an indication Of the next Con /
zrsas election. II proves very conclu-
.ively in my mind that the Democrats will /
AIRY the next House
Champ Clark. the Democratic leader
u the House. Was all smiles He had \
His 90 say
The news from the Fourteenth Masaa-
-husetts district IL the b~rt political news
Ia, has come over the wires slncs the
ri ght Of the election in 1892 Taken IN
connection with the result in the Sixth
Missouri district. 2.OoO miles away from
he Massachusetts district. u - demon
,trats.1 20 mt mind that the same CAUSES
an. working all over the Cni'sd States
y oourss one swallow dos not make
, summer. neither DO tho two. but u
would be- a thousand to one shot that
he results n tbe-e two distr icss 30 widely
,s,parats-i should he an accident