Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-06-30
sENAToR IN BEST EFFORT OF
HIS CAREER FLAWS THE
REAcTIoNARlEs.
QUESTION OF PARTY CONTROL
Democratic Party, Lacking Leadership
and Organization, Falls to Take
Advantage Of Opportunities
Progressive Republicans
Win In Conference.

Dolliver delivered the strongest
speech Of his career and the strong
est speech which has beer delivered
setting forth the Progressive Repub.
lican viewpoint which has been made
In either house or senate. In 1t he
discussed the control of the Repub.
lican party, the effort to stifle indie
pendent thought and action and the
manner in which the president has
been used by INSCRIPTIONS manipula.
tors In their schemes to betray public
interest and control the government
in the interest Of what Senator Bev-
eridge has termed the powers Of
pillage."
The speech OF the Iowa senator was
delivered In support of the proposition
to create a tariff commission and I'm
pointing out that the tariff board pro.
vided for In the sundry civil bill was
in no n a compliance with the
promise to the people upon this ques-
ton. 1t is conceded by senators to
be the greatest effort Of Delivers life.
He epitomized the stand taken by
Progressive Republicans everywhere
and 1t was a complete reply to the at
tack made upon them by the presi.
dent and by reactionary senators and
representatives. Nothing that has
been uttered has so enraged the
table reason the men making the fight
for special privilege in congress seem
to think that they have an %inalienable
right to assail the Progressive Repub.
licans and, that the Progressives are
to stand quietly and take the lash.
The Progressives will not permit the
statements which have been made by
the vice president, the president and
by reactionary members of congress,
In which they have misrepresented
legislation. the aims and purposes OF
the men who have made the fight on
the floors OF both houses for legisla.
ton in the interests Of the people, to
remain unchallenged.
Party Conditions Reviewed.
II may be that because OF the long
silence which they have maintained
under the Misrepresentation which
has been INDUCED in In regard to this
that the reactionaries believed the
Progressives would never assert the
truth. The Dolliver speech was dig.
nifed and confined itself strictly to
the issue. IL is not possible within
the space of a newspaper account to
give any adequate idea of the thor
%oughness with which he reviewed the
conditions within the Republican par
ty and set forth the idea that q new
d~ispensatlon has come, that the legis.
lation bargain counter, 30 far as Pro
gressive Republicans are concerned,
has passed and that the time has
come when the laws in this country
will be made upon e different basis
and with greater regard to the public
interest and with less regard OF the
interests of chose who are specially
concerned In tariff and railroad legis.
!ation. He said that he as fighting
fN the party and that he felt that the
old party was &c lead in the future
as 1t had In the past but that he want
ed 1t freed from the bad advice, freed
q =. m corrupt influence and to become
the leader Of the reforms which shall
make of the future a realization Of all
the labors OF the past and OF the
dreams OF those who have struggled
and sacrificed for the welfare OF the
In common with good citizens ev.
~erywhere. ! share the universal dis.
gust which has arisen on seeing the
greates executive departments, those
depart dcnts which touch the business
Of tn nation most intimately. made a
heaj .uarters for the awkward squad
Of politics. bucket shops. for dealing
IN political futures upon margins cal
culated daily from the record Of tho
yeas and nays"
Democrats Lack Leaders.
Almost daily there develops In
the discussions in congress some
evidence OF the fact hat the Dem,
ocratic party Is without organi.
zation and without leadership. The
pitiable exhibition which the mem.
bers Of the minority party In the
senate and the house gave considera
4 ton OF the bill to amend the Inter
y state Commerce act was a repetition
OF what happened when the currency
legislation and the tariff legislation
was before congress In previous SEES
sions. It stands out. but not more
SO than what happens almost daily
especially In the senate.
During the consideration of the